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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1883
Page
3
The Cambridge Herald reports on subscriber arrears, local sales, weather, and community happenings. It notes Frank Atkinson's health, Rebecca Bean's hospital trip, and various local business ads including Thalheimer's straw hats and cheap shoes. It also covers deaths, new school principal M. A. Yarnell, land sales, and minor accidents.
The text lists officials for Cambridge including Mayor William Wharton. councilmen T G Brown L Carphell Robert Hammond W JH HH Meliyar WeoR Boden S A Craig J K Braner Rh Moore. Clerk Charles L Madison. Treasurer Stephen Potts. Marshal E M Stottlemire. Cemetery Trustees Stephen Potts dod Williams A J Watchison. Street Commissioner Henry Motte. plus county and court officers in the region such as Judge W H Frazier Caldwell and others in Zanesville and Quaker City.
A compiled roster of justices and associates by county districts includes Guernsey Cambridge Center Jackson Jefferson Knox Harrison Liberty Madison Millwood Monroe Oxford Richland Spencer Washington Westland Wheeling and Wills regions. Names include Adams Watson Carpenter Turner Nelson Calvert Selby Frye Hawthorne Patterson Hibbs Linecork Thompson Brown Hartley Turkle Ferrer Lane Purkey Branniger Virtue Daugherty Smith Wilson Weedon Mercer McBurney Patterson Creighton and others.
Local fraternal orders list meeting times and places across Cambridge and nearby towns. Cambrige Lodge No 66 F and A M meets Tuesday evenings near each full moon. various lodges including Scottish Rite Bodies Cambridge, Eureka Lodge No 253 F and A M, Cambridge Encampment 0 O F No 150, Cambridge Lodge I O O F No 501, Cumberland Lodge I O O F No 1, Point Pleasant Lodge I O F L No 663, Amity Lodge No 175, Anderson Lodge No 335, Cambridge Lodge Waight of Vyt hi as No 43, Refuge Lodge No 610 and others hold regular Saturday or Monday or Friday sessions at listed halls.
Robert Gauley and wife reported a break in at their home with a window light broken and about 75 dollars stolen from a bureau. A tramp was suspected after a neighbor saw someone near Gauley’s schoolhouse. John Boyd’s house was raided the same day with no valuables taken. Marshal Stottlemire later arrested William West on a train between Lore City and Gipson's. $20 gold coins found on him. West claimed Pittsburgh as home. preliminary exam held. bound over to Common Pleas Court in 500 dollars bail.
Cambridge defeats Zanesville 17 to 9 in a Tuesday morning game at this place. Both teams played well with Mell yar and Cline praised for catching and pitching while umpire Harlan was noted as partial. Final score Cambridge 17 Zanesville 9. Time two hours and twenty minutes.
Vine at Marling of Cincinnati, Gus Cameron of Mansfield, and many others visit or travel through the region. Residents and visitors from Zanesville, Cadiz, Marshall County, Columbus, Wheeling, and beyond stop by, visit, or migrate, with legals, weddings, and social calls noted in a bustling local scene. A large Clark’s Grove picnic drew over forty attendees.
A pound of alum dissolved in three gallons of rain water is claimed to be an effective safe protection against cabbage and currant worms and to kill them when they appear.
James McMahon an longtime Guernsey County resident died Monday after a prolonged illness from softening of the brain. He moved from Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1859 and returned about four years ago. He left seven children two sons and five daughters with Samuel McMahon, cashier of the First National Bank, among his offspring. Sons in law include Isaac Grummond A C Cochran T E Sturgeon Howard Larzalore and the late Walter McKinney A J St Clair. Funeral was held Wednesday afternoon.
From the Assessor's returns we learn the crops totals for the county. Wheat sown 19 328 acres produced 276 546 bushels. Corn planted 18 451 acres with 19 644 for crop 1883 producing 562 983 bushels. Livestock counts include milk 70 650 gallons sold for family use. Orchard and stone fruit yields are listed for 1881 1882 with apples peaches pears cherries plums. Livestock losses by floods and dog impacts are detailed with values. Bonds exempt from taxation total 42 726 3 dollars.
