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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1884
Page
3
The Cambridge Herald reports Quaker City now free of saloons. Local business ads promote Marsh & Dennis cigars and Baltimore Clothing House sales. Also listed are new guards, pensions, fires, births, deaths, and upcoming events in Guernsey and nearby towns.
The column lists numerous locals with movements and health updates. Rev. Wells is ill. Milton McMahon is home. Mrs. Davenport Weir visits Cadiz. H. Kohn of Shawnee was in town. Belle Patterson visiting Pittsburgh. B. Luccock heads to eastern cities. Mrs. Sadie Speck visits here. Mrs. Hickson visits the neighborhood. Hon. William Lawrence in town. health improved. W.T. Eckles in Columbus. plans West soon. Walter Scott of Herano force ill. J.D. Campbell and Hannibal Meek leave for Denver. Mrs. Locke and child visit Mineral Ridge. Ossie Hoge home briefly. trip to the West planned. J. D. Taylor here last week. Ferguson Eq. at Memphis for legal work. Rue George of New Concord visiting Cambridge. L. Belding of Covington and Gus Cameron of Mansfield here. Lambert Thomas ill in Philadelphia. Sadie Loftand visiting. W. L. Boden of Belmont County visiting. en route to Tennessee. John McErskine, David Anderson, Eugene Scott of Center township headed to California.
The Old Council meets and approves minutes then purchases hats and caps for 158.50. A new Hook and Ladder Company is formed pending a truck purchase. The retiring Mayor William Wharton is thanked as the new Board is sworn in and committees appointed for four members per ward and chamber space.
The post mortem on Phebe Hartley reveals inflamed stomach membranes and kidney disease with other organs affected. Doctors suspect death from a heavy blow or strain, possibly linked to a rope jump incident. Investigators find no evidence tying Jones the stepfather to wrongdoing. The affidavit accusing a man named Long is supported by the family. the mother and sisters confirm the claim.
Hirschberg presents a large line of Fine French Worsted Suits for young men praised for fit and quality. He offers measurement and custom tailoring to order, promising a refined, well fitting garment on request.
If you want to see a fine display of millinery goods call at Mrs Forsythe’s Thursday Friday and Saturday of this week. She has just received a large stock and it comprises all the latest styles.
The oil boom at Macksburg draws Guernsey County people, with several preparing to move to the area to seek opportunities.
The week saw licenses issued for marriages among Albert Kenworthy and Agness Culbertson. Wm Cornell and Jane Anderson. Simeon Dickens and Nancy Fisher. W A Turnbaugh and Kitty Wilson. D Mansfield and Anna Clary. Wm Sparrowgrove and Ida M Wells. Ludlow Wilson and Ella M Lanning. Also announced are summer fashion items for hot weather including Baltimore Straw Hats Sauze summer goods underwear and neckwear.
The owners of Mambrino Tranby agreed to show him in Cambridge on Friday May 9 at the request of county horsemen. Interested parties in good horses should view him.
A compilation of brief items from Washington and Cambridge areas. Mentions RJ Clark in Cleveland, sheep shearing, corn planting, and rain. Dr Amstet of Columbus attends toothaches. local store fronts repainted. Frazee Bros offer Columbus and Cincinnati buggies. Wheat prospects improve with phosphate, John Price in the East buying dry goods, lively Saturday business, SP Steele returning to Quaker City. Township school board planning a Clark District school. Washington lacking a saloon and awaiting Scott law decision. Depositions in Noble county case. Cambridge fair dates coincide with local fair. James Mason acquiring Barnes Bros mill interest and moving mid month. Washington lacks a merchant tailor. Frank Hayman dislocated shoulder. Dr Henry provides surgery. Fair directors revise premium list and schedule for October 1–3. public schools close this week with inter-room exhibitions Thursday and Friday.
Time tried and true is Dr. Bigelow's Positive Cure combining the good points of top cough remedies without their flaws. It claims prompt thorough and permanent cure for coughs colds croup whooping cough influenza bronchitis hoarseness incipient consumption and throat and lung diseases with safe pleasant use for children. Price 50 cents and one dollar trial bottles free from J Downar. ue
Dick Morrison is working in Bellaire. Miss Maney Dilley visits Junker Lyrick's family moved to Cumberland. Halley Thompson and family moved onto the Thompson farm. Thos Day and wife of Stafford visit Major Hutchinson's. MN Amstot buys stock and will keep a store in his corner room. A Baptist preacher preached at the Lutheran church last Sunday. Charles Tipton Caldwell and Will Brown Hartford greet friends. Little Jimmy Potts fell Saturday morning cutting his forehead with a hatchet. Mrs Messey and son occupy Mrs Ferguson's store room. Burglars visited Dr Hill's smoke house and took meat. George Kahn learned of Leroy Dennison's death by suicide at Olive Grove. Abram Fogle died and was buried from the Lutheran church. Disciples of Isaac Walton are numerous here. Creek is lined with fishers on fine days. A Nat Lepage employee was struck on the head with a hatchet fixing a pump. Sunday night a fire destroyed much of J M Hutchinson's stock. $15 taken from drawer. loss $690 to $1,000 insured. Gray hair and Ayer's Hair Vigor advertised.
