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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1885
Page
2
The report notes a little over one million visitors to the New Orleans exposition, comparing it to Philadelphia’s Centennial. It also records June U S government receipts at 27,156,015.55 dollars and expenditures at 15,255,758.11 dollars. It adds a note that southern towns ban or tax the Mother Hubbard dress with fines.
A Pennsylvania lawyer forfeits a planned European journey after a wealthy client’s death raises concerns that the heirs will inherit the property. The briefing notes illness and possible summons involving Charles Francis Adams of Massachusetts.
A Garfield relative argued in a recent lecture that President Garfield did not die from Guiteau's bullet but from improper medical care. Meanwhile over five hundred converts to Mormonism reached New York from Sweden and Denmark and will settle in Utah. more arrivals are expected soon.
Edward F. Noyes is named Government Director for the Pacific railroad companies drawing strong opposition from Democrats who describe him as a steadfast partisan.
The article notes labor unrest in Cleveland and Chicago with threats of violence, while postmaster removals are deemed unlikely. It highlights a Sacramento farmer profiting $9,000 from twelve acres, and reports crops ruined by heavy rains in eastern Kansas and anticipated wheat losses in Ohio. Farmers seek rain and stability amid the turmoil.
It is estimated that the public debt fell by 10.5 million during June, bringing the fiscal year total reduction to about 65 million. The prior year saw a 101 million decrease. Expenditures ran about 310 million with receipts around 321 million, roughly 7.5 million under the estimates.
An eastern exchange notes Miss Cleveland's practical example in helping with house cleaning. She tied a towel around her head and directed the servants, showing good sense despite polite society's views on women and domestic work.
Republican journals say J R McLean is spending boodle to tilt the next Legislature Democratic and seek a Senate. He would wear the mantle if offered, but he is believed to push hard with picked lieutenants as his political fight nears.
A New Haven dispatch reports a tiny coral like insect attacking young oysters in the harbor. The pest builds brownish coral on seed oysters and progressively destroys them, risking nine tenths of 98 000 bushels planted by one grower.
Delegates from this county returned elated over prospects after the Prohibition State Convention at Springfield last week. The large wig-wam was filled showing rising prohibition sentiment and Dr Leonard was named as governor candidate. The platform will be published in a future issue.
The Steubenville Gazette notes the Ohio wool market with rivals from Australia. Eastern buyers visit local sellers as over a dozen attend inquiries. Prices mostly 28 to 30 cents. some clips reach 33. Major buyers include J Bradfield & Sons and the Johnson brothers. a large share purchased near Barnesville.
The Sunday School at Chalfant's chapel held a children's day last Sabbath. Miss Alice Sigman chaired a richly decorated service with evergreen arches, flowers, and paintings. Rev A W Gruber spoke on the origin and object of Children's Day. Contributions to the educational fund were collected.
Sick-Youngest child of Dr Yeo and J B Peoples. D A Frame sold his farm to Mr Gray of Macksburg. A J Larrison welcomes a new son. Thursday singings led by Prof Martin at North Salem. Jwo Hutchison and sisters visit Miss Anna Wallace. John Gilmore, a section hand, killed a copperhead near bridge No 18. Dr Black, Jacob Dayton and family spent the 4th in town. Alex McCleary of Indianapolis renewed old acquaintances. George Ross, 9, attends school, nearly finished practical arithmetic. Young folks held a social at I Hazletts with violin, organ and horn music. Bell Bros supplied 25 gallons of ice cream for the festival, short of Plainfield and Kimbolton. Will Hazlett, Tim Rose, Will Dawson, Thos Wilson, Cora Wilson and Jane Walgamott were baptized by immersion at Bird's Run church last Sabbath. Tim Rose and Clum Larrison argued with Henry Gray. Henry struck Clum with a stone lifting hair from his cranium.
The oat crop reached record area in 1884 with 21 million acres and 583 million bushels. Michigan reports 597,864 acres and about 19,990 bushels per year, averaging 33 bushels per acre with value near 10 dollars per acre. The crop is cheap to raise, with straw adding profit and oats improving soil fertility. lodging on rich soils can threaten clover.
E H Lavely returned from Kansas and J B Fishel came home after about three months away. James Woodruff and sister with Miss Belle Hawes and brother visited friends near Zanesville last week. Sunday schools from Bethel and Harmony joined the Union School picnic on July 4. The Bethel speaker was Rev Perego. Harmony’s was W H Willison of Quaker City. Blue Bell band boys performed at the Pt Pleasant festival and Lutheran church event. T W McKinley brought raspberries to Cambridge and supplied Pt Pleasant Mt Zion and Byesville festivals.berries available for families at market prices for the next two weeks.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois reports a eight year leg sore that doctors said would require bone scraping or amputation. After using three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen’s Arnica salve his leg healed. Sold by C L Wall & Co at 50c per bottle and 25c per box.
Fragment from a verse about paying a printer before marriage and debt, noting some people avoid such tales while others face a fixed fate beyond winter. The lines reflect humor and moral sentiment in a compact literary fragment.
A playful tale set at a skating rink where a young couple Mary and her lover attend with coins and light humor. Mary falls on the floor after look back, while the beau laughs and later vows closer companionship. The scene ends with their estrangement and mutual caution.
The discovery is said to bring the most good to the greatest number by curing consumption and relieving coughs colds bronchitis asthma hoarseness and throat chest and lung affections. Free trial bottles are available at C L Wall & Co drug store.
Special telegrams note Boston boot and shoe trade buoyant, New Orleans and southern markets hopeful on crops, and Burlington Iowa showing good prospects. Meanwhile coal, iron, and streetcar strikes press on, New England cotton mills and Pittsburg glass works shut, and dry goods prices trend lower. Failures reach 192 with most small traders affected. Canada records 19.
Advertises Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy from Piqua Ohio for piles with back and abdominal weight, indigestion, and itching. Claims the remedy absorbs tumors and provides a permanent cure at 59 cents, sold by J M McGill.
John Leaper celebrated his seventy first birthday at home near Senecaville on July 4 with seven children their spouses twenty three grandchildren and many friends and neighbors arriving by nine in the morning. Guests shared abundant meals then presented him with gifts and the Wesleyan minister Rev W Armstrong offered prayers after readings from Psalm 102 and a warm farewell.
Woodsfield resident Miss Frank Jones owns about 20 000 silk worms that have begun spinning. It is believed the cocoons will fetch at least 300 dollars this season according to the Woodsfield Spirit.
Verse laments a mother’s loss as a young child is laid to rest. It contemplates death, mourning, and the hope of reunion with the Savior beyond the grave. The speaker recalls the child’s smiling face and white braid, expressing deep maternal sorrow and religious consolation.
Prof W P Johnson principal of Benton public schools Arkansas writes of 17 years with catarrh. He spent $900 consulting physicians, suffered deafness and bodily loss, but ten bottles of 8 8 Scured him sound. He calls it the best blood purifier he has used.
A Clayton Georgia man praises Swift's Specific for curing his wife of vein inflammation after seven years. He credits a druggist for the suggestion and notes the remedy is inexpensive and entirely vegetable, with a free mail offer for the treatise on blood and skin diseases.
The ad claims hair loss has many causes but Parker's Hair Balsam will restore growth. It states bald spots fill quickly and color returns, with a cool scalp feel, no dye or grease, and safety. Readers are urged to try this reliable dressing with years of testimony.
Local items from Byesville report quiet Fourth celebrations and community updates. Mentions include Dr W Ringer settling in, children’s day at Oberlin, new house on Grant street, visits to Senecaville, attendance at the Cambridge horse fair, a picnic at St Pleasant, and Prof JB Garber starting a normal school at Quaker City. Also notes WFEMS district convention in Byesville in August and various visits, market prices, and a medicine advertisement from Cheney's Stomach and Liver Regulator.
Listing shows weekly corrections by R. W. Linpsey for Cambridge Market. Items include meal, eggs, feathers, sorghum, honey, salt, tallow, butter, chickens, shoulders, sides, red clover seed, orchard grass and other seeds, new potatoes, rags, alfalfa and millets. miscellaneous pricing hints and garbled OCR remnants present.
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