Mrs. Belle Cain visited sister Mrs. Barnes at Norwich this week. George Hutchison and family visited friends in Norwich. Benjamin K Bell’s mother and sister from Cambridge visit him. Farmers expect to finish harvesting this week. Eva Hyatt of Bellaire guest of Mrs. Oldham. Locals attend Columbus reunion this week. Two Wheeling men fished at Barnes’ Mill with good success. Sowing oats should yield a good crop after recent poor years. Miss Jennie McCullough closes summer term in Barr’s district next Tuesday. David Zimmerman of New Philadelphia says work on the new courthouse progresses.
Wheat supplies are stacked. butter is scarce. Early Rose potatoes are plentiful. Blackberries appear. Jonathan Rose handled about 10,000 lbs of wool. Dr Russell of Baltimore visits. Alfred Day and family stay with Dr Rea. Miss Ida McBurney to teach. town eyes a Columbus Wheeling telephone line. Oats yield praised. hay harvest rises. copperhead snakes seen in fields. several weddings anticipated. Eddie Smith injured by horse with possible skull fracture.
Miss Lotta Gibson and Maggie Angus of Kimbolton are visiting nearby. George Bumgardner of the Lake Erie Railroad is staying at Mrs Sarah Allen's in Winchester. The Cross Roads summer term taught by Miss Ida McCracken closed with a spelling bee. Children’s day at Allen's Chapel on the 15th featured services by Rev W. K. Yingling.
Oscar Craigg, foreman at Rosendale cement quarry in Ulster County New York, lost an eye in a blast. Doctors advised removal to save the other eye and Dr David Kennedy of Rondout performed the operation aided by Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. The Patient recovered and was urged to use the remedy for other ailments.
Samuel Tannehill remains in feeble health while Mrs. John Ralston suffers from cancer. Moses Stockdale begins work on the new No. 4 school house. Coors Little’s days are numbered due to stomach disease. Joseph Eddings moved 42,000 pounds of wool here last week at 33 cents. Joseph Hughes builds a barn to enhance his farm’s value. Miss Hattie Parkison Austa Thompson and Henderson Little attend the Normal at Cambridge. W L Knouff and Ella Stockdale wed on Saturday. Some residents consider appealing Board of Education site decision. Thomas Roach plans to move to Arizona, creating local mechanic openings. An unnamed citizen testifies Hall’s Catarrh Cure is effective at 74 cents a bottle, sold by John Downar. June 14-3:n
The town reports strong attendance at a recent lecture and biweekly missionary socials. Early watermelons appear, bridges repaired, harvest underway with good grass. People include L. K. Thompson, G. W. Winaker of Quaker City, Annie and Emma Gibson, L. W. Smith, George Callihan. A probation service occurred at the M E church and a bridge at town east end was rebuilt. Catarrh advertises Hall's Cure priced 75 cents.
Cholera morbus rages in Winchester as Miss Maggie Hope attends Liberty Normal School and hay harvest nears completion. Robert Shultz returns from Mount Union College. Martin Ford and Miss Stewart of Monroe marry. Local visitors from Jefferson township stop by weekly. Guardian named for the widow of Michael Brown. Squver Brown recovers from bilious fever. J S Hixon plans to return from Kansas to start a mercantile business. R J Clark of Washington attends to wool at 35 cts, Belmont county buyer purchases wool at 33 cts, while some farmers demand 35 cts. Wm Moore plans to build a shop and shoe horses.
Corrected weekly by J. O. McIngar and R. W. Linpsey listing meat dairy grain and produce prices. Items include butter eggs potatoes chickens hams tallow lard and various seeds with quantities and prices in dollars and cents. Public notices show a busy rural market listing.
The Philadelphia wool market remains easy with no price gains for washed medium combing and Delaines, while unwashed and interior demand stays firm. Western markets rise though eastern mill agents pay more for Ohio and Indiana fleece, signaling potential short term improvement as inventories are canvassed and sales follow.
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