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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1888
Page
2
A note reports a planned thorough test at Chicago to determine if Texas cattle fever is contagious. Also noted: United States Minister to Russia George Lathrop has resigned due to failing health. Chicago claims a two weeks old infant weighs thirteen ounces. Massachusetts couple marks 73rd wedding anniversary per Harpers.
Reports from trade centers indicate improving business conditions with a favorable crop outlook bringing hopeful signs to the market. Traders note steady demand and brighter prospects for agriculture and commerce ahead.
The sloping fever has prevailed to an alarming extent during the past week. Married folks figured as principals in a majority of cases.
In Chicago last Thursday the thermometer plunged from 86 to 648 within five minutes. The Standard Oil Company nears completion of a state pipeline to Chicago, estimated at cost two million dollars.
A introduced bill in Congress would require postmasters to be elected rather than appointed. It is unlikely to advance to law.
Matthew S. Quay of Pittsburg has been chosen chairman of the National Republican committee. In political circles he is considered a great leader.
Ebenezer Stanyard, who killed his sweetheart Alice Hancox in Youngstown Ohio about a year ago, was hanged at the Penitentiary last Friday. The week’s storm caused heavy flood damage in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, with Monongahela valley losses estimated at 2 to 3 million dollars. Dakota produced over 60 million bushels of wheat last year, enough to form a 600 mile long train of 100,000 cars. A Washington dispatch reports Senator Blair favoring a constitutional amendment to ban the liquor traffic, reported from the committee on education.
John Wanamaker of Philadelphia holds about a million dollars in life insurance. A fellow Philadelphian named Stetson carries about $759,000 in policies.
The period’s extreme cold has peaked with a July snow in Great Britain. Mountain peaks in the north are capped in white and London suburbs report mid summer snowflakes despite the hot season.
Nicholas Smith described as Horace Greeley’s son-in-law faces a New York court suit over a board bill. He previously served as best man at a Kentucky wedding and sought reimbursement for travel expenses. Reports portray him as a flashy figure with little backing.
The dispute between Mahone and Wise in Virginia remains unsettled with no concessions in sight. Riddleberger and Mahone have only temporarily adjusted differences, and the piece suggests the Republicans may need stronger measures to settle the two-way clash.
The Commercial Gazette praises W.5 Cappeller as an informed and capable Republican chairman who knows Ohio by township but warns he is not a diplomat and would not be sent as minister to Russia without consent.
At Columbus last Wednesday the Republican State Central Committee elected William Monaghan of Columbiana county as chairman with 12 votes. M. R. Patterson received three votes and A. T. Brinswade of Cleveland five. T. H. Anderson of this place was named to the State Executive committee.
Buffalo Bill W F Cody advocates granting 160 acres of public land to each Indian man to avoid reservations and predicts a population increase and eventual assimilation with whites similar to the Cherokees. Guernsey County Republican Central Committee assembles electing M L Hartley chair and C L Bond secretary with T H Anderson secretary and other officers.
The New York Sun notes a proposal by Racine Democratic Club president Andrew Simonson to curb loud campaign events and firework displays. He urges an intellectual, issue driven race funded by major donors, while critics expect traditions of torchlight parades and celebrations to continue.
Normal school resumed Monday. R Boyd spent Friday and Saturday in Wheeling. Florentz and wife returned from a two week visit in Columbus. Mary Tidd of Lancaster Ohio visits cousin Jessie Lingo. Geo B Emerson recent Buchtel grad at home. Verna Rose visited sister Mrs TC Davidson in Columbus. Will Faulkner and wife from Pittsburgh spend summer with Mrs DAndoy. Ella St Clair to wed Rev E E Whittaker near Salesville Tuesday July 1. About 100 attend county GAR gathering in Cambridge by special train from Quaker City. Jack Lippincott and family left Bellaire due to sickness. G G and Howard Lippincott remain to run Globe House. James Dilley hired to guide Bellaire city band to Cincinnati Centennial excursion. The Q C band young leader gains reputation as a cornetist.
John G Stewart had a well drilled last week. Nearly all the wool is sold at 25 cents in this locality. Mary Smith returns home to Brady after two months with friends in Hopewell. Rev John Baker to preach next Saturday night and Sunday at 10:30 in the ME church. Knox township soldiers and citizens attended a reunion at Cambridge. Mrs Lee Clark leads a concert Thursday night for her own benefit with admission 2 cents. Rev WG Walters preached in Kimbolton and Hopewell churches last Sabbath. Mrs Lee Clark found about thirty guests at her home celebrating her birthday. no details given.
Francis Barnes vs A J Warner et al with RT Scott as master. temporary injunction in Chas Wilson vs Lissie Wilson. bond set at $500. Anna McCullough vs Thos McMullen et al sale confirmed and deed ordered. Wm Mcllyar vs Levi Sunnafrank et al sale of 40 and 160 acre tracts appraised. Joseph Brown Samuel Morrison and A Ringer named appraisers with JC Steele as guardian ad litem. Marcis Johnson vs J G Stanley recognised in $300 to next term with Mary Duffey as surety. J B Hollingsworth vs Melissa Creighton default for $177.74 and costs.
