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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1883
Page
3
An advertisement extols Brown's Ron Brers as a blood purifier and iron supplement. It claims iron restores health, avoids teeth staining and headaches from other preparations, and asserts quick assimilation to strengthen the system and drive disease.
A Baltimore reader reports using Brown's Iron Bitters as a tonic for a daughter believed wasted by consumption. After one bottle the daughter began to improve and recover, while another daughter showed early signs of the disease and a physician approved the tonic’s use.
The Cambridge Herald reports diphtheria in town and a flood of bargain notices. Thalheimer’s offers summer wear and hosiery. Hirschberg’s features low prices on hats, underwear, and rain gear. D M Jenkins promotes groceries. Stewart & Jones advertise low priced gents goods. farm and court house updates appear alongside notices of Odd Fellows, church plans, and local incidents.
W B Cosgrave travels to Cincinnati and many residents visit relatives or relocate. Retirements and travels involve Mrs Fred Happy, L J Cutter, Miss D Ella Scott, Rev Dr Locke, Rev J T Campbell, Mrs Elizabeth Sherrard, Joseph Parks, and W G Smith. Cambridge Town Council lists new members, rescinds M and P railroad right of way, bans livestock and auctions, with committee appointments. Local merchants advertise monuments and menswear in Eastern Ohio.
Local farmers discuss sheep prices corn planting and a busy season ahead. Town council plans a new fence and trees around the hall while schools prepare a new building and a public sheep shearing event draws attention. A warehouse fire causes minor damage and a moral on burning garden rubbish is issued. Ladies receive praise for their aid.
Mr William W Chadwick of Hatchville Copn writes on June 14 1830 that Kennedy's Favorite Remedy cured his gall stones. He reports six months without pain regained flesh and ability to work and urges others with liver disorder or kidney and bladder derangements to try the remedy. Dr Kennedy offers medicine and surgery and letters are answered. available from druggists.
George Gebbs sells art to W I Given. Rev IT Jackson heads west for work. J A Blackford visits from Savannah Ohio, staying with Prot Paden. Alumni Association to address Muskingum College commencement. Measles spread quietly among terrifieq victims. Rev J Revennaugh newest in senior class. Literary and musical departments total 140 students. UP church mite society at Roy Spencer's. temperance meeting in College Hall noted. Prohibition sentiment cited in Concord. Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised. 50 cents per bottle. Sold by John R Downar.
A Normal School opens in July while local families plan moves to Kansas. New corn acreage rises and several properties change hands, including John Chambers buying Dayton property for 1000 dollars. School terms shorten next year with reduced wages as the Board of Education presses budget cuts.
Wires from Oldhams report residents James Mason Elmer Satcher and Mrs Cullins ill or on duty with multiple health notes. Jurors W W Oldham and S Wortman drawn for May term. Farm activity includes New Concord farmers planting corn Bud leads in corn field and Thomas Starr returning to work. Wheat prospects dim. corn acreage likely up. News from Liberty township Miss Je to school.
Rinker and Sallie S Kemple were married May 2 1883 at the Eagle Hotel Cambridge Ohio by Rev Dr Millian both from Belmont County. Nelson and Sadie E Addy were married May 3 1883 by Rev J T Campbell both from Knox township this county.
Byesville residents report a wedding notice for D E Jones of Z anesyville. W Peters advances building work on the east end of South street. George Watson’s is building a new house at the bath. A livery stable addition is completed. The town sees churchgoers and social sounds on Sabbath evenings. An advertisement touts the Great German In vigorator available via John R. Downar. Thousands bear witness to its curative powers.
Town items list new post office improvements and local incidents. Georg R. Kimball injured by a horse kick. Dr Rosemond supplied aid. Community counted residents, doctors, schools, and multiple shops with note that rail access and a hotel are lacking. Visitors in Cambridge mentioned a class in progress.
James Alender is dangerously ill and Miss Maggie Bucy suffers whooping cough. Various locals including W K Booth, A J White, and Alex McCollum are mentioned with teaching, purchases, and visits. The Todd Bros moved a sawmill, Jacob Luzadder planted corn, and Rev J G Whitaker will preach at the first church.
Brady reports small town activity including the Allen Chapel Sabbath School reorganizing with new officers led by W M Allen and John McCracken as treasurer. Citizens note health good, local exchanges occur, and Mrs Samuel Thomas has been ill. W B Wilson and Miss Maud A Forde wed in Antrim. George Ford plans cranberry cultivation and marsh planting as experiments begin.
Lot B. Taylor remains on the sick list as farmers begin planting corn. James Little travels to Mt Vernon. J H Oxley is elected superintendent of the Clear Fork Baptist Sabbath School for the coming year. W J Bishop and wife visit relatives in Harrison county.
PF J Cheney & Co advertise Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any case not cured by the remedy. Sold by John J Downar.
Winchesters report whooping cough remains prevalent in some areas. George Saviers and daughter visit from Columbus. Mr and Mrs R W Carlyle plan housekeeping in Columbus. Early cherries suffer. overall fruit crop holds. Lanning Brothers moved a saw mill to Thomas Bonnell’s farm, one mile north. Corn planting begins. weather favorable for most areas. Wheat is backward and may improve next week. meadows are very good. A merchant has moved goods into a vacated store awaiting repairs. Farmers discuss tariff cuts on wool and potential price effects this season. Buyers may use the tariff argument in purchasing.
Joseph McCorde trades the Steve Cusie property to W B Cosgrave. Cosgrave buys out Howard Miller’s stock. Yoker Cosgrave closes the business. Fish are plentiful in streams this spring. Peter Ogan caught a four pound fish. A new blacksmith shop opens in town, owner unnamed. Brown Leghorn chickens praised for laying. Eggs for setting available from ITN Knowlton Cumberland Ohio. Music at M P church pleased with cornet addition. wish for more instruments. Dr Wright of Columbus and Dr Bolon operate on John Jennings for cataract. a woman prepared for a glass eye at Byesville. J H W Andrews and surveyors arrived, to divide McConnelsville to Selaysville, then Wilson’s. Iron shipped for Campbells extension from Senecaville. W&NYTR Railroad expected to finish soon.
Ad promotes Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy as a natural cure from nature for women’s troubles blood disorders and pains. Claims age and infirmity are avoidable with the fountain of health. One dollar buys a bottle by mail from Rondout New York.
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