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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1885
Page
3
The Cambridge Herald reports local notes include new bands in Salesville, sales on goods at Hornbrook, celery and ice cream offers, deaths in Oxford township and Knox township, a Noble county Democratic convention set for July 29, and the Teachers Institute at Caldwell starting August 10. Mentions weather, fires, wool purchases, and various community events and promotions across Guernsey and Noble counties.
Local society items list visitors and guests from Zanesville Canton Newark and Columbus. Individuals including Mrs M L Taylor B B Brill and families James Hosick Miss Jessie Thompson and Prof Jno McBurney travel to see relatives and attend events while others return from Salem and Niagara and plan summers in Addison and Coshocton.
A pleasant season highlight was a birthday party for Miss Bell in the northern part of town Tuesday hosted by Lith Institute guests. Many attendees brought gifts including glassware, autograph albums, photograph albums, lamps and decorative pieces from friends such as Mrs. Mahaffey, Miss Clark, J.W. Barnes, Amanda Eagleton, Will Temple, A. S. Barnes, and Mac Eagleton.
Citizens recall a wagon and three horses moving westward last week as a party allegedly stole a pair of oxen from a Ritchie County farmer. Deputy Sheriff pursued to John Keith's, where thieves traded oxen for a horse and pressed on. A troubled thief was arrested near town and returned to West Virginia for trial. Keith surrendered the oxen and they were returned.
A Monday excursion on July 27 1855 to Sandusky and Put-in-Bay via the B and O Railroad for the Central Ohio Svengerbund meeting offers low rates for a Lake Erie Island day trip with the Jolly Singers. See small bills for train times and rates.
The Wayne County Democrat notes a letter may be remailed within the United States to reach the owner without extra postage. The limit is the number of address changes allowed on the envelope.
A lively town column notes visits from Miss Mandy Colley and Miss Jennie Colley to Parkersburg West Virginia. Prices for butter and eggs stand at eight cents. Wheat stacking improved last week while a coal mine is opened near town. The Presbyterian young ladies plan an entertainment in the town hall and a band concert delighted citizens Saturday night.
Anderson of Dayton canvasses for a family Bible. July 15 brings a 13 pound daughter to Mr and Mrs John Conroy. T F Hunter visits occasionally. A missionary concert at the ME church is planned two Sundays hence. Oats and hay harvests look better than expected. Bernstein and Spero from Cleveland sold $50 packs of dress goods. McCulley of Cambridge, formerly a telegraph operator, was here. Lafferty of Cambridge canvassed for Common Sensetron. An alarm from Mrs Breed’s bedding fire caused by a smoker’s pipe. ME church young ladies formed a missionary society with officers and visitors named. MP church children’s day featured essays, readings, and two six-year-old songs by Gertie Grant and Lizzie Edmunds. Praise given to officers and managers for the event.
Local notes report a small grape crop this year and a very small wheat crop due to grasshopper activity. Residents Leola Edwards Eliza McPeek and others travel or return from visits while several families host guests. Farmers prep pennyroyal and face county races. A Me church sermon at 7 4 o clock and local social events are noted.
Antrim Mrs A Cunningham is on the sick list. Mr and Mrs John Titus, Winchester, were here last week. Miss Lulu Moore and Maggie Murray, Cambridge, are visiting. Wm F Padgitt and Miss Sanborn will teach the winter term. Geo Albaugh returned from Kansas. Three who left Madison township for Kansas last spring arrived. Thos Jenkins of Pine Grove was in town Sunday. A horse tied in front of Dr Cumbaker's panicked, ran away, injuring the sulky and horse.
The July issue required a third printing to meet demand for the magazine and its eighth in introductory "Way Studies." Articles on the Seventh Regiment of New York have drawn notable comment.
Enoch Jones born February 24 1799 in Fayette County Pennsylvania moved to Warren Jefferson County Ohio at seven then to Harrison County in 1835 and Wheelington Township Guernsey County in 1840. He married Dorothy White March 21 1817 and had one daughter before her death. He wed Ruth Crambler in 1819 and five children were born two reaching maturity. she died October 5 1847. He married Sarah Weeden May 13 1849 and they had a daughter. Mrs Jones born February 27 1813. They moved to North Salem eleven years ago and run a grocery. Jones is a hale man for his age.
Enterprise push and a desire to satisfy trade lead John M. McGill the Druggist to offer Dr. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup. Marketed as best for coughs colds croup and primary consumption with price 0 cents and $1 and samples free.
In Noble county Mrs Win Spaid is quite sick and Miss Jennie Stewart visits Sharon. Miss Amanda Dilley of Senecaville visits relatives here, and Miss Dell Thompson will attend the normal school at Senecaville. Ebenezer Finley near Senecaville had a paralysis attack last week. tev Gruber plans a basket meeting in the grove near Hartford on August 23. A Lafayette Herold fourteen year old daughter and her six year old sister are involved in a fatal incident after the elder fell in the field and the younger later died. A post mortem found severe stomach inflammation. possible poison bag or metal kettle poisoning cited. The event causes neighborhood excitement.
EJ Romans returns home over Sabbath as normal students arrive. Ice cream saloons multiply and skating rink opens to crowds with Miss B Fisher visiting Morristown. T A Howard opens a restaurant in the skating rink building. Dr Baker from Barnesville preaches two sermons. Max Bros expand cigar business under own vine and fig tree. J Helterbran rebuilds the glass factory pot furnace. RC Ransom delivers lecture at Christian church. H Keenan and J Moore expand berry farming.
Advertisement claims health is wealth and independence with Dr Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup. It pledges to cure coughs colds chest pains bronchitis and primary consumption with one dose relief. Price fifty cents and one dollar samples free sold by John M McGill.
Mr and Mrs John McCracken announce the birth of a daughter. D Culbertson plans an addition to his dwelling. Miss Daugherty of Milneysville visits sister Mrs J Thomas. Mrs D Hawthorne and children from Cambridge visited H B Peters. Nord, in poor health, plans to travel to Los Angeles around September 4. WK McCracken and family recently visited G W Fordyce at Tippecanoe.
Mrs J R C of San Francisco proclaims she has no gray hairs at fifty one, credits Parker's Balsam from New York for restoring color and thickness. She emphasizes it is not a dye, not greasy, and highly perfumed, calling it a reliable hair dressing.
Fragment text shows a Cambridge market sale with references to pricing and items but OCR noise obscures details. The readable parts suggest a public sale or auction notice involving goods and a location in Cambridge with monetary figures. The fragmentary lines imply a listing for sale conditions and item descriptions.
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