31 Dec 1874
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Newspaper
Ohio Cambridge News
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1874
Page
1
A Woodward Avenue store clerk persuades an Indian visitor to take an old corset after a persistent attempt to sell baskets ends with a comic trial. The man wears the corset over his coat, draws laughs from bystanders, and is stopped by a policeman before angrily tossing the garment aside.
Berlin correspondent of the Woman's Journal profiles a woman who operates a wood-yard and sells cord wood. She is described as a refined lady who has paid her husband’s debts and raised three children well.
A peasant and his wife in a meadow hear a tale from their master the Count. He promises a paradise mansion if they resist one dish at a banquet. They yield to curiosity, eat from all but the center dish, and a hidden bird escapes, revealing their transgression. They are sent back to work.
Madge, Tennie, and Harry help the Jenkins children after a boy loses his feet. Mrs Brent funds a warm New Year dinner, outfits Tommy and others, and the siblings learn charity and duty. Madge recalls a hospital moment that sparks future study.
A humorous tale describes Magruder's idea to use a tame goat to pull his coach. The goat fights another goat, injuring Magruder's baby and causing the coach to crash into a gutter. Dogs join the fray. the goat escapes but the baby is left damaged. Mrs. Magruder distrusts Magruder, who atone with an ostrich feather hat. The goat remains at large and free for anyone to claim.
A Detroit man visiting a Jefferson Avenue business fell for a company wager. He bet he could lift a steam heating box four inches, touched the heated tubes, yelped in pain, and paid the cigars as others laughed. The tale ends with the moral that one should avoid betting on another man’s game.
Reports from Constantinople describe famine in Asia Minor with many dying and more to follow without aid. Count Von Arnim received a three month imprisonment sentence on the 19th with appeals by both sides. Carlists fire on the German brig Gustav near San Sebastian and loot its contents after abandonment. A powder explosion in Scutari kills or wounds about 200 as lightning strikes a Turkish magazine. The steamer Japan burns near Hong Kong and all hands are rescued. Bismarck seeks extradition treaty with the United States. Great Britain to participate in the Centennial. Louisiana political dispute continues with Returning Board actions and party seat allocations. King Kanakawa leaves Washington for New York. The Holmes seances in Philadelphia persist amid fraud claims tied to Katie King. Charlie Ross’s father offers 5,000 reward for return of his child.
Reports from Washington describe a harsh Louisiana scene as parishes certify returns and radicals clash with integrated schools. Nationally, Irwin faces contempt in the Pacific Mail subsidy case while treasury gains reach 38 million in two years and a mill dam collapses in Haydensville without fatalities. Adjournments and legislative moves touch on rail, taxation, and state affairs across Iowa Minnesota and Mississippi.
A wide listing from New York to Philadelphia details scores and prices for cotton flour wheat corn oats rye barley pork lard cheese wool beef and related goods. It lists Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Milwaukee Cleveland Detroit and Milwaukee wheat corn oats rye flour and cattle market figures with varied grades and recent ranges.
The President proclaims federal protection for Mississippi after a concurrent resolution reports county officers thwarted by force. It cites insurrection and violence in Warren County with public buildings seized and citizens killed or driven away as grounds to deploy militia and enforce law.
President Ulysses S. Grant orders disorderly and turbulent persons in a Mississippi county to disperse and retire to their abodes within five days. He warns against violent resistance and urges submission to lawful authorities. proclamation dated December 21, 1874 in Washington.
AP dispatch outlines the Senate Republicans' plan: open free banking to individuals and associations. retire 80 percent of greenbacks with new National Bank notes. withdraw and replace fractional currency with silver coin funded by surplus or bonds. remove coinage costs for gold. resume specie payments starting January 1, 1879. Treasury surpluses or bonds to secure gold. Legal Tender act unchanged.
A collage of brief anecdotes and notes including hunting counts, gas leaks, insults of a street-corner jest, a chignon saving a bullet, libel suit quirks, fashion mishaps, a dog guardian, mistaken identity, and a grim account from Chihuahua about infant bones found with the Alcalde and his friends.
In a century that tests belief, John Bright and James Gloom face identical misfortune season after season. Debts collapse, family injuries, and animal losses strain households, yet their reactions diverge as Bright remains prudent and charitable while Gloom spirals into resentment and demand.
A man attending Jane Coombs's first city performance at the Opera House slept through the show. He awakened amid chaos, feared kidnap or harm, lit a match for light, cried Fire, and fled past watchmen. On street he found his hat stolen and an old one left behind.
Jefferson Clay of Georgia recounts a strange tale of sailors in seaboard ports being intoxicated and sent to Cuba to be housed in camps, then told they enlisted to fight against free Cuba. He says he witnessed it firsthand in his visit to the scene.
Sensing a surge in mind reading claims, experts warn the public that predicting thoughts remains unproven while researchers explore ethical boundaries and potential applications.
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