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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1889
Page
3
The Cambridge Herald notes the Sarahsville Fair on September 25 to 27, a sale of $750 cassimere suits at H Greenwold's, cheap underwear and children's knee suits, plus many arrivals and local events. It reports school openings, travels, pensions, grocers, and public notices across Guernsey and nearby counties with multiple names and places.
About sixty Speer relatives gathered Thursday the 22nd at Judge Speer’s hilltop home near Cassels Station for a joyous reunion. Five brothers aged 68 to 80 with wives and one sister 57 attended. tables for fifty, decorated with flowers, and cakes including one by Mrs Leeper marked The Speer reunion of 1889. Speakers included Drs Paul New Concord Speer Canonsburg Va Atchison Erwin McFarland and Hon W Ki Boden Cambridge. Three brothers offered recollections. Rev Atchison led prayers and all sang Psalm 138. Association named with Stuart Speer president and Rev Dr Speer historian.
Public notice by D. E. Bart of Byesville Ohio calling for settlement of all outstanding accounts. Creditors may present claims for payment and debtors are urged to call and pay immediately.
Washington notes that a local participant will attend the State Pair next week. White & Co drew a large crowd on Monday. Miss Nannie Rosemond of Fairview and Miss Jennie Bumgardner of Zanesville visit friends nearby. The Pennyroyal reunion drew many from the area. Roadwork by the corporation improves access into town. Farmers harvest phosphates and prepare to sow wheat. Fletcher trains six horses on the fair grounds. others are in training. Bennett Rosemond of Cumberland looked over the railroad, optimistic about its construction. About five thousand attended the Baptist Association at Brushy Fork church. next year it will meet at Salem church. Sheep have been sold to western buyers, prices from 2.50 to 350 per head. Nellie Ferguson, wife of L W Ferguson, dies. funeral handled by Rev McCracken and Rev Pollison. She was the youngest daughter of Hon Wm Lawrence, married in 1883, had long lung trouble, and was a Presbyterian member.
Porter Smith of Spratts Station moved to town last week. Mrs Don Garlington visited Triends at Zanesville last week. John Denny of Canonsburg and Hugh Leggett with wife of High Hill visited Wo McAloys. Milton Strahl of Columbus visiting relatives this week. Miss Lillie Donaldson of Exeter City visited Magder Martins. JE McClelland left to attend the Pennyroyal reunion. Mrs Sadie Hayes returned from a week with Moose friends at Dexter City. Mrs Charley at Sutheey Loy Drape DiC Dra Friday. Mrs W A Reedle and son John visiting relatives at Warren, Trumbull county this week. Typhoid cases reported locally. Abbott visiting her husband in Stark county. L A Dolman and daughter Dora of Topeka visiting the Forsythe family. Solomon Catton of Chicago visiting. Prouty, wholesale Grocer, toured east resorts. Miss Jessie Pollock teaching cast of Des Moines visited Des Moines area. Dr Draper of Jacksonsville called about a sister's illness. Trains near Chandlersville delayed by trestle damage. Tickets to Zanesville sold for fair day. Blake, Winder families visited J McGlashan. Stella Shouse returned home from Belmont County visits. James Nelson, stone mason, back to work locally.
Butterie eggs 12 cents and bacon. Early corn ripening. Many candidates for land appraiser. M T Mathews completed a cemetery fence at Bell's. Wim Dugan and Wm Lewis of Guernsey visited on business last Friday. Nancy Smith of Rocky Fork visited her father Robert Pollock last Saturday. J P McKee bought 20 acres from Wim A McCullough for a sum. A child of John Mollinger is seriously ill with scrofulous disease. Potato harvest large though some rot. School to begin Monday September 2. Prof William Angus and daughter Kate to teach. Fall plowing progressing. wheat area large. Local business failures stir stagnation expected to last two years. Sufferers of indigestion and related ailments urged to try Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Farmers store Winter coal while Ross A Gibson buys an Empire seed dri. John Alloway completes Parker bridge abutments and quarries for Taylor bridge. A McCleary & Son finish materials for three Sugartree and Clearfork bridges. Odell Cambridge base ball clash August 31 at Odell ends with Sugartree Odell No 2 win 18 4. Odell Prohibition game ends Odell 15 Prohibition 0.
Mr C H Morris of Newark Ark says abscess of lungs left him incurable yet he improved after using Dr Kings New Discovery now on his third bottle and healthy enough to manage his farm Jesse Middlewart of Decatur Ohio credits it with saving his life from lung trouble after doctors gave up. Free sample bottles at D M Hawthornes drug store Cambridge Ohio.
The Baltimore Clothing Company advertises a large stock double the variety of rivals in the county and claims to manufacture much of its goods in its own Baltimore factory. They emphasize specializing in men's and boys wear and offer the advantages of a specialist over a general dealer.
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