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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1887
Page
3
Dry weather harms pastures as New Concord adopts a livery stable plan and Bowerstown becomes a Prohibition town. Updates include civic repairs, fairs, local business boosts, new schools, and social events across Cambridge and surroundings.
The corner of Wheeling avenue and Sixth street hosts the four story brick Hotel Berwick. The grand opening night featured Cambridge Corner Band and a lavish banquet with 200 guests. The Jewell brothers run the hotel with staff including landlady Mrs Thritt and chief waiter Lawrence Vinney.
A two day Grand Soldiers Reunion will be held at Taylor's Grove in Cambridge Ohio on September 7 and 8 1887. Activities include a forenoon reception at Post headquarters a parade to the grove opening prayers welcome address music talks and a camp fire. Notable speakers include Generals Sherman Sheridan and Hayes among others with rail excursion rates and a large public turnout anticipated. In a separate case Mrs Ann Snoots bound over to Common Pleas Court on $5000 bail after a Zanesville examining court found probable cause in a poisoning death.
Koun Bros in Cambridge Ohio announces a storewide sale through September 10. They highlight continued slaughter on all articles with fall and winter stock arriving, offering summer foods at a bargain and winter goods carried over at cost.
In northeastern Guernsey antrim neighborhood mourns J Dual McCulley a 35 year old former Milnersville teacher who died after swallowing arsenic Sunday morning He confessed to the act Dr Rosemond Birmingham attended but could not save him The tragedy is linked to a sick brother and cast gloom over the community.
Mrs Eliza Burris died at her home on Church street last Thursday evening from paralysis after years of suffering. Born in February 1813 in Preston county Virginia she moved to Jackson township with her parents and married Mr Burris in 1834. The funeral was held Friday at 4 pm with Rev John Brown officiating. the service drew a large crowd.
The Guernsey County Sabbath School Union held its tenth annual convention at Cumberland lasting three days last week. Large audiences attended sessions as speakers offered earnest thoughts to advance sabbath school work. Resolutions urged Bible primacy in teaching with a temperance plank added. Officers elected included DD Taylor as president and J W Hill as secretary, with an extensive executive committee and numerous vice presidents.
Judge Phillips presided as various cases were settled or asset transfers ordered. Sales confirmed with deeds and distributions ordered in multiple matters including Selby versus Simpson and Larzalere versus Trott. Judgments by confession and default issued against Boyd and Moore estates.
Miss Mary Sawhill visited at Robinsons while Miss Lib Ferrell called on friends here last week. RJ Clark bought wool in the section. Miss Holden of Springfield Ohio visits Josiah White. Fall fair preparations and hay shipments to western markets are mentioned. Maj JW Moore and Frank Creighton traveled to East Liberty with cattle last week. A large white oak in Wm Smiths field fell during Friday’s storm. Niagara Falls excursion participants from the area attended on Tuesday. Quarterly meeting at the ME church is set for next Saturday and Sunday with Rev Taylor of Quaker City preaching.
The B and O railroad lists excursion fares for multiple events including the Society of the Army of West Virginia reunion in Wheeling August 23 to 26 with a round trip fare from Zanesville and intermediates, Belmont County Fair in St Clairsville late August to September, and the West Virginia State Fair in Wheeling early September, plus Guernsey County and Columbus fairs with corresponding rate structures. Fares vary from one fare to a round trip to one and a third fares from specified origin points.
G W Gibson is laid up by a horse kick. Ab Burson and wife visited Dr Yeo s. Three of W R Forsythe s children have measles. Sam Scott of Arkansas City visiting friends here. Lott Dall of Guernsey visiting at North Salem. A son of Thomas E Powell visited Lucock s last week. Miss Rachel Alexander of Bridgeville visiting North Salem. Henry Martin to start west Sept 1 touring Iowa and Kansas. Mrs Mary Haynes and two children of Minneapolis visiting Mrs Bell. Allen Carr A L Sackett and Joseph M Bell have leased all territory. John Bell and sons W D and E L and P T Gibson drilling on well No 3. work to begin this week. Last Sabbath was Children s Day at North Salem. orderly and profitable. Marion Tyson, Jane McKim, Hattie Berry, Ira Bumgardner and Charley Miller ill with a malignant typhoid fever. Last Saturday Mrs Sarah J McKee s friends gave a birthday surprise for her 47th birthday. 68 persons attended. Jennie Bumgardner died of typhoid fever last Sabbath. funeral Tuesday at 10 conducted by Rev Baker. Telegram reports H M Leeper died at Athens asylum. remains to be buried in Bell s cemetery Monday. Rey Martin to conduct funeral services.
Rain is badly needed in this vicinity. A birth announced as a son to Mr and Mrs Willis Burr. W B Conner of Akron visits family. Miss Turnbaugh and Miss Black visit Mrs Ellen Glass. Bertha and Lulu Cutter return from Marietta. Mrs Maud Warne visits aunt Mrs John Torrence and Sabbath School Convention attendee. Delegates attend the August 9 convening event.
Advertisement urging widespread use of Boschee's German Syrup for consumption coughs croup asthma pneumonia and other throat and lung diseases. Claims three doses relieve any case and cites 80 000 dozen bottles sold last year with sample bottles at 10 cents and regular size 75 cents sold by druggists in the United States and Canada.
The B and O will sell excursion tickets from Cambridge to Belmont on Sunday August 14 and 21. Train No 46 departs Cambridge at 6 37 a m for 75 cents round trip. Return trips depart Camp Grounds at 2 43 and 11 35 p m with trains 46 47 and 103 stopping opposite Noonan s Grove.
W D Craig visited Hopewell friends last week. A new fence will be built around the M E church lawn this week. David Martin began a new residence opposite the M E church. Mrs P T Suitt of Cambridge visited Hopewell friends for a few days. Samuel Scott returned to Arkansas City to attend his father’s funeral. The Mantua ice cream supper was a brilliant affair and the village lights framed a grand scene. Charles Scott died from injuries after a horse accident at 63. his funeral, led by Revs Campbell and White, was at Mt Hermon cemetery. he was a devoted U P church member and family man.
A testimonial from N. H. Batty of Cambridge Ohio praises Radical Remedy for curing ten years of rheumatism after a single bottle. Batty notes a total cost of two dollars and recommends the remedy, with sales through D. M. Hawthorne's drug store in Cambridge.
The writer notes hot weather with a 102 degree thermometer reading in July harvest time. Crop mentions include below average potato yield, good hay, decent wheat, and promising corn prospects with potential rain. The writer plans to extend the paper subscription for another year to benefit his family.
A Sound Legal Opinion. E Bainbridge Munday Esq. says Electric Bitters saved his life after malaria and jaundice. Mr. DI Wilcoxson of Horse Cave Ky. testifies he would have died without the remedy. It cures malaria and aids kidney liver and stomach disorders. Price 50c and 1 at C L Wall & Co.
James Armstrong on the sick list. The Saturday festival drew a large crowd. J F Johnson attends normal school at Cambridge. Miss Cora Miller spent Sabbath with Kimbolton friends. James Dunlap and wife visited Middlebourne last week. Miss Minnie Young of Cambridge visits here. A young man buys a new buggy. The Clio mills dam is being repaired with plans for a new dam and new miller nearby.
The advert claims Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with hypophosphites is more reliable for consumption chronic coughs and emaciation than any known remedy. It emphasizes increased potency and palatability, marketing its two key ingredients as highly effective.
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