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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1887
Page
2
The Greenback labor party and the Henry George party are forming alliances in many states. The Florida Legislature debates a U S Senate seat but cannot settle on a candidate. A columnist suggests Jones could return, possibly forgiven and welcomed back.
The French government favored Maryland and Kentucky tobacco in its latest bid while rejecting Ohio tobacco. Market chatter notes low demand for Ohio tobacco. Cincinnati is said to host many gamblers and crooks who deceive rural residents and victimize them financially.
The Mexican minister in Washington says his government has not found any cholera cause in Mexico or Central America. He says the report was fabricated by an enterprising reporter.
A syndicate of American capitalists travels to China and is granted exclusive rights to operate telephone exchanges for thirty years, signaling a strong bid to dominate global communications. The move is presented as a bold bid to win worldwide influence.
The article notes baseball’s growth into a business, citing at least 2,500,000 dollars spent annually and players earning 5,000 dollars or more per year, underscoring its lucrative, professional status.
The Mormons plan to move to Mexico purchasing large tracts of land and establishing colonies seeking peace. The writer remarks that polygamists may fare better in warmer climates than the Rockies offer.
A powerful storm system crossed oceans, reaching Australia last week. Winds and floods swelled crowds, with the number of affected people rising by several hundred as the disaster spread beyond U S borders.
A university decree bans tobacco use by students in any form. The faculty faces resistance as students push back against the order, making compliance a challenge that tests the administration as much as the subject of tobacco control.
In April 11 399 pension certificates were issued the largest monthly total in the bureaus history. Original pensions 5543 increase pensions 5347 Mexican war pensions 509.
A 65 year old New Hampshire farmer, described as worth thousands, starts walking to Des Moines Iowa to make his home. He seeks time to decide and belongs to a school that resists hurried world travel.
A new West Virginia license law becomes active on May 25 requiring brewers and distillers to pay 100 to 500 dollars based on business size while saloon keepers pay 350 dollars. The fees are independent of U S taxes and apply to commercial travelers entering the state to sell liquor.
About 12,000,000 bushels of coal moved from Pittsburgh toward Cincinnati and Louisville with other southern cities in a record shipment. The Ohio river trade thrives after the interstate commerce bill, and boatmen reap a harvest as traffic increases.
John C. Beckett formally leaves the Auditor's office on Saturday to become cashier of the Central National Bank. He is praised as an efficient auditor of Guernsey county with the people approving his conduct and pleasant manners. Thomas J. Tingle is appointed to fill the vacancy, described as an experienced courteous official, with the people’s interests safeguarded.
Commissioner Colman exposes a market where horse, dog, and swine carcasses are used to make oleomargarine. He notes manufacturers ignore meat condition, maggots add flavor, acids mask odors, and a touch of genuine butter completes the counterfeit. The practice has grown into a wide industry in both the country and Europe.
Farmers plant corn while Washington booms and two new stores open in town. Mrs E Craig expands goods stock. Wm Stewart and John Erskins plan a grocery in the McCurdy building. Miss Sue Tedrick visits Newark, Andrew McCreary visits family in Byesville, and Lillian Johnston nears convalescence from pneumonia. School events include festivals, exams, and a School Board slate with committees named. An Indian artifact find on a farm hints at ancient burials.
Friedman Bros the leading house in Byesville invites customers to explore the county's finest line of goods and be convinced by their offerings.
A compact local column reports loss of a valuable horse from lung fever and calls for another grocery. It lists a sick list, notes a lumber partnership, a veterinary visit, a teaching job at Christian Hill, a trotting mare improving, a lumber wagon accident, district reorganization talk, a school board division suggestion, and asks readers to answer a mill toll math puzzle about grain shares.
McCormick slowly recovers as Mrs N Darr and Miss Dora Martin also improve. Mr Cosby of Cambridge moves to the Allen property here. Mrs J Hines returns from Uhrichsville after two weeks visit. Laura Long invites for May 6 Beaver Falls commencement. Local excitement over the large gas project near Kimbelton remains minor. Sugar Tree birthday gathering honors Mrs McCullough with wishes for many more.
Friedman Bros of Byesville hold the lead in clothing boots shoes hats caps and all kinds of dry goods according to local trade reports.
Robert Willis Brady remains in declining health while WFMS area prospers. John McConnell suffers pneumonia. Edward Spence and wife visit from Senecaville. Weeds sprawl in meadows and Wm Wilson with his wife from Newark visit. Hugh Dyer enhances his home with paint and a new roof. Cadiz and Cambridge mail arrival times shift to 9 am and 3 pm. Robins of Fairview to preside as elder at Antrim circuit meeting next weekend.
If you want your clothes cleaned or repaired be sure and go to Kersey's on Mill Street opposite Court House. The ad urges customers to visit for laundry and alteration services in town.
The letter notes spring plowing as the day’s focus and mentions freezes preventing repairs to dry houses. It reports collapse of the Kimbolton Grand Army Post and calls Kimbolton “Widowville” for widows. It adds a note on a new mercantile venture by H E Formey and W J Speers.
