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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1882
Page
4
A reflective reflection on marriage hopes and fears from a speaker unsure of future partnership and anxious about how a husband might react to a nervous, fidgety wife. The verse contemplates delays in companionship and the uncertain path to matrimony.
The Pompeii exploration reveals that the eruption killed about 1100 people and many animals, with deaths scattered by earthquakes and ash. Skeletons and plaster casts, including Fiorelli's technique, preserve victims from the lair of the amphitheater to the House of the Faun, detailing timing, attire, and final moments.
The article discusses the horn industry from ancient uses to modern, noting horn as less common now than glass and metal. It highlights rhinoceros horn as prized for artistry, and explains shifts to combs handles pipes and hunting horns with brass replacing orchestral horns. It then shifts to climate comparisons, detailing England’s monthly patterns, milder English year per New England, and remarks on rainfall. It references impressions from travel in England 1882 and rainfall data from Cambridge Mass Ohio and England.
A fragmentary description shows a woman beside a man in whose company she seems to have fled. Her face is covered by a fold of dress, and her hands are clenched in the final death agony as described.
A Gunnison bank president, returning from Denver, asks the depot porter if the cashier has fled, burglars entered, or the bookkeeper embezzled. The porter reports no wrongdoing, only a rumor the bank was robbed of 50000 dollars and the president fled to Europe, while other items note a coroner verdict and a Hutchinson woman licensed to preach Universalist doctrine.
A long critique of drinking water filters notes many fail to remove soluble impurities and can even worsen water quality. It cites an English chemist and a French authority asserting that disease causing germs and stools from typhoid patients can pass through filters. Filters may remove color but not soluble substances, and impure water can become fouled by oxidized impurities and taste.
A reflection on how fretting, a common and unnoticed sin, spoils daily life. The essay notes people complain about weather, delays, and failures, yet such grumbling only wastes time and prevents seeing the brighter side flights of life. It urges rising above fretfulness toward a blue sky.
The passage argues whist tests brain power beyond stored knowledge, since card values shift with trump and rounds. It contrasts whist with chess and mathematics, claiming top whist players require genuine judgment and are rare, making cramming ineffective in improving true skill.
A western newspaper recalls the bloodhound in an Uncle Tom's Cabin style company, noting the animal recently broke free and killed a troupe donkey. It quips the dog thought the best actor was picked out, while mentions some women boast of a new sealskin and others prepare mince meat in large quantities for winter.
A New York Graphic inquiry asks why deaf men display a persistent habit of walking along railroad tracks, exploring possible safety and psychological factors behind the behavior. The piece notes observations from readers and experts, highlighting potential risks and calls for awareness.
An article quotes W H McAllister of Star Chewing Tobacco praising St Jacobs Oil after a painful rheumatism spell. The piece also recounts amusing hotel misidentification overheard by a friend, and notes Rufus K HrreMan of New Orleans credited with rheumatism relief from the same remedy.
A well known Baptist pastor, Rev B F Wospiney of Ampoy Illinois, recounts long illness mistaken for consumption. He credits Warner Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for dramatic recovery after doctors warned of lung disease and emphasizes disordered kidneys and liver as root. The piece ends with his public endorsement.
A compilation of ad blurbs and testimonials for patent medicines, dyes, and mechanical health devices. Claims include Hop Bitters cures, Frasier Axle Grease, Diamond Dye, Dr. Wm Hall’s Balsam, and electro-veltaic belts with trial offers and endorsements from doctors and advertisers. Prospective readers urged to request booklets and try products with minimal risk.
All our lady friends will be glad to hear Cragin & Co 1188 4th st Philo offers first class piano sheet music vocal and instrumental free of advertising. Catalogue requested. David Cook’s Goods stockier this year with lower prices. Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar Allay and Kidney-Wort advertised. Track warnings at railway crossings noted. Youths’ Companion offer with free Christmas double number. Steinway & Sons pianos touted as best in country.
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