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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1883
Page
3
Local notes list J F Hanes as a source for fine sausage and fresh groceries, with promotion of Wheat at one dollar per bushel and various small town updates on residents, businesses, revivals, and community happenings in Cambridge and surrounding areas.
Ed C Haynes of New York is in town. J H Veitch visited with friends Monday. John Sullivan tours scenes of his youth. H E Bullock and family plan a move to Chicago. F L Rosemond named Notary Public. J P Lochary works in Newark train dispatch. Mrs C L Wall returns from Michigan visit. Herman Schultz and daughter Laura visited Zanesville. C J Brown of Senecaville spends week with friends. Irvin Wiley and wife visit Hunter. Daniel M White returns to Center Point Iowa. Frank Beymer returns to Louisville after 19 years. Andrew Dales and Carothers boys head west. William Smith visits Washington township. Ida McCracken to teach summer term at Cross Roads. Dr C A Moore called to Batesville for Dolphin Triplett’s illness. Amos Carter and wife return to Council Bluffs after 17 years. Mrs J D Taylor and family join husband in Washington DC. David Davis of Granville swears pension statements. Robert Barton of Cumberland ill at home in Bellfontaine. Samuel Wilson of Creighton and Joseph Keepers tour Western states. C C Cosgrave Harry Hinman Lyman Johnson, Cumberland youths, under guardianship, bring quiet at Herald sanctum. Russell Barnes secures watchman post at Government Printing Office in Washington DC. family to follow in spring.
Mr Otho Steele of Washington married Miss Alice Starkey of Claysville Ohio in a Tuesday morning ceremony performed by the bride's father Rev J E Starkey with assistance from Rey W D Starkey of Fairview. Attendants included Amanda Colley Sanford Hyde Kelly and Frank Steele. About thirty guests attended in cold weather. The couple will reside north of Concord near Adamsville.
Sadie Robinson faces charges after a house theft at Noah Hyatt's, with a gold necklace later found in Miss Rebecca Hyatt's bureau. Suspect led officers to additional goods under hay in Hyatt barn. Robinson arraigned and bound over in 200 dollars. George Turnbaugh freed after hearing. Melvin Ferguson jailed on criminal libel charge tied to Miss Odella Purdum, with trial planned in Common Pleas Court for damages.
A fragment from 1786 records Samuel Burk as a longtime, well behaved, hardworking resident of Farquhar County Va. The note, dated Sept 4, 1786, mentions Henry Ward and Robert Elliott and reflects old colonial recommendation language found among Thomas’s family papers. Samuel Burk is the recorder’s grandfather.
A night blaze leveled the West Cambridge Flouring Mills owned by Brown and Shroyer. Firefighters faced deep mud as a two and a half story frame building burned to the ground with $8,000 to $10,000 in losses. Only books saved, no other structures damaged, and insurance of $5,000 partially offset the cost. no rebuild planned. Other items note tunnel accident near Cumberland injuring James Obrien and John Coward, Ada Rea visiting Steubenville, and local notices on trades, marriages, and agriculture.
A praise filled notice extols Hirschberg's One Price Clothing House for fair dealing and transparent pricing. It touts increased trade after adopting the system, claims strong reputation, and invites readers to see the shop one door east of postoffice, presented as a reliable, value driven retailer.
A one legged man calling himself Ellis visited New Birmingham last week soliciting alms and collected about 26 dollars. He claimed to have lived in Birmingham when the war began and said he enlisted June 3 1861. A former resident questioned him and, noting his unfamiliarity with the place, concluded the man had other business and labeled the act fraud.
Parties desiring to purchase Marble or Granite Monuments can view the largest stock in Eastern Ohio at Jed Williams on the Public Square and save all agents commission by calling at the works.
A series of practical farming lectures by OSU faculty and experts in Columbus is being stenographically reported for the Ohio State Journal. The Thursday daily editions and the weekly paper will publish the talks, starting with Prof Townsend on Drainage. Subscription is one dollar.
Readers from Troy, N Y send daily acknowledgments of the remedy’s benefits. Sufferers travel long distances to meet the doctor, clasp his hand, and express gratitude, deepening public interest in his celebrated treatment.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back offer for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured. Taken internally at a price of 75 cents. Sold by John R. Downar. noy,80-3m.
