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29 May 1890
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Cambridge Herald in Cambridge, Ohio
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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1890
Page
1
Decoration Day and Resurrection Day Unite in Love
Marion Lancaster waits through the Civil War’s long ache for Hugh Heriot who is listed missing. His twin brother Alexander returns, bears Hugh’s memory, and earns Marion’s hand, with Decoration Day becoming her day of renewed hope and love.
Superstitious Dis ease Remedies From Home Folklore
Dr J W Hamilton cites anecdotes from women in his home about folk preventive cures and remedies. An onion rubbed on a wart and buried eliminates the wart. a woman killed a striped snake and bit its skin to protect teeth from decay. a Cape Cod man was told by a colored physician to bind a live toad on his eyes to cure blindness. a kitchen girl recalls a tale of a girl who swallowed toads to cure consumption but died when toads could not be found. This material appears in Chautauquan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Hugh Heriot
Atteriot
Marion Lancaster
Hugh
Georgia
Hlugh
Chum
Sandy
Cornelia
Aunt Carr
Damocles
Lookout Mountain
Siugh Heriot
Alton
Savannah
Slugh
Alexander
Rose Terry Cooke
Harper's Bazar
Cape Cod
J. W. Hamilton
Thieves in Sleeping Cars Warn Passengers
A St. Louis Globe Democrat warning advises sleepers to secure valuables during train travel. Do not keep money or jewelry under a pillow. place a handkerchief-wrapped bundle beneath the mattress near the window. The tip targets reducing thefts in sleeper cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Furious Western Pennsylvania storm devastates towns
A violent electrical storm swept western Pennsylvania on Friday evening causing widespread damage. Houses were blown down on Vinebiddle avenue and Black Horse hill, with many roofs torn off. McKeesport hail and heavy rainfall flooded streets and damaged rail lines from Greensburg to Oil City. Fire and injuries followed as lightning struck buildings, derricks, and factories across several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Vinebiddle Avenue
Black Horse Hill
John Miller
McKeesport
White’s Hollow
Third Ward
Baltimore & Ohio
Oakdale
Mount Creek
Layton Station
Oil City
Wheeling
W. Va
Elm
North East
Lake Shore
Crayton
Daniel Ellis
Corry
Irvinton
Tenne Havre
Ind
Park Osborne
Sullivan County
Herschel Riggs
Riggs
Osborne
Wabash Valley
Alliance
George Patterson
Salineville
St. Louis
Manton
Spencer
Crosby Paper
Soldiers
Supreme Court Upholds New York Electric Chair Law
The U S Supreme Court denied William Kemmler's writ of error, validating New York's electricity method for execution. The decision, unanimous and delivered by Chief Justice Muller, affirms the law as not more cruel than prior methods and constitutional. Kemmler remains under sentence pending resentencing and potential U S Supreme Court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
William Kemmler
New York
New York State
Roger M. Sherman
Kemmiler
Muller
State of
United States
Kemmler
United States Circuit
Wallace
United States Supreme Court
Ground for Original Package ruling cited in Miller letter
In a public letter from Justice Sam E. Miller to Rev. L. P. Teter, Miller defends adherence to the U S Constitution over individual conscience regarding the original package decision. He stresses the duty to follow constitutional interpretation, even if it clashes with personal beliefs or recent sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
United States
Sam EF
Priest Fatally Shot by Maniac Parishioner
Rev. Father S. T. Barrett of St. Stephens Catholic Church, 21 years pastor, was mortally wounded by Patrick Keady on the verandah of Barretts home as Keady spoke to him and then fired. Police report Keady as a rav ing maniac, the act described as a crazy freak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keady
Miners Seek Eight-Hour Day in New Labor Push
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor said coal miners will press for an eight hour day in the next general demand. The exact timing is uncertain but likely weeks away to allow bosses time to prepare against a sudden strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Odd-Fellows Ousting Saloon-Keepers Prohibition Move
The Grand Lodge of Missouri Odd-Fellows votes to exclude saloon-keepers from the order. At the May meeting the Grand Master led the push for prohibition and his side prevailed after a heated debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd-Fellows
St. Louis
Grand Lodge of Odd-Fellows
Missouri
Disappearance Ties to $20,000 Embezzled by Clerk
Kansas City report says Elzo Allan, confidential clerk for the Austin Investment Company in Kansas City, has vanished with twenty thousand dollars of the firm’s funds. The company headquarters are in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Elzo Allan
Austin Investment Company
Twenty-Two Years for Forger Shellenberger in Pa
Doylestown May 24 J Mon roe Shellenberger the forger and embezzler has been sentenced by Judge Yerkes to twenty two years in the Eastern penitentiary. He was nearly collapsed and required help to leave the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellenberger
Doylestown
J. Monroe Shellenberger
Yerkes
Eastern Penitentiary
Pell Found Guilty in Bank Bond Larceny Case
New York reports George H. Pell convicted of grand larceny for taking 5100,000 in bonds from Lenox Hill Bank during the bank wrecking plot. Sentence was deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broker Pell
New York
George H. Pell
Lenox Hill Bank
World’s Fair Bonds Sought. Special Session Urged
The Chicago world’s fair board asks Governor Fifer to convene a June special session to authorize Chicago bonds of 5 million dollars and park commissions to lease grounds for fair purposes and issue bonds for improvements. An additional State exhibit appropriation is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Fifer
Drowning in Davisville Pond Claims Three in Boat Incident
