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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1883
Page
3
The Cambridge Herald reports subscriber arrears and calls for prompt payment while listing local ads for clothing fruit jars boots and crockery. It notes deaths including Bethel Ables and Joseph Kelly and mentions upcoming events at schools fairs temperance meetings and a Union gathering.
Dr W H Dunham retires to Cincinnati John Cooper of Zanesville calls Miss Sue Scott visits friends at Sistersville W Va Noah Hartley Sen visits Council Bluffs Iowa Mrs Anna Douglas and daughter visit Winchester Solomon Peters Jackson township looks at western scenes Cas Cameron and wife of Mansfield visit friends Florence Robinson Caldwell among friends George W Callihan Byesville moves to Marietta Mrs Annie Brady visits Cambridge Rev W K Yingling and wife attend Burrs Mills camp meeting John T Bishop of Cincinnati Commercial Gazette in town Mrs Henry Gibson of Barnesville visits her father at Winchester S G Dowdall now runs the Quaker City Hotel Miss Hattie and Anna Johnson Winchester attend Normal school Editor Krebs of Zanesville Sunday News visits HERALD office Miss May Lytle Bloomfield guest of Dr Blair Miss Emma Hanford Winchester guest of Rev Newton Hanford at Newark Miss Sadie and Jennie Cook Columbus visitors L Weevis candidate for Common Pleas Judge in town A J Spriggs Cambridge sale of school books Miss Anna Thomas Middletown Mo extended visit to Spencer's Station Miss Mattie Burt visiting Cincinnati Miss Ada Glover Cambridge hosting Miss Jennie Moore teaches Quaker City schools visiting Barnesville Miss Roxy Griest Zanesville guest of Enterprise Prof John H Sarcher composes Down in Ohio Pennyroyal Re union music Marble Monuments available at Jed Williams Public Square Wills Creek Baptist Association anniversary at Bridgeville Aug 24 1 30 pm C M R R excursion rates Cambridge to Guernsey Station Washington Fair urged for a strong showing
A commercial traveller reports losing $30 and a ticket on a train between here and New Comerstown last week. The man’s name was not learned and no suspect is identified.
Kohn Brothers advertise a remnant counter featuring silks satins cashmeres and related fabrics to be sold regardless of cost highlighting a bargain event for shoppers seeking discounted textiles.
Ten piece set of decorated chamberware priced at four dollars and fifty cents offered by Z. and O's.
A large crowd witnessed a Thursday game between the Fat Men and Lean Nine, ending 77 to 63 in favor of Fat Men. The match proved lively with playful crowd antics and a plan for a rematch. Umpire F. K. Raymond called the game after 3 hours and 35 minutes.
Asher Williams a respected Cambridge resident and Sen. aged 73 died after years of poor health last Friday. The funeral occurred Saturday afternoon reflecting his long community ties and kindness.
Jed Williams handles the Lima Fence Company wrought iron fence praised as the best and cheapest on the market, suited for close cemetery plots. A clerks versus Normal students baseball game ended with the clerks winning 59 to 9.
A mule ridden by Samuel McHenry at Scott's mines on Tuesday fell and threw him to the ground, breaking his collar bone.
A fine lot of good mules in various sizes and in good order will be sold on application in any number by the Cambridge Coal Company.
An agent of Milo B. Stevens and Company, noted war claim attorneys, will visit the Cambridge County Clerk's office on Tuesday, August 21. Persons with pension or other claims are invited to call for assistance.
Local grocer Z and Os advertises two quart fruit jugs at 90 cents per dozen. The offer emphasizes bulk fruit juice containers for households seeking affordable fruit refreshments.
W P Rea returns home from Steubenville. Poreaxer to preach at the M E church next Sunday. Samuel Olive builds a fine barn in Center township. James Smith loses a horse to pink eye. Farmers plow and prepare wheat. Town Hall chandelier falls, lamps broken. Dr Joe N Clark called to Martin's Ferry. Coen horses run away, carriage damaged, no injuries. Democratic caucus smaller than spring. Dry weather complaints rise. James Eagleson visits from Missouri. County Commissioners survey the pike. Wm Lawrence elected Judicial delegate. Linkhorn brothers oversee cattle. Sheep sales noted 2 to 3 dollars each. Misses Mattie and Clara Haines return from Cadiz. Sunday School Institute well attended. W B Lawrence completes paved walk. M E church quarterly meeting and Rev Jackson sermon. A large party at Josiah White's with splendid music. Wm Haney hosts party for Miss West and John Cunningham at Elizabethtown. Infirmary Directors shift meeting date. Cambridge picnic party passes through town. Painting fever in town. fair scene shows W looking bright.
Blackberries are all harvested. Coal hauling has commenced. W. C. Dugan has been at Zanesville on business. Ruth Russell has returned home from visiting relatives in the West. The threshing machine hum returns to the land. Rev. Taylor of Londonderry preached in place of Rev. Caldwell on Sabbath. A number of M. E. members attended quarterly meeting at Winchester. A. A. Johnson W. H. Tannehill and Wm. Smith were chosen as delegates to the Democratic County Convention.
