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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1888
Page
3
Cambridge Ohio hosts Farmers' Institute on January 25 and 26 with talks on agriculture revival and county projects. Notable attendees include local leaders and merchants as preparations start amid winter conditions.
Joseph Adams died Monday evening from congestion of the brain after a brief illness. He was about 64, raised near Cumberland, married there, moved to Cambridge in 1856 to work as a carpenter then a clerk. He partnered in Berry Adams dry goods, later with Mackey, then clerked for Wm. Rainey. Survived by widow and two children, Quincy in Michigan and Nina living with parents.
John Priaulx a longtime Steubenville resident born in the Isle of Guernsey in January 1818 died Tuesday after a protracted illness. He immigrated to the United States about 50 years ago and lived near Cambridge before settling here. A member of the M E church since 1851 he leaves a widow and funds to the church. Funeral at his Wear Steubenville Avenue home this Wednesday at 2 PM.
Dr W H Holden prominent Zanesville citizen and mayor died after a fall on an icy sidewalk January 8 at age 60. His parents once lived near Cambridge and moved to Perry county in his youth. The funeral Sunday drew one of the city's largest crowds.
John Keast a respected farmer and citizen of Wheeling township died Thursday night following a short illness of cholera morbus. The community mourns the loss of a long time resident and local leader.
Mrs N L Glover sister of Mrs J B Prouse of this place died at Akron Ohio last Wednesday. She was a resident of this community for many years and her death removes a longtime neighbor and respected woman from local circles. The funeral arrangements were to be announced locally.
Mrs William Trimble died at Oteego last week after a brief illness. She was borne by local residents and is survived by her husband. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
A young son of Daniel D Ke of Mantua died last Wednesday, according to a brief rural_town obituary fragment. The notice offers little more detail beyond the family's loss and locality.
Last Thursday Cambridge hosted the largest Knights of Pythias demonstration to date with a grand parade led by the Barnesville Band. Delegations from Zanesville Barnesville Byesville Newcomerstown attended as officers were installed at Hammond's Opera Hall under Deputy Grand Chancellor Charles Fulkerson. A Silver Cross Division drill followed by a banquet at Hotel Berwick concluded the event as a success with the Mystic Lodge D of R installation occurring Friday evening guided by District Deputy McEodree.
Cambridge Lodge No SOLS TOG B held last Thursday installing J H McKinney and others. Cambridge Encampment No 150 I C O F installed by District Deputy Fordyce last Monday with TG Kerr and others. Cambridge Post G A R No 343 to be publicly installed next Monday evening January 21 at Post HQ with Rev W H McFarland address. inspection of all G A R Posts announced for January and February by National officers.
Citizens visit the court house furnace room Saturday to watch natural gas from Cambridge Light and Fuel Company wells burn steadily. The test, begun the night before, heats the building and saves coal, with strong demand from North Eighth Street residents for piping gas to homes. The commissioners may make the fixture permanent as the company plans another well near the Clark farm, signaling a boom for the old town.
The funeral for Alfred P Shaffner was held Thursday at the M E church despite cold weather. Rev Dr Milligan spoke movingly on death and Christian hope, followed by remarks from Rev Dr Mills Rev McFarland and Rev Brown. The deceased was laid to rest with a final blessing and peace to his ashes.
Henry M Trenner recently became successor to the Cambridge Boot and Shoe Company business and has made an assignment Friday to W B Heade for the benefit of creditors. The action follows Trenner & Young at Byesville and assets and liabilities are not yet known. Friends hope for relief from his embarrassment.
A report notes a rich cannel coal vein just beyond the northwestern Guernsey border with Ohio’s mineral wealth rapidly expanding. Cambridge lies amid this growing field as prospecting and development accelerate.
A clever traveling vendor roams the countryside selling “invaluable preparation” to polish tinware. He gathers wood arches from farmers along the road, sifts them, boxes them neatly, and sells a quarter for each box, accepting an exchange.
An old promotional snippet asks when the average citizen will stop spending earnings on cigars and tobacco and suggests giving up tobacco. It promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil as cures, claiming no poisonous content and pricing each bottle at 25 cents.
Mrs L Pack expresses sincere gratitude to the officers and employés of the C. and M. railway the Odd Fellows and the people of Cambridge for their sympathy and kindness during her late affliction and sorrow caused by the death of her husband L B Moork.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to the firm of Kohn Bros., Cambridge, Ohio, will please call and settle by February 10, 1888. As H. Greenwald, our present manager, will at that time succeed us in business and all claims unsettled at the expiration of the above date will be handed in for collection. 1941, Kohn Bros.
Francis R. Creighton and Miss Mary N H Frame were married at the home of the bride's mother with Rev W V Milligan officiating. Both spouses are from Washington in this county. Dougherty Geese also noted in the same record. Denny Huntsman marriage entries list David D Denny and Miss Laura M Huntsman at Bailey's Mills Ohio.
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