Athlophoros Promised Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia
A testimonial heavy ad claims Athlophoros cures rheumatism and neuralgia by cleansing blood acids. It cites Robert Sprotherg of Cleveland and Robert D. Smith of London, Ohio, praises, price $1.00 per bottle and 50 cents for pills, with ordering from Athlophoros Co. in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sprotherg
Cedar Ave
Glendale Ave
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert D. Smith
London
Athlophoros Co
Wall St
New York
Valentine hints and town notes stir Cambridge in 1887
The Cambridge Herald reports a flurry of local items from February 17 1887 including travels and visits of residents Henry Blight, Elmer Hibbs and Mrs Emma Davidson, the completion of the C M depot at Aya, pension grants to Marcus Fulton and P A Steffy, the Salvation Army drawing large crowds, and ongoing church and school happenings amid wintry weather and road troubles.
Local Briefs From Town News
Sunday church services at Presbyterian and M E churches reported. Market notes show apples at forty cents per bushel and clover seeds at five to seven dollars. Several citizens subpoenaed for grand jury appearances. EM Creighton bought Merrick land, totaling 166 acres in two weeks. A J Stewart married Miss Louisa Youst on February 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Presbyterian
Cambridge
Grand
S B Lawrence
EM Creighton
Merrick
Frame
Guernsey County Fair Association
Washington
Mary Claggett
Cincinnati, Wheeling & New York RR
J Stewart
Louisa Youst
Local News Roundup from Washington to Atchison
Joe Spaid visited friends at Washington last week. Rev Gruber closed his meeting at Hartford. James Pyatt is lying very low with consumption. Work at the mines remains steady and workers are content. Communion services were held at the M P church last Sunday. Carpet sewing shifts are the evening feature with the ladies. Burt and Heopman are thriving in the hardware trade. So Conner contemplates starting a restaurant near the depot soon. John Vaughn, previously ill with fever, is convalescing. Rey Wells leads meetings at the MP church this week. DP Callan bought two fine mules for the W and LE coal company last week. The WF MS presented Mrs Robison with a hymnal as a spelling prize. The WF MS and Y L MS now meet together on the first Sunday each month. W H Lee of Atchison Kansas reports being well pleased with northern Kansas and Nebraska. He notes a moderate winter and hopes for early Spring.
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Hornbrook’s
Wm. G. Rainey
Henry Blight
Portland
Oregon
Warnock’s
Elmer Hibbs
Safyrna
Marcus Fulton
Kimbolton
Distemper
Eli Miller
Norwich
Emma Davidson
T. B. Fribbs Et Smyrna
Quaker City
P. A. Steffy
John Stormont
New Concord
David Miller
Kansas
Ross D. Wilson
Guernsey
Woodsfield
Salvation Army
Henry Robins
Hartford
Council Bluffs
Ohio
J. Milt Cook
Prohibition Club
Comin
Rix Mills
Thalheimer Bros
The
Herald
Mathew Moorhead
Bloomfield
Hurch
Mary
Uilte
Cumberland
Simons
C. P. Simons
Caldwell
Yankee Point
Hazlett Post
A. R
Zanesville
T. ©. Stanley
Columbus
Ife
Carrie Young
Itiversal
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Hilton
Bridgeport
Cambridge
Lydick
E. J. Romans
Wall’s
Belmont County
Allen Gregg
Cumberland Creamery
Blue Bell Band Boys
Clucus
Batesville
R. A. Powelson
Lar Place
Samuel Bell
Adams Township
John Robins
Washington
Rev. McBroom
Byesville
Mt. Zion Church
Noble County
William Callahan
W. L. Knouff
Antrim
John M. Scroggins
Millhone
Baltimore
Bellaire
Baptist Church
Alice Walters
Richard
Turner
Hardesty
Toledo
Raymond
John Priaulx
Burt
Lotland
Joseph Beymer
Iay
T. J. McCartney
Linton Mills
A. A. Wyatt
Maldrege
Nebraska
E. Sears
R. J. Clark
Chattanooga
James J. Culbertson
Athens
Harrison County
H. Culbertson
Sam Scott
M. Farley
Geo. C. Hanna
Joseph Linkhorn
Alex Miller
Cambridge Roofing Co
Cambridg Lodge
Zanesville Lodge
J. P. Tingle
Dickinson
Dakota
Sarahsville
W. H. Atkinson
Morgan Junction
Solomon Mercer
Wheeling Township
Albert Smith
High Hill
High Hill. Consideration $900, Mr. Mercer
Newcomerstown
T. M. Marsh
Shaffher
R. Bennett
Taylor
Samuel Whissel
West Cambridge
Ab Millner
Tennessee
Richard M. Leigh
England
Will Hyatt
Petty
Muskingum County
M. E
James Cute
Chris. McKee
Belle Valley
Ik. J. McIlyar
Liberty Hill
C.H. Goodrich
Troy
Trojan
J. J. Starr
I. O. of R
Burt’s Hall
Paul
Muskingum College
Ella Dawson
New Philadelphia
Knoxville
Tenn
David
Joe Spaid
Gruber
James Pyatt
Burt & Heopman
Conner
John Vaughn
Rey Wells
DP Callan
W & LE Coal Company
Robison
M KE
W H Lee
Atchison Kansas
Pneumonia Sickness and Local News in Birmingham
Mrs Mary Hays is sick with pneumonia in Birmingham while a quarterly meeting is set for the 27th. Wheat harvest looks better here than in years. John Hewitt of Winchester moved his store to the old Foy stand. Clayton Brandigar and sister returned from Urichsville. Will Price returns from Pittsburgh nursing a dislocated knee. Will Barthlow and Clara Sherow wed on February 10 with friends celebrating by a “belling.”
