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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1885
Page
3
A blaze of items from Cambridge and nearby towns covers hotel ad rates five cents per line, local sales, births and visits, property deals, road work, school plans, weather, and a parade for Decoration Day. Includes sales, court actions, and community updates across Muskingum and Guernsey counties.
Mon day night council passed an ordinance punishing chastity offenses after approving bills of 100 dollars or more. A. G. Scott named deputy marshal. Swick salary of 10 dollars monthly deferred. Finances set 54 mill levy for year. May collections reported 9.50. Committees formed to tax traveling physicians. Adjourned to next Monday.
The Caldwell Journal commends Hon. J. W. Campbell for establishing a solid reputation on the Common Pleas bench. It lauds his discreet tempering between rushed justice and legal delays, and his humane yet firm, judicious penalties that favor good citizens and society.
In Adams township last Friday night James Mahaffey elder son of John and Agness Mahaffey died. Born February 13 1803 in County Down Ireland he emigrated with his family in 1812 to New York then Washington County Pennsylvania before settling in Adams township in 1830. A radical Republican and industrious man he lies interred in Lebanon cemetery after a large funeral at the Armstrong residence. Surviving relatives include Robert Mahaffey Mary Jane Stormont and Rev Samuel Mahaffey.
Cambridge art patrons are urged to attend a Tuesday evening performance at Hammond's Opera House on June 9. Critics praise the McGibney family as top entertainers and promise a rare musical treat from Eastern Ohio talent. Admission prices advertised elsewhere.
A Herald scribe visited the establishment of Messrs. Diefenbach and Keiser at West Cambridge where ginger ale and related mild stimulants are manufactured. The proprietors explained their process and products, noting that their goods sell well. A full explanation may appear in the Herald.
The Board of Trustees of the Children's Home met Friday and estimated next year’s expenses at about $3,300 and next quarter at $650. They decided the business year will begin October 1, and will not employ a new physician, continuing with the present one until that date.
Train timetable notes a June 2 1885 time change on the C and M road with No 2 No 8 No 1 No 3 trains and through runs to Toledo and Creston. It also mentions a new newspaper to be established at Macksburg and lists station times at Marietta Cambridge Canal Dover Valley Junction and other points. The source names J C Wess and A G P A as officials.
A diver near Alaska recounts a rare incident where an octopus with twenty seven foot arms grabbed him before release. The tale aligns with a promotion for Brown's Iron Bitters claiming cures for dyspepsia, citing Mrs Schmidt and her daughter of Baltimore who were cured.
In Washington the community reports better health and happiness after rains. Farmers shipped wool and millet is to be sowed. Street improvements progress. Decoration Day not observed but local soldiers are buried in the cemetery. Mary Anderson runs a large millinery business. George Winiker plans a big stock sale. Wool prices are debated with expectations around 32 to 35 cents per pound.
In hard times economy advice urges households to keep Dr Bo sanko’s Cough and Liver Syrup on hand. The ad claims it stops a cough instantly relieves consumption cures chest pain in one night and offers 50 cent and one dollar bottles with free samples sold by J M McGill.
Advertisement states Hall's Catarrh Cure is offered for any case of catarrh that can't be cured, taken internally, price 75 cents by J. M. McGil.
Crowds arrived by wagon, horse, and foot as Kimbolton held a Memorial Day service. Post No 492 led a parade. Dr J K Mills delivered an eloquent oration before soldiers graves at Kimbolton and Bell cemeteries. An omission on a grave marker was noted by mourners.
Wild Cherry and Tar relief for throat and lung ailments. Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup combines these ingredients with simple remedies. For coughs colds croup bronchitis. Price 50 cents and 1 dollar. Samples free. Sold by J M McGill.
Pt Pleasant notes observe Children’s Day at the N CE church on June 21 with a missionary concert in the evening. Local death of Mrs Joseph Spaid at 31, funeral by Rey Hymen. remains taken to Buffalo cemetery. Several residents attended the Spaid funeral and others passed civil service exams in Cleveland for Washington positions.
Advocates argue quack nostrums mislead parents about drink risks, and better to die of disease than drunkenness. Parker's Tonic is praised for building the system and curing stomach, liver, and kidney ailments while stimulating without intoxication and supposedly curing liquor appetite.
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