28 Jan 1875
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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1875
Page
1
OCR fragment mixes poetry by Bryant with scattered names and local references. It shows a Bryant poem segment about evening and travel, plus garbled names and a list of dealers and professionals in several Ohio locales. The readable portion preserves period voice and scattered proper nouns.
An essay tracing the apple’s role across myth, scripture, and antiquity, noting its presence in Greek, Roman, Hebrew, and Arabian lore. It covers grafting feats, early English orchard culture, cider making, and the fruit’s spread to America with examples like Baldwin and Newton Pippin, ending with a tribute to a Native American seed collector.
A vivid eye witness recalls General Andrew Jackson stopping a jockey race at Clover Bottom after exposing bribery. Thousands gathered as Jackson confronted corrupt riders, threatened to stage a public inquiry, and compelled payout of property bets without violence, preserving order with decisive courage.
The piece discusses the Chemilin dress form as a multicomponent undergarment and outerwear system. It details a combined chemise, drawers, corset-like supports, and outer skirts with adjustable straps to distribute weight and provide coverage. It notes benefits for mobility, weather, and modesty, with suggestions for construction and wear.
A London writer describes a pair of white bears kept in a stone house by a pond, guarded by iron bars and inward-pointing spikes. The piece notes the bears’ sensitivity to heat, a prior escape event, and a past litter killed by the mother. An auction scene follows, with a sealed packet labeled Advice to Physicians valued highly.
A garbled collage of notes and musings references Beaconsfield era topics, odd quotes, and scattered facts. It blends social anecdotes with scattered statistics about Freemasons Mennonites and Catholic numbers, and includes stray musings on literacy, fashion, politics, and a European seat of power.
An account reports an exhibition in London by inventor Mr. Guattaris featuring telegraph machines powered by air. Several instruments were shown with bells and dials, transmitting messages via air pulses over about four hundred yards, enabling private intercommunication.
A prominent oculist warns that contagious Egyptian or granular conjunctivitis spreads rapidly and is traced to shared towels in public places such as country hotels and workers’ sleeping spaces. He urges abolishing rolling-towel use to stop the spread and protect thousands of workers.
In a quirky column the Young American riffs on heads of all kinds from large to barrel to hot headed. The piece includes playful lines about head shapes and phrases. A fragment about a bereaved man seeking a funeral fare ends with a puzzled livery driver quote.
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