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Newspaper
Ohio Cambridge News
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1879
Page
1
Space rates listed for 3m 6mm year and column widths with prices. Local reading matter notices cost ten cents per line, plus five cents for subsequent insertions. Marriage and death notices are free. obstinacien notices five cents per line.
The week reports rising domestic merchandise exports to 680 million in 1875 and 698 million in 1879, with imports at 437 million in 1878 and 45.7 million in 1879, and a continued surplus in merchandise exports. Other notes cover postal routes bids, tax receipts, silver dollar minting, Halifax fisheries, and various political and criminal items across the nation.
The dwelling of James Cleveland and three boat houses on the lake shore at Battle Creek Michigan were burned. Mrs Cleveland and her infant perished. Two other children were badly injured and not expected to live. Cleveland saved two lives by jumping from the second story into the lake. In a separate case, the Western Union Telegraph Company seeks a temporary injunction against the Wabash Railway and American Union Telegraph Company over telegraph right of way. Courts restrained construction pending motion. a decision expected in October.
The interior ministry cites 3 501 fires in June causing 12 million roubles in damage. 508 blazes incendiary. Cable plans link England and United States. shore ends from 1865 66 reused. new deep sea line to follow. News covers resignations empires emigration strikes gunboats and uprisings across Europe and the Americas.
An experienced detective describes a multi person con using a widow’s diamonds and a staged loan ruse. A clever woman, a cover man, a jeweler, a landlord, and a reference gather to present a plausible tale and lure a rich, gullible man into loaning funds. The scheme expands to involve more players, often with a church reference and a trusted landlord, until roughly exposed and left ruined.
The New York Herald reports extensive fortifications around the Sub Treasury on Wall Street including steel grillings for basement and first floor windows, rifle shutters, and proposed rooftop Gatling gun turrets. Construction by a Boston firm aims to complete by September 15, with $150,000,000 to $200,000,000 in vault funds driving safety measures.
Engineer Wood on a Rochester to Syracuse run faced repeated near disasters. A man driving a horse and wagon at Newark was killed when struck by the speeding train, a second rider and pair nearly crossed the track at Port Byron, and a woman and man narrowly avoided death near Weedsport as the engine slowed and warned them. The Syracuse Journal reports Wood's sobering morning.
Lieut.-Col. Lean argues in the Fortnightly Review that powder quality drove historical artillery gains. He advocates using strongest metal and powder, like compressed steel guns, with appropriate charges, rather than lengthening guns. He critiques chambering as beneficial only for slow burning powder. The Steubenville Herald quips about uneasy guests and a locked parlor door.
The article jokes about Chinese agents misusing telegraph wires as sea box nails and children cutting posts. It notes Celestials once disliked telegraphs but now favor the telephone, claiming earlier telegraphs were misunderstood.
The article notes that the telephone now allows Chinese speakers to converse and transmit the metallic timbre of their language. It claims the system originated in 960 by Kung Foo Whing, a claim presented to reassure readers without unsettling Professor Bell Chambers Journal.
A Boston Commercial Bulletin excerpt notes how Charles Reade's Foul Play describes Robert Penfold using reeds to subdue ducks, while Australian natives allegedly used sage brush and drowned w ducks to capture them. The piece compares the methods and credits the original source for inspiration.
On a warm afternoon young Mr. Cummagen waits on the porch after ringing the bell. His sister Nellie says Mabel knows he is there. Nellie implies Mabel invited him to see how shade touched the front yard when he rested his feet on the railing.
A Detroit farmer laments the drought harming hay while a rainstorm breaks over the city. A friend notes rain may help the countryside, though the wet proves tough for those with hay.
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