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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1889
Page
2
The Cambridge Herald announces the appointment of MAHAFFEY and J P MAHAFFEY as business managers. The notice names the responsible executives and outlines their roles in overseeing the paper’s operations and financial matters.
Public notice text indicates mail classifications and address blocks for Main St East Court Square in Cambridge. Official notice pertains to second class mail status and post office handling.
The statement notes that only two presidents since Jackson have won a second term, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.
Governor Foraker improves slowly and may attend a Cincinnati meeting Saturday night. Mexico imposes a five cent per pound duty on dressed beef and proportional charges on livestock to retaliate against U S tariffs. Feudal fever rages in Kentucky mountains reducing population as residents endure limited mobility and ongoing unrest.
The article notes an unusually heated political campaign with fierce activity from both Republicans and Democrats. It suggests uncertainty about the result as the campaign nears its close, with each side claiming victory.
The article notes Wisconsin’s prominence in the legal profession, highlighting a single family where the father mother and eldest daughter practice law, and two younger daughters train for the same field. It suggests this legal dynasty is unusually large for the United States.
In an interior Virginia county many residents held a month long religious convocation. Farmers freed livestock and ceased work awaiting apocalyptic times. The piece notes some funding should be redirected to home missionary work rather than abroad.
A call for voters to exercise the elective franchise with reasoned judgment. The piece stresses honest elections, warns against campaign bluster, and argues political parties are essential for good government while urging citizens to decide which side best promotes fair ballots.
Reports warn the fur seal may vanish much like the buffalo as illicit sealers kill about 200000 seals in a season and ship 40000 skins to Victoria. Analysts note that only young males are culled, and breeding studies on Pribilof Islands suggest fewer than 200000 males remain annually.
The United States postal system costs far more than many nations, with an estimated 67.08 million dollars needed for the current year and about 60 000 post offices. The system handles more mail than France and Germany combined and travels far longer routes, implying strong governmental influence and ongoing debates about reform such as removing postmaster appointments from politics.
John Dugan moves into Frame property as several parties arrive to tend the site. Samuel Shipley and wife from Fairview visit friends. ZA Purdum buys five acres from James Stewart for 350 dollars. SS Linn sells 300 fat sheep in Harrison county at 475 per head. Joseph Ferrell plans to stay through winter. Public sales draw crowds. corn cribbed, wheat prospers. Eleazor Thompson buys Nelson McCreary's house for 1000 dollars. Railroad work north of town in Atherton's timber clearing. SM Hyde visits Cincinnati for the Masonic Grand Lodge. Election day next Tuesday invites all citizens to vote. Josiah Conwell, about 82, dies October 23 and is buried. he moved here in 1830, leaves five children and considerable property. He was a ME church member and valued neighbor. Community sympathy extends to the family.
Ayer's Pills are praised for universal suitability across ages and easy sugar coated ingestion. They are described as thorough in effect yet mild in action with no injurious results.
Cumberland residents host visits and travels with Caldwell, Zanesville, Cambridge and Covington. Weddings and births include Samuel Trott with Sarah Cronin. Clyde Keyser and Albert Erskine welcome sons. Mrs Rhoda St Clair dies in Spratt. Arthur Love entertainment raises band funds. Campbell Powell and O Myers meeting draws local turnout in Memorial Hall, Zanesville.
North Salem reports crop notes with Husking corn and wheat prospects. Rey Allen preached at the R and P church last Sabbath, and the Rev Hammond delivered an excellent sermon at the U P church. William McKim remains ill with typhoid fever. Samuel Stevens sold a cow to A M Mathews for 26.
The first successful blood purifier offered to the public is Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Imitators faded away while demand for this incomparable medicine grows yearly and is stronger than ever today.
Samuel Nelson moves to his farm on Tuesday. Mrs Mahoney returns from Love City. Death of Mrs Harriet Cullen daily expected. New chimney to be built in the ME church. Mrs Jane Thomas visited Hopewell friends last week. Hopewell literary society to reorganize next week. CE Lawyer leaves for Washington county Pennsylvania. Matrimonial wave in Hopewell. James Glenn and Emma Lawyer wed Friday night the 18th. School starts in Hopewell district next Monday. A A Barton teaches. Laura Johnston fills Tyner vacancy after Mattie Miller’s death. James Norris’s barn and contents burned last week. Ismeel Rhodes and wife return from Indiana to Bloomfield. Large Knox township voter turnout to hear Turner Dickson and Paul Sherrard. Last Thursday F M Temple and Alice Hutchison wed. Rey Wilson officiates. Hopewell lads serenade the couple. village becomes a pandemonium.
Brady W B McConnell visits Pennsylvan ia while James Warne runs a grocery business locally. Our school thrives under Miss Flora D Alloway of Kimbolton. ME church grounds receive extensive improvements. Charles Temple and sister Alice attended the Temple Hutchison reception near Midway last week. A pumpkin pie social is planned at Henry McCracken's on Wednesday evening November 6 with cordial invitations to all.
