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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1888
Page
2
The article notes a proposed use of death by electric shock for criminals called electrothanatos and predicts a vigorous Republican push in the November election to win Congress. It also cites Gath, Enquirer Republican correspondent, asserting Cleveland and Hill will carry New York.
Authorities report severe starvation and destitution among Indigenous people in the Winnnipeg region. Descriptions warn of a dire humanitarian crisis with accounts of extreme deprivation and suffering.
James Brown was convicted in Detroit last week of bigamy. The court heard he had 33 wives and about half were present during the trial.
The piece notes it is odd that lawmakers who have served rarely advance higher in politics, suggesting seniority does not guarantee upward movement in the political ladder.
Three deaths from yellow fever in Gallipolis Ohio and several other cases are reported. The article notes that Jack Frost will soon halt the outbreak.
A leading journal declares Texas resident Richard Kidd the oldest voter in the nation this year. Born 115 years ago, he has consistently aligned with the Democratic Party.
As election season intensifies in Indiana and New York both parties push hard to prevail. Uncertainty grows with each passing day and each side insists on its own claimed lead despite contrary signals.
Last year 17 959 565 bushels of grain used for liquor production. Corn accounted for 12 870 255 bushels, rye 3 062 947, wheat 45 361, with the remainder from oats, barley and other grains.
Edison, the inventor, announces a new yellow fever cure using gasoline, rhigoline and caustic soda. He says the preparation costs less than one cent per pound to produce.
The Texas cattle fever spreads beyond its origin racking Knox county and moving toward Evansville Indiana. A large number of cattle have died from the disease near Mount Vernon Ohio.
A Georgia forest tree felled at five o'clock in the morning was transformed into paper by night. The public read news printed on it at supper time, as described by Harpers Weekly.
The current session has lasted ten months with no signs of adjournment, making it probably the longest ever. While major legislation is not rising, there has been substantial “soldiering” in printers parlance, indicating extensive work but slow progress.
A fierce struggle erupts against Democratic Governor candidate David B. Hill. Republicans and some Democrats and Mugwumps are said to be attacking him, with Cleveland's chances possibly hurt by the feud.
The state hears a flurry of activity with thousands of speeches across New York last week. Supporters claim widespread interest and vigorous campaigning with ground contested in every corner despite contrary reports.
Germany faces conflict after settlers clash with Zanzibar natives who resisted German presence. Several Germans killed as hostilities escalate, signaling a new confrontation abroad.
A proposed grocers trust is described as organized to benefit its members financially but aimed at opposing the sugar trust. When trusts antagonize each other, the public fears lessen as consumers face less impact.
In Chicago grain exchange activity wheat rose to 1.25 dollars and Hutchison of the Board cleared 675000 in a single day with more to spare. Demand is so strong that cereal prices reached 1.50 dollars as speculative trading thrives this fall with efforts to corner various products.
The writer notes Ohio's shift from an October state and fades national campaign attention. He questions whether Ohio’s political influence is diminishing as national funding and attention move toward local sources and Republican alignment limits on access.
The article argues major parties seek tariff revision to lower taxes and surplus while noting the complexity of tariffs. It warns that voters rarely understand the propositions and may vote from party pride, causing toes to be pinched and disagreements to persist.
President Cleveland has signed the bill passed by Congress last week to prohibit immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States.
A severe Monday storm battered Ohio and Michigan as well as the lake region. Columbus Centennial suffered about 1000 dollars in damage and widespread property losses were reported. In Toronto the Undertakers Association held a jelly dinner with coffin shaped tableware and urn shaped jellies, a macabre but festive scene not seen since an Egyptian banquet with skeletons.
The first week chill failed to curb fever in Jacksonville with a rise in cases on Monday. Across the South some relief is noted, while Floridians hope for frost by late October, a rarity in sixteen years. Jacksonville totals reach 2,275 cases and 264 deaths by Tuesday.
