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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1888
Page
3
Local items report Decoration Day plans, measles cases, family visits, and church notes. Notable mentions include Judge Frazier greeting friends, Barnesville strawberry festivals, and changes in school superintendents. Also notes on gas lines, repairs, and upcoming excursions for conventions.
Henry Urban a 70 year old farmer living three miles south of town was found hanging in a shed on his farm between 7 and 10 am last Thursday. He had suffered bereavement when his wife died about a year ago and had been in declining health and spirits. An inquest led by Conover Larchet recorded the basic facts. the funeral was held Friday with wide local attendance. He leaves several married children and a bereaved household.
William Burt aged 65, a longtime resident of the area and devout Baptist, died after years of suffering from stomach disease. He leaves a widow and daughter Mrs. W. T. Scott. The funeral was Tuesday at Beech Grove, conducted by Rev. IL. B. Moore. A post mortem noted stomach wall thinning as the cause.
A new Cambridge Camp Sons of Veterans No 285 Ohio Division organized with Capt Don F Garis as captain and a full officer cadre. About 75 local young men signaled intent to enlist as the camp prepares to participate in Decoration Day arrangements with the G A R. A Thursday evening meeting is set in the G A R Hall.
Rev Dr Wharton died in Center township aged 58 after a long illness from a sunstroke and lung trouble. He served as a Baptist minister for 40 years and belonged to Center church. Funeral held Sunday with ministers L B Moore Boyd and Wilson officiating. large attendance.
Ohio General Assembly enacts a law making it unlawful to offer for sale any wool washed on sheep or containing unwashed tea locks or other foreign substances designed to defraud buyers. Violators face fines from twenty five to one hundred dollars or imprisonment from thirty to ninety days, or both, at court discretion.
Great preparations are under way in Hartford county for Decoration Day with a fine programme. Twenty four young girls in red, white and blue will ride in a wagon, each six children supervised by a captain who is a sister, daughter, widow or widow of a deceased soldier. Three bands will play music and several speakers have promised addresses. The day is expected to be Hartford’s biggest yet.
Children from babies to twelve join a Saturday noon parade. A clarinet and brass band leads, then two wagons carry youngsters bearing the stars and stripes. A Jumbo elephant constructed by boys and a sheet ends the procession, drawing much laughter and turning the event into a lively burlesque.
Kimbolton correspondent reports a ballast train fatally struck a man near over head bridge 16. He lost all clothing except hat and boots, sat on a tie end, and died about five hours later from a fractured skull. Identified as James McGlincey by a right arm inscription. he was described as 5 feet 10 inches, about 170 pounds with sandy complexion and facial hair. The victim, who talked to himself, was moved to Kimbolton, examined by doctors, and buried by township trustees after the inquest-like details.
Cambridge shoppers are urged to buy at Hirschberg corner Wheeling avenue and 7th street for low prices and equal treatment. The store advertises honest selling with one price for all, fresh suits for men and boys, satin faced Prince Alberts, and guarantees satisfaction or money back.
Mrs Robert Milligan of Bridgeport gave birth yesterday to her twenty fifth child, an eleven pound baby. Both mother and child are well. Milligan, aged forty eight, has had twenty five children including five sets of twins. Her oldest is thirty three. Twenty of the children are living and all are healthy. She has nine grandchildren and remains a sturdy, hopeful but poor mother.
Memorial services in Cambridge Ohio on May 30 1888 by Cambridge Post No 343 G A R and Sons of Veterans. The post meets at 1 PM at headquarters with a procession through Wheel ing Avenue West 8th Street Steubenville Avenue 6th Street to Lith Street cemetery. Memorial program includes band music decoration ceremony and orations. Memorial day committees and flower arrangements listed. citizens asked to attend.
This remedy is praised as a superior medicine with no equal. It claims to purify blood, remove pimples and skin conditions, drive malaria from the body, and cure headaches, constipation, and indigestion. Sold by Wall & Co's at 50 cents and 1.00 per bottle with guaranteed satisfaction or refunds.
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