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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1887
Page
3
Cambridge area notes greet autumn with hints of school opening, local business ads, upcoming reunions, and civic updates. Mentions Hornbrooks Thalheimer’s clothing, nearby towns, appointments, deaths, and fairs as residents anticipate fall events and regional happenings.
A two day excursion on September 7 and 8 offers half fare travel on the OG M Railway to a Taylor reunion of old soldiers in Ohio. Prominent speakers include Gens Sherman and Sheridan ex President Hayes Governor Foraker Kennedy Grosvenor Warner Taylor Richardson and others amid Camp Fire evenings choral music brass bands and a London fireworks display to draw attendees.
Telegram reports the death of Thos Oldham aged about 51, a Cambridge native son of Samuel H Oldham. He died by hanging August 22, 1887, in a grove near his Paola residence, Miami County Kansas, after a period of melancholy. He married Rachel A Wilson in 1856 and left four children Samuel Elmer William and Mary. his family, mother, brother and sister mourn his loss.
A freight train crossed a weakened trestle at Oldhams Station on the C. M. line causing three brick cars and a caboose to fall. Brakeman Link Lane suffered cuts while fireman Will Adamson endured a broken leg and serious injuries. repair crews worked through the night and service resumed by Tuesday.
A large audience attended the political debate at Wm Connell's grove near Midway last Saturday. Debaters spoke in limited forenoon and afternoon sessions with each side allotted time, and while no decision was reached the prevailing view was that Messrs Black and Harding carried the barrels.
James Stevens leads the cavalry parade to open Union Day on September 7. Participants must meet at 10:00 AM at Public Square mounted and ready to march. Assistants listed include Blair, Turner, Selders, and Jeffrey with Jettries and Thompson added to the committee.
Incendiarism runs rampant in Marietta area with no captures yet. Last week another blaze struck C A Miller's saw and planing mill in Marietta, burning it to the ground and causing about $5 000 in losses. Residents grow increasingly alarmed.
The Hammond's Opera House season begins September 15 with Sisson and Cawthorn's Little Nugget Comedy Company, a traveling troupe praised as among the best.
The week notes scarce butter at 20 cents per pound and grapes at 1.00 per bushel in local markets. Pay day at the mines last Saturday. various community updates include births, engagements, church activities, travel, property sales, and a merchant announcing remaining stock of buggies and harness.
In Birmingham Dr Price recovers from a recent illness as Miss Mary M Allison daughter of Ross Allison dies after a brief illness. Visitors included Miss Dr Ande and Miss Mattie Miller. Candidates Mackey Locke Weyers were active voters last week as Mrs Phebe Wharton and Col Bushfield attended to local real estate matters.
Residents near Galligher report undeveloped roads as repairs continue. Rubert Britton upgrades MEB church with seats shutters and a coat of paint. The last quarterly meeting was at Kimbolton with Elder Dohmer Bive on duty. A Lafayette horse thief, en route to Cambridge, traded his horse and buggy at serene Jones’s place, later being stopped as another man claimed the buggy. Mrs James Grindstal l remains active as Presiding Course from the past week.
The 1887 Guernsey County Teachers Institute met at Cumberland last week to strong reception and growing attendance. Dr Venable and Prof McBurney led practical sessions on history geography grammar and language with evening lectures. Officers elected for next year included President J B Garber and Secretary K E Smock.
A North Carolina barber tale exposes the familiar strop moment when a barber’s routine line greets patrons. The author, posing as a shaver, guides readers on how to handle a similar awkward encounter and suggests steps to avoid annoyance in the shop.
City Marshal of Iluka Mississippi endorses Swift's Specific as a cure for a six year poison oak eruption in his son. He claims one bottle cured the skin condition after other remedies failed and urges readers to mail for the company treatise and free blood treatise.
B and O announces excursion rates to West Virginia events in Wheeling for the State Fair and to Columbus for the Ohio State Fair. One fare for round trip from Zanesville and intermediate stations. special fares from Guernsey County to Washington and from Cambridge Barnesville and nearby stations. Dates include late August to early September with specific trip windows.
Robinet Medicine No 503 on W Broad St Columbus Ohio features a testimonial from Rev Tos E Foster praising Warner’s Safe Kidney Cure Mist and other remedies. He claims seven years of rheumatism and four years invalidity improved, urges others to try the treatment, and lists D M Hawthorne Cambridge Ohio as a sale point.
The Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh offers low rate round trip excursion tickets to Gettysburg Sept 10 to 12 for the Reunion of Ohio Veterans and dedication of Ohio Memorial on Gettysburg Battlefield. Tickets valid for return until Sept 25 1887 with details via local ticket agents and the General Passenger Agent EA Ford Pittsburgh Pa.
A historical ad explains the lungs as complex breathing machinery and urges clearing obstructions. It endorses Boschee's German Syrup at 75 cents a bottle as a reliable remedy when other treatments fail, claiming it clears throat and lung issues.
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