Severe neuralgia afflicts B. KK Bell while R.K. Ford visited John Robison. Neighbors, including J. W. Wortiman, discuss moving to William Bell's farm and a fox hunt at Pigeon Gap. Protracted Hopewell meeting closes with few church accessions. Miss Eva Sarchete returns from Coshocton county in improved health. Literary Society debates at Barr's school house cover capital punishment and foreign emigration. magic lantern show at Richard's school house draws praise.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. It acts directly upon the blood and the mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75e. For sale by John T. Downar. nov.30-3m.
Our town reports no saloon purchases and notes Jud Burnsworth to receive a barn patent while Simon Proctor begins building a new barn. Local attendees joined a Salem debate. a hop at James Huff’s, a sleigh purchase by Benjamin Laesock from Jont Wallace, and John Hewit of Winchester passing through. Dr DL Clark traveled to Birmingham for his grandmother’s illness. A clerk injured his foot by falling iron. Young folks enjoyed an oyster supper at Ad. Alexanders with a reported good time. Residents urge collective stone hauling to improve mud blocked sidewalks.
If catarrh has destroyed your sense of smell and hearing Hall's Catarrh will cure you. 75 cents per bottle sold by John R. Downar. nov.30-3m.-aa
Edward Conner and Lena Crosgrave were married last Wednesday evening by Rev. Campbell. The union is described as the slyest wedding of the season amid churchgoing growth with twenty joining the Presbyterian church during the meeting. The B I and C R R surveying corps plan a line from here to Caldwell, and a Hunter ride to Hoskinsville is noted. The C and M railroad line between Cambridge and Pt Pleasant is criticized for frequent damaged shipments and theft of eatables. Rev Ver ego is to preach part of the time. Methodist brethren will begin soon.
A vintage promotional note claims Dr Bull's Cough Syrup is a reliable remedy for coughs and colds. It asserts the product cures quickly and is available at drugstores for 25 cents a bottle.
Miss Chloe Frye of Cambridge visited this week while Miss Mintie Moore attended the Steele and Starkey wedding. A high school principal, with 690 to 809 scholars present, misplaced a pocketbook containing about $2.75. A local resident lost a hat on a train, going hatless to a nearby clothing store.
A Philadelphia area reader letter from Brproro Pa dated November 15 1882 commends Jenkins Catarrh Remedy as a valuable treatment and urges others to investigate its merits noting endorsement by A Enfield M D for further consideration.
Abraham Orner of Lighspire Dauphin County Pa credits Parker's Ginger Tonic with curing a 25 year cough and general vitality. The ad touts the tonic as a broad remedy for lungs kidneys liver and nerves, priced 50 cents and 1 dollar from Hiscox & Co New York.
A local note records a taffy pulling at Ross Allisons and a social at Mrs Wilsons on Sugar Tree. An oyster supper at Jamies Shephards Irish Ridge. Weather ranged from rain to sleet amid gloom for the wheat crop. Visits include Samuel Stewart of Columbus Ohio with Robert Stewart James N Smith and Laura in Washington township. A 62nd birthday at Archibald Neels Irish Ridge featured a silver watch and gold chain.
A Byesville survey lists three general stores a drug store hardware and tin shop furniture two milliners barber shop shoe shops blacksmiths two saloons grist and saw mills planing mill three coal mines nearby employing about 150 men and praises the town as the busier growing spot in Guernsey County with no end yet.
Creighton area notes report a forthcoming wedding event and social gatherings. Farmers fear late freeze damaged wheat while Miss Lissie Maxwell visits Midway and Miss Mabel Norris. local visiting couples and neighbors frequent Concord open society. A lecture by Rev Lynd and Wylie in Lebanon draws an attending crowd and a U P Sabbath school benefit singing forms, amid plans for a Mantua magic lantern show deemed unlikely to mislead locals.
Blue Bell notes Rend Wilson visiting Mr Orr. Some youths attended a Point Pleasant concert. Neighborhood boys consider a spring Dakota trip. Madison Wilson injured when a horse fell on ice days ago. Mr B Barton and sister Mrs Lavely visit local friends. Marmony protracted meeting ended with 15 additions by confession and baptism. Maggie Hawes invites friends to a birthday party at her home next Thursday.
On Monday the 15th Joseph Fleming fit and drove 57 horse shoes. Miss McKelvey of Bellaire visits her sister Mrs James Johnson nearby. Protracted meeting closed at the M FE church of Hopewell last Tuesday, with the membership benefiting from the revival.
A son was born January 25 1885 to Mr and Mrs H McKinney of this place. A daughter was born January 30 1883 to Mr and Mrs Robert C Dur of Adams township.
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