31 Dec 1874
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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1874
Page
1
Enrolment and attendance figures for Quaker City Aqiot's February report show Primary 63 Intermediate 47 High School 41 pupils with 27 10 18 absent. List of teachers and students includes Lennie Adigon Ada Griest Annie Boyd and Mary Johnson among many others.
A group of ladies explored Durham Castle and viewed the tapestry depicting Bible scenes. A guide humorously clarifies that the figures show Jacob wrestling with the angel, prompting lively local chatter among the visitors.
Amid temperature swings, throat infections rise with diphtheria cases reported in New York, New Jersey, and southern cities. A New York Sanitary Committee briefing explains transmission through air and contact, with prevention measures including isolation, ventilation, disinfection, and strict separation of sick children from well ones.
A historical passage argues against late meals, comparing digestion to labor and warning that hearty suppers strain the stomach, worsen breathing, and foul the blood, urging readers to skip after 1 or 2 pm dinners for better sleep and health.
A New York Associated Press assistant recites a telegraph anecdote about a Philadelphia to Paris telegram routed through Duxbury Plaister Cove Newfoundland Valencia Lealand London Paris St Pierre and back to Duxbury, completing an 8030 mile journey in under two minutes via cable lines and the European end. The Duxbury operator’s crooning reply to the message adds a humorous close to the remarkable relay.
Describing a town where streets are described as paved with silver the article recounts a test assaying silver and gold content in mud and a wheel axle sample. It notes a Descorah barrel factory scenario and a potential paper barrel revolution, highlighting cost and freight savings if paper barrels replace wood.
A crowded extract reflects on religious philosophy and belief in God as the majority power. It cites President Edwards, St Theresa, and Parson Brownlow with a mountain tale of a bachelor preacher noting excuses for neglecting divine matters. The piece ends with a quip on a wife hindering devotion.
A notice urges kerosene consumers to avoid dim lamps as wicks are kept down. It warns that unburned gas fills the room and could save little money, citing a countryside family’s illness when a nursery lamp was nearly out and a doctor advised full-head burning.
A doctor visits a patient whose homeland is Tres land and whose drink is whiskey. Water is rejected, milk is used with whiskey as a cure, and the patient insists milk remains the object despite the whiskey. The bed becomes a table with a large bowl of warm milk heavily flavored with whiskey, a scene as the doctor questions the mix.
A garbled World News roundup notes in Smith county Kansas 200 destitute from grasshoppers. Egyptian Viceroy collecting ancient manuscripts at Caro. Building associations capital stock shown. Dayton families to receive wood. Illinois railways owe government taxes. Chicago and North Western alleged to owe 409000. Marietta item reports a man dragged by wagon horses, serious injuries. Rev Eat Cranston appointed pastor in Evansville Indiana. A child’s death shocks Mr and Mrs Caring. Darwin theory link misattributed to James Burnett Lord Monboddo.
Readable fragments present an assortment of quips, anecdotes, and literary scraps. Notes reference fictional characters, misquoted lines, and brief social remarks, including a North Atlantic railcar delivery, a Nantucket head-in-a-bucket gag, and miscellaneous cultural witticisms. Names like Charlotte Ceshman, Queen Laabella, and references to Fairfield County farmers appear among scattered quips about marriage, fashion, and manners.
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