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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
4
The Jeffersonian notes John M Amos and T E Amos listed as editor and business manager. The paper will be issued yearly at a rate in advance with a different pricing if not prepaid. Entry indicates Cambridge Ohio postal registration and second class matter designation.
A northern debate on the NegroQuestion and Liberian emigration led by Wesday Walker and his school of Negroes. The piece argues the Negro is here and to stay, warns deportation would hurt Southern labor, and criticizes Walker as venturesome and unworthy of serious consideration.
Weather favored a plentiful Chautauqua outing for Cambridge residents with thousands attending across the county. The directory and management, made up of busy local professionals, organized a high quality program with impactful lectures, sermons, and social events. Attendees found inspiration in Sabbath services and formed renewed acquaintances, deeming the event worth its cost.
The Agricultural Experiment Station issues Bulletin No. 147 on late blight and rot in potatoes. It recommends Bordeaux mixture spraying of 4 lbs blue vitriol and 4 to 5 lbs lime per 50 gallons water, starting immediately and repeated every 10 days, noting 1906 gains of 40 to 45 bushels per acre with multiple sprayings.
The piece warns of a possible long clash as telegraphers strike and railroad dispatchers may follow, risking a major disruption to newspaper services. Some papers plan to cope by clipping general news and labeling it as special later.
In Byesville and surrounding towns a May election produced dry majorities amid final tallies of 678 votes with 19 rejected. Open saloon supporters lost 250 to 409, yielding a dry margin of 159. Yellow Springs and Mt Sterling also voted dry, while Ohio City stayed wet. Local notices mention residents visiting relatives and births as small town life continues.
Miss Itel Hale from Senecaville spent Sunday with relatives here. Hattie Eaton of Zanesville visits cousin Flossie Smith. Gail Edith and Ethel Long spent Friday and Saturday in Zanesville. Mary Wilson of Cambridge visits. Reba Morris spent Monday in Cambridge. Louie and Bessie Davis visit relatives in Barberton. Walter Craig of St. Louis visits his parents on Sixth street. Arstie Tillett and Mayme Cline of Quaker City have returned.
The special election on issuing bonds to open Gomber avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets failed. Proponents claim the public erred and would regret it, noting grievances of South Side residents and a disputed wet and dry issue affecting the vote. Mahaffey heirs offered free right of way and now plan to sell the central city land including lots that would have held the street.
John E. Johnson aged 73 died Wednesday morning August 7 at 9 30 after a long life in Wheeling township Guernsey county. Born there he married Barbary Wells in 1856 and had nine children eight surviving with his wife at home. Funeral Aug 9 at 10 30 from 1st Corinthians 3 11 conducted by Rev H A Nixon with burial in the Forney cemetery. He served in Wills Creek Baptist church over 50 years and pallbearers included John M Forney James Wilson J H Duff Henry Duff David Williams and Henry Wilson.
The Johnson family thanks neighbors and friends for sympathy and for aid during the illness and death of husband and father