Peach crop and local notices mix in Cambridge paper
The Cambridge Herald of August 11 1887 reports a small peach crop and various town items including a new cupola atop the Baptist church a cut flagpole at Court Square multiple faculty and visiting personages, real estate and grocery bargains at local stores and routine market updates along with school and church notices and upcoming events.
Cumberland Camp Fire Celebrates Veteran Camp Life
Last Thursday Cumberland Post G A R No 216 held a grand camp fire that drew locals from eight to ten miles away. Veterans marched in a war style procession, cooked beans and coffee, and a stage program ended with a $70 festival take and patriotic speeches by Rev Peregoy and Commander Forsythe.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Post
Presbyterian Church
Joshua Crozier
Ned Crozier
John Forsythe
W. McCleary
I. Tucker
M. Stockwell
William Forsythe
Coleman
172 Regiment
Ohio Volunteers
Purkey
Sargeant Cutter
Jeffery
G. E. McEndree
Frazey’s Corner
George E. McEndree
D. W. Forsythe
Joseph Purkey
Peregoy
Everbody
Cambridge Diamond Fight Between Raymonds and Picked Nine
Crowds of 600 to 800 gathered at Pair ground on a sunny Wednesday to watch the Raymonds under 18 defend against the Picked Nine in a hotly anticipated $50 side match. A costly error in the middle of the game gave the Picked Nine the lead and they held on to win despite Raymonds’ strong early play and a generally smooth, well officiated contest by umpire Tuni son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Raymonds
Willows
Barnesville
Picked Nine
Tunison
Cambridge Baseball Club Seeks Mansfield Exhibition Sept 21 22
Ke R McCollum, secretary of the Cambridge baseball club known as the Picked Nine, received a Mansfield Ohio League invitation to play an exhibition on September 21 or 22 with a $40 payout or a $30 rain guarantee. The invitation is under advisement as Cambridge considers extending it. A Cambridge vs Zanesville game is set for Thursday at three with Rafferty coaching present. Admission 15 cents. ladies free.
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KE. R. McCollum
Cambridge Baseball Club
Picked Nine
Mansfield Club
Cambridge
Zanesville
Rafferty
Death of John Moore at Cumberland Ohio in 1887
John Moore aged about 76 died at his residence near Cumberland Guernsey County Ohio on Wednesday morning August 3 1887 from heart disease. Born September 5 1811 in Washington County Pennsylvania he moved to Ohio in 1836 and settled in Spencer township where he built wealth as a woolgrower and farmer. He served as justice of the peace 1841 1847 and long stood as an elder in Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was injured two years earlier in a fall from a horse and never fully recovered. Funeral services were held on Thursday conducted by Rev Kumler and he was interred in the Cumberland cemetery amid many friends and neighbors.
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Fairview High School
Liberty Tunnel
Baptist Church
Court Square
Mellyar’s
Burns Brown
Zanesville
Moundsville
W. Va
Rev. Thompson
Monmouth
Illinois
Lewis Baker
Cambridge
J.O. Mellyar
William Eagleton
Center Township
Nellie Orme
G. B. Thornberry
Springfield
Ilinois
Mt. Union College
Mt Union
W.S. Heade
Caldwell
W.C. Tedrick
Winchester
Messrs. Troette & Tannehill
Cambridge Boot & Shoe Co
J. E. McClelland
Cumberland
Jimmie Downar
W. A. Campbell
McIlyar
Piggott
Mary Walton
Barnesville
J. C. Beckett
J. E. Baughman
Chandlersville
Muskingum County
Charles Vaughn
Medlyare
T. M. Mackey
Chicago
National Photographers Association
Foreman Hare
Zanesville Times Recorder
Atlantic Oil Company
John Milligan
Liberty Township
Clara Schroder
Cincinnati
Ella Dunlap
W. M. Purdum
Renfrew
Herald
E W. Mathews
Yipsilanti Michigan
Kersey’s
Mill Street
North Salem School
N. B Long
Samuel Craig’s
Blue Bell W.F. M.S
J. O. Grimes
William Calhoun
Delaware County
Cuernsey
George Kimball
Thomas Moore
Guernsey
Elizabeth Bell
Millers Station
Herbie Swan
Frank Motte
Eliza Lee
T. G. Brown
New York
Paul Sherrard
Birmingham
Michigan
A. G. Campbell
Cumberland News
Mathias Louse
St. Clairsville
W. J. Wolverton
Milton
Northumberland County
J.H Chappelear
Lofland
Luella Fry
Franklin
Belmont County
James W. Warden
Thomas J. Miller
Topeka
Kansas
Prohibition
Hammond’s Hall
Howard Prichard
L S. Reasoner
Minnie Peters
Ann Snoot
Adamsville
Common Pleas Court
Phillips
Benjamin Nelson
West Steubenville Avenue
Guernsey County
Auditor of State
Ohio
John Moore
James Moore
Ellen Gaston
Washington County
Margaret
James Farrar
Spencer Township
Presbyterian Church
Kumler
Crawford Caught Between Cars In Cave City Accident
