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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1883
Page
3
Ogier's announces reduced retail prices on its school peak list items. The notice highlights discounts across electronics and dorm supplies, with savings emphasized for bulk buyers and educational institutions.
A catalog listing prices for McGuffey and Appleton readers plus various arithmetic and grammar works. Items include McGuffey First Reader 17 cents through Sixth Reader 60 cents, Appleton Readers priced from 16 to 45 cents, Ray’s Arithmetic series from 25 to 60 cents, White and Harvey grammars, and Holbrook English Grammar.
A sweep of local ads and tidbits. Mentions Stout's restaurant, D. D. Stout oysters, Craig & Son blankets and Baltimore Clothing House items. notes on deaths James Gardner and Mrs Edwards, various trades, road work, and residents' news with names like Lizzie Nichols and S. Craig & Son. Also reports illness, thefts, amputation, and court notices from Londonderry and nearby towns.
Miss Dollie Moore is home on a visit. Miss Jennie Emerson of Salesville visits Akron. Frank Greenland returns from Colorado to Winchester. Miss Maggie Scott of Bloomfield guests Cambridge relatives. George E. Gilliland of Washington visits Dr. McPherson. Miss Jennie McCartney contemplates moving to Kansas to clerk in a music store. Miss Lillian Knox of Cleveland becomes a milliner with Mrs. Forsythe. Miss Jennie Peck of Coshocton visits Kimbolton friends. Miss Adan Johnson of Winchester leaves for Pittsburg for music studies. H. F. Burkhead of Woodsfield moves to Cambridge until April. A. J. Warner in town to oversee coal interest. J. W. Cale appointed C W N Y railroad agent at Morgan. Miss Lora Haines goes to Pittsburg for music course. Mrs. Maria Ballentine returns from Augusta, Ohio. Mrs. Mary Selby leaves Barnesville for Richmond, Ind. B O Red Book for Ohio 1883 praised for election coverage. Town Council adjourned session on Deputy Marshal Moreland. verdict not guilty after reprimand. Dillon Marsh returns to Cambridge. Mr. and Mrs. Davis visit from Nebraska City. W. KR Kimball and wife visit relatives. Master Truman and Miss Chloe Hutchison visit aunt Mrs. Barnes. Miss Lute Clark to remain in the West through winter. Mrs. J. T. Cunnard to join husband in Montana Territory. Attending attorneys listed. Hon. Lot P. Hosick marries Eliza Barelay of Adamsville.祝 good wishes.
Edward H. Gibson, 43, of Philadelphia, found injured beneath a C. and M. trestle in the northern suburbs. He died after skull fractures and lengthy pain. Local witnesses recalled a five o clock train possibly striking him while two men, James Gilkinson and associates, worked nearby. He left a wife and two children.
The Grand Army Fair and Festival in Zanesville runs December 21 to 29 under Hazlett Post and the Zanesville Woman's Relief Corps. Events include a Broom Brigade with 17 young ladies, an Art Gallery, a War Relics Museum, and a school chorus. Prizes totaling 800 dollars will be awarded to lucky-number holders with rail excursion rates offered.
The ad touts a permanent positive cure for piles without pain or tying. It promotes Dr Eisner at Dr Arnold's office with dates in Quaker City on Monday November 19 and November 20.
Street Talk item touts a product named Catarrh Cure as a complete remedy. A speaker claims she lost 32 pounds after using it and says it has not felt this well in 20 years. A dealer named John Downar is mentioned as selling the remedy.
A historical note contrasts the old pricing model with Alden's new approach emphasizing direct sales and large discounts. It cites U S Grant on profits, praises cheaper, better books, and mentions a new price list and free descriptive catalogue from Alden at 18 Vessey Street New York offering payment-on-arrival terms.
The Pan Handle Route announces greatly reduced excursion tickets to Florida and the South. Tickets are valid 15 days from sale and returnable until June 1 1884. Jacksonville Thomasville Mobile New Orleans coast points reachable with one change. Inquiries to company agents or Rh A Ford, General Passenger Agent, Pittsburgh Pa.
Washington items report JA Tyson renting Lore City Mills SB Lawrence buying a family horse John Scott picking hoes Frame family births and church events including maple trees planted at town hall Rev Donaldson and Rev Irwin conduct services and meetings James Lawrence Rsq Cleveland attends funeral in Jolan MN Ferguson dies after protracted illness and is buried at the local cemetery Funeral conducted by Revs Donalson Milligan Edwards frame notes on road repairs Discharge of JHE Dennis old pike man and farewell to a respected worker.
Shippers offer only four cents for heavy hogs and farmers near Centerville stop husking corn. The item mentions local people including Sneden Anker buying a Singer sewing machine, a Centerville gent attracting attention, a schoolyard injury to Willie Barr, and several visits and social events around Cambridge and Kenton. Also notes a Hopewell band exhibition and a Sunday morning lost man near Oldham Station with a second amendment joke.
Brady selects seed corn while a heavy wind storm hits the locality early Monday. Names mention a Cedar Falls William J Moore, McConnells ville Elizabeth Van Pelt, and various local residents visiting friends or returning from Morgan county. A Ford team ran away causing minor injuries and wagon damage. Henry and Elizabeth Dutt visit Flat Ridge while Bradford lies ill. Elias Stockdale and family return home after a month away.
