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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1884
Page
4
A reflective poem fragment recalls children who wandered away on summer winds seeking golden stars and fairy realms. Some journeyed beyond skies, across hills and seas, while others vanished from Glengarry's banks and braes, never to return.
Grandma Horner frets over a torn shirt bosom for Sundays. A daughter sends a hastily altered shirt from Prime for Grandpa to wear to church, only to discover it lacks a bosom. The mishap unsettles the Horner household and the parish, revealing how a small detail can dampen a sacred day.
In a small town Tabitha Green spreads a tale about Mrs Prime and a shirt worn by Ben Prime’s father. Grandmother Horner’s sick-day shirt plan backfires as gossip swirls, revealing class tensions and Mrs Prime’s kindness amid village scrutiny.
The reminiscence by Paris Me blacksmith Mr. Bisbee details Artemus Ward as a mischievous youth named Charley Brown. He recalls Ward’s monkeyish pranks in the shop and notes Ward later became the Cleveland Paindealer humorist before returning in old age.
The writer rails against pencil thieves, mocking their petty larceny and public bravado. He vows punishment for the culprit and recalls losing a pencil to a glib thief, noting the humor and frustration of daily petty theft. Hawkeye.
A party of men digging in a dry pond bed near Americus Georgia reached six to seven feet and found a live alligator. It was dragged from its winter quarters, measured about seven feet long, and was nearly torpid in state.
A catalog note indicates the collective works on benevolent societies in New York total three hundred pages. The reference highlights breadth of organizations and historical interest in their charitable activities.
The record notes 246000 Indians attached to agencies. Since December 15, 1883, Dakota Territory established 65 post offices and 700 businesses. Oil speculation hits 50,000,090 daily. 36,000,000 pipeline certificates outstanding. Additional items cover railroading, cotton exports, New York cigar trade, U.S. debt to New Jersey, and global cotton producers including India and Egypt.
A collage of humorous lines and anecdotes from old newspapers highlights social quirks. Jests about lending, truth tests, fashion, and manners appear alongside country humor and cross Atlantic banter. The pieces showcase the era’s lighthearted view of daily interactions and misprints.
A 14 year old Alice Dicene of Langley School Bucks reportedly completed 3 451 attendances since October 4 1875 and walked 6000 miles. She passed every standard winning prizes in drawing free hand model literature domestic economy anatomy and geography plus 26 other prizes for attendance sculpture sewing knitting and more. Flora Stewart of Ritchie County had nuptials delayed when the bridegroom failed to appear and the minister offered to stand in. She then married James Barker. In Manchester England a girl swam 600 laps around a bathhouse equaling eight miles while the top male swimmer managed 504 laps.
A long reader letter set from Peekskill and Croton Landing praising Allcock's Porous Plasters and Brandreth's Pills for rheumatism and sciatica, with user testimonials from W. Ostorn and E. Case. Mentions other remedies and quack claims, warning to buy only Allcock's and noting various health cures.
A fragmented newspaper snippet lists various patent medicines and cures for throat hoarseness sore throat and coughs like Browns Bronchial Trocuts and Papillon Cough Cure, plus rough on corns and worm syrups. It ends with a quip about an expedition to the pole and a barber shop visit.
A merchant traveler relates how Mrs Limoges, fond of bric a brac, refuses to pay a bill a month old claiming antique tastes make her nervous. The grocer is told to return with a bill in the future, preferably one with stains.
A six foot invalid speaks of a long rest as his wife suggests moves to clear space. She proposes removing furniture and even a fence panel to give him room. The man flees to the yard in reply, seeking relief from the cramped room.
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