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Mary Hays
John Hewitt
Winchester
Clayton Brandigar
Urichsville
Will Price
Pittsburgh
Wi Barthlow
Clara Sherow
Local Notes From Senecaville Area
Senecaville residents visit Cambridge and Quaker City while Miss Lizzie Adair returns from Cambridge. John Birch, son of Thomas, goes to Cambridge Children’s Home. Maud Secrest recovers from scarlet fever. ME church holds revival prayer meeting as Excelsior society elects officers JL A Richey president and others.
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J 'T LePage
Cambridge
Friends
Will Dilley
Quaker City
James Dilley
Lizzie Adair
John
Thomas Birch
Maud FE
Jno. Secrest
Wm. Baird
Mattie Rose
Laura Hollister
Excelsior Literary Society
JL. A Richey
C W Lowry
J W Campbell
FA Dilley
Patent salve promises cure with money back guarantee
An advertisement touts salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salts rheum fever sores fetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions and claims piles are cured or money refunded. price 25 cents per box sold by C L Wail & Co. February 18 edition.
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C.L. Wail & Co
Cambridge Market corrected weekly by local merchants
An old Cambridge Market list shows corrected weekly prices for staples and seeds. Items include meal bushel, sorghum and honey liquids, salt barrels, butter, chickens, and various seeds such as timothy, orchard grass, bluegrass, red clover, and clover seed, with unit prices interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alicaeestti
Free money ad promises big earnings at home
In a terse recruitment pitch, H. Mallett & Co. of Portland Maine claims anyone can earn large sums from home with no outfit or costs. The message urges sending address to learn more and suggests this beats any other work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Mallett & Co
Portland
Maine
Hese
Schlicht & Field Co
Rochester
Notice of Assignee Appointment for Jonathan D. Britton
The undersigned is appointed as Assignee in trust for the creditors of Jonathan D. Britton. Debtors must pay immediately and creditors should present duly authenticated claims to the Assignee for allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan D. Britton
Sealed bids for two cisterns at Children’s Home Cambridge
In Cambridge Ohio the auditor’s office will receive sealed bids until Monday February 21 at 1 PM for constructing two cisterns at the Children’s Home. Each cistern is ten feet in diameter and fifteen feet deep. Separate bids asked for excavation work. Commissioners A W Nicholson J B Harrey Joan Siowan of Guernsey County Ohio. February 1787.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arubitor
Cambridge
Auditor’s
Children’s H
A. W. Nicholson
J. B. Harrey
Joan Siowan
Guernsey Co
Sheriff Sale of Cambridge Properties in Guernsey County
By order of the Court of Common Pleas of Guernsey County Ohio the Sheriff of Guernsey County announces a public sale at the courthouse door in Cambridge Ohio of several parcels in Cambridge and Carson's addition including the west half of lot 69 and lots 05 LOZ 109 110 111 182 133 all appraised variously. Cash terms. Sheriff Hugh F McDonald and attorneys Mathews and Heade associated. February 7 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Guernsey County
Ohio
Sheldon & Son
I. K. Kyle
Court House
Cambridge
Carson
Hugh F. McDonald
Mathews
Administrators' Sale In Guernsey County Ohio
