15 Jul 1875
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Newspaper
Ohio Cambridge News
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1875
Page
1
The Cambridge News lists advertising rates including column widths and line charges. Local reading matter and notices are priced per line with first and subsequent insertions. marriage and death notices are free. obituaries accrue five cents per line.
Flours and grains list steady to higher with White Winter Extra at 5.80 6.50 and No 2 Spring wheat at 1.15 1.16. Pork prices around 20.87 New Mess, dressed hogs at 9 1/2 percent cents, lard 13 cents. Cattle active with good to extra 11 13 cents. sheep 4 5 percent. East Lisle cattle best 6.65 7.25, hogs Yorkers 7.20 7.30, sheep 3.50 5.25. Cash wheat No 2 spring 1.04 1.04 percent, corn 69 34 cents, oats No 2 8? 66 cash. Mess pork 19.20 19.25 cash, lard 13.00 13.05. Cattle choice to extra 6.00 6.55. medium to good 1.75 5.80. butchers stock 3.59 41.50. Hogs good to choice 7.15 7.55.
A July Popular Science Monthly article surveys ant life across temperate and tropical regions. It details caste divisions, leaf cutting and harvest ants, army foragers, nest architecture, water needs, honey making ants in Texas and northern Mexico, fire-ants, winged swarms, and the curious social economy showing complex labor division and surprising intelligence.
Poem by W. R. Barber condemns selfishness as the seed of deceit, lust, and vice from childhood to old age. It portrays the child as a little tyrant shaping virtue, urges correction, and calls for teaching restraint to protect the soul and cultivate charity.
In 1665 Batavia under Dutch rule faces a savage Malay siege led by Sultan Musha of Soerang. Chaplain Haringsma seeks armistice, refuses to bow to Mahomet, and travels under guard to bargain for peace. Velden's force accepts the Nazarene pledge, siege ends with Soerang撤, Haringsma dies keeping his word.
A mosaic of humorous scraps and curiosities from American life. Stories range from a Wyoming husband’s deadly misstep to a New Orleans alligator case, with Detroit saloon gags, Chicago Sheridan quips, and Missouri powder mishaps threading through. Dramatic tales mix with street anecdotes and town gossip.
The celebration on July 5 at the Crystal Palace drew large crowds of American residents with United States Minister Schenck presiding. News from Madrid notes Alphonsists capturing Santa Viega and a Carlist exodus from Valencia and Aragon as pursuit closes in. Pigeon shooter Geo Rimmel lost to A H Bogardus in Hendon while Belfast hosts a mayoral cup contest won by the American team. Insurrection in Herzegovina and Norway’s lumber crash are flagged. floods strike France with losses. hail storms cut Swiss crops and property.
Prof Jenney reports in dispatch that Black Hills soil shows insufficient gold for extended mining. Fifteen miners near his camp say from five to fifteen cents per pan, while Jenney finds near impossible to profit at any meaningful yield.
Reports from Barranquilla and Bucaramanga recount a devastating earthquake that leveled Cucuta and surrounding towns. Death toll exceeds 10,000 with thousands wounded and homeless, as cities burn, monuments fall, and relief appeals spread across Colombia.
The article describes white tarlatan over silk dresses with Josephine waists, wide belts, and elaborate trimmed skirts. It notes a bride maid’s dress with blue forget me nods, tulle, and tabliers. Greek bertha sleeves, crimped lace, and diagonal floral garlands. It also mentions fashion accessories like hair garlands and gros grain belts.
A Rome correspondent reports the suicide of Juvara, a renowned engraver, who systemically performed his death over six hours. He documented his sensations in a wall cartoon with timed sentences and finally killed himself with a pistol in his mouth.
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