In Davisville, on Friday afternoon a canvas decked boat filled while rowers Mrs. John Huling 27 Mrs. Della Mannel 21 and Miss Mamie Huling 16 were aboard. Mrs. Mannel and Miss Huling drowned while Mrs. Huling clung to her dog and reached shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. 1
John Huling
Della Mannel
Mamie Huling
Davisville Pond
Republican Managers to Meet in Washington May 20
A call has been issued for a meeting in Washington on May 20 of the executive committee of the National Republican Committee. The notice appears in the press current to the day’s news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Republican Committee
Quebec Lumber Dealers in Trouble
In Quebec City Smith Wade Co., leading lumber dealers, face financial difficulties due to overspeculation in timber and falling English prices. Their liabilities total about 2 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Can
England
Smith, Wade & Co
Double Murder in Louisiana Charivari Incident
In Alexandria Louisiana on Thursday Jeff Hunt and Claude Stewart were shot and killed by John Bolan and Jim Johnson, all white men. The killings stem from trouble linked to a charivari party held several weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Alexandria
Jeff Hunt
Claude Stewart
John Bolan
Jim Johnson
Senate and House Consider Major Bills in May Session
The 51st Congress reports multiple measures: payments to Roach heirs and to Roanoke and Henry estates, funding for a Paris Kentucky building, land for observatory use, and a bronze statue grant for General Grant. Tariff, tobacco, and sugar provisions dominate debates with adjournments and censure over remarks. Congressional actions include a naval appropriation bill, liquor import rules, and river and harbor funding with new projects and canal plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallington
John Roach
Roanoke
Joseph Henry
Smithsonian Institute
Louisville
Paris
Harevard College
University of California
United States
Senate
Ulysses & Grant
Washington
House
Bynum
Indiana
Bayne
Pennsylvania
Tate
Appropriations
Dolph
Mitchell
Wilson
Moruse
Mc.Kinsey
Henderson
Stanford
Treasury Department
Ingalls
Supreme Court
Representative Kelley
District of Columbia
Grosvenor
Cowles
N. C
McKenna
Cal
Canaday
Blair
Wage-workers Alliance
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Stewart
Yeas
Dp. m
Srenate
Calvin S. Brice
Payne
Daniel
Cedar Rapids
Houst
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
City of
New York
Faulkner
Call
U. S. Revenue Force
Cedar Keys
Fla
Aurora
Ill
Flower
N. Y
Vandever
Committee On
Secretary of War
Arizona
New Mexico
Nto
Burrows
Montana Supreme Court Rules for Sheriff Candidate Lloyd
The Montana Supreme Court decides the Silver Bow County contest in favor of John E. Lloyd the Republican sheriff candidate. The U S Supreme Court affirms the Cornell University versus Fiske will contest ruling against the University. Large numbers of English women are shipped to Queensland Australia free until employment. Governor Fleming commutes Street Tross’s sentence for outraging a white woman. World’s Fair commissioners named for California. Jefferson Davis will probated in New York to aid suit against D Appleton Co. Harrison urges funds for Inter Continental railway survey. Jerome will forged claims investigated in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Fleming
West Virginia
Street Tross
M. H. de Younea
Wm. Forsyth
California
Jefferson Davis
New York
D. Appleton & Co
Harrison
Inter-Continental Railway
Louisa A. Jerome
Chicago
Vast skeleton mound uncovered near Youngstown
Seven hundred skeletons in good preservation unearthed in a mound forty feet in circumference and eighty feet high near Youngstown. The skeletons average six feet long indicating a large ancient burial site of notable size.
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Attorneys-At-Law
Hutchison Block
Cambridge
O. Steele
Ohio
Mayty
Wred. L. Rosenmond
Steele & Rosemond
Old National Ank
J.M. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
Aplisett
V. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Jebitt
B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
New Taylor Block
Physicians and Surgeons
WM. T. Ramsey
M. D
Providence Hospital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington,d
Hutchinson's Block
Main Street
Joseph Morton
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
IRE
Orner Market
Am. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
Thompson
Crow
Farmers’ Hotel
Mill
Maines Bent Ey
Sns Square
Washington, Ohio
William Smith
Prop
Hotel Berwick
H. F. Hunt
G. D. MrZi Iber
G. W. Broom
OFLTO
James G. Johnston
West Cambridge
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambride
John Harris, JR
Wall’s
Me. McPhe
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
John Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
Amiere
Hell
Frank Dempster Sherman
Mother
Marién
Alexander Heriot
Army of the North
Union
Federal Supreme Court
Maniac
Youngstown
Harrison County
J. A. Roberts
J. M. Greenlees
W. A. Johnston
J. W. Hunter
E. M. Long
John Smylie
Charles Blythe
Jones
Cincinnati
Campbell
Board of Pardons
Lgook
Newark
Adams County
Zachary Taylor
Davin Davis
Pomeroy
Philip Roans
Rainsboro
Cors. MorGan
Findlay
Tit Episcopal Convention
Diocese of Ohio
Mt. Vernon
St. John’s Church
Cleveland
Henry Drumgirr
Dayton
Manhattan
Lima
Tue
Indiana Soldiers’ Monument Commissioners
Geo. T. Brewster
Asair
Joseph W. Davis
Champaign County
E. Tillotson
Heidelberg University
Tiffin
Gro. Jabas
Bluffton
Tue Senate
Canton
Fremont
Geo. H. Williamson
Williamson
Hamilton
Tur Standard Oil Company
M. D. Casey
Upper Sandusky
Congress
Canaan
Chester
Milton
Chippewa
Wayne County
Rowsburg
Charles Black
North Hampton
Abel Lodge
New Lisbon
Henry Parr
Moritz Grether
C. W. Kry
Insane’ Asylum
Dyton
Valley Junction
Front Street
Commissioner of Pensions
Thomas J. Williams
W. B. Hedges
W. Fowler
Board of Pension
Delaware
Henry H. Kneifner
Shelby County
Steubenville
Ohio Institute of Mining Engineers
Massillon
Stark County
Clayton Bisnop
Garfield
Lake View Cemetery
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