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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1883
Page
4
Poem excerpt by Edna Dean Proctor from The Manhattan exhorts a hopeful advance toward a brighter future. It urges leaving the past behind to greet dawn and the rising sun, celebrating nature’s bounty and divine promise as summers and skies unfold ahead.
A reporter visits a firehouse and records colorful banter from seasoned firemen. The men describe grueling shifts, strict schedules, early morning drills, and the lure of firefighting despite harsh conditions, including icy nights, long watches, and monotony between blazes.
In a Detroit Free Press piece from the Lime-Kiln Club proceedings a humorous death notice for Brombus tus De Witt describes him as an average man with a mix of good and bad traits. Club leaders offer sympathy and plans for a 60 day mourning, a monument fund, and crape on the door while noting his eccentric pastimes and debts.
A mosaic of quips and anecdotes from the era touches on manners, humor, and social wit. Jokes span farming proverbs to a New York tailor’s coat-tail invention, with urban quips about labor, fortune, and a grass widow joke.
A Detroit Free Press remark describes boots soaked in water and the grim toll of firefighting. The speaker notes that repeated fires exhaust the crew, with jokes about drying boots by the fire before returning to fight more blazes. The piece implies widespread danger and potential rheumatic illness from constant exposure.
Pall Mall Gazette outlines an electric tunnel project in London with a two line railway of iron caissons under the river. Carriages run by steam driven dynamos, nine inch floor clearance, and first and second class sections. Costing £85,000 to contract and £5,000 yearly operating plus 20 percent of gross over £20,000. Prospective wider adoption in London and America.
Ira D. Sankey and Dwight Moody plan a return to England in October to spend a year in London. Reports describe two large iron tabernacles in London that seat 5,000 each and can be moved to different city locations.
A compilation of figures covering land use for sugar in Texas, a planned Portland bridge and workshops budget, England’s army costs, New York steam railway capital and mileage, salt production in Syracuse, cruelty to children cases in New York, Chicago fire paper notes, British fortunes in a decade, and U S labor by gender and trade.
A Boston tale recounts two Chestnut Street residents who secretly order carriages. One driver mistakes the other’s vehicle for his own and drives all over town. A pursuing detective retrieves the carriage and arrests the young man for horse stealing. The truth proves the misdirection. Moral: be sure you’re right then go ahead.
A New York Times reprint recalls a St Joseph, Missouri incident where a young woman bit a man, nearly killing him, and contrasts with a past death after a similar bite. The piece jokes about Missouri girls being poisonous and warns men to avoid close contact with females to stay safe.
Thirty-seven West Point graduates died in the past year, the same total as the year before, reflecting a steady mortality figure among alumni.
A historical notice touts Dr. Wm HaLl s BALSAM as a sovereign lung remedy from Dr Robert Newton former Eclectic College president in New York and Cincinnati. The piece also recounts five men on a corner reacting to mortgage and home improvements in Detroit in lighter local humor.
William T. Carr a Presbyterian pastor from Elizabeth New Jersey reports severe hay fever for twenty five years and credits Ely's Cream Balm with immediate relief enabling him to perform duties without discomfort despite exposure to heat drafts and dust. He proclaims the balm a cure. The note also mentions the short distance between New York and Brooklyn.
Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer claims to restore natural hair color and promote new growth without harming health unlike sulfur or lead nitrate treatments. The vender promises fast color improvement to a glossy brown and urges asking a druggist, with Brenton Myers Co. and N Crittenton named as agents.
Emporia Kansas wife healed after four months bedridden using Dr Pierce remedies. Kentucky pastor praises Brown’s Iron Bitters as a top tonic. Boston column jokes about telephone transmitters. Health blurb warns of blood poisoning linked to kidney and liver disease, touts German Hop Bitters. Norris town Herald notes gloom lifts when a rich man dies and his son’s raise.
The renowned health reformer Dio Lewis, aged sixty and renowned for his physical training work, discusses moving to New York to launch a monthly magazine titled Dio Lewis's Monthly. He aims to promote hygiene and preventive care, drawing on forty years of experience and his New England instructional work, including the Lexington Ladies Seminary and the Boston Normal Institute for Physical Training.
For you madam who bears a tanned or disfigured complexion the magnolia balm promises natural entrancing tints. The balm is described as delicate harmless and delightful with an artificial look that observers cannot detect and may become permanent with careful use.
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