30 May 1889
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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1889
Page
1
In a cemetery scene Mordant and Gertrude walk with roses for a fallen soldier and hear of a past love. Gertrude explains the dead man died for her and that her mother loved him. Mordant learns his own fate and love may mirror his father's, as a new suitor arrives with a hopeful greeting.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls a visitor asking if Hustler is really a town, only to learn it has “grown one house this year” and a dire lack of amenities. The depot master explains the name stems from a resident who planned others to hustle away, highlighting the town’s paradoxical growth.
Dr. Talmage at Brooklyn Tabernacle preaches that snow water and alkali cannot cleanse the soul. only the blood of Jesus purifies, lifting believers from the ditch of sin. He denounces reliance on ancestry or peer pressure and urges personal repentance, born again faith, and salvation through grace.
The body of Dr. P. Ti. Cronin was discovered naked in a catch-basin on Evanston avenue Chicago. A Catholic Agnus Dei charm remained around the neck while the head bore deep cuts and the skull was indented. Police suspect foul play and Cronin’s friends vow to pursue justice.
An explosion in the Van Ness House basement on Elliott Street caused shattered windows and severe injuries. Porter Edward Leavers is critically burned. Ellis Searditski and Herbert Russell also badly burned. Nicholas Emory and Clement Saunders cut by glass. Two men fled unharmed. Damage estimated at $3,000. Hotel had been closed for weeks.
In Vienna Kansas a farm near Hayden saw a father mother daughter and hired girl fall ill with severe poisoning symptoms after a well contaminate incident. Two cows and a horse died in the barn yard suggesting the poison originated from the well. The girl aged fifteen fights for life while the parents and hired man recover. the case remains under investigation.
In Pittspuren on May 23 the notice from P J McGuire secretary of the National Brotherhood of Carpenters says members attached to the Knights of Labor cannot receive sick or death benefits triggering a local union dispute. Carpenters officials warn that a split between the Knights and the Brotherhood could let contractors and mill owners cut wages and lengthen hours. Knights of Labor members view it as a broader fight by the American Federation of Labor to supplant the Knights.
Dr. S. V. Clevinger testifies before Judge Prendergast on the Chicago insane asylum conditions. He cites long neglect, no entries in 1888, unruly attendants, unpaid discipline, and drinking at the staff. He notes high costs and a fatal case of Sarah Long amid vermin and poor care.
May 24 report from Corry describes two trains on the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad nearly colliding at the Goose Hollow trestle between Brocton and Prospect. A farmer's boy warned a train, the engineers halted, and the 500 foot long ninety two foot trestle was avoided from disaster.
Nail manufacturers in Steubenville attended the Western Cut Nail Association meeting in Wheeling. The ten cents a key penalty for nails sold over the allotted product was suspended, allowing mills to sell freely.
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