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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1885
Page
4
A playful verse links bill collectors and debts to February while teasing Valentine mail and serenades. It notes jokes about a vendor’s unknown identity, July heat, mosquitos, and vacations, then shifts to a farmer’s aggressive dog, crampy apples, and a cheerful quirky refrain about the months. The tone stays light, humorous, and local.
Flood disaster drives John and Martha Parsons to abandon their ranch. They decide to move to a mountain claim offered by Mr Blake, trading animals and goods for the property and settling plans to relocate Johnny to safety while awaiting word on the title and sale. The family endures fear, hope, and hard choices as they navigate flood risks and new prospects.
R R Cable vice president announces E St John promoted to assistant to the General Manager and General Ticket and Passenger Agent duties remain with him. St John began railway service in 1862 with Quincy & Toledo, later joining Chicago Rock Island and has served as General Ticket Agent since 1869 and General Ticket and Passenger Agent since 1879. He marked twenty second year with the Rock Island Road on July 4.
Harper's Bazar describes high end traveling dresses in canvas with square mesh waists and velvet or watered silk drapery. Ecru brown reseda and blue prevail with velvet lace trimmings and silk waist linings. Dark blue canvas offers a quiet travel option with minimal flounces and satin ribbons.
A guidance piece asserts whist cannot be learned quickly. Proficiency comes from patient study and continuous practice, requiring sound judgment, close observation, quick inference, and memory. The author notes many play only superficially, while true mastery demands dedicated effort.
A Scot land Methodist anecdote recalls a rich man offering five pounds for chapel repairs before a plaster accident prompts a joke and a warning. The piece argues many crave patchwork fixes rather than radical rebuilding of life, urging decisive action to avoid ongoing misery and disease.
William Wilson of Fonda drove the first train between Schenectady and Albany with a team of horses. He aided in sodding embankments and recalled the early slow trains, noting it was near July or August 1850 when the line began, with road-bed work starting July 25, 1850.
A note hints the river mouth is likely a good fishing spot. Quotations include humorous lines about painting and the moon. A reader praises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for relief from back aches and weakness. Bananas noted as easier to spot in fall.
An excerpt-brimmed page notes a retired field voice praising elite Black families, a New York bird trade tally with 60 000 canaries and others selling for 250 000 yearly, and a household bread roll recipe from The Howelh.
The timetable announces a new through line connecting the Ohio River region with the Great Lakes, highlighting service between Cleveland and Marietta. July 12, 188.
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