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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1889
Page
2
In Cambridge notes the paper covers St. Louis school free books trial and Guernsey’s politicking. It discusses potential repeal of small-city registration laws, doubts over liquor legislation, and a Democratic majority shaping who will be presiding officers and the U. S. Senator, with many candidates rumored.
Crews aboard ocean steamers now race across the Atlantic as a test of speed. Last week a contest occurred between the Teutonic and the City of New York. From Queenstown to Sandy Hook the ships remained in sight of one another with Teutonic finishing a half hour ahead.
In New York's Ninth District last week Amos J. Cummings secured 15 530 votes to John L. Thomas's 34 amid 15 564 total ballots. The outcome marked one of the largest northern majorities in the Fifty-first Congress, second only to Samuel J. Randall, and supports Cummings' entitlement to a seat in Congress.
In Wisconsin a convention in Milwaukee on the 26th inst aims to form a Civil Rights League to abolish the color line and seeks a State Civil Rights bill from the Legislature. The piece notes black residents face sorrows but appear to have less visible care than whites.
A Philadelphia doctor, Dr. A H Stevens, asserts the soul resides in the corpus callosum at the brain base. He describes this area as a reservoir of electricity drawn from arterial blood, yet admits the soul remains elusive and unexplainable.
Historians reexamine Columbus first landfall as recent geographers favor Watling's Island under 24 north latitude as the probable San Salvador. The Bahamas’ islands and their early charting are debated, with Cat Island Grand Turk and others proposed in theories unsupported by the log and charts.
The New York Sun highlights Mount Morgan in Queensland as a vast gold source. A tiny hill becomes a major producer with geyser like formation, yielding about 180000 dollars of pure gold weekly as operations deepen. The original company stock nears eight million in market value and remains among the world’s richest mines.
The article reports James E. Campbell elected Governor by a small margin and the Legislature leaning Democratic in the Senate and House. It says official counts are slow and final results uncertain with a likely Republican ticket except for Governor and possibly Lieutenant Governor. Lampson leads Marquis by narrow margins in multiple counties.
Prominent Kentucky officials Col. A. M. Swope and Col. W. C. Goodloe fatally clashed in Lexington post office over a years long feud. Swope fired a revolver wounding Goodloe in the abdomen, who died Sunday. Goodloe stabbed Swope 13 times, killing him on the spot.
The late political contest elevates Hon. James E. Campbell as a possible 1892 candidate. The New York Sun endorses a Hill Campbell ticket for president and vice president, arguing for a permanent Democratic control of the federal government.
The city remains focused on the Grant monument and the World’s Fair but wealth remains uninterested in both. She fears she may lose the chance to see either opportunity materialize.
Official canvass of county returns by Clerk Weedon and Justices Turner and Daugherty lists Governor Foraker and other state officers with vote totals. It notes county results for State Senator William Quinn, J A Buchanan, and Prohibition candidates, plus counts for Taxation amendments, Legislation single district, and Biennial elections.
The Cincinnati Enquirer outlines a detailed roster of offices under Governor Campbell’s patronage. It lists private secretaries and clerks, the Adjutant General’s staff, railroad, labor, and mine inspectors, insurance and library officials, printing and dairy authorities, and various boards.
The passage notes patronage linked to the Penitentiary exceeding other state bodies and outlines a need to reorganize its five managers. With three Republicans and the term of the first Republican not expiring until May 1891, Democrats would require legislative action to gain control before that date.
Richs buy coal mines at Senecaville. Died Ora Briedenthal and William Thompson both noted with ages and biographical details. Movements include Lem Pugh to Zanesville and others visiting relatives. Frank Nieman and M B Gaston return from Columbus. estate and family ties listed.
A vintage ad extols Laxadur and Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as practical for family health needs. It emphasizes universal availability and a low 25 cent price, suggesting parents can stock it for prompt relief without trips for care.
An 1889 testimonial from Fremont Nebraska cites swift's specific as curing scrofula after doctors failed. It claims a wealthy local, F. Z. Nelson, saw dramatic improvement and a boy recovered after few bottles. The notice promotes the Swift's Specific Company mailing free treatise.