Corn planting progresses at Galigher while the saw mill operates on Mr Secrest’s farm. Will Acheson plans a trip to Iowa soon. JS Atchison reports improvement after neuralgia. Assistant Post Master General instructs the Galigher post to insert one I.
Arrangements with the B and O railroad provide excursion rates to Washington D C for the League of American Wheelmen meeting on May 19 and 20 1884. Bicycles carried free when accompanied by Wheelmen. For rates and train times contact B and O agents or W E Reppert Columbus Ohio passenger agent.
The advert claims no other preparation matches Ayer's Sarsaparilla for blood cleansing vitality enriching and invigorating effects, urging readers to compare quality.
A short instruction suggests moisten the envelope before affixing a stamp and encourages proper etiquette. An advertisement promotes Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic for ailments from dyspepsia to malaria, priced at 50 cents, offered by J. R. Downar.
A local column from Oldham's Station reports Alf Sarchet riding a new top buggy and neighbors planting corn. Joe Sarchet visits, George Hutchison with friends near Norwich, and Assessor J T Oldham assisting taxpayers. A Kinworthy party, Hiram Stiles visiting Washington, and Miss Blair teaching at Art's school house are noted. A C & M track workers wage details begin May 1, Milton Warden welcomes a daughter, and a John Robinson circus trip to New Comerstown is advertised with a 95 cent to $1.15 wage range for workers.
Mr FE Springer of Mechanicsburg Pa says he suffered lung fever and abscesses, was a walking skeleton, and regained health after using three bottles of Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. He gained 48 pounds and regained appetite. Free trial bottles available at J R Downar's Drug Store with large bottles priced at 1.00.
G Price and wife visit friends in Uhrichsville. Mrs Johnson of New Concord and Mrs J P Johnson of Cadiz visit in town. Two stables burned in Newce. Henry Jones' shop fire caused excitement with little damage. Presbyterian ladies plan a May festival May 9 and 10 to fund repairs. Robert May, ex-resident, dies at Athens Asylum April 1 and is buried in Antrim. Three year old son of Thomas Carothers burned by scalding water. Dr Rosamond assists and hopes for recovery.
A Provincetown Massachusetts man, Edwin Sears, reports severe morning pain from rheumatism eased after taking ATHLOPHOROS. He says after three doses he could walk across the room and later walked as well as before, marking a dramatic improvement in his condition.
Rain Saturday night enlivened vegetation while Mrs McCormick remains gravely ill with slim recovery chances. Wm Parkinson returns home after months away with H GO Cary. No landlord yet as travelers find hospitality with Miller Moore. Thomas Bendure & Sons visited last week for private sale and auction. Joseph Hughes, respected auctioneer and UP church member, was buried here on Saturday.
A domestic journal The Housewife offers one year free to every lady who sends ten married names with addresses and 30 cents in stamps. Regular price is 1.00. Also notes new goods at Thomas and reports on fish scarcity, Rev Deveny health, a fruit crop, Mystic Rankin’s return, and a severe gale last Thursday causing damage.
Advertisement touts Griggs Glycerine Salve as a universal cure for cuts burns wounds and skin eruptions. Claims guaranteed satisfaction or money back and lists J. R. Downar as the seller with a price of 25 cents. May 1 84 ly.
Sheep washing has commenced. Mason Miller lost a valuable cow last week. Wm Allen will teach our school this coming winter. Born-To Mr and Mrs John McKahan a ten pound boy. Joseph Lanning has taken unto himself a wife. How to Make Candy offers full directions for candy making with city-confectioner recipes. Rochester Publishing Co. advertises postpaid book offer.
Valentine Jackman named executor of Samuel Lent deceased in Richland township Guernsey county Ohio. Appointment and qualification filed May 8 1884 with probate court. Public record notice for creditors and heirs to present claims within legal period.
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