Advert says Dr King's New Discovery is now in Cambridge Ohio via D M Hawthorne's drug store. It claims strong customer loyalty after trial and offers money refund if not satisfied with relief for coughs colds throat lung or chest troubles. Trial bottles free at the store.
A list of state cases in Ohio where defendants including James Hanna William Clark Lewis Schier George Schier W Diefenbach Edward Grimes James Mooney Thomas Keefe Wm Hamme Jack Williams Robert Cable and others pleaded guilty to liquor law or related counts with fines from 10 to 200 dollars and nolle as to residues. Trials scheduled for Josiah Powell Adamelia Stiles Cora Phillips rape.
Luther Secrests fine colt killed by a train. C M Ry erects new stock yards. Prayer meeting at M E church each Sunday. Loui Beauchamp lectured on Prohibition Wednesday. Democratic meeting in Secrests Hall on Monday evening October 28. Asbury Secrest sold Western cattle at public auction last Saturday. John Stranathan building a new dwelling. Planing mill thriving under George Woodruff. School progress under James Spaid and Miss Nanny Trott. William Kale of Athens Asylum interred at Buffalo cemetery last Thursday. Dr J A Kackley mourns father Russell A Kackley. James Laughlin and wife attend Bradie Belfords funeral in Nevada Ohio. Communion services at EL church hindered by bad weather.
The advertisement notes gout known as podagra in the feet and chiraga in the hands and touts Salvation Oil for instant pain relief. It promotes Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup with 43 years of use and claims no superior efficacy.
Ex Governor Charles Foster spoke to a very large Cambridge crowd Saturday night. The item notes John Ginn’s ongoing improvement, Mt Pleasant worker Wm Green’s short visit, two births, and Webster Beach’s 30 day railroad time off with plans to return after release.
A historical ad copy promotes Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a remedy for functional stomach and liver disturbances. It claims the product corrects abnormal conditions, offers rest to parents, and relieves infant pain. Price listed as 25 cents.
The text recounts myths and beliefs about gems. It links agate to thirst quenching and invisibility, amethyst to sobriety, catseye to witchcraft, coral to warding perils, crystal to vision and dreams, diamonds to sleep and ecstasy, emerald to love and friendship, garnet to health, jacinth to January, moonstone to fertility and epilepsy, onyx to sleep disturbance, opal to hope and discord in engagement, ruby to ripening myths, sapphire to good works, topaz to digestion, turquoise to prosperity, and notes honey cleanses all stones. It also notes zodiac signs, metals, and saints tied to many gems.
The Ohio Farmer, a national agricultural journal based in Cleveland, Ohio, offers a year long subscription for one dollar. With a 65,000 subscriber circulation and 52 issues annually, it is presented as an enterprising authority on agriculture livestock and family topics. Specimen copies and a premium list are mailed free on request.
In a 1889 letter Mrs. Ruth Berkley of Salina Kansas recalls her granddaughter's scrofula claiming the disease appeared in 1857 at eighteen months. Eminent doctors deemed it hopeless yet after using Swift's Specific the child recovered completely and remained healthy for over a year.
A Salem, New Hampshire reader reports their child’s scrofulous blood impurities caused a hip abscess. After using Swift's Specific, the blood was purified and health restored. The ad claims Swift Specific has no equal as a blood purifier and offers a mailed treatise from The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
A Victorian era image of a towel hung by a printing house door is recalled as a symbol of hardship and grime. The towel endures abuse from workers and rough treatment, becoming darker and rougher until it finally tears and falls to the floor, split in two.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. to pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notice asserts internal action on blood and mucus, invites testimonials, lists Toledo address, selling price 75 cents.
The November Forum presents a series of essays on imperial jurisdiction and public opinion. Angell explains Behring Sea rights, Godkin examines public reform zeal, Farrar critiques pulpit dogma, Peabody studies English co operation, Hill analyzes university finances, Martyn profiles Wendell Phillips, Kelton assesses national defense, and Thompson argues this modern era is Darwin driven romance.
A Sound Legal Opinion from E Bainbridge Munday County Atty Clay Co Texas cites successful use of Electric Bitters in malarial fever and jaundice cases. Testimony from D Wilcoxson of Horse CaveKy echoes life saving recovery. The ad touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure for malaria kidney liver and stomach issues priced 50c and 1 at D M Hawthorne's.
A 19th century advertisement promotes a salve claimed to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and is priced at 25 cents per box. Sold by D M Hawthorne.
Cambridge Ohio October 26 1889 list of letters remaining uncalled for at the Cambridge post office advertised callers please say they are advertised names include G Baxter Bille Boyd Wm Boswell Alonzo Griffith J Garvin John Johnson Henry Johnson Ford Longwood James Perks Miss Hanna Ringer Mayor Smith Rev JW Stuart wW H H McILYAR P M
An old advertising jingle notes Castoria’s role from infant illness to motherhood. It traces a family’s routine from baby remedies to advising as a parent, highlighting Castoria as a trusted remedy across life stages.
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