Cambridge Ohio offers growth and resources for manufacturers
The Cambridge Herald notes Cambridge has 5000 to 6000 residents, county seat of Guernsey. Located at the Baltimore and Ohio and Cleveland and Marietta crossings, rail connections are strong with Pan Handle system 20 miles away. Abundant natural gas and coal, brick clay, fire clay, and building stone nearby. Six churches, several schools and hotels, an opera house, temperance sentiment, and strong factory inducements. For details, contact The Cambridge Board or Trapre.
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Local notes and events in Cambridge Ohio area 1888
Local notes show 1888 mid year with multiple short items. Mentions Miss Mary Clark visiting Fairview, N W Rein of Cleveland in Cambridge, pension for Joseph Porter New Concord, George B Emerson of Salesville graduate, school and church events, hay and fruit trade, gas wells around Cadiz and Cambridge, Fourth of July plans, and various local visits, deaths, and business changes. Also notes about grasshoppers moving east, pennies and onions rumor, and a Sons of Veterans Camp organized in Chandlersville.
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Cambridge votes on local option under Dow law
Cambridge corporation held a Saturday election on the local option permitted by the Dow law. Ward results showed Ward A 65 against 52 for, Ward B 66 against 96 for, Ward C 179 against 116 for, Ward D 102 against 73 for. Total vote 749 with a majority for prohibition at 75.
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Funeral car touted as finest in Eastern Ohio
James Cresswell, a local fur niture dealer and undertaker, received from a Cincinnati factory last Thursday what is claimed to be the era's finest funeral car in Eastern Ohio. It is silver mounted inside and out with satin trim and gold fringe, featuring genuine glass plate, and cost around $1,000.
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Local option election set for Cambridge township
The Cambridge township outside of Cambridge will vote on local option June 18. The press notes the June 19 date given by another paper but clarifies the Herald was the first to mention the election with the correct date. The area currently has no saloon, yet a barrier is being considered.
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Election on water works and bonds by town wards
An election was held Saturday on whether a majority favored water works and on rental versus bonds for funding. The ward by ward results show votes cast for rental versus issuing bonds, with counts recorded for each ward and overall outcome pending final tally.
Derailed B and O Freight Damages Bridge
An eastbound B and O freight derailed Sunday night, damaging an iron bridge about a half mile east of town. The train passed over safely but hit a trestle, forcing delays until Monday noon. Several cars wrecked, bolts sheared, and new beams will be needed at the bridge. No injuries reported.
Natural Gas Line Delays in Zanesville Contracts Fight
The Southeastern Natural Gas Company plans a Zanesville line but will not begin until right of way contracts close. Coal leases block access, with managers negotiating and ready to sue if settlement stalls. Zanesville expects full gas supply within ninety days after closing. The piece notes rosebug plagues harming fruit, predicting apples and peaches may dip to 25 to 50 cents a bushel.
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New Concord Lodge I O O F Founded With Parade
The New Concord Lodge I O O F was instituted Tuesday with a large turnout. A procession of about 800 Odd Fellows marched through town to a grove for a basket picnic then to the Baptist church for a public installation and speeches by Rev Stewart John Bradley Grand Master Zay and others. New lodge named New Concord Lodge No 761 opens with ~30 members and held initiations at night.
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Attending To His Knitting At One Price Clothier
The one price clothier pledges fair dealing and satisfaction guaranteed with prices that beat rivals. Aiming at quality and workmanship, the store showcases suits and large lines of warm weather clothing. Loyal customers are promised courteous treatment and best values, inviting patronage at L HiRscHbbera the only one priced clothier.
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G A R Reunion and Camp Fire Planned at Cambridge
G A R Posts and Sons of Veterans of Guernsey County meet at Cambridge on July 17 1888 for a reunion and to prepare for the National encampment in Columbus. A band contest will decide the unit to accompany the Cambridge regiment. A Grand Camp Fire and speeches follow. Temperance meetings and a Cambridge Normal session begin July 9 with six weeks of study.
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Wheat harvest opens in the region and July plans announced
The community notes a wheat harvest starting, a Kid Band concert slated for Barnesville on July 4, and local discussions on the railroad question. WD Craig reports favor toward Kansas while Harrison and Morton target Republicans in dry sections. A hard cider campaign progresses, a rainbow aroused curiosity, Cambridge last week's local option vote pleased residents, oil and gas leases attract farmers, GAR posts and Sons of Veterans camps head to Washington for July 4th events with daytime basket picnic and evening festival.
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Cambridge Fourth of July Plans Stir Quaker City Brief
Quaker City notes busy week with Cy Scott visiting Cambridge to play for WCTU and locals visiting kin in Belmont and Uniontown. Antrim band seeks uniforms, Bingham and Minnie Hawkins wed at Cambridge, Guernsey goes dry by 75 vote, and Cambridge invites a big Fourth of July celebration with parade speeches picnic and gas illumination.
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Local News Briefs From Kimbolton And Nearby Areas
Miss Ida Ligith of Kimbolton visits CM Temples while JJ Calvert and mother visit Osborne Beal’s. Rev Wilson preaches to a large crowd. James Braden and family from New Concord visit friends here a part of the week. Laura Stewart and May Ferbrache attend the Saturday festival. Mattie Bonnell of Brown visits her sister Mrs Henry Stewart. Alice Walters ends a three month Rock Hill school term with day exercises and an evening entertainment. Harmony festival by local youth draws strong turnout. proceeds total 32 dollars.
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Carsons Addition House for sale in Cambridge Ohio
New two story six room house well finished with out houses and a water well. Call on or address M. L. Campbell Cambridge Ohio. June 28 tf.
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Public retraction by GQ W Sayers in Winchester
GQ W Sayers publishes a public retraction in the Winchester paper dated June 23 1888. He denies idle remarks about Miss Ella M Scott and states she belongs to a respectable family and has maintained a good reputation.
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Wall & Co Drug Store Free Trials Spark Boom
Their business boomed as customers received free trial bottles of Dr King's New Discovery for coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and lung diseases. The sale promises quick relief with a free trial bottle and a large size priced at $1, backed by a warranty.
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Downfall of a Distinguished Doctor to Cocaine Slavery
A famed physician once esteemed by medical societies succumbs to morphine and cocaine. Insomnia led to addiction, negligence toward patients, and the collapse of his family life. After mounting despair, he fired shots, was subdued, and admitted to hospital, where his condition slowly stabilizes yet death remains a feared release.
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