Word reached here Saturday that S. A. Crawford, formerly of this place and now a conductor on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, was seriously injured after being caught between two coaches at Cave City. He was examining the air brakes when the train moved past the water tank and he was trapped. doctors say base of skull fracture and paralysis of the left side with slim chances of recovery. The crash saddens fellow railroad workers and friends here. The Cleveland and Marietta Railroad advertises an Niagara Falls excursion on Tuesday August 16 with special cars for organized parties of 40 or more. See small bills for rates.
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S. A. Crawford
A. Crawford
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
A. G. Frazier
Nashville
Louisville
Cave City
Crawford
Cleveland & Marietta R'y
Niagara Falls
Chautauqua Lake
Mrs Allender Dies After Sudden Illness Near Cambridge
Mrs David Allender, a respected local woman living about three and a half miles northeast of Cambridge on the Steubenville road, died Monday morning from heart disease after a brief illness. She was about 30 years old and left a husband and several small children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Allender
Cambridge
Steubenville Road
End to Bone Scraping Says Harrisburg Man
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois credits Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for curing an eight year running leg sore. He avoided bone scraping or amputation after using three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Arnica Salve. Prices listed as fifty cents per bottle and twenty five cents per box by C L Wall & Co.
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Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg
Ill
Bucklen
C L Wall & Co
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Henry C. Potter
Emma Carothers
Court House
Liberty
Sambridge
Hugh F. McDonald
Samuel C. Luccock
William A. Jones
Dillon
Seaver Head
Montana
William L. Stewart
Theodas Jones
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Senecaville
Noble County
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Lou Carlisle
Middlebourne
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Hedge
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Lewis Woodmansee
Bridgeport
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Charlie
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Pittsburg
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Claysville
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New Concord
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Washington Club
Michael Clancy
Guernsey Mines
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Edward Lipsey
Londonderry Township
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David Adamson
James Moreland
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Steubenville Avenue
Minnie Stoop
W. M Purdum
Charles Lcott
Knox Township
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Charlie Tingle
Diamond Talk
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Rainey
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A. R. Murray
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James Cosgrave
Byesville
John S.miller
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Jos. Dean
B.G Peters
Milton Turner
Villa
O. M. Hoge
Brookfield
Hege
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Elza Turner
S. J. McMahon
W.A. Rainey
Black
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A. m. L. P. Hosick
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John C. Beckett
W. Mathews
A. C. Cochran
A. J. Hutchison
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Cambridge Gas and Oil Co
A. D
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J. D. Taylor
Mar
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Charles F. Urban
Solomon Hutton
Jen Bradshaw
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Daniel Peters
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de Culbertson
Samuel Craig
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William Whitaker
Samuel Morrison
Adam Lepage
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L. J. McFarland
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M.D. Robins
Cambridge Township
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Wali
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Said
Bethe
Jacob F. Secrest
Henry Fisher
Valley Township
Said County
Section Eight
J. M. Secrest
Said Secrest
Thomas H. Trott
Said Road
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J. M Secrest
Enoch Bailey
Feck
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