The Pt. Pleasant planing mill offers sawn lumber and bridge timbers to order. G. W. Woodruff operates at Dyson, Ohio.
A wartime era ad urges readers to try Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and chest troubles with a money back guarantee. Trial bottles are offered free at D M Hawthorne’s drug store in Cambridge Ohio.
An advertisement promises a “Golden Specific” that can be mixed into tea or coffee without the drinker’s knowledge to cure drunkenness. It claims thousands have quit drinking willingly, guarantees no harm, and offers a confidential circular from its Cincinnati address at 186 Race Street.
Advertisement for a multipurpose salve by D. M. Hawthorne. Claims to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and assures cure of piles with money back guarantee. Price 25 cents per box. December 6 1888.
B. and O. firemen have received a wage raise to $1.90 per day, boosting their daily pay. This adjustment affects all rank and file fire crew on the railway system.
The poem imagines impossible changes in nature and society as a test of loyalty to Billy Mahone. It lists surreal reversals and absurdities to condemn treachery and warn that only after such bizarre upheaval would followers abandon him.
Frank J Cheney senior partner of Bil J Cheney Co in Toledo swears to pay $100 for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason witnessed this on December 6 1886. Sent testimonials requested, price 75 cents, sample 191m.
John M Warden has pneumonia. Samuel McFee returns from Town. Henry Walters moves to new home. Thomas Carr adds to his Jr. Reasoner takes charge of mail route. Susan Hutcheson and Wm Neily trade land. C E Sawyer and wife begin housekeeping. Benjamin Kenworthy’s house nears completion. Preston Addy elected Knox township land appraiser. J H Nash to preach at Mount Hermon next Sunday. Mrs James Nelson and son visit John Smith’s. Thomas Tedrick visits George McFee’s family near Winchester. William Hutchison buys John Moffet’s 80 acre farm for 1190 dollars. Dr Wall attends Mary Ann Kenworthy after cow injury. Cheap Cleveland excursion Tuesday Nov 26 by C and M Ry. All stations tickets valid 5 days. Call nearest agent or address J W Butler Excursion Manager Cleveland. Train leaves Cambridge at 9:18 am for 250 dollars.
The circular notes a quiet Ohio tobacco market early last month with better activity later for air cured for home use. It warns not to pay higher than last year’s prices for new crop and cites Ohio stock totals and Western market trends for air cured and fired tobacco. It promotes Salvation Oil and Dr Bull's Cough Syrup with prices.
Pt Pleasant reports O F Young chases a fox through muddy conditions as an unfinished walk continues. Ella Campbell visits her mother over Sunday. James Spaid made a business trip to Cambridge last week. Rev Slater preached at the EL church last Sabbath. Mrs Fonda Nieman of Senecaville visited her father J W Trott over Sunday. Fred Secrest improves his premises with a veranda. Our school discusses a near future exhibition. Madison Secrest finishes his walk. Two carloads of cattle shipped to East Liberty Saturday. Lil Hawes draws admiration on the streets as William Blackburn moves into the Johnson property and Harve Pratt fills the vacancy.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will sell excursion tickets from Cambridge to Chicago and return at 7.75 dollars and at corresponding routes on all trains that date, valid for return through November 18, 1889. The American Fat Stock show runs November 12 to 21 in Chicago Exposition Building. For schedules and info contact A B White, Cambridge B and O ticket agent.
A list of uncalled letters at the Cambridge Ohio post office dated November 9 1889 includes Mrs A Ash Mrs Margaret Bell Mrs Martha Burles Livingston Dodds Mrs Mary M Frees Miss Andy Frazier Sadie McCleary H L Putzel Mrs John Payton HN Silliman LL Sheo ng Mrs Courtney Turner DC Wall E Zing ing Readers are advised the letters are advertised. The page also reprints a Philadelphia Call reply about bets on the sun never setting on the United States and the British Empire.
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