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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1889
Page
1
A speaker recalls a romantic moment as a woman in jewels descends the oak stair and kisses roses. She reflects on past gifts from De Jones and Jack, comparing their roses to memories. The scene blends aroma and emotion with lingering doubt about love’s permanence.
A San Francisco Chronicle piece argues the earth's axis has shifted in the past causing climate change and ice ages. It explores how a future axis tilt could render temperate zones tropical and polar regions habitable or barren, with India, Africa, and the Americas at risk.
The post office on Fayal sees a crowded scene as villagers gather for mail delivery every fort night. Women attend with families to hear names called, while the postmaster reads out recipients with their multiple listed names, creating a lively if noisy ritual amid festive expectations.
The Ohio Republican State Convention at the Metropolitan adopted a platform and renominated Hon. J. B. Foraker for Governor after a tense ballot. Lampson was chosen for Lieutenant Governor along with a full slate: T. J. Dickman Supreme Court justice, John C. Brown treasurer, A. H. Hester clerk, D. K. Watson attorney general, John Hancock schools commissioner, and William M. Hahn public works board member. Delegates from 21 districts selected resolutions and central committees. Hayes widow resolutions were read. Ceremony included McKinley and Dawes endorsements, With Foraker’s nomination celebrated amid cheering and party unity.
A Columbia Pennsylvania antiquarian argues that this continent was settled about 650 years after the deluge and that its inhabitants were highly civilized and used metal tools. He presents artifacts and scholarly notes to support his theory.
The second session of the Ohio Republican State convention adjourned with W. C. Cooper as permanent chair. The platform backs Harrison’s administration, calls for a service pension bill for Union veterans, wool industry protection, duties on worsted, Irish home rule support, and lauds Governor J. B. Foraker for fiscal reforms and tax reductions.
A St Paul attorney recounts a chilling tale of catalepsy and supposed death. He describes three days of hysteria, medical doubts, and a near burial, then credits a nail-driven jolt from an undertaker’s tool with saving him. He now insists on proof of death before burial.
A triple freight collision near Latrobe Pennsylvania at Loyal Hanna bridge destroys eighteen loaded and thirteen empty cars. Forty to fifty workers on the westbound train perish or are injured, with engineers Caldwell and Fralich among the dead. Survivors receive hospital care as crews fight ensuing fires.
A Chesapeake and Nashville train derailed at Bledsoe near Gallatin on Wednesday. Baggage freight and postal cars left the track, rolling fifty feet down an embankment. Fourteen passengers were injured, with two or three believed fatally. Henry Peacock and conductor Buck escaped unharmed. The wounded were taken to Gallatin for medical aid.
Pine Boure Ark June 27 A northbound St Louis Arkansas Texas train struck a cow at Crooked Bayou trestle the engine left the track and the train plunged 28 feet into the bayou. Express baggage mail cars and two coaches went over. Stafford killed two postal clerks fatally injured and a woman seriously hurt. Relief and wrecking trains worked the scene.
Directors assess flood impact across all lines. President Roberts reports total damage not to exceed 1.5 million dollars, funded from surplus profits. Net revenues from affected lines should remain largely intact aside from traffic losses.
George B Ormsby a late naval ensign sues Secretary Tracy in the Supreme Court of the District for 100000 dollars claiming trespass after his Mare Island imprisonment court martial and dismissal from the service. He asserts there were not sufficient grounds for his arrest.
A landslide near Harley station in Lancaster County halted all traffic on the Columbia and Port Deposit railroad. The slide, occurring yesterday morning, covers the track to a depth of five feet for about sixty feet.
Lancaster June 27 General Simon Cameron died at eight o clock last night after a brief decline. He was conscious until the end and received visitors around the death bed. Funeral arrangements will be announced from Harrisburg. Cameron, born March 8 1799 in Lancaster County, rose from printer to U S Senator, Secretary of War, and diplomat before long career as a Republican leader. He served as Senator again until 1877 when his son J Donald Cameron succeeded him.
The coroner's inquest resumes on June 27 in Johnstown Pa as testimony centers on Mrs Ellen Hite who drowned. Engineers say the dam was designed safely for water supply but reconstruction made it unsafe and an earthen dam could not withstand overflow. Colonel Roberts notes the dam's dimensions and fault lines and argues five discharge pipes would not have prevented failure if overflow occurred.
C A King Co reports winter wheat prospects are favorable across Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Kansas and Missouri Kansas and Missouri have the best outlooks ever Indiana shows some insect damage elsewhere above average except Kansas and Missouri where decline noted Harvest in Kansas ends by week’s end with general harvest in others by early July Old wheat supplies are limited with some regions yielding barely a fraction The corn crop is backward but Kansas Missouri Illinois faring better while Indiana Ohio Michigan show poorer prospects in places
Surrogate Ransom grants letters of administration on the personal estate of Washington Irving Bishop the mind reader to his widow Mabel Bishop. Eleanor Bishop mother of the deceased also claims letters asserting her son was forbidden to remarry by New York courts though the second marriage was legal in Minnesota.
Folkloric beliefs warn of misfortune tied to bridal exit rituals including shoe breakage and coffin presence, with bans on marriages within 100 days of a funeral. Traditions assign omens to salt and sugar on the sedan chair, rice portions, and post‑departure domestic peace.
A burglar entered John Webber’s North Side home in La Crosse early Thursday. He stabbed Lena Webber, eighteen, near the heart, then attacked Kate before fleeing as police swarmed the area. Lena is in critical condition. patrols have intensified with about twenty arrests made and public mobs threatening lynching if captured.
June 28 report says Monongahela coal operators plan to form one large company controlling all Monongahela river mines and much of the Kanawha river mines. Standard Oil may take stock. Pittsburgh and Southern Coal Co leads the move. Property valued and stock issued. cash payouts to exiting firms. A committee handles the matter.
The Eureka Improvement Company of St Paul assigned for $700000, the city’s largest business collapse in years. Eastern parties hold much of the debt, with nearly half a million lost by stockholders. The firm, formed to deal in lands and electric motor ventures, faced mortgages that secure most of its liabilities.
A heavy rain storm hit Watertown and surrounding areas causing cloud bursts and washouts. Two miles west of Chaumont a washout blocked the Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg line delaying service. transfers will restore passenger traffic. Redwood and Sackett's Harbor flooded with no reported injuries. The Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg line train wrecked at a washout near Deep. Passengers are being shuttled.
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