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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1888
Page
2
Proposal calls for building an orphans asylum in Tarsus as a memorial to St. Paul. The plan aims to honor the apostle with a charitable institution serving displaced orphans and needy children.
Arkansas and Vermont each held a vote within a week. Arkansas gave Democrats a majority near 25 000, while Vermont swung Republican by about the same margin. The result matched expectations.
Reports say nihilists at work again create unrest for the Czar and keep Russian police busy observing these suspects. The idea of police involvement in the conspiracies is deemed unlikely by observers.
In Cleveland last week the first case tried for violating the Sunday liquor sale law resulted in the saloon keeper being convicted. Temperance sentiment appears to be rising in Forest City.
Survivors of the Chatsworth Illinois railroad disaster form a group to hold annual commemorative meetings and aid worthy indigent members of the organization.
A new trust backed by millions of capital has formed in the South to dominate the tropical fruit trade. Both American and English financiers are funding the venture and early signs point to a rising market.
The Democratic clubs of West Virginia form an association signaling a lively fall campaign. Republicans express confidence and are in earnest, alongside Democrats, in the Mountain State.
A Pittsburg dispatch reports a serious rift between Eastern and Western window glass manufacturers over the summer shutdown. As a result pots in Pittsburg furnaces will likely be placed for September 15 instead of October 8, defying the order set at the annual meeting.
The Cumberland County election under New Jersey local option law resulted in a dry outcome. Observers expect rural areas to favor prohibition while urban districts move toward high license rather than complete closure, with efforts to expand to statewide votes on the issue.
The New York Sun warns that former slave districts in Africa have become hunting grounds for Arab slavers. It notes ancestors of Black Americans were dragged to markets in Morocco and the Soudan, cites French influence north of Yoruba and lands between the Cameroons and Adamana, and highlights Cardinal Lavigere’s crusade against the traffic under the Pope’s direction.
The Commercial Gazette explains Icelandic geography and history. It describes Thingvallir as the ancient parliament site a narrow isthmus separates fissures leading to a Hill of Law where laws were proclaimed. The Danish flag never flew there and the white falcon on blue symbolized Iceland.
The Ohio Farmer cites improving corn conditions and an expected large corn and potato harvest. Wheat worldwide may rise in price due to European deficits, with Northwest spring wheat deteriorating and winter grain light. Ohio prospects show high bushel totals, while New York and New England lag behind averages.
The Cincinnati Exposition faces daily costs around 3100 dollars and at 50 cents per ticket would need over 6000 visitors to break even. Papers say other expenses force a goal of 10000 daily ticket buyers. Locals are accused of low patronage with many attendees being outsiders. Cooler weather may lift attendance.
Chicago this week hosted a regular prize fight between women. The bout featured hard slugging and both contestants were badly punished. So brutal were the proceedings that police had to interfere.
The outbreak in Jacksonville Florida worsens with 295 cases and 36 deaths reported by Tuesday and authorities pursue removal of residents as the only relief option.
The fifteenth annual convention of the National W C T U will convene at the Metropolitan opera house in New York City on October 19.
Antrim reports CC Inglish began a Fall term at Bloominggrove on Monday. Miss Effie Dagan started a winter term at Sugartree in Jefferson township. The band traveled to Smyrna Friday to perform at the Republican meeting. Tee CL Work of Portsmouth addressed a large audience in the schoolhouse on Wednesday in support of the Prohibition cause. W F Padgett and John Stockdale returned from Winchester last Friday after teaching a Normal which ended that day.
Clark Knowls greets relatives while Samuel Craig visits from Summerfield. IT Stanley begins mail on a new route Saturday. Mrs Francis Johnston sick at home with a decline described as brain softening. Isaac Monroe near death from kidney disease. The Knowls farm sold Saturday with Kev Clark Knowls purchasing the William Knowls property. price not learned. George H Barnes of Philadelphia visits his mother in law and sister Mrs Aplin.
The B&O offers round trip excursion tickets to Columbus at 165 dollars for a Catholic Day trip. Trains depart Cambridge at 11 pm, 12 31 am, and 5 30 am with return valid through September 8th. Tickets good for night September 6th and morning September 7th.
Miss Warnock of Illinois visits IL B Reed and sister Maggie this week. Miss Lillie Jackson of Adamsville vacationing among friends. Warne's grove camp meeting nearly failed for lack of congregation. Harmony hosts a Saturday meeting to organize a vocal music class. Geo Stevenson, 95, died last Saturday and was buried at Cambridge Tuesday. J A Johnston's house caught fire from a defective flue but was saved by prompt family action. Miss Laura Stewart celebrated her 18th birthday with about 25 guests on Saturday.
A Midway itemizer rebukes a Peoples Press column condemning a charity picnic. It defends host Samuel Stewart, notes weather and management faults, and urges fair treatment of all committee members despite the harsh critique.
Bradstreet reports general activity and sustained strength in wool markets with liberal orders for light-weight goods. Buyers show confidence, Montana clip praised, Boston demand strong though sales volumes vary, and Ohio fleeces fetch high prices with XX and above Ohio at 32 cents.
