Local notices from Caldwell region residents and visitors
A string of brief items lists residents and visitors such as Mrs J E Miner in Caldwell and Miss Sadie Bonnell sick with diphtheria. Others include Miss Alice Ward visiting Pt Pleasant, James Likes returning from the West, Rev J D Palmer visiting family, and W N Cowden elected secretary of the State Wool Growers Association. Several locals travel to Columbus for meetings while merchants and traders, such as James O Tranlon and W D Swan, move about the region and surrounding towns.
Zadoc Davis Dies in Cambridge Area at 84
Zadoc Davis died Monday afternoon at 2:30 in Cambridge after a long illness. Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, he moved to St. Clairsville and later Cambridge, serving as Associate Judge under the old Constitution and a county Fund Commissioner. Survived by two children Elza and Mary Sterrett, with relatives including his brother David and father Marmaduke Davis, a Revolutionary War figure. Funeral set for 8 o'clock P.M. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zadoc Davis
Mionday
Uniontown
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Barnesville
Cambridge
Center Township
Elza
Mary J. Sterrett
Kansas
David
Mr. Davis
Marmaduke Davis
Yorktown
Bankrupt sale of clothing at Cambridge Ohio suitor overcoats
Our competitors push humbug to deter buyers at the assignee sale. The public pays five dollars for an overcoat costing eight to ten elsewhere, while creditors urge sales. We offer cash purchases to clear inventories at Taylor's Block, Cambridge, Ohio, insisting the sale is real and money saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor's Block
Cambridge
Ohio
Association Debates Formation of Stock Ranch Group in Kansas
The association formed here to operate a stock ranche in Kansas holds meetings to organize and consider incorporation as a company. Members discuss whether to become an incorporated entity, with no decisive action taken yet.
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Kansas
Kentucky girl with seventy inch hair and cures by Dr Bull
A Kentucky girl boasts a head of hair seventy inches long and thick. The piece also praises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the best remedy for coughs and colds with several recent cures attributed to its use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Dr. Bull
Barnesville and Henderson Pike Elect New Directors
John W. Kennon John Boyd Henry Fisher John Bradfield Benj Bailey W Buchanan Samuel Smith were elected as Directors for the ensuing year on the Barnesville and Hendrixburg Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville and
Hendrysburg Pike
John W. Kennon
John Boyd
Henry Fisher
John Bradfield
Benj. Bailey
W. Buchanan
Samuel Smith
Mrs Mary Ross of Quincy Undergoes Tenth Tumor Surgery
The Belmont Chronicle reports Mrs Mary Ross of Quincy has undergone her tenth operation for a stomach tumor. Surgeons have removed 110 quarts of fluid across the ten procedures.
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The
Belmont Chronicle
Mary Ross
Quincy
Cambridge Lacks Hall as Town Seeks Entertainments
Cambridge with about 4000 residents cannot build a hall and must rely on outside venues. The old hall is condemned and the Periclesian continues to explore three link order mysteries. Local officials report on liquor law enforcement, political candidacy, and railway plans while community updates note personnel changes at the gas company and school milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hrranp
Cambridge
Conductor Dora Moore Returns to Duty on C and M Railroad
Dora Moore resumes conductor duties on the C and M railroad after breaking an ankle when he fell from an engine. The incident previously recalled him sustaining a broken ankle while on the job.
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Dora Moore
C. & M. Railroad
Local notes and travels mix in wartime era towns
Mrs SC Barr is able to be around again. Thomas A Moore's daughter has been quite ill for several days. John Phillis drives the finest team of Bays in this neighborhood. The C and M are adding style with new red cabooses on all coal trains. Samuel Wortman sold a good horse to Joseph Miller last week. Francis Barnes and son Andrew spent Sabbath with friends near Washington. A Rochester fruit tree agent has been calling on farmers here during the past week. Miss Maggie Booth and sister of Tyner Ohio visited their sister Mrs John Warden. Mrs J R Gilkison and family returned home after a week visiting her father Robert Kirkpatrick of Tyner. Barnes and Son have not ground for over a week due to drift at No 19 bridge and water backing up to six feet at the mill. They have sued the C&M RR.