Mrs Mary Latcher visited Cambridge friends this week and James Downey traveled to Marietta to see Jumbo A. J R Boyce and wife spent Sabbath in Marietta. Dry weather harms the corn crop and Robert Maffet of Muskingum county visited local friends. Sneden Anker moved to Tom Oldhams last Thursday and Win Satchet works on C M with Downey on section 12. John M Barr to teach winter term at his home district. I N Knowlton of Cumberland visiting locally this week. Samuel Wortman Jr shows off a new wagon. L A Lemon moved to Linns mill to teach this winter. A Marling Oldham grove picnic last Saturday drew a large crowd and band members earned praise for the lively scene.
Mrs Annie McAdams visits Crestline Ohio. Edgar Johnson and wife return from their wedding tour. Visitors include W T Temple and family Danford Ohio and I A Burson and family Stark county. Cambridge residents Lenfesty visit. a one armed man from Cambridge makes weekly town visits. John Parker and James Temple plan to move to Kansas. J J Willis wins contract for a circle top bridge over Skull Fork in Londonderry township. Madison township school board met to discuss No 7 district building. district division with Wills township.
An advertisement asserts a local resident’s endorsement of Hall’s Catarrh Cure as effective. It notes the price as 75 cents per bottle and lists John Downar as the seller. Dated June 14, 3m.
Jacob Fisher and wife visit friends in Washington county while carpenters work on Mrs Rachel Baird’s new house. Lanning farm to be reappraised and sold. Oakley Lanning’s brick house will be a fine structure. Prohibition amendment urged with stance against taxation or license. Mathew Johnson estate sale had no bidders. Zoar Baptist association begins next session Friday August 31 at Clear Fork church. Virtue school house contract let to Mr McCandless Noble county for 590 dollars.
Threshing machines are at work as farmers plow for corn. A son was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Luther Griffin. Residents cleaned the grave yard last Thursday. Griffin’s team ran away last Tuesday damaging his wagon but no further harm. Thomas Cook, Plainfield insurance agent, visited and insured several local houses. A H Weedon of Wheeling township canvassed for James G Blaine’s Twenty Years in Congress.
Catarrh is a dangerous seed of consumption and must be treated early. Ifall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as never failing and priced at 7 cents. Sold by John Dow nar. June 14-3m.
Byesville reports scarce early apples and local happenings. Lilly Seals ill. a clothing store is planned. Depot street culvert work progresses. M E L Parsonage finished. John Morrison sold his restaurant to J A Conner. Conner and McCreary install tin roof on their mill. Oscar Holberg travels to Zanesville on property matters. Band members visit Hartford and Pt Pleasant. entertainments planned August 22 and 23. Prohibitory ordinance has taken effect. town quiet.
A valuable horse owned by Geo Ford died recently. Mrs Louis Hawk and her children of Nelsonville visit Mrs Allen. The corn crop will be small due to drought. George Ferbrache and children of St Joseph Missouri visited here and Winchester last week. John Moss bought a horse from A H Duff of Plat Ridge for 160 dollars and plans to work with Moore brothers during threshing. Rev William Rolingson of the Central Kansas Conference, at his mother's near Cambridge, will preach at Allens Chapel next Sabbath morning at 1014 o clock.
The Philadelphia wool market reports steady demand with no major price changes since the last note. Combing sells ahead while receipts for other grades are absorbed quickly. Western agents pay more for similar goods, and mills prepare to restart after closures.
An 80 year old man from Duchess County New York suffered chronic bladder stone pain. Doctors declined surgery due to age but Kennedy's Favorite Remedy provided comfort and kept him well, with claims it purifies blood and aids kidney liver and bowel issues for all ages and sexes.
Potatoes sell for 25 cents a bushel in Barnesville. J W Weisner, a Bealsville merchant, has made an assignment with liabilities of 7000 dollars. Electric light for the State fair will cost about 500 dollars. A Shankland farm barn near Summerfield, forty years storm‑wise, blew down. twenty sheep perished. Oil interests attract eastern speculators to Macksburg after the Decker well strike. Nearly 1000 acres leased recently. A Barnesville cow jumped from a window at the Frazier House stables. Ten thousand black bass and five thousand perch were released in Duck Creek. 20 000 pickerel planned for March. An old Cincinnati man grew rich by buying land next to buyers and selling cabins to them. The August Ohio crop report shows various crop conditions versus last year. A man calling himself George Mullen, real name Cornelius Ball, begs with two children, driven from West Virginia by the Red Men. Northern oil news notes heavy nickel, dime, and dollar circulation with counterfeit concerns. Eastern capitalists buy large tracts near Macksburg for oil. Decker well yields 100 barrels in 3.5 days. Dr. McLean of Steubenville elected to a Philosophical Society following a church dispute.
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