Miss Jennie Law visits relatives. Duff and Miss Mary Scott wed last week. Esther Scott and her nephew head to Kansas. Sik Wallace starts school at Creighton. Theodore Castor buys sheep for shipping. Hopewell band plays. Miss Ella Fleming visits grandfather John Fleming. John Leeper wins roofing contract for Hopewell school at fifty dollars. Lebanon UP church repairs delayed by rain. Miss Mary Hutchison hosts Kansas cousins. Communion at M Fir church next Sabbath at 2:30. KE Sawyer visits Wheeling and attends the fair in a Cleveland hat. Visitors expected: John Sharon J R Campbell Thos McMullen J W Murray Simon Taylor and wives. Miss Katie Platt buried at Jacobsport. Alvin Barton returns for lead of Hopewell school in November. Howard Stewart buys and sells a brood mare at a sale. Sale draws large attendance. stock and hogs sell high.
Well finished two story six room house with out houses and a water well in Carson's Addition Cambridge Ohio. For details call or address M L Campbell Cambridge Ohio June 28 tf.
A poem by Jeannetta of Tyner Ohio from August 3, 18s expresses a girl confined by a small world yet dreaming of future work and heavenly hope. She longs to leave her boundary wall, prays for strength, and envisions a Saviour guiding her through patience and faith.
A Tennessee druggist reports a dramatic recovery of a young colored girl with severe scrofula after using Swift's Specific. He notes the child’s face and neck improved with several bottles, with no relapse after ten months and three years of follow up. He mentions continued use on another case and offers a treatise on blood and skin diseases.
The B&O announces a round trip excursion from Cambridge to Columbus for the A R Encampment on September 1. Trains depart Cambridge at 12:31 am 5:30.48 pm and 11:45 am with a $1.65 fare. return valid to Sept 19 with a 30 day extension by depositing tickets with the joint railroad agent at Columbus. Tickets on regular trains go on sale Sept 7 to Sept 19. For train and ticket details contact Is and O agents.
W D Salt of Bippus Indiana testifies the remedy gives relief in every case and a man cured after six bottles. Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio calls it the best selling medicine of 20 years. Thousands back the claim that electric bitters cure liver kidney and blood diseases at fifty cents a bottle at Wall & Co's drug store.
The Cincinnati Centennial Exposition runs to October 8 with low rate excursion tickets from all stations. Ohio Centennial at Columbus Sept 4 to Oct 19 offers round trip excursion rates. National Encampment of the GAR Sept 10 to 14 with return passage to Sept 19 at one cent per mile. Harvest tours to Kansas Nebraska Colorado Minnesota Dakota Montana Arkansas Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana depart Sept 16, Sept 25, Oct 9 and 23, 1888. Tickets good for 30 days from sale. deposits allow 30 day extension. For tickets contact any C M Ry Co agent or W K Richards, G P A Cambridge, O.
An 19th century advertisement touts a salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. It guarantees cure of piles with a money back offer and a 25 cent price per box sold by L Wall & Co.
A letter from Mary E. Whittiken of Harmar Ohio thanks Dr Moritz Salm for a successful eye operation by Dr William Russell Burner. She notes dramatic improvement from cross eyed to straight eyes in about a minute with minimal pain and blood loss and urges others to seek treatment.
The ad notes Gormley offers good goods and perfect fits at low prices and reports customers repeatedly dissatisfied. He has just received a large stock of Fall and Win items.
J. W. Rowinson, proprietor of Exchange Hotel Caldwell Ohio states that Dr N Russell Burner visits his hotel every four weeks for over a year with one to three assistants. He praises the doctor’s conduct, kindness, and professional reputation and denies any slanderous reports.
McConnnellsville Q June 20 88 Henry Koons proprietor Burnett House certifies Dr H Russell Burnet has stayed monthly at his house for some time and is courteous, accommodating, with a full reception room and increasing practice. he conducts his business strictly and efficiently.
I certify that after two months under Dr H Russell Burner in Harriettsville Ohio I was cured of catarrh scrofula and skin disease and related eye issues. I feel like a new man and recommend others to seek his treatment. Henry Myers offers this testimonial of cure.
Letter from Joan McLane of 526 South 3d St thanking Prof Moritz Salm oculist for a rapid no pain operation on February 6 1888 that straightened her eyes after nineteen years of crossing caused by measles and improved her vision greatly. Columbus Ohio February 29 1888.
J C Carver real estate agent advertises 3 000 000 acres available through Florida Southern Railway Co with title clear maps and full information at his office. Listings include lands for sale or exchange in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky farms in Kansas timber land and building property in Cambridge and nearby towns plus a portable saw mill.
A letter from May 24 1888 recounts a lung hemorrhage sufferer praising Dr H Russet and the Burner-Dear Sir treatment. Samuel C Henry says one month eased chest pain hoarseness and coughing and urges others to seek the care.
Tyner West Virginia June 29 1858 Eunice C Miver writes to Dr H Russece Burner Avid Ben factor noting improved health since last month with fewer drowsiness spells and reduced head and back pain though medicines are largely exhausted except for the tonic she signs faithfully.
The Caldwell Press notes Dr. H. Russell Burner paid in advance for yearly advertisements, praising promptness and reliability. W. L. Finley, manager, signs the notice from Caldwell, Ohio, June 25, 1888.
Remember Dr H Russell Burner the celebrated specialist will be at the Park Hotel Cambridge October 3 4 and on the 8th and 4th days of each month thereafter instead every fourth Monday and Tuesday as hereto fore if afflicted do not fail to see him.
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