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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1889
Page
4
Alexander Baranoff, a Boston resident born in Russia, recounts a 1848 arrest after crossing the Polish border with officers. He describes sixteen convicts sent to Siberia, chained journeys from St Petersburg to Nerchinsk, brutal camps, and a perilous eight-year flight ending in Prussia, England, and finally Boston.
The London Queen weighs the qualities of chaperons for balls. It favors married sisters or aunts as ideal chaperons for their social reach and leniency. Mothers may lag behind in taste, while a well dressed, social aunt can entertain longer dances. If relatives are unavailable, trusted friends or a pretty, well dressed young woman can serve as a chaperon to boost the party’s standing. Some girls may misuse the role by monopolizing attention, which should be avoided.
A burglar arrested in Boston wore on his breast an India ink picture of a gravestone inscribed In memory of my father and mother reflecting a personal memento seized by authorities.
A fragment mentions Von Burow failing to conduct and developing a violin temper, notes piano as his forte, and disputes the idea that all white men in Kentucky are colonels. It recalls wartime production with 120 units, 100 dead, and adds a health claim about juggling in France improving arm and chest muscles.
The article argues that advertising efficacy rests on clear truthful portrayal of a product. It warns against puffery and swindles while praising proven remedies like Warner’s Safe Cure and Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla for their intrinsic merits and established reputations.
The notice cites doctors and lay readers praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy and preventive for fever, rheumatism, liver complaints, and general infirmities. It mentions Carter's Little Liver Pills for indigestion, Hale's honey for coughs, Pile's Toothache Drops, and trivia about Eiffel tower ascent and early horse cars, with advice to take one pill nightly.
Over 60 residents were forced to abandon their homes yesterday during a health promotion push offering a free trial package of Lane's Family Medicine. The advertisement claimed cures for bad blood liver and kidney trouble constipation headaches and a dull complexion with a 50 cent large size package.
Central Standard Time timetable shows train numbers 5 7 9 10 and arrival and departure times around dawn to evening. Schedules list stations with abbreviations and times, indicating a period timetable for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad.
The timetable lists west bound routing via Washington and Baltimore effective December 2 1888 with through connections among Marietta Canton Akron Cleveland Toledo and Chicago and St Louis. It notes through coaches on trains 2 and 3 between Marietta Canton Akron Cleveland Toledo and details connections at Marietta Cambridge Newcomerstown Canal Dover Valley Junction and other hubs.
Condensed timetable for the Pittsburgh Cincinnati and St. Louis line lists through trains between Columbus and Pittsburgh with sleeping cars and connecting services. Key departures include the 3:35 a.m. Columbus train and the 7:19 p.m. Cincinnati Fast Express. Officials noted as W.E. Reppert and H. Peabody plus agents Bushong and McCrea.
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