Antrim items report birth to Mr and Mrs H C Phipps on April 28, Miss Mary Cunningham sick with quinsy. A portable saw mill at Chas Bond's farm. Prayer meetings at the U P church. Preparations to decorate veterans' graves on May 30. John Stockdale Sr. ill but improving. Streets graded Saturday under Thomas Boyd. Prospective builders include R P Bell near the hotel, J K Andrews at the east end, Martin Johnson at the west end.
Measles spread in Claysville and sickness noted in the neighborhood. A new two story school house is planned. I Wall family visiting Dr Hawes. Gas supply dwindling. A H Lynn bought a buggy horse from J W Stone. Miss Emma Dolman of Cumberland visited Mrs Beckett. F Dollison’s back remodeling. Frank Burris to drive this summer. ME congregation festival planned Wednesday evening. May 25 John Stephenson wed Susan Wilson of Bloomfield. serenade followed. Ambridge are.
A Noble County market reports hogs selling for four to five cents per pound as buyers and sellers note price levels for live stock trade. The update highlights market activity in the rural agricultural region and indicates typical pricing for hogs in the period.
A compilation of civil judgments by consent and default, settlements, sales confirmations, and orders of sale across numerous cases. Notable items include judgments for small sums, sale confirmations with deeds ordered, liens and distributions, guardians ad litem appointed, partitions ordered, and several Ohio state cases including perjury and liquor law violations. The Grand Jury report notes nine true bills after examining 72 witnesses and confirms jail rule compliance.
Everett McLaughlin and Martha A. Larimore, T. 8. Davis and Minnie Hess, C. F. Rabe and Bertha E. Reynolds received marriage licenses.
The Progress of Civilization outlines Achim Forepaughs stellar troupe led by William Showles the world’s champion trick somersault rider and Daisy Belmont, Rosalie Stickney, Senorita Lowanda, M’Jle Tourneur, Mabelle Reed, and De Granville. It also cites Ouda the European aerial gymnast and The Fisher Brothers plus multiple acts in a vast galaxy of performers.
A Noble county man consumed fourteen hen eggs and one goose egg for breakfast and left the table still hungry, reported in a local detail.
Fishing parties are in order and farming notes mark the week as wheat remains a slow harvest. Visits abound with Mrs Selby from Kansas, Mra Rey J W Martin from North Salem, J E McGee on business to Cambridge, and Master Jae Stone visiting his mother. Prof Paden recovers from illness. A Philo hall debate on representing constituents ends with a vote for the affirmative after J A Cosby and S H Maharry spar.
Harmony notes measles have reached the area while Dogtown constable's term has expired. Mrs Wm Heskett visited her father B Malone last week and Henry Lake hauled tobacco for Dogtown parties. Ebenezer Johnson of Noble county was here last week to tend his farm interests.
Proceedings of the April 29 30 1887 special convention in K P Hall Cambridge Ohio with Vice President J Applegarth presiding. Committees on credentials and rules appointed. delegates listed from Norris Scotts C C Guernsey and other mines. Night session adopts wage and price resolutions including one cent per bushel and $1 per yard and 60 cents per ton coal. Morning sessions approve resolutions on room turning price free turns abolition and district meetings. Finances show $26.22 in treasury with $23.31 levies collected. President George Harrison and Secretary W H Turner sign off.
The verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters cure liver kidney and blood diseases say W D Sult druggist of Bippus Indiana and Abraham Hare druggist of Bellville Ohio. One man used six bottles and was cured of ten years rheumatism. Wall & Co drug store sells bottles for fifty cents with thousands of testimonials.
The annual report shows seven new Lodges established in Ohio and 3,375 initiations with 600 reinstatements, net gain nearly 800 members. Lodges receipts exceed $440,000 with relief expenditures over $150,000, total state assets rise to about $2,000,000 and total membership about 50,000. Rebekah order reports 120 active lodges and about 7,500 members with a year gain of 1,200 and receipts near 7,500.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and is priced at 25 cents per box, sold by CO. Ll. Wall & Co on Feb 18.
Mrs. W. P. Cannon states she suffered a lip ulcer for eight years resisted by seven doctors. After eighteen bottles of a blood cleansing tonic she reports a complete cure with the cancer gone and health restored. The Swrer Spiorrio Co. offers a free treatise by mail from Atlanta, Georgia.
Beginning today the B O R R Co offers thousand mile tickets priced at 25 080 each for use on its Trans Ohio Divisions or the Cincinnati and Pittsburgh Line. Tickets valid through July 31 1887 may be purchased at principal ticket offices in Columbus Ohio and other offices. W E Reppert G P Agt Columbus Ohio April 30 1887.
The advertisement touts Boschee’s German Syrup as a safe, effective remedy for coughs colds and lung troubles. It claims to cure by removing the disease’s cause and healing affected parts rather than drying a cough. Sold by druggists for 75 cents a bottle with a house trial promise.
Citizens held a meeting to raise funds for gas wells with committees appointed and over $1,000 donated. The plan is to donate all proceeds to the town council for sinking two or three wells as property owners join in. Enthusiasm suggests Quaker City may soon reap gas boom benefits.
Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with hypophosphites is palatable and enhances remedial power. Effective for consumption scrofula emaciation or loss of flesh or nerve power. take no other. 21 4t
A humorous quip notes doctors face distrust and fear in patients while blaming their role in society. The speaker, drawing on doctor ethos, argues that treating the sick may be easier than treating the healthy.
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