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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1886
Page
3
Long column of local commerce mentions Kohn Brothers and Hornbrook's stores with discounts on blankets boots and wraps. Also reported are visits, legal notices, school figures, obituaries, concerts at Hammond's and Z. & O. displays, plus rain and burglaries across Cambridge and Antrim.
Divorce granted with costs for Daniel Gant vs Julia Gant and related actions revived in the name of J D Taylor as administrator. Numerous state cases heard on Tuesday include manslaughter, adultery, incest and enticement verdicts with penitentiary terms and fines. Extradition of Levi C Amway ordered upon cost payment to Pennsylvania agent.
Misses Alice and Cora Dilley spent Saturday in Cambridge. Eva McDonald of Cambridge visits friends in town. Eflie Seerest of Hartford was guest of Mrs Harry Lowry. George Foreman is not improving. Mr and Mrs Andrew Dilley of Caldwell spend a week with friends here. Mrs Gray of Zanesville assisted Rev Ves tal of the WM church at revival. Mrs Benson Kinney improves slowly from lung trouble. Bertha Yarnell and father went to Zanesville for eye treatment. Town hall entertainment well attended. proceeds to roof the parsonage of the MEB church. Clark Anderson, about twelve, injured eye. likely permanent blindness. Richard Seerest died Friday after two years lung trouble. recently returned from Iowa. W I Finley home after eight months away. spent much time in Sioux City, Iowa. Noble Patterson and Eva Frame wed November 20 in Cambridge. Rev ML Jennings of the MP church officiated. May they enjoy a long life.
Winter weather dominates the week with H Clements in Zanesville, Hiram Stiles moving into Mrs Haires property, and a ME church basket social netting about 15. Pheasants are plentiful as hunters bring in several birds. JE Garrett has been dangerously ill but improves. Thanksgiving saw homes filled with meals locally. WH Baker and WOE Cunningham buy sheep pelts and fur, Centerville held a quarterly meeting, and MEE church reported no services. Mason & Barnes millers prosper, making strong flour. A high school play at the town hall impressed, aided by Prof Sprout and Miss Cora Gary. Miss Minnie Frame praised, though attendance and receipts around 30 dollars.
The Ohio State Journal gains prominence as a semiofficial Republican paper based in the state capital. It reaches Central Ohio railroad towns daily and provides a weekly eight page edition with condensed world events. Subscriptions run one dollar yearly, or fifteen months for one dollar if renewed before 1887.
A local notice reports Jas Bell’s home benefited from a fresh coat of paint following recent high water that destroyed corn on the creek bottom. It notes a series of farm and animal incidents, a Chestnut Hill schoolhouse literary society forming, and the death of Wm Devore from typhoid at his North Salem home with seven children left behind.
Edenburn is sick with diphtheria. Albert Carson sold a 1600 pound horse for 2170. Padgett moved to Jane Guthery's fort south of Toronto. Edenburn and WE McGrew at fenced cours last Tuesday. Yarnell and Speck were at Zanesville on Thursday on business. Rev Dennis preached Thanksgiving sermons. Daugherty home from Zanesville for medical care. Binith Shooly was kicked by a horse last week and confined to the house. Mr Johnson and wife welcomed daughter Jennie. Township school with an organ valued at 175, under H M Knowles and Miss Anna White, enrollment 73.
New Concord reports illness including SW Moore with lung trouble and Mrs ZD Lovejoy recovering after a serious illness. Thanksgiving services held at U P and RP churches with Dr Comin of Rix Mills assisting Dr Paul in Communion. Funerals for Mrs Hannah and Mrs McCall occurred last week. Miss Lou Starr dismissed school due to stepfather’s death. Philo society debated Maximilian execution. Lecture on China mission by Rev Dr Happer of Canton, China at the Presbyterian church.
Claysville reports Sylvester Stigler in poor health. Ben Hes key family welcomes a son Sam Thompson. N E Galloway shipped 2000 dozen eggs to Columbus last week. Jev Harrison to preach at Presby Church next Sunday night. JR Wycoff bought the late TC Cockins farm for 1675 dollars. Prof Allen held a vocal music class at Bunker Hill last Wednesday. Farmers post hunting prohibitions on their fields. Grant Spencer cut his foot while chopping last Wednesday. Win Gilpen returns home after six months of portrait lessons at Summerfield.
Snow fell on Thanksgiving in Dogtown while Milton Sims shows skill with a spade. Mrs. Sade Fleming has been ill for a week. G W Woodroff Co. works at Ryesville cutting timber. J T Woodroff and Wat Stone spent Thanksgiving at Zanesville. Mrs. A McCoy visited her ill sister Mrs Adair last week. Miss Lottie McCoy and Emma Wood Roll lead the Dogtown riding club, the largest woman and smallest man in Jackson township reside there.
The December issue shines with festive papers on Thanksgiving and American history. Notable pieces include Halleck and Grant, Beaujeu and Fort Duquesne, Lincoln and McClellan, and Stryker on the Swamp Angel. The frontispiece portraits Halleck for the magazine with General Cul-nims, as the work praises authentic history and national spirit. Published at 36 Lafayette Place, New York City, $5 a year in advance.
The Cambridge Ohio post office lists uncalled letters dated November 37 1886. Names include Ables Miss Hines Ersc Acklen John James Mrs HJ Alen John Leeper Mrs Bell Jerkey Miss Mary J McConnell Mrs Mary Beop Mrs Hariet Moore Gus Batley B Merrill Frank Brigg Benjamin Mallett Albert Iee TS McCurdy Lizzie Brandon James BE Putnam Jack Baker Mrs Sarah P Payton Mrs David Bussard Samuel P Roler G A Cunningham WA Rolinson Mrs Ela Craft Willan R Stewart Miss Lida Craft Wiliam Hf Sheridan Mrs Anna Feister Felix Thompson Mrs Martha Grittney Mrs Tucker Prot Hughes IT Wiley Peter Hall James Watts Frank and others.
Market notes list various seeds and supplies with prices at Cambridge Market. Items include clover seed, grass seed, and related agricultural products with price ranges and availability cues for customers and vendors.
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