The weekly review reports doubt about the corn crop has vanished with estimates around 2,015,000,000 bushels, likely the largest ever. It notes a 550,000,000 bushel increase far outweighing any wheat or cotton losses, while oats and potatoes also yield highly. overall agriculture would exceed last year’s value by at least 100,000,000 dollars at average prices.
In Muskingum county a movement urged Col. Munson of Zanesville to run against Judge Phillips as an independent. Friends reported encouragement but the Zanesville Sunday News last issue says Munson will not consent to run. If he had Democratic backing, he might have challenged Judge Phillips.
The New York Sun reports a major Democratic fundraising moment as President Cleveland and several cabinet members contributed to the Democratic Campaign Committee. Contributions from Bayard Fairchild Whitney Dickinson and others totaled 150000 with additional gifts from Payne and Minnesota allies. Three cabinet members offered no donation.
Washington notes a bountiful harvest with sorghum prospects, local visits by Harry Heiner and J P Mahaffey, farm prices for butter and eggs, and social visits. The fair concluded successfully with record needlework displays, broad attendance, strong stock entries, no gambling, and a festive, orderly closing in Guernsey county.
Joseph Leeper of Missouri visits his brother John Leeper. F M Moorhead and wife visit friends in Vinton county. T J Rose sold Mill street property to Mrs John Goodell. Lizzie Chandler returns to St Marys Ohio. Mrs Elizabeth Bulger buys property on Mill street to occupy. Dr Frank Rainie goes to Ann Arbor Michigan for third term of college. Jona Campbell and wife of New Philadelphia visit W B Purdum. Jap McFarland buys the Gudgeon property and moves this fall to engage in tobacco business. Wm Thompson and family sail west to make their future home.
Brady reports the season's first snowfall. Bernard Van Horn and his wife are seriously ill. Miss Laura Bonnell visits Bridgeville Pa. Mr and Mrs Martin Kays of Girard Kansas visit relatives here. J F Rankin elected Superintendent of the M E Sunday School. Locals attend the Newcomerstown fair. Brice Bartholow remains critically ill in Columbus. Rev E S Bowers returned to this charge by the M E Conference in Salem Ohio.
Quaker City announces two new ministers with C M Hollett named pastor at the M E church. Summerfield hack departs daily at 7 a m. The Beecher House is repapered and improved inside. Hartley & Sons produced 16,000 fruit cans this season. Miss Lizzie Carroll leaves for college in Delaware Ohio. Wm Marsh builds for W S Heade at Cambridge. AB Hall lays foundation for a fall residence. Harry Atherton returns to work at the glass factory. Lew Lingo visits from Lincoln Nebraska. Mrs Mattie Ridgeway moves here with daughter, who will enter high school. Robert Michener enters meat business and joins the local band. James Dilley departs for Springfield Illinois to join City Band and work at the watch factory. Two ME church lectures on Temperance by Rev W E Grose. Schools opened with same teachers. AB Hall, WV Webster, E E Gibson, Ada Patterson, Verna Rose noted. Classes neat and newly papered. Glass work resumes with 65 employees, half skilled, boosting local commerce.
A promotional notice extols Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Sal vation Oil as a cure for colds. It urges readers not to doubt their own fallibility and to buy the 25 cent remedy, praising the country and its vast territory.
Snow sleet and frost brace the area as residents pick winter apples. Miss Mary Heck hosts in Washington while Miss Laura Hixson returns from a pleasant visit. Miss Laura Stewart of Cambridge visits, and Mrs J E Corwin and daughter plan brief trips to Scio and Bell Vernon. WG Walters departs for Lebanon to lead four appointments for the year, with strong community wishes for success.
Dr Probst, secretary of the Ohio State Board of Health, warns Caldwell authorities that typhoid fever is likely the village epidemic. He urges boiling drinking water and milk, plus disinfection of stools and contaminated clothing and beds, hoping the disease will quickly disappear.