Probate Court order directs sale by administrator in a suit with plaintiff against Sarah B. Kimball and others. Public auction to be held on the premises at one o'clock in the afternoon. Sale details follow in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Cares
Ohio
Wm Baxter
Annie Johnson
Jas R Johnson
Jos Rinehart
Allen Floyd
Jos Hughes
Atherton
Old National Bank
Dias N Wilson
Mary Bird
KE H
KE H Newnam
C A Moore
Catharine Purdum
John Cross
John Weaver
David Conway
Geo Enos
Josie Corwin
Leander Peters
F J Sharon
Mary J Sharon
Wim Swick Et al
Frank Awick
John McCurdy
J G Henry
Hoar & Livingston
DeHart
Garvin
Probate Court
Guernsey County
Sarah B. Kimball
William Scott
Mason County
Minois
Soidore
Hlineis
John Neel
Archibald Neel
Common Pleas Court
Zanesville
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BIG Water Jeweler
Wheeling Avenue
Cambridge Herald
Smyrna Mies Sloan
Aya
New York Observer
Scott’s
Father Drennen
Ohio Valley News
Martin
M, FE
Reuben Little
William McCartney
Prohibition
Sarah B. Leeper
Rosetta Reynolds
Hosick
Athens Asylum
B. & O. Telegraph Company
al Relding
Waynesburg
Wm Sickles
Catharine Barker
Charles Gorley
Mary E Herman
Samuel E. Trott
Sadie Spaid
George Carter
Raymond’s
South
J. H. Sarcher
C. R. Morgan
C. S. Keyes
J. R. Landman
Freidman Bros
Old Country
John McD. Kendall
Cincinnati
A. J. Kendall
the Enquirer
Center Township
County
Farmers’ Institute
Coshocton
S. Ambler
John B. Ambler
Nancy Brown
Coneen Burkhead
George Hutchison
I. McWharter
David Vickers
J. F. Salmon
Postoffice
Fletch
Green Grove
C. P. Taylor
E. A. Murray
T. H. Cash
W. A. Todd
Wall
Mr. Schofield
Blue Bell
Kate Bender
Lane
Hammond’s Opera House
Charlie Boden
Charlie Anderson
Joby Dixon
Charlie Salmon
Allan Patterson
Gertie Taylor
Alice Anderson
Belle Patterson
D’ella Scott
Nellie Cochran
Maud Galloway
Laura Quinn
Brotherhood
Masonic Hall
Universal Brotherhood
S. Williams
Cambridge Lodge
Barnesville
Fairview
Philadelphia
Bishop Allen
A. M. FE
R. P. Clark
Court Report
J. W. Campbell
Jax. R Barr
H. ¥. McDonald
Guernsey Common Pleas Court
Moses Stockdale
Wm H Gibson
Chas W Moore
Thomas Webster
W H Vermillion
M M Covert
Cornelius DeHart
Benj Hawthorne
Wim Henderson
Benj Trenner
J P Aikin
J N Smith
Robi Glass
Wm Willis
Daniel Patterson
Millwood Township
Alonzo Hess
Lulu Anlt
Morristown
Lizzie Henderson
John McCune
Thomas Smith
James Coultrap
Joseph Turtle
Annie McCune
Nancy Wallace
Rodecker
Robert Lucas
Bratton
Chas. Pack
R. H. Clark
J C White
Stephens Point
West Cornstone
Stevens Point
Wisconsin
D. E. Morris
HW Smart
Gardiner’s Hall
Rim
John Stevens
Miss Mollie
Charles Monk
Pairview
Farquhar
Chia
Caaatsbridge
Joseph Landon
Chelsea
Cry
Poland
China Hogs
Rush
West Middletown
Washington County
Birmingham
Senecaville
Bucklen
Cambridge Market
J. O. McInyar
J. W. Lindsey
D.F Braniger
Ross W. Anderson
Febli
Hoy
Thalelmér
Brothers
Baltimore Clothing CO
Cambridge, Ohio
Guernsey County Board of Examiners
W. T. Young
Robert Kimball
Said
Landrenge
Newcomerston
David T. Sarchet
Steele & Rosemond
Joan Neel
Mathews & Meade
Aselb Roth
N. Y
Ailder—A.kerskyy
Rainey’s
Mill Street
Castoria
Miss
Tay, New
Pitstburgh
P. Duff & Sons
J.R Landman
Syesville
Valley Township
James Mellwee
Board of Commissioners
Guernsey and Noble County
Point Pleasant
James McIlweer
Cleveland & Marietta
Wills Creek Bottom
Balance Ridge
Samuel OC. Barr
J. R. Barr
LB. Cooks
Madison Block
Cambridge, O
James
Hester
the Cosmopolitan
Julian Hawthorne
Harriet Prescott Spofford
George Parsons Lathrop
Louise Chandler Moulton
J. Macdonald Oxley
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
H. H. Boyesen
Catherine Owen
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