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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1884
Page
3
The paper records debts due to the printer and asks patrons to settle, notes Prof. W. R. Scott licensed to preach, a band of gypsies in town, crops, markets, and local business ads. It lists county yields, rail discussions, church and school events, and community notices including deaths and civic meetings.
The Miner's picnic in eastern Ohio drew crowds Saturday with a parade led by the Byesville Corner Band, banners from Guernsey and Wheeling & Lake Erie workers, and a coal weight attraction. Speeches by John McBride and Hon. J. D. Taylor followed, with dancing, foot races, and orderly crowds praised. W. A. Davis and aides were credited for success.
Local notes list residents visiting, moving away, or traveling to cities like Chicago Minneapolis Cincinnati and Cadiz. Names include John Amos W A Hess Illiam Marsh T G Haynes Anna Stewart Miss Olive Gibson and Mrs Geo P Grier. Mentions illnesses Rheumatism cures with ATHLOPHORUS and community events like miners’ picnic and school closing remarks.
Jeremiah Reynolds a well known Pioneer Geneand longtime resident west of town died Monday at age 72 from dropsy of the heart. Born November 30 1812 in Somerset county Pennsylvania he moved to Ohio in 1832 and married Julia Rolins January 31 1839. They had twelve children eight sons and four daughters. He and his wife were longtime Baptists in Cambridge and funeral services were led by Rev B Y Seigfried in 1854.
Marshal Stanley seized a young man who used the name D. T. Wilson claiming McCay's Station Jefferson county as home on a stolen gray mare. A dispatch confirmed a similar theft Sunday night. the horse had been sold for 130 dollars to Samuel Jackson near town, whose money was restored when arrested. A McCoy’s visitor identified the horse and the fugitive as John Culp, not Wilson.
Weather remains dry as water for stock runs scarce in the country. Scott and Donahoe fatten cattle locally on Saturday while James Stewart’s meadow impresses. Sir C L Smith and wife visit friends. quince crop looks larger than recent years. Fifty eight snakes slain in a single day by Harry Baird and Thomas McConnell. Fire scare prompts residents to act as a blaze is contained.
Our blessings are not appreciated until we are deprived of them. A rough hacking cough or severe cold may be removed by Dr. Bigelow's Positive Cure priced at 50 cents with trial bottles free offered by J. R. Downar.
Harvest weather lingers with rain absent as farmers face feed shortages if dryness persists. Travel updates include John A Moftet to Zanesville and J S Wartman visiting Gibson's Station. several illnesses and deaths touch Byesville and Bellaire. Rival fairs at Washington and Cambridge clash on dates, affecting local plans.
Monday travel to Holton Kansas H8 Lowery. Ida Secrest visits Sarahsville. Mrs Adelia Cain suffers asthma. Daisy Smith of Cambridge staying with Aunt J W Amstot. Julia Lane and Daniel Watson visiting Hattie Thompson. Maggie McGaw of Moundsville WV guest of Mary Rose. Mill Street ladies plan a picnic at Morgan Junction Wednesday. Seaburn of Zanesville preached at M E church. Kate Dilley and Celia visit Shaw and Dilley families. Trains ran on C W and NY R R for Seneca villagers camp meeting. Children of Joseph Dilley celebrate father’s birthday. Funerals for Hugh Brown and Thomas Ritchie of Love City held locally.
An early advertisement touts Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic as a never-failing friend for biliousness liver problems and skin yellowing. It claims efficacy for dyspepsia costiveness ague malaria and kidney and blood diseases with prompt action and speedy cure. Price 50 cents from J R Downar.
Dr G W Allender plans a new house while farmers push through harvest. Miss Laura Stewart visits Antrim. Miss Sadie White of Cambridge seen with friends. Mrs Alex Allender of Bridgeport visiting relatives nearby. J C Dickerson returns from National Normal University Lebanon. W B Johnson and wife visit from near Birmingham. E E Willis returns after Uhrichsville. Annie Bower of Antrim visits Mrs Phebe Stewart. Wool in the area remains unsold as stowers refuse 30 cents per pound. John Bucy, 51, injured sleeping, now able to move about. Last Thursday at near Denver, Colorado, M E Eagleton and Ida McConnell unite in marriage with Rev C H Edwards officiating. A writer hopes they have bread and butter for a happy life. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla praised for relief from female pains and irregularities.
J G Price & Bro ship wool. M L Bonnell returns from the West. 5S M Hyde in town. KE O Daugherty’s new house nearly ready. Prof Banks of Newcomerstown teaches the band. James P Carrothers to sell personal property on July 26. Mrs Belle Smith and Miss Ida Stewart visiting J G Price's. John Kimball breaks left clavicle. Dr Rosemond sets fracture. Normal school begins July 28. Presbyterian ladies plan a literary entertainment. Louis Bromley funeral. buried at ME cemetery Newtown. Miss Katie Grimsley dies July 18 at grandfather Reuben Beal’s. interred Baptist cemetery. A dwelling west of town owned by Mrs Boxall, occupied by James Catline, burned last Friday from a defective flue. Jn M Mitchell of Pittsburgh lectures on temperance and religion. visiting Mrs Martha Thompson.
Theron P. Keator, editor of the Ft. Wayne Gazette, extols Dr King's New Discovery for severe and mild coughs, claiming it never fails to cure and praising friends who benefited. Advertisement urges readers to visit J. R. Downar's Drug Store for a free trial bottle, with large size priced at $1.00.
Miss Emma Case returns home to Me Dina after visits in Albany and Guernsey. John Simapean dies at 52 after a lingering illness near Bridgeville Ohio. BC Roses birthday party reports forty presents and a good time. Davis Weedon visits, a printer trainee at Cambridge. Will S Hazlett of Guernsey visits Miss Ida Yansickle near Earleys church. Rev Dollison and Rev J Thrapp preach at the MFP church Bird s Run.
Frazier's Root Bitters are advertised as a strictly medicinal tonic not a dram shop beverage. It claims to act on the liver and kidneys cleanse the blood and keep bowels regular. Sold by Druggists for $1.00 FRAZIER MEDICINE CO Cleveland Ohio May 22.
Samuel Stephens is able to be out again. Our band plans a grand picnic on August 4. E B Alloway reports ten sheep killed by cars last Saturday evening. Ella McKisson of Washington visits W H Ledlie and wife. William McConnehay and Robert Adair shipped a car load of chairs to Zanesville. Simon Proctor and Prian Gibson have received a new steam thresher and are ready for business. William Frame and wife were thrown from a buggy last week with no injuries. An alarm of fire occurred on our streets Saturday evening. The roof of Wm Whites house caught fire but was put out with no damage. Ayer's Cathartic Pills contain no calomel or deleterious substances and proved useful to those harmed by mineral medicines.
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