Born November ninth a daughter to William Aduddle and wife. Enoch Thomas and wife returned home from a western trip Saturday. Mr and Mrs Moore of Cambridge visited G W Browns over Sunday. Preparations begin for a telegraph line from Morgan to Cumberland. Lincoln Davis and Alice Burson wed at the M B parsonage last Thursday by Rev J W Satterthwaite. Benoni Allen and wife move into the McCune house this week. Ladies plan a Thanksgiving dinner at the MBE church on the 29th to aid repairs. The Vree Methodist society bought a half interest in the church and will come to the building this week. Communion was held at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning by Rev Donaldson after preparatory services last week. Commencing Wednesday evening, to have put the Lutheran nee to repair.
James Miller on very low stock at the mill area as B and O construction trains extend the switch and lay track nearer the mill. College closes Thursday and reopens Tuesday with a quiet term noted. Wim McCormick and family move to West Main Street. he now occupies a fine new residence. Musical Review slated for College Hall on Wednesday night drawing strong attendance. Preparations to lay a new Liberty Street walk after removing the old path leaving pedestrians in mud. council pressures on long delay on High Street improvements.
Joseph Dyson and Lafayette Herold are ill. Mrs Belford of Caldwell hosted the ME group at the parsonage last week. Rev J K Booker spoke at the Lutheran church on Sunday evening November 11. Mrs Sarah M Lee of Ivesville visits her mother Mrs Christena Dyson. Benjamin Larrick bought land from Daniel Lee and hired Samuel Jackson to build a house. Mattie Laughtin, daughter of James Laughtin, broke her leg falling from a wagon. Mrs James Thompson of Senecaville visited Wm Thompson’s while returning from Caldwell. Elmer Seld injured his foot on the railroad when railing fell on it.
Miss Flora Trott is ill and Stephen Hayt buys a new railroad truckle. Oliver Finley visits at her father's. M J Conner and W Frye attend a brother’s funeral. Quarterly church meeting. Webster presides. Harvey Ream returns home. Secrest reports Kansas crops. Henry Frye dies at 26 from typhoid pneumonia after a short illness. He leaves a wife and infant.
Correspondents report a waning presence from MHrrino-As. town life continues with health generally good. W M B of UP Pehureh and A Kerr's visited last Thursday. James Wilkin recovers from fever. John Lipsey remains weak from long lung disease. Husking corn is underway as soft corn yield is noted. several residents attended the UP Church Presbytery meeting at Rix Mills.
Edison’s Electric Light is praised as a wonderful discovery but Hall’s Cure is noted as even more remarkable. Sold by John Downar in October.
A Literary Society is organized locally. John Ralston dies, leaving a vacancy in church and society. Hattie Gill remains ill with lung disease. William Tipton opens a dry goods store. Samuel Temple visits from Seville Medina county. Paul Sanborn heads to Muskingum College. The piece laments youth behavior and offers community sympathy to the bereaved family and widow.
Mrs Smith remains ill with rheumatism. The new depot enclosure starts this week and the mill will run full time. Prof Dayton to expose spiritual rappings tricks at town hall Wednesday. Rev Hays back from Pennsylvania. Mrs Ilis improving and to return soon. Mrs Burchett visiting from Watertown Ohio. A hand car wreck near the depot injures one worker. Zanesville train delay due to a slide. service to Caldwell expected by Wednesday. CW&NYRR eye three daily trains. bridges being repaired for the 32 ton engine.
Townsfolk report the first Welsh church in Belmont county will be dedicated in Emagille. The Belmont county region also records a steam thresher boiler explosion near New Philadelphia injuring two and burning a barn. A Pension Department swindler named Dr. Davenport travels the countryside taking hundreds in Wheeling. Ex-President Harrison’s grave at North Bend lies neglected on a village common. Senator Ben Harrison of Indiana is said to be displeased by the neglect. The Bell Aire Independent notes.
Galligher. Ellis Kelly completes a new stable at JC Watson begins school at College Hill. Horace Grumman suffers a felon on his hand. A corn husking at John Hartong's last Friday and a dance at night. Thomas Giffin of Olathe Kansas visits relatives in this and Muskingum counties. A dance and social at T B Ringer's last Tuesday evening was a very enjoyable affair.
For sale a fine jet of Polen China hogs of all ages sizes and sexes. Also a good yoke of three year old cattle and 75 head of good ewes warranted sound. Call on or address.
The Probate Court of Guernsey County Ohio files numerous accounts to be heard and settled November 28 1883 including final accounts for Joseph Jeffers Executor Francis Trott Administrator and Barney Ward. first and third accounts for several guardians and executors. second account for James Sherrard Administratrix. and other final or first accounts for multiple estates. LOT P HOSICK probate judge.
Harper's Magazine debuts its sixty-eighth volume with the December issue. The periodical prides itself on popular illustrations and current social and industrial topics, featuring new serial and short works by William Black E P Roe and W D Howells, plus illustrated papers by Boughton Miller Farham and others.
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Harper & Brothers advertise yearly volumes of Harper's Weekly Harper's Magazine Harper's Bazar and Harper's Young People. Offers include last four annual volumes bound in cloth by mail or express prepaid for 700 per volume with cloth cases at 1000 each. Remittances via post office money order or draft. Newspapers forbidden to copy without express order.
Harper's Bazar is described as a brilliant and useful household journal, an arbiter of fashion with novel plates and patterns. It promises high literary and artistic merit, first-rate authors, and amusing illustrations, with many novelties anticipated in 1884.
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