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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1890
Page
3
The program features new songs and dances as C Ayre performs in Cleveland this week and various local shops advertise goods from muslin underwear to antique oak furniture. News items note births, deaths, marriages, local commerce, and upcoming public events across Cambridge Ohio.
A wandering stranger in Belmont County, later identified as Royal Cowles of Cleveland, was treated at the Infirmary and restored to health. He donated about a hundred useful books to the Belmont county institution and promised more as thanks for the humane care received during his illness.
The column reports a cold spell in Washington with John Conwell of Iowa visiting friends. Local prices show butter at 20c and eggs at 12c. Various community notes cover auctions, property sales, church events, and changes in local officials and school administration.
James Spaid of Pt Pleasant and J KE Addison of Zanesville visited and stayed with friends. The M EB church reports 97 accessions in Rev Korsythes circuit. Sines Johnson enlarged business with a feed store. County Examiners met, granted 8 certificates and 39 failures. Town honors Washington with a parade, schools, bands, and a Burt's Hall entertainment.
The Little Nugget company opens a three night engagement at the Grand Opera House in Wheeling. The show is billed as the funniest play seen on the local stage with strong singing and dancing, and the hall was packed. Critics note the crowd’s loud laughter and overall high energy. The piece is expected to draw large audiences all week.
Ages twelve c, butter eighteen cents, bacon. Crows return in large flocks. Rains swell streams. A child of John Matthews dies last Saturday. D Jones near Bulger Pa buys horses. Goods sell at George Gillespie sale last Wednesday. Mary Pollock and Hattie Snyder visit Guernsey. H I Forney and S A McKim visit near Winchester. Ollie McConnel and wife and Geo Irwin and wife to Taylor Texas March 6. Wm Valentine buys mare for 85 dollars. Charley Milligan returns from Pennsylvania. Gillespie to move to Washington county Pennsylvania to dairy. Communion at U P church next Sabbath. meeting continues this week. Proctor leaves for Monmouth Illinois March 10 to work summer. Leeper and Patterson buy widow Smith’s 100 acre farm. Patterson takes 33% acres. price 2859 per acre. High water stops travel between North Salem and Kimbolton. road bed elevation suggested. Enoch and Sarah Jones celebrate 91st and 77th birthdays with about fifty guests. Robert Pollock chair, W R Matthews secretary. prayers offered by Rev. Jno Baker and others.
A child of John Mathews died Saturday morning. Wesley Porter finished baling three car loads of hay for shipment to Baltimore. Henry W. Richard moved to Norris farm east of Cambridge for a year’s work. Case & Smith store in Guernsey was entered by burglars February 24 with goods stolen. H. W. Luccock attended a suit at Squire Patterson’s court with Kimbolton Oil Co as prosecutor and W. C. McConaughey as defendant. Jud. D. Neal and family left for North Platte Nebraska. A. J. Scott also went to Durant Iowa. John Smith and family began a trip to Dillon Montana. Mr. Bryen and family and Mr. McConnell and family headed to Taylor Texas.
Cambridge Ohio March 1 1890 list of letters remaining uncalled for at the post office. Persons calling must say they are advertised. Names include Miss Annis Brady Miss Sade Boyd W H McMannon W E Peterson Miss Etta Sayre W H Th McIlvar P M
Elza Turner J P Peter Poland and Miss Margaret Marks are named in a historical item related to an event at Poland Parks dated March 1 1890 with terse mention of participants.
March 4 1890 marks the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs L Bartley of this place and the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Benjamin Burt of this neighborhood. Both births announced in the local notices.
At a March 1 1890 meeting of Fairview Post No 376 G A R the group unanimously adopted resolutions mourning the death of comrade Thomas Nelson who died February 24 1890 on his way to rest after serving in the late war. They commend his faithful service and extend sympathy to his wife and relatives noting the bond of comradeship that unites old soldiers.
To clear space for new Spring and Summer goods the store will close out all Winter stock at a sacrifice. Announces a vast line of men youths boys and children's clothing from mills in England Ireland Scotland France Germany and the United States. Hats offer largest stock and 10 to 15 percent lower prices with Dunlap Yeoman Knox and Miller shapes in stock. Gent's furnishings range from silk hose to five cent socks and French balbrigan underwear to light gauze.
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