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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1885
Page
3
Cambridge merchants trumpet holiday stock and wide assortments. Jack Kemple faces debt arrest in Maine. Miss Amelia Leech visits Newcomerstown. J. R. Morris named Woodsfield postmaster. Jones of Carson block hawks candy. Local shops invite shoppers with jewelry, silk handkerchiefs, and 25 cent offerings.
A series of obituaries detail the deaths of Mary Craig of Washington born Oct 6 1809 died Dec 13 1885 at 8 PM cerebral apoplexy her husband John Craig died 1853 their children eight boys five girls eleven deceased Evaline Tingle died in Cambridge born 1801 funeral at MP church heart disease Ebenezer Smith wife of Ebenezer Smith born Sept 4 1834 six living children Lucy Veitch four year old killed by accidental gun discharge at North 11th Street the child died instantly at Jacob Albright's home families mourned by community.
Regular monthly meeting reviews bills and payroll totaling 204.16 and 11983 for the Children’s Home. Trustees urge funds for the quarter ending Feb 28 1886 to cover fuel repairs improvements and staff. Chas Douglass of Cincinnati will lecture December 20 at 2 30 pm at U P church on cruelty laws and the Band of Mercy movement.
Announcement of Gov. Foraker's inauguration in Columbus on Monday January 11, 1886. B&O R R Co will sell round trip tickets to Columbus for the event. one cent per mile for organized bodies in uniform. State Militia and political clubs will attend the grand parade with a ball and banquet planned. Ticket return valid through January 12.
Enterprise push by John M. McGill the Druggist to boost trade with Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup. Marketed as the best remedy for coughs colds croup and primary consumption. Priced 6f cents and $1 with free samples offered.
An issue warns of a circulating scam in which circulars lure residents with promises of a fine organ for four dollars. Recipients pay and receive a cheap mouth organ by mail, a swap that targets neighbors in the locality. Observe and beware of the con.
The Independent reports the Quaker City glass factory boasts it can produce the largest glass in the United States. A 50 inch square shipment to Kentucky demonstrated its capability, outperforming several other factories that failed to match the size.
Last Thursday night a plan to rob Mt. Pleasant National Bank failed as a group of young men, after preliminaries, fled the scene with their date companions. No arrests reported.
On Probate Judge Mosick Hillary Dawson was appointed guardian of a minor child of James Carothers. L. J. Fife was named guardian for husband Joseph S. Fife to receive a pension claim for his wife, who is confined in the insane asylum at Washington D C.
At a G A R Post meeting on Monday night D D Taylor was elected Commander with J P Brown S V C and others named. Officers of day and guard remain to be appointed, while several key posts such as chaplain sergeant major and quarter master sergeant are still open. Marriage licenses issued include JC McDowel with M F Galloway and T J Luse with Ada Stockdale among others.
A public notice promotes Dr. Eisner and his method with a timetable at Dr. Arnolds office on Sunday and Monday December 18 and 15. It touts Ayers Sarsaparilla as a highly approved remedy nationwide. Chas Mitchell and Alf Greenfield plan a hard gloves boxing match in New York around January 18 with tickets selling for $25.
An old advertisement claims Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup cures coughs and colds rapidly and prevents death from related evils. It argues that truth and cure are evident beyond masquerades and Byron's paradox.
Over the past year about 742 Ki of L lodges were organized, bringing total assemblies in the United States and Canada to around 4000. The growth reflects expanding fraternal activity and increasing lodge formation nationwide.
Sam Collyer of Baltimore issues a challenge to any American light weight to fight under London rules. The bout offers $1000 a side and can proceed with or without gloves.
A promotional notice extols Ti's Salvation Oil as a grand remedy with the promise of a cure described as Veni Vidi Vici. The text emphasizes the nation's vast territory and appealing rivers and women in a patriotic, promotional tone.
M A Faber Supt of Lancaster County Hospital credits Mishler's Herb Bitters with curing his long battles with dyspepsia kidney disease and neuralgia after trying many remedies without success. He reports a quick and complete recovery.
Health is wealth. Wealth means independence. The keynote is Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup, the best cough syrup in the world. Cures coughs colds pains in the chest bronchitis and primary consumption. One dose gives relief in every case. Take no other price 50 cents and 1 dollars. Samples free. Sold by John M McGill.
Mr Corwin of Chaseville started a meat shop here. A W Conner has been sick the past week but is now better. Communion services were held at the ME church Sabbath. Maxwell Riddle, after two years in Texas, is at home. The WFMS of the ME church held their quarterly meeting Sabbath evening. Considerable excitement over a supposed ease to smallpox. JJ Collins and EB Grant have received a patent on their improved fire protector.
Tew by Siegfried preached Sabbath in the Baptist church. James Armor McClelland and family are here. Sarah Allison, an aged lady, died Thursday night. Mrs Lem Carr has returned from Kansas. A grand oyster supper will be given at Mr Jesse Johnson's Saturday evening. The Cumberland Presbyterians have secured the services of Rev Shadwell of Keokuck Iowa who moved his family into the parsonage last Friday and will preach his first sermon to that congregation next Sabbath. Rev Shadwell is a noted Divine of that denomination.
Piles often present as weight in the back loins and abdomen with indigestion and moisture causing itching. Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy absorbs tumors and relieves itching for a permanent cure. Price 50 cents. The Dr Bosanko Medicine Co Piqua Ohio. Sold by J M McGill.
J. D. Ross of Sparta Georgia reports years of eruptive skin disease affecting hands cured after using Swift's Specific. He praises the remedy as all it claims and recommends it to others, noting hereditary basis and complete recovery. The product is sold by druggists with a free treatise on blood and skin diseases. Swier Spretete Co. lists Atlanta and New York addresses.
J W Canaan plans to open a coal mine. John Speers returned from Kansas last Monday. George Daugherty of Michigan visits friends here. Hugh Dyer visited his ill daughter in New Concord last week. Rev W R Scott of Washington will preach at the ME church next Sabbath at 10 30.
The piece argues doctors overuse liquor in treatment. It claims liquor worsens harm by creating drinkers, while Brown's Iron Bitters is presented as nourishing and healthful, curing debility and dyspepsia and boosting the body's vigor.
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