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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1886
Page
1
Senate and House debates and committee actions are summarized, including Ohio testimony on Senator Payne's election, committee assignments for Mr. Whitthorne, post office appropriation discussions, tariff and oleo margarine taxation debates, river and harbor bills, and various national incidents and economic updates across cities.
At the AHA session on the 28th it was resolved to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Columbus in 1802 in a distinguished manner. A committee will ask the President to bring the matter before Congress. The new Chinese Minister was presented to the President on the 20th alt. in full court attire with three aides and an interpreter. Joseph J. Coombs, former Ohio Whig leader and Interior Department clerk, died in Washington on the 20th alt. aged seventy six. Herman of Oregon looks likely to win a Fiftieth Congress seat after unanimous renomination news. A general army order assigns Ruger to Dakota and Potter to Missouri. The public debt decreased $11,000,000 in April.
Obituary notices report the death of Mrs. Anne Green Phillips in Boston. Beaver Falls works resume after two and a half years idle, hiring about one hundred. Jadine’s bribery trial set for May 10. Dubois of Dubois sells vast estate to his nephew for one dollar as he nears death. Hanlan race proposed for $10,000. A derailment near Corry kills Fireman Peter Rouse. New York Assembly blocks elevator charge cuts at Buffalo. Alberti wins $25,000 over $50,000 claim for injuries near Oxford. Fruits forecast shows record Pennsylvania crop. peach crop damaged by frost. Women’s Foreign Missionary Society meets in Pittsburgh with strong attendance. Anarchist Herr Most arrested in New York. Brown & Co. Pittsburgh mills shut except steel works. 300 workers strike for 10 percent raise. New York Assembly actions noted.
A frame house in Sutte Mont burned on the 27th, killing Lizzie Lee's four year old son and robbing her trunk of 900 dollars. Several guests were badly burned while investigators search for the incendiary amid the chaotic blaze.
Dispatches from Athens report the Greek government demands withdrawal of the ultimatum or the ministry will resign in protest over a menace to Greece inde pendence. A wave of international tensions and domestic political peril surrounds the action.
Casualties from a late Apache raid include nineteen killed with several wounded and one girl captured. Other items note penalties for Joan Avrpemorrie and Erasmus Shephard, a St Paul plumbers strike, a fatal Oberlin fire, a quarrel in Indianapolis ending with a suspect jailed, and ongoing U S court and Ohio state legislative actions.
A child asks her father for a Sunday dress in a tender rhyme about a daughter's love. The verse depicts a father and daughter moments of closeness, a smile, and gentle affection as a small girl pleads for a new dress.
A narrator recalls a Baltimore visit in 1869 with wife Fannie Farleigh. A fortune teller Mammy Tilly predicts a future husband, leading to a dreamlike encounter with Hal. The tale blends visions, a sugar spell, and a night of eerie revelations ending with a humorous past misadventure about a balcony intrusion and mistaken identity.
A method to produce a walnutlike material from poor pine is outlined. Walnut peel extract mixed with water coats the wood, then bichromate or potash solution is rubbed on while half dry to yield a convincing walnut substitute that appears identical upon close inspection.
The New York public is told of a new stone brick produced by grinding quicklime with silicious sand and extra sand, then moist steam, molding under pressure, and hardening with blows. The bricks are not sold until at least three months old.
A man faces income reduction after an assessor’s visit, with officials citing impact on earnings. The event highlights tax assessment procedures and potential financial effects on residents.
Pearls and sapphires rise in engagement ring style with plain initials and date inscribed. The wedding ring remains a plain gold band, sometimes the French alliance ring for foreigners, with both rings bearing the couple's initials and marriage date.
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