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Newspaper
Ohio Cambridge News
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1875
Page
1
The Cambridge News lists advertising rates for space sizes from one-quarter to one column, with prices varied by column width and duration. Local reading matter notices cost ten cents per line for first insertions, five cents each subsequent. special notices are ten cents first and 314 cents thereafter. Marriage and death notices are free, and obituaries cost five cents per line.
Local ad promotes a photo shop in Quaker City Ohio featuring photographs of various sizes and artistic quality. The notice highlights a sales event or display date around June 15 1974.
Berlin unveils Hermann monument with Emperor present as 50 000 spectators watch. Prince Charles Theodore dies instantly in Naples after a fall from his horse. Austria warns Turkey to curb Herzegovinian revolt or face intervention. Insurgents capture Fort Goransko and Metakia near Pivi. Carlists fail to relieve Leo de Urgel. Prussian priests receive 350000 dollars donation after state aid withdrawal. Bosnian insurrection widens possibly into religious war. Turkish officers killed as towns burn. 200 square miles in revolt area reported in Vienna. Dalmatia reports 16000 volunteers ready to join insurgents. Slavonic nations may join. Treebigne sortie repulsed. Queen Victoria’s yacht sinks Mistletoe. one death, three drown. Spanish steamer explodes near Barcelona. fifty killed. Dorregaray defeated near Catalonia. Austria offers pacification via Turkish reforms. Porte declines. Black Hills report gold deposits. Woman’s National Christian Temperance Union to meet in Cincinnati November 17 18 18. Burke Jefferson Washington Counties Georgia see alleged conspiracy of colored population to massacre whites. arrests made, no further trouble feared.
The report covers Freedman’s Bank paying 20 percent of liabilities, crop yields in the Northwestern States, a railroad foreclosure sale in Chicago, and political shifts in Illinois and Tennessee. It notes the death of Edwin Booth’s crash injuries, Grimwood’s body found near Muskegon, the Balloon tragedy, and broader political changes including Mississippi, Maine, and Wisconsin matters.
Market notes show mixed prices for grains and pork across regions. Wheat and corn moved modestly with No. 2 Chicago Spring at 1.31 to 1.32 and Western Mixed corn at 0.77 to 0.82. Hog and cattle quotes remained active, with pork around 21.45 and hogs 7.75 to 8.00 in Philadelphia and Chicago bids varied.
The Board of Statistics reports a overall decline in both foreign and domestic trade for the year ending June 30 1875. Imports totaled 553 906 253 with non duty items 167 180 644 leaving 286 725 609 subject to customs. Exports totaled 643 081 433, down from 693 039 054 in 1874, with domestic shipments to Canada noted at about 14 000 000.
A Paris correspondent for Independance Belge writes from the Assembly chamber noting pencil journalism on site and a husband in the body. The article also reports broom corn shifting from New England to Illinois and westward expansion, with Boston exports and colored handles in foreign trade.
Mrs E V Blake recounts the fear and planning in a suburban home as Kathleen O Morrill and servant Mike Rusher plot a midnight burglary. Agnes Staggs fears robbers while pondering escape and the safety of family jewels and cash hidden in the great dining room safe. The scene centers on nocturnal danger and a swift moral choice under pressure.
In a tense escape, Kath leen and the narrator evade Mike Rusher and a gang by slipping from a house under cover of darkness. Detectives surge the scene, storm the premises, and arrest three burglars after a brief confrontation. Kathleen taunts the captured gang with sharp humor.
Belgian naturalist Plateau tested insects by pulling sand from a pan as they walked on a jewel surface. He showed insects can raise up to forty times their weight while smaller ones often exceed proportional strength. He also measured leaping pushing and flying power across insect sizes. The study suggests strength scales with surface area, not muscle volume, with small insects showing higher relative strength.
Conductor Trump of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad marries Miss Maggie Kapp of Northumberland amid parental opposition. They wed in a palace car between Sunbury and Selinsgrove with Rev. Gibson officiating as the couple’s friends offer congratulations aboard the train.
Foreign Gossip reports only three printers authorized to publish the English Bible in Great Britain. An India impostor claiming to be Nena Sahib has been sentenced to four years in prison. Brazil faces conscription anxiety as youth seek exemption through police work while a cheap path exists for many to join the force.
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