Market Report Notes Gentle Pressures and Quiet Groceries
be steady, but relatively light, without appreciable change in prices. Grocery staples have been quiet with lower prices on coffee and tea. Dairy products are slightly low in spirits.
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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1885
Page
2
be steady, but relatively light, without appreciable change in prices. Grocery staples have been quiet with lower prices on coffee and tea. Dairy products are slightly low in spirits.
Court notes list numerous civil cases with many settlements sales and deeds ordered and judgements including Wm Temple case dismissals and sale verifications. Grand Jury reports thirty six indictments across one hundred thirty six counts and outlines jail condition review and county regulations.
The preliminaries of war begin as Servia and Bulgaria clash near disputed territory. In the United States strikes spread with police in Springfield Ohio refusing to patrol after the mayor appointed a chief they oppose.
The Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York has allocated nearly three quarters of a million dollars for global missionary work, with expectations this will rise to about a million next year. The denomination operates stations across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Mexico, and plans international conference meetings in Liberia, Mexico, Basel, Venice, Copenhagen, Fredericksbaeh, Stockholm, and Montevideo. Bishop Taylor, Bishop Foster, Bishop Foss, and Bishop Fowler are noted for leading these efforts, with India seeing notable growth and extended work in Central Africa anticipated.
Zanesville Courier lists candidates for Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment offices in Ohio IOOF. Officers include Grand Patriarch L Baldwin and Geo W Carey. Grand Master nominees Rich Bacon, J B Graham, E B Zay. many grand wardens, secretaries, treasurers, and representatives with lodge numbers and towns such as Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Piqua Findlay and Lebanon.
State of Trade notes 9,627 failures nationwide year to date, up from 7,704 etc. Week ending shows 227 failures, a rise of 71 from last week. Prices firm, trade uneven across regions. eastern centers report weaker demand for seasonable goods while some manufacturers fare as well as 1884. Wheat active but prices lower. Dakota harvest two thirds complete. corn firm but lower. flour dull. petroleum weak. dry goods and wool shipments in the East showing a decline.
Miss Mary Pollock improves at writing. Cambridge visitor Miss Jennie Black calls on Miss Jennie Luccock. Rev Dickerson and wife with Rev N B Stewart’s group last Friday. Prof Jno S Edenburn and family touring the neighbourhood. Rumors swirl about the North Salem post office. W C McConaughey, S A Gibson and A K Gibson spent a week in Chicago. Mrs Capt Orr of Kansas City returns from Lin ton visit. M E church to host Thanksgiving eve Sabbath school benefit. Jas Stanley and family and Wm Burns worth attend Mrs Stanley’s Birmingham funeral. Bray praised yet cautioned. Local readers warned to scrutinize the Hrroup. McClearys baseball match a flop. Independence wore war paint, Liberty fell short. Crowd observed as Angus umpire calls 6 to 3. Grand Jury witnesses shaken. lightning spared a heavy blow. People in glass houses should not throw stones.
Credit is due the German women and physicians for first using Red Clover blossoms as a medicine. Best results are obtained when combined with other medicinal roots and herbs, as in Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tone, the best known remedy for blood diseases, stomach and liver troubles, pimples, costiveness, bad breath, piles, ague and malaria, indigestion, loss of appetite, low spirits, headache and kidney diseases. Price 50 cents, for sale by druggists.
An old exchange note advises farmers to keep plows out of the rain by hauling them to the barn or lifting them upright for overnight storage. If left in the ground they may rust or warp, and after harvest tools should be painted and stored with care to prevent damage.
Wild Cherry and Tar praised as reliefs for throat and lung ailments. Includes simple healing remedies and claims to treat coughs colds croup and bronchitis. Priced 50 cents and one dollar with samples free. sold by J M McGill.
Naturalists describe the honey bee foot as a mix of a basket a brush and a pair of pinchers. They note that someone walked on a bee in an exposed area might compare the sensation to a red hot base burner stove.
Mrs Jane Clemons of Atlanta recounts a severe breast cancer illness three years prior, enduring pain and paralysis until Swift's Specific, after initial discharge increase, restored strength and eliminated pain. She credits the remedy for recovery and urges others to use it, listing sale points and mailing offers.
A New York Herald note explains that watering displaces foul air from soil and invites fresh air, suggesting shallow, well drained soils moist often for better flowering. It warns that soils watered too frequently lose nutrients. surface application of concentrated manure like guano is advised to maintain richness.
An advertisement urges readers to avoid breaking the constitution by ignoring cold symptoms. It touts Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure as a safe prompt remedy for recent coughs colds throat or lung trouble and promotes 50c and 1 dollar bottle sizes for chronic cases or family use.
About half a million barrels of oil have been taken from the wells of the Macksburg district this year. The average price of the commodity is one dollar per barrel.
An advertisement seeks 1000 agents for a deluxe cook book, Housewife's Delight, priced 200 dollars. It promises high commissions and a sample on 35 cents postage, urging recipients to share with employed acquaintances and send to B. K. Focht in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
Advertises Dr Bosanko Pile Remedy from The Dr Bosanko Medicine Co Piqua Ohio with 50 cent price. Claims to absorb tumors relieve itching and permanently cure piles. Sold locally by J M McGill.
A mix of medical testimonials and odd notes including Mrs Morris Tanner of Hoboken touting Mishler’s Herb Bitters as a cure for sick headaches, a California bee twice as large with a dangerous sting, and various health elixirs like Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral and Sarsaparilla. Also mentions Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup, mustard seed in cider for preservation, Grigg’s Glycerine Salve as a universal healer, and a Detroit pension appointment rumor with Judge rumors.
A line states that any tree or plant whipped by green elder branches will not be attacked by insects, suggesting a folk remedy or superstition about elder wood or branches repelling pests.
Bucklen Arnica Salve touted as best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapping chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Sold by C L Wall & Co with price 25 cents per box. February 5 ad circular.
The New Concord Board of Trade was permanently organized at a meeting held at M. L. Harper's store last Monday evening with officers President Stuart Speer Vice President J I Best Secretary M L Harper Treasurer W W McKinney Executive Committee Wilson Stewart W S Kline and W W McKinney Committee on Rules J J Best and John Stormont Enterprise.
Reynolds weds Laura McHenry and Morrison weds Hayman in November ceremonies. McCreath weds Miss E M Black at bride’s home in Cambridge with Rev W V Milligan officiating. Gowentacts and Lula Beymer also wed at Cambridge residence as Herato offers congratulations.
Reynolds family announces the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs James Reynolds on the fifteenth of the month in eighteen eighty five.
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