Cambridge Herald notices and local life in 1884
Long column items report subscription arrears at the Herald office. school openings. new Peoples Bank in Barnesville. probate of Nancy McMahon will. Summerfield’s village status. snow depth. sales at Craig & Son. Hirschberg ad. week of prayer. avian losses from freshet. clock dial replacement. county treasurer time lock. protracted meetings. train incidents near Dexter City. real estate and business updates. marriages licensed and a Jewish wedding at Zanesville. social visits and upcoming local events.
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S. Craig & Son
Hirschberg’s
Wiley
National Bank Elections Names for Old Central Guernsey Banks
Stockholders met Tuesday and elected officers for three banks. Old Bank directors include S. B. Clark and W. A. Rainey with S. J. McMahon as president and A. R. Murray as cashier. Central Bank directors list Isaac W. Hall and A. C. Cochran. Adjut Hutchison named president with W. E. Boden as cashier. Guernsey Bank directors feature J. D. Taylor and A. L. Petty. J. D. Taylor is president and A. A. Taylor cashier with Benj. Thompson as assistant.
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National Bank
OLD Bank
S. B. Clark
W. A. Rainey
J.W. Campbell
John M. Ogier
W. 3B Cosgrave
J. McMaahon
Henry McCartney
S.J. McMahon
A. RK. Murray
J. D. Taylor
A. L. Petty
S. F P. Minor
John Haume
Ebenezer Johnson
W. K. Gooders
W. I. F. Lenester
A. A. Taylor
Thomas McFarland
J.D. Taylor
Cashier
Benj. Thompson
Turkey Senders New Year Greeting From Winchester
A brief 1884 Winchester note shows W C Scorr sending a turkey to Mr. Jones with New Year wishes. The message reads I send you a turkey to-day with Mr. Jones. Accept it with my compliments eat it and grow fat. Wishing you a happy New Year.
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Winchester
Farm for Sale in Pairview Offered by Mrs Rosemond
A good farm property in Pairview, Ohio is offered for sale by Mrs Sarah Rosemond dee. For particulars, address inquiries to the seller at 20 3mos Pairview, Ohio.
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Sarah Rosemond Dee
Pairview
Ohio
Washington News Briefs: Cold Snap and Local Notes
AJ Clark is ill and a cold spell grips town with temperatures near zero. Weather quiets life as cattle perish from frost and hay tightens. Albert Baxter, seven, dies of lung fever. others suffer illness. Travel remains good on the Cambridge line. fair meeting scheduled for Saturday at one.
School year begins after two week break in town
Lon Ener visited friends near Norwich last week. John T Maffet becomes boss on section 12 C and M RR. Dr Secrest of McConnelsville Ohio was here on business. JF Barr held a wood chopping and a dance at aberht. Mr and Mrs A Lemon of near Winchester Ohio spent New Years with Ephriam Lemon. John Maffet Sr received a cane from TC Taylor Washington DC. JT Oldham family attended Miss Belle Lawrence's wedding to Dr Ramsey in Cam. Robert Ferguson of Nebraska City Neb visited friends. New Year's tree at Barr's school house a success despite bad weather. Win DB Gilkison bought Johnson property at sheriff’s sale and will move soon. We are glad to have W Bone back among us.
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Lon Ener
Norwich
John T Maffet
C&m RR
Secrest
McConnelsville
Ohio
JF Barr
Aberht
A Lemon
Winchester
Ephriam Lemon
John Maffet
TC Taylor
Washington, D.C
JT Oldham
Hattie Oldham
Belle Lawrence
Ramsey
Cambridge
Robert Ferguson
Nebraska City
Neb
Barr's
Win DB Gilkison
Johnson
Local Notes Reflect Cold Weather and Community Happenings
Our Coal Co faces difficulties in the cold spell. Billy Finley returns to Ada College on Monday. Vernon Wadkins visits from Maryland last week. An alarm drew a crowd to extinguish a fire in town Monday morning. Jake Hummel and wife of Caldwell visited James M Rainie. Mr. Stummel plans a spring move to Quaker City. Temperatures linger around 16 below zero, delaying crops. Oyster supper at the M E church and a Presbyterian concert New Year’s night were successful. Lt James Tealing visited last week. Vernon Wadkins visits his aunt Mrs Westey Parduin. Beecher Chandler returns home after four years. Thomas Day and wife visited their daughter Mrs Major Hutchison. Misses Mattie Rose and Clara Bryan visit relatives in Zanesville. Bertha Rose in Byesville. Hunting season draws many birds to town for shipment. Miss Bell Campbell dies near Hartford of apoplexy. sister of Alex Campbell. High water washes away a bridge on the WNYTR, stopping trains for a week. George Moorhead makes an old-time trip to Campbell’s. A case of elopement: Dee and Miss Josa Peters wed in Cambridge after fleeing a wedding eve. Mrs Rose Alban reconciles with her parents in Senecaville. The newly married couple heads to Cambridge. oil comes to ease tensions and joy follows.
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Billy Finley
Ada College
Vernon Wadkins
Maryland
Tre
Jake Hummel
Caldwell
James M Rainie
M Eo
Presbyterian Church
Westey Parduin
Beecher Chandler
Thomas Day
Major Hutchison
Mattie Rose
Clara Bryan
Zanesville
Bertha Rose
Byesville
Bell Campbell
Hartford
Alex Campbell
WNYTR
George Moorhead
Campbell's
Dee
Josa Peters
Cambridge
Campbell
Rose Alban
Senecaville
Ife
Local Notices and Personal Health Updates in the Community
Ruben Bond remains on the sick list while Lindsay Madden and Mrs John Stewart show health changes. Ex Justice Jolson buried Monday. John English married Jan 1 to Mattie Smith of Antrim. New Year tree a success with 550 presents. Oysters for the Ladies Society raised 25 dollars amid storm. Asbury Johnson and wife remembered with donations. Mrs Johnson in delicate health. Isaac Tribby visits relatives in Fair Point. Lindsey Madden injured after a fall on stairs. Colonel Johnson, ex-squire, suffers paralysis with uncertain outcome.
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Ruben Bond
Lindsay Madden
John Stewart
Justice Jolson
J.A. McCall
Quaker City
Hore
Samuel Hughes
John English
Mattie Smith
Antrim
Asbury Johnson
Johnson
Marriages Recorded in Early 1884 Local Notices
A series of marriage announcements listing brides and grooms with dates in late 1883 and early 1884. Entries include W L Ramsey and Martha I Lawrence on East Main Street with Rev McFarland present, Benj W Urban and Ollie S Long in West Cambridge, W Bonnell and Mary Sarchet near Oldham’s Station, and Wm F Huffman with Emma B MecPeek in Madison Township Guernsey County Ohio.
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West Cambridge
Benj. W. Urban
Ollie S. Long
McFarland and Wells
Bonnec
Ghst
Penen
Oldham’s Station
Mr. W. Bonnel
Center
Mary, Sarchet
W. H. McFarland
Harrman—McPeex
Madison Township
G. G. Boyd
Wm. FE. Huffman
Emma B. MecPeek
Guernsey County
Ohio
Byesville Sabbath Notes and Local Happenings
Local brief from Byesville notes a clothing store sighting and Roy Mills preaching at MP church on Sabbath. Weather records show 15 below zero, visitors Harritt, Jones, and Maxwell in town. New Year’s quiet. Protracted meeting at Mi church, with Mrs Devoll from Nobie county, and Charles Wharton of Lancaster visiting relatives. Ray McBroom returns from Quaker City after protracted meetings yielding church accessions. Series of meetings planned starting Thursday evening January 10.
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Byesville
Roy Mills
Harritt
Miss Jones
Maggie Maxwell
Cambridge
David Orr
Devoll
Nobie County
Charles Wharton
Lancaster
Peter Carran
Marrietta
Ohio
Michurch
George Dudley Sayy
Tie
Rey McBroom
Quaker City
Fire brick streets and rail line promises in Ohio notes
A scattered Ohio narrative reports Wheeling streets slated for fire brick, mill and nail industry shifts, railroad plans between Sundale and Chandlersville, and Windsor farm sale to New York capitalists. It also details distant lectures at Ohio State University starting January 1834, iron ore prospecting near Calisto, and a prolific marriage record by Squire Mayes in West Alexander with 2,504 couples total by 1865.
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