Will Gardener, a former Guernsey teacher, visits friends in Indian Camp while a cold wave from Hopewell brings overcoats back into use. Creighton and Liberty township residents Isaac Luzadder, Howard McCullough, Miss Laura Johnston, and others are mentioned with health, travels, and school duties. Dora Matthews suffers typhoid fever and Miss Nancy Coulter’s saddle mishap left her leg broken.
The October issue opens with a Texas history chapter The City of a Prince by Lee C Harby, based on private documents once kept secret. It features an illustrated Fort Massachusetts sketch by Dr D Islade and Hon George B Loring’s Vindication of General Parsons with Clinton papers.
The cabinet lists Grover Cleveland as President of New York with a vacant Vice Presidency since Thomas A. Hendricks’s death. Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware serves as Secretary of State, Charles F. Fairchild of New York as Secretary of the Treasury, and William C. Endicott of Massachusetts as Secretary of War. William F. Vilas of Wisconsin is Secretary of Interior, William C. Whitney of New York as Secretary of the Navy, Augustus N. Garland of Arkansas as Attorney General, and Denison M. Dickerson of Michigan as Postmaster General.
A New York correspondent notes the city hosts visits from national leaders, Senators, and Congressmen, creating a political buzz. He criticizes interviews with party figures as shallow, likening them to earnest but untrustworthy opinions. He urges skepticism toward press-sourced political commentary.
The 1880 census lists ten U S cities with over 200000 residents and totaling 4914897. By 1887 fourteen cities exceed that mark with a combined 6798000. Additionally thirteen cities exceed 100000, totaling 1750000, and thirteen exceed 60000, 902000. Together forty cities house 9450000 residents, about one sixth of the nation.
A Knoxville reader praises Swift’s Specific Company blood purifier in a July 2 1888 letter, recounting cure of a blood poison after prior ineffective treatments. The note credits the product with health restored for an adult man and his healthy family. It invites a free treatise on blood and skin diseases from Atlanta based Swift’s Company.
An explanation linking excessive sun heat to storms, tornadoes, and sandstorms. It describes how heated, electrified air and moisture create updrafts, dew point effects, and funnel vents leading to violent weather on land and sea with dramatic examples.
Worth Knowing notes Mr WH Morgan of Lake City Florida suffered a severe cold with a dangerous cough that progressed toward consumption. After using various remedies he gained immediate relief with Dr King's New Discovery and, after about six bottles, fully recovered without relapse. Trial bottle free at Wall & Co's drug store.
The piece portrays Sitting Bull as a diplomatic and influential Sioux leader born near Standing Rock. It notes his travels in 1884 to study whites, his skill in bargaining, and his role in shaping tribal opinions against treaty signing. It compares him to other chiefs and describes his steadfast, stoic demeanor.
The B and O railroad will sell round trip excursion tickets to Columbus at one cent per mile from all stations. Tickets valid the sale date and for three days including that date. For tickets and train times contact B and O agents.
The Cincinnati and Indianapolis lines offer low rate excursions to the Cincinnati Centennial Exposition until October 28 1888 and to the Ohio Centennial in Columbus from September 4 to October 19. Round trip tickets will be sold at excursion rates with multiple western destinations available September 11 25 and October 9 25 1888. Tickets are valid 30 days from sale. Contact any C M Ry Co agent or W K Richards G PA Cambridge Ohio for details.
An 1880s sale pitch touts Bucklen Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by C L Wall & Co ads note price 25 cents per box and a promise of perfect satisfaction or refund.
Advertises guaranteed exclusive territory for agents. promises earnings from 3 to 10 dollars daily and urges immediate response with illustrated circulars and terms. requests $1 for complete agent outfit sent by return mail from Sun Publishing Co Detroit Michigan 19 Rowland St Col. State.
3 000 000 acres in Florida are presented for market with special inducements for actual settlers. Title is perfect and maps are available in the seller’s office. A large list of lands for sale and exchange includes properties in Ohio counties Guernsey Harrison Pike Morrow Licking and Hocking plus timber land in Kentucky farms in Kansas building lots and hotel property in Cambridge and nearby towns and a portable saw mill for sale or exchange.
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