25 Dec 1879
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Newspaper
Ohio Cambridge News
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1879
Page
1
The Cambridge News lists ad rates for various column widths with prices for one year and fractions, plus local reading matter notices and local notices. Rates include ten cents per line for local notices first insertions and five cents per line for subsequent insertions. marriage and death notices are free. obituaries are five cents per line.
The week covers Senate actions on Oklahoma Territory organization and Nebraska boundary, debater amendments to greenback legal tender, and investigations into black emigration. House measures include pensions, mints, education aid for colored race, and commerce reforms. adjournments follow extensive debate.
A collage of humorous quips and reflections on Christmas from various papers, noting traditions from Druids to Kris Kringle, and the evolution of Christmas carols, holiday observances, and social customs across England, Germany, New England, and the American states.
The Washington monument fund requires 300000 more to Oct 31 1881 beyond 100000 on hand to reach 500 feet. National Republican Committee elected Senator Don Cameron as chairman after Zach Chandler's death and set Chicago as site for the June 3 convention. Senate confirmed James B. Sener as Chief Justice of Wyoming Territory. House on Education panel backed a lands sale proceeds for public education. National bank notes in circulation rose 24717000 since November 1. Attorney General limits post traders to military or emigrant needs, denying broader military trade with Indians.
General Grant arrived in Philadelphia on the 16th completing his world tour. A vast display followed with about 7,000 Pennsylvania and neighboring state soldiers, and the Grand Army of the Republic drawn in about 8,000. The parade spanned six hours and the city was lit at night.
A St Paul dispatch reports a severe Red River storm with two children frozen near Breckenridge and two men missing. Counterfeiter Colonel W R Cook was shot dead after resisting marshals. Virginia elects Mahone to the U S Senate. Tennessee legislature meets in extra session. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern shows $6.28 million earnings. A boiler explosion at Collins Indiana kills Louis Trumbull and four others. A Delphos Ohio fire claims a five year old child. Chief Justice Samuel E Perkins dies in Indianapolis.
In Medway Massachusetts an elderly couple discovers their son, long believed dead after the Albemarle explosion and Farragut era engagements, survived and returns home for Thanksgiving. He had suffered a wartime wound that erased his memory until doctors revived it and aided by surgeons, restoring his memory fully over a year.
A Norristown Herald reader mockingly questions the hidden navy rumor and jokes about Secretary Thompson’s ability to replace a lost fleet. The note references the Schuylkill canal area and urges accountability for bells on steam rams.
The Rochester Democrat notes that most exchanges mention the arrival of Tom and Jerry in their areas. The duo's popularity remains high as communities welcome them with local notices.
The article traces movable and fixed Christian holy days. It covers Easter's uniform dating by the 325 Council of Nice, the uncertain origin of Christmas, Diocletian’s persecution, Julius I fixing December 25, and the winter solstice as a reason for the season’s timing with notes on daylight lengthening and seasonal renewal.
A Detroit life insurer insults a tow headed boy by forcing him from his seat and mocking him with a policy reading. The boy and his father pursue justice, leading to the father rejecting the policy after a morning car confrontation. The tale blends humorous courtroom curiousities with a streetcar episode and a broader portrait of early Washington DC.
The St. Louis Republican recounts a legendary South German tale of Nicholas Christian Kringle, a celibate man in a woodside hut who cared for children. His piety earns him a saintly status and annual earthly visits before Christmas Eve, inspiring "Uncle Nick" lore seen in winter skies.
Cor San Francisco Bulletin notes Alaska offers a mild temperate climate, ample rainfall quality, and few extreme conditions. From May 17 to the 147 days observed, rain fell on 65 days and 43 were cloudy, with little storminess. Thunder is rare and dew is absent in houses.
A terse Telegram item notes a bank book labeled LicuT literature shows no balance. The fragment hints at financial records or a missing balance, but details are sparse and unclear.
The piece recalls how travelers reached Washington in early sessions. Senators and reporters rode stage lines centered on the city, with many staying at the Indian Queen Hotel where Jesse Brown, a Havre de Grace native, hosted guests and directed meals and seating with attentive service.
A historical note traces trousers from breeches in early 19th century Britain. It cites a 1791 fashion description and the 1825 Arliss Pocket Magazine discussion of London dandies wearing trousers, alongside burlesque newspaper ads of the era.
A survey of animal play describes cranes hopping on one leg and somersaulting while water birds dive and spray, deer ramming horns in sham battles, dogs guarding bites, and youngsters like cats leaping at moving objects. A magpie buries pebbles with mock ceremony, then reveals a toad beneath the stones.
Risino Sun, famed as a major Indian figure in California, died at about 100 years old after a long life as a news bearer. He once fled capture by leaping from the Klamath River cliffs with a concealed knife, vanishing into the river and leaving many to assume his death.
The Boston Transcript notes a street lament about a tramp who admits losing it all in stocks a month ago and has not eaten for weeks. The editor mocks the man’s grasp of chronology while reporting the troubling scene.
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