Winter woes and local notices from Cambridge area
Local items report illness in families and at the Children’s Home, school and church events, business moves in Cambridge and nearby towns, a fire at Quaker City causing heavy loss, and plans for revival meetings, new ventures, and road/rail questions.
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Quaker City
Cumberland Social and Professional Notes Mention Local Moves
Cumberland society brief reports visitors and residents moving through Chandlersville Cambridge and Caldwell. Doctors Shouse and Barton plan relocations. H C Reynolds settles as shoemaker and vet in Cumberland. Miss Ella Draper marries Dr H W Holmes. Ayers Cherry Pectoral advertised as a cough remedy.
First Elocutionary Recital At the Opera House
The young people of Cambridge under Miss Minnie B MacDonald present a Friday evening recital at the Opera House on March 8 featuring character impersonations in costume humorous dramatic and pathetic recitations and new pantomime pieces The children provide most of the entertainment with Mother Goose and other acts entertaining crowds General admission twenty cents children ten Reserved seats twenty five cents All are invited.
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Opera House
Cambridge
Minnie B. MacDonald
Self-solemnized Marriage Reported in South Charleston
The Xenia Gazette notes February 4 marriage of Edward M. Michener and Miss Sarah E. Merritt in South Charleston without a minister or notary. The couple, with family consent, acted as witnesses and spoke vows before guests. Legal status under Ohio law questioned but prosecution unlikely.
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The
Xenia Gazette
South Charleston
Edward M. Michener
Sarah E. Merritt
S. Ellen Merritt
Clarke County
Ohio
Merlyn and Ray Prepare New Akins Block Dry Goods Store
Goods arrive daily for the Akins block dry goods store to be opened by Messrs Mellyar and Ray next Monday. They promise a one price cash basis and low prices, with both proprietors seasoned in the trade and ready to serve customers.
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Messrs. Mellyar & Ray
Akins Block
Erodelphian Society Meeting in Spring Garden
The Erodelphian literary society met at Levi McLaughlin's house at 6th Street and Foster Ave on Thursday evening. The program included dialogues recitations select reading essays and music with every member participating. An essay on the life and public services of the Father of this country was read and praised. The reporter noted strong interest and variety, calling the session a decided success.
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Erodelphian Literary Society
Spring Garden
Levi McLaughlin
6Th Street
Foster Ave
Removal of Richard Woods Family Overseas
Friends regret departure of Richard Woods and family from this town. Mrs Woods and son plan to visit Altoona Pennsylvania then join Mr Woods in Huntington West Virginia where he has a railroad machine shop job and the family will reside there. The community bids them farewell and wishes them well in their new home.
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Ettie
William Jones
Barnesville
Moses
Youngstown
Ohio
K. of Pledge
Young Peoples Christian Temperance Society
St. Clairsville
Minnie Jones
Chicago
Ill
J. A. Jones
E. H. Archer
Mr. Guilbert
Columbus
Cambridge
R. C. Kline
Toledo
Washington
Richard Woods
Mrs. Woods
Son
Altoona
Mr. Woods
Huntington
W. Va
Ferguson friends glad he is able to be about again
The article notes C. L. Ferguson's renewed mobility and mentions Pittsburgh interests planning oil and gas drilling in the area. Mrs Levina Ferguson returns from Columbus after two months away.
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C. L Ferguson
Pittsburgh
Levina Ferguson
Columbus
James Early
JM Patterson
Pc&orr
Samuel Black
Center Township
Samuel Doyle
Jasper Parry
Pat Foraker
Our
Remarkable Russian philanthropy linked to tonics
A handsome woman is described as the moving spirit behind a Russian philanthropy to supply the poor with Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. The ad touts Salvation Oil for neuralgia gout and rheumatism as the greatest pain-destroyer of the age, priced at 25 cents.
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Russia
New Concord Social Roundup Includes Visits and Plays
Della Noble visits relatives in New Concord while Dr Spencer preaches in Kansas. W J Grimes returns home ill, and G E Henderson visits Miss Minnie Neff. Mumps and chicken pox afflict many residents. J G Paxton returns to work as local newspaper man. The Silver Cornet Band performs a lively program on the 22nd. March 4th preparations draw conversation as townspeople ask who will represent their town in Washington.
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H Russell Burner
Park Hotel
Nora Reed
Sacramento
California
J. A. Reed
Della Noble
Spencer
Kansas
J Grimes
G E Henderson
Shepardstown
Minnie Neff
J G Paxton
S E Martin
Allegheny Theological Seminary
Annie McBurney
Cambridge
Washington
Best
Chicago
Nelson Forsythe
Columbus
Philos
Birthday Joy as Edward Lee Turns 74
Byesville community notes celebrant Edward Lee marks his 74th birthday with family and friends. A Protracted meeting closed with seventeen accessions. Mare Friedman plans to move into the John Grant property on South street early this week.
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Thomas Slay
Edward Lee
Womens Foreign Missionary Society
Mare Friedman
John Grant
South Street
Eagle Drug Store
McLain
Burt's Hall
Union School
Grimes
Hartford
Black Diamond
Love City
Trail Run
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption
Mr C H Morris of Newark Arkansas says he was told he was incurable but after taking Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption he recovered enough to oversee farm work and is on his third bottle. Jesse Middleswart of Decatur Ohio credits the remedy with saving his life after doctors gave up. Sample bottles available at D M Hawthorne's drugstore.
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C. H. Morris
Newark
Ark
Dr. King
Jesse Middleswart
Decatur
Ohio
D M Hawthorne
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