In Claysville on a cool time for the season a daughter was born Thursday July 12 to Mr and Mrs Sterman Burris. Guests incl J J Neeland and Grace at Norwich for Sabbath with brother-in-law G C Hammond. W S Wycoff and sister visited New Concord for Salvation Army meeting. J H White visited Alexander Cook’s family near town. DD F Stanley and Emma C Wycoff at New Concord for Sabbath Salvation Army. A J Aplin at Cambridge on business. Rev Lincoln Wilson renewed acquaintances in town. Blacksmith Atkins narrowly escaped an eye injury from a hot spark. Carr Bros removed part of McCourt well machinery en route to Blue Rock in Muskingum county.
Miss Laura Stewart visited her mother over Sunday. The Missionary Concert was moved from Saturday to Sunday night. Rev W M Marshall preached to a large Baptist church congregation. Miss Minnie Young stayed with Misses Dora and Nettie Oliver. Mr Emma Patterson of Iola Kansas visiting parents. Rev WG Walters called to fill Rey Seotton's Kimbolton and Hopewell appointments. Rock Hill normal operates one week due to principal away. Music meeting in McConnell’s grove Saturday and night a financial success. proceeds expected around $40.
The Campbell boys purchased a high quality buggy. Will Stockdale returned to New Philadelphia last week. Lon McPeek is very ill with consumption near Brushy Fork church. Members attended the GAR reunion at Cambridge on Tuesday. Farmers busy putting up hay this week with a poor crop forecast. John Longeworth bought a traction engine from a Newark firm. John Stockdale moved to Winchester to teach this winter. An ice cream festival at Salt Fork church last week raised funds for repairs. Recent heavy rains caused damage to corn and washed out gut bridges.
The report uses township returns to compare last year’s acreage and current condition. Wheat stands 70 percent. corn 97 percent area, 82 percent average condition, with worm damage noted. Potatoes 99 percent area, 50 percent average condition. Timothy 69 percent, pastures 6 percent. Cattle 92 percent, calves 82 percent. Wool 77 percent of five year average. Storms of July 7 and 8 damaged wheat, oats, corn, and potatoes. rain saturated soils. oats blown down. corn bent or broken. harvest slowed. chinch bugs appear but overall condition seen as better than last month. Frost reported in several towns on multiple dates. others listed with light frost. No threshing reports yet.
Sickness includes Dellart and Lafayette Gibson while Miss Sadie Medhkim suffers malaria. Train accident kills two heifers for Porter Gibson last Thursday. Local students plan to attend Normal school and Concord. Community events feature church collections, Children’s Day at MI church, sermons by Rev Best, and a baseball game between Muongry Dozen and Prohibitionists with mixed results and umpire Milton S Hubert.
An essay compares thinning fruit to focused effort in life and work. It argues that removing excess early yields larger, tastier harvests and parallels this to specialization, thorough study, and mastering a single profession for lasting success. It warns against overextension and praises concentration.
The piece reports about 80,000 salesmen on the road in the United States with an average expense account of 1625 dollars per year each. It estimates total travel outlays at 130 million dollars and adds salaries around 1000 dollars annually, bringing the grand total to 210 million dollars spent on traveling salesmen affecting railway and hotel profits nationwide.
A liquid derived from boiling tomato plant leaves and stems to extract a juice is described as deadly to caterpillars and other pests on trees and shrubs. The odor is strong and lingers, but the spray does not harm the plant.
Preparations for the Columbus G A R encampment include feeding 50 000 veterans with a vast menu and extensive equipment. The plan calls for bacon ham beef mutton bread corn bread potatoes beans tomatoes cabbage onions beets hominy rice coffee tea milk sugar cheese eggs applesauce crackers cakes pickles butter and thousands of utensils, boilers, ranges and waiters. The Ohio State Journal offers six months of subscription for forty cents to cover full information on the event and the Ohio Centennial.
A Chicago News item analyzes nail shapes and their supposed personality meanings. It links long nails, round tips, black tips, white spots, and transparency to dispositions such as generosity, gentleness, romance, fickleness, cheerfulness, and passion. It warns about notched thumbnails signifying gluttony and irregular cuts signaling haste.
A narrator recalls a Confederate veteran who served with Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley. He recounts how Sheridan and Early exchanged blows as they chased enemy guns, noting a station where cannons bore a tag reading General Jubal Early Shenandoah Valley and the Confederate added Care of P. H. Sheridan.
The notice cites testimonials from C H Morris of Arkansas and Jesse Middlewart of Ohio praising Dr King's New Discovery for consumption. It claims cures for lung abscess and dire prognosis with doctors giving up. Sample bottles are offered at Wall & Co drug store. A stray humorous item about Miss Purpleblossom appears.
The remedy is praised as widely known and popular with claims it purifies blood and cures liver and kidney diseases. It will remove pimples boils and salt rheum, drive malaria from the system and aid headaches constipation and indigestion. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded with bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
A stylish resort scene begins with a man shouting about a huge mosquito on his cheek. A woman who respects her betters urges mercy, noting that some of America's finest blood runs in the insect’s veins.
R N Mitchell of Maven Georgia describes an eighteen year eczema illness with recent chronic psorysis and blindness, claiming swift specific treatment cured skin, restored vision, and enabled him to work again. Proof signed by Bibb County Hospital officials and Swift Specific Co listing a free mailed treatise.
A Detroit Free Press note recalls humorous coroner jury incidents across the United States. juries misinterpret expectations find the dispeased guilty as charged and declare deaths from railroad engines or runaway teams with odd phrasing and local quirks.
The advertisement promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and lists price 25 cents per box sold by C L Wall & Co with a note [to Dec 188].
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