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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1885
Page
3
A long list of town items includes sales on fruit jars celery plants and boots, restaurant meals, and varied entrances to local shops. Mentions of illnesses, fairs, camp meetings, storms, and public notices mingle with personal updates and upcoming excursions.
On Sunday August 2 1885 the B and O R R Co with steamer Jay Cooke runs a low rate excursion to Sandusky and Put-in-Bay A special train leaves Cambridge at 851 am Fares 3 00 to Sandusky and 350 to the Bay The excursion aims to provide recreation for those confined during the week
A long list of residents and guests visiting Cambridge and area towns is reported. Names include Mrs Dr M Hoge visiting Cadiz, Miss Anna Pollock Newark visiting, J B Nichols staying in Bellaire, and many others visiting friends and relatives in Granville Cumberland Kimbolton Uhrichsville Quaker City Williams County and surrounding communities.
The Canal Dover Reporter notes rapid progress since Pease took charge of the C. M. railroad. Courts authorized spending to expand rolling stock, overhaul engines, ballast track, add sidings, repair bridges, and improve stations. New coaches built and other repairs elevate the line among Ohio’s best roads.
Those desiring to attend the Encampment of the G. A. R. at Springfield on August 6 and 7 should call on or address the undersigned. The Cleveland and Marietta railroad Company are arranging transportation and the rates will be announced in due time. T. C. Clark, Agent.
Authorities announce General Grant will be buried in Riverside Park New York City in a funeral deemed among the greatest the world will witness with wide public observance anticipated.
Quaker City reports visiting residents including C Tidd at Byesville and J McEwen from Wheeling, with Albert Addison returning from Wheeling. AJ Davison of the O P guard force is present. The new T H Johnson house on Broadway nears completion and R K R Faulkner attended a Regetta in Pittsburg. The normal school grows, three restaurants operate, and Davis moves his stock. Turtle hunting is noted at the glass house. W F Rose returns after buying feed in Indiana. Mrs Sarah Hoover, former resident, dies at Portland Station and is buried here.
A San Francisco woman, Mrs J RC, boasts she has no gray hair at fifty and a day, crediting Parker's Balsam from New York for restoring color and thinning hair. She touts it as non dye, non greasy, and highly perfumed, selling for 50 cents.
The district reports near total hay harvest and a huge potato crop ahead while farmers note good corn prospects after recent rains. Local visits, family births, and health claims blend with market prices for butter and eggs and wool sales.
Reader guidance on cough remedy basics notes Tar and Wild Cherry as the basis of Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup. The product includes several efficacious ingredients and is sold by J M McGill. Pricing listed at 50 cents and 1 dollar with samples free.
Kimbolton news covers repairs by JL Davis and Alph Crayton illness, curbing contract for M V McKim, and local political visiting Daugherty. It notes a Sunday ball game, family deaths from cholera infantum, a race of storms, railroad caution, and a long obituary for Thomas Wallace, a wagon maker and Civil War veteran.
Farmers and mechanics urged to buy Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup to treat coughs colds croup and bronchial issues. Claims quick relief for children with croup and potential savings on doctor bills. Price 60 cents and 1.00 samples free sold by John M.
Winchester Mrs Alex Allender of Bridgeport visits W C Scotts. Miss Daisy Borton returns from visiting Hrady friends. J C Taylor ill from a fall and improving. Benton Johnson and wife of Minneapolis visit his parents A A Johnson. Miss Lizzie Scott of Cambridge guests Miss Ella May Scott. Fire scare at Lenfesty house roof. Mr and Mrs T O Hughes of Mt Vernon Ohio attend funeral of sister Mrs J L Wirick. Miss Linnie Shriver returns from Cambridge visit. Mrs W C Scott receives a bouquet from sister Mrs M Launtz California. A farmer in village pays laborers 50 cents a day and docks a quarter for rain half hour.
C L Wall Co offers a salve advertised to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money back price 25 cents per box february 5 list entry.
Jas Donaghy of Zanesville Ohio writes that chronic debility and loss of appetite were cured after consuming Mishler's Herb Bitters. He claims months of weakness ended after three to four bottles, praising the tonic’s restorative effects.
Geof Willing of Manchester Michigan reports his wife regained mobility after five years of helplessness. He credits Electric Bitters with her recovery and asserts broad testimonials support its curative powers. Sold by C L Wall & Co for 50 cents a bottle.
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