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Bellaire
Moore & Anderson
M. E. Church
G. E. McEndree
Barnesville
Newcomerstown
Samuel Wallace
Joshocton
George Nanna
R. M. Temple
Newcomerstoun Index
James Haun
William Williams
Zanesville
Fairview
Samuel Hughes
Antrim
J. S. Johnson
Quaker City
John Boyd
Clarissa Casterline
John H. Sarcher
Morrgw
Otsego
Gertude Madison
Joseph Beymer
Jesse Dulliver
Lindsey Madden
Londonderry
Bean
J. G. Beil
East Main Street
Morgan County
A. H. West
Spaid & Murphy
Startford
Marietta
Murphy
Quaker City Glass Works Co
Wintermute
Jenny Mercer
John Bell
Clarence Maris
Columbus
Hi. R. Pollock
Near Here
J. F. Hanes
William Wilkin
of Land
Hannah Carson
Justice Turner
Wota
Kan
Minnie Blanpied
John Wess
Hattie Milner
M. P. Church
E.S. Bennett
Armstrong
Jefferson Township
Logan
Ohio
Ada
Dr. Buil
Alice Ward
Pt. Pleasant
James Likes
Allie Taylor
Iowa
A. A. Taylor
Rebecca Hyatt
Slagerstown
George
New Concord
Cadiz
J. W. Hyatt
Ross Brown
Hartford
Effie Scott
Caldwell
Peter Church
Soldiers
Laura Baily
Cambridge
Angie Knoulf
J. D. Palmer
Barlow
Lizzie Longstreet
Logan, C
Brashear
Captain Carlisle
Winchester
W. D. Swan
Isaac Eberly & Co
Will Duncan
Senecaville
S. Thalheimer
Sarah Bratton
Barcroft
Joseph Arnold
Steubenville
G. L. Arnold
Noah Hyatt
Will
Edward Rosemond
Indian Territory
James O'tranlon
S. L. Black
Clerk Fisher
Sam
M.D Robins
E J.williams
M. R. Patterson
J. T. Cain
I. A. Tannehall
Herman Schultz
Ephriam Sears
Wm. Lawrence, Jr
J. P. Mahaffey
SC Barr
Thomas A Moore
John Phillis
Samuel Wortman
Joseph Miller
Francis Barnes
Andrew
Washington, D
Rochester
Maggie Booth
Tyner
John Warden
J R Gilkison
Robert Kirkpatrick
Barnes & Son
No. 19
C&m RR
Sleighing parties boost Cambridge hotels amid heavy snows
Cambridge reports many sleighing parties and hotel takings as snow reaches about 20 inches though sleighing remains poor. News notes stock losses from haystack, recent hog and wool trades, and local schooling and church activities.
Graveyard Ghoul Rumor Stirs Perry Township
A Fostoria dispatch reports Perry township residents in Wood county terrified by a novel graveyard ghoul said to burrow through ground like a mole. Large diggings seek the animal, which reportedly digs into graves and eats coffin contents, with tracks eighteen inches wide. Theories vary from badger to foreign species, alarming those with loved ones buried nearby.
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Fostoria
Perry Township
Wood County
Alumnin Mixture Said to Relieve Severe Itching
A remedy suggests dissolving a lump of alumnin in a little water and applying it to the affected part. The method includes warming the area near the fire before treatment. One or two applications are claimed to provide relief.
College social and events fill Concord calendar
A string of notes from Concord reveals new students after holidays and idle talk of a February junior class entertainment. A leap year social is slated for College Hall on Thursday evening. An Anniversary Address is planned by Lon G Hf Pargar for the Literary Societies during commencement week. Local business changes, weddings, a riding accident, and a new town band festival also appear, with Ayer’s Sarsaparilla advertised as a health tonic.
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College Hall
Lon G Hf Pargar
Concord
Wilkin
Chas Johnson
Ella Comin
Eula Anderson
Lillie Foy
W Comin
Henderson McClenalhan
Ella Turkle
Fairview
Wm Warren
Jas Riddle
Harper & Harper
Norwich
Hee
Protracted Meetings and Local Visits Spread Through Towns
Rev Books hosts a protracted meeting at Buffalo church while a similar gathering proceeds at the ME church in Aya. Mrs McFarland of Cumberland visited relatives here last week and Waller and Spaid operate a saw mill on J F Secrest’s farm. Jacob McDonald of Hartford City visits relatives nearby, Henry Teener of Lafayette visits his uncle James Teener, I I Jackson becomes telegraph operator and agent at Urichsyville, Mrs Halley Thompson of Senecaville visits her father Ebenezer Jonson, Wm Spaid buys two Cheshire pigs in Oneida New York arrived here Thursday, George Davis formerly of here clerks in Murphy and Spaid’s Hartford store.
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Pt. Pleasant
Rev Books
Buffalo
Aya
McFarland
Cumberland
Waller and Spaid
J F Secrest
Jacob McDonald
Hartford City
Indiana
Henry Teener
Lafayette
James Teener
Urichsyville
Halley Thompson
Senecaville
Ebenezer John$on
Wm Spaid
Oneida
New York
George Davis
Murphy and Spaid
Hartford
Diphtheria Illnesses and Arrests Stir Byesville Community
In Byesville two of S Linkhorns children suffer from diphtheria while a local arrest dominates town news. Samuel Sills and Earnest Donahue, both 17, allegedly broke into Mary Hildebrands house east of town on Jan 7 1884. Warrant issued. Large brought them before Judge Frye. SiJy Hildebrand held to common pleas on $150 bond. Donahue discharged.
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Byesville
EF B Grant
C T Closwan
Zanesville
S Linkhorn
Sadie Hammond
Blue Bell
Samuel Sills
Earnest Donahue
Mary Hildebrand
Large
Esq. Frye
SiJy
Common Pleas Court
Donahue
ME Church Sabbath Week No Preaching and Meetings
Miss Lizzie Thomas of Lockport Penn is visiting W P Thomas. There will be prayer meeting at the Baptist church Thursday evening. SM Clark and wife start for Willnois to make their future home. Rev J G Whitaker to hold meetings at the Baptist church in three weeks. The protracted meeting at the ME church closed without additions. A small son of James McCollums died Tuesday of scarlet fever. funeral Wednesday conducted by Rev Donaldson. interred in the cemetery. The family has the community's heartfelt sympathy.
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Lizzie Thomas
Lockport
Penn
W P Thomas
The
Baptist Church
SM Clark
Wllnois
J G Whitaker
James McCollums
Rey Donaldson
Ayer’s Hair Vigor Promises Beauty and Growth
Ayer’s Hair Vigor improves the beauty of the hair and promotes growth. It imparts a lasting perfume and a delightful appearance. It stimulates the roots and cleanses the scalp, adding elegance to hair care, proving itself the best and cheapest toilet article.
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Ayer
Protracted meeting and local visits noted in Cambridge
Protracted meeting continues as visitors from Cambridge, John Priaulx and wife, stop by relatives. J A Carlyle returns from Philadelphia and considers settling there. J Richard Hope remains ill but improves. Mrs John N Fiester battles breast cancer with grave prognosis. J B Hixon of Wichita, Kansas, stays at his mother Mrs Feister’s bedside. Jake greeted warmly by many friends here.
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John Priaulx
Cambridge
J A Carlyle
Philadelphia
Richard Hope
John N Fiester
Hixon
Wichita
Kansas
Feister
Jake
Galligher and Speer Purchase New Saw Mill
Alex Speer and Hiram Moorehead have bought a new saw mill. Ezra Glass has lost two horses this winter and the cause is unknown. The school house debate is postponed to an indefinite time. Leap year parties and dances are now common, with about two per week since the 1884 set in.
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Galligher
Alex Speer
Hiram Moorehead
Ezra Glass
Kersey's on Mill Street Promises Cleaning and Repair
If you want your clothes cleaned or re paired be sure and go to Kersey's on Mill Street opposite the Court House. The ad urges customers to visit for laundry, cleaning, and alteration services in a local shop setting.
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Kersey’s
Mill Street
Court House
Local Notes From Brady and Surrounding Areas
Brady, Miss Jennie Allen has typhoid fever. Mrs Bags Dyer has returned from a two weeks visit at Indian Camp. SP Thomas and wife of Cambridge are visiting here. William Hawthorne and daughter of Flat Ridge were guests of Hugh Dyer. Miss Ida Daugherty of Birmingham returns home after a week with John Thomas. Brady mills undergo repairs this week with grinding by water power and sawing by steam power to resume next week.
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Brady
Jennie Allen
Washington Irving Works Promoted By Publisher in New York
The Literature Revolution advertises affordable editions of Washington Irving including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at three cents and The Sketch Book at twenty cents with bindings and the Caxton six volume edition. It also touts The Magazine of American History January 1884 with articles by Martha J. Lamb and notes on New England Society of New York, Maryland poll tax, and Washington correspondence. Publication office listed as 30 Lafayette Place, New York City.
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Washington Irving
Sleepy Hollow
Wolfert
Russia
Washington
John B. Allen
Wessy Street
New York
Martha J. Lamb
van Rensselaer Manor
van Rensselaer
New England Society of New York
Woolsey Rogers Hopkins
Maryland
L. W. Wilhelm
David Brodhead
Edward E. DeLancey
Chamber of Commerce
Lafayette Place
New York City
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Wilson & Met
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Middletown
Foutz
FourTz mi
David E. Foutz
Baltimore, MD
Warren
Nusdager
Hstel
Avergers
Lenanny
Sarsaparilla
Army Siiensese 2Nd Dhe
Lelannn
Rgd
Ltrann
Ayre
Mr. Lelasd
Nhewmxatiom
Sreran
Deus
Pointar Eoland
Ua Qath Fipeets
Mband
G.tone
Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
Cambridge Herald
Humbug
J. D. Taylor
Cambridge Iron Roofing Company
George Crown
J. E. Annis
Wim.Bryant
JO. Mellyar
Stephen Potts
George Crowl
Kelly
Belmont
Frazier
A. G. Scott
Andy
W. M. Farrar
W. & L. E. Railroad
HW. R. Bumgardner
Bumgardners
Ava Norris
William Norris
Elizabeth Norris
Edmund Turner
B. Z. & C. Railroad
Adamsville
Wool Growers’ Association
E. M. Stottlemirce
Oldham's Station
James Law
Boyd
Thos Bendure
Geo Houch
Junction City
Colorado
Denver
Jonathan Rose
Griffith & McCracken
J P Mahaffey
Wm Lawrence, Jr
Purdum
Ab Skinner
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church
H. B. Payne
Payne
Guernsey County
A J Clark
A P Frame
Treas
W D Craig
J W Moore
John Robinson
Hugh Woodburn
P Forsythe
Miller McCollums
James McDowell
Our Fair Association
S.s
Vo Pall
D. H. Bates
Register
Wheeling
Salvation Army
Midway
John Saviers
Lot P. Hosick
George E. McEntiree’s
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U.S
National Bank
T. A. R. Murray
A. R. Murray
Elza Turner
W.B. Cosgrave
S. J. MccManon
J. W. Campbell
Claysville
Same County
James H. Thompson
Valley Township
Said Thompson
William Trenner
Said Trenner
John Kackley
Val Township
William M. Sions
Jackson Township
Thomas W. McKinley
Central National Bank
U. S
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W. E. Roden
W.S. Heade
A. J. Hutchison
E. W.matthews
C Joan Boron
Nancy McMahon
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J. McMahion
Dts
Ecola
Kohn Brothers
Baltimore Clothing House
Hutchisonblock
Cambridge, Ohio
Gy Sea
Eres
Silk
Zanilla
Gingham
McCall’s Bazar Patterns
Wheeling Avenue
East 8Th Street
Public Square
James Davis
URVEY
Erea
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GA County
Pataca Bine Bell
Drs. H. McCall
J.C. McCcall
Ailor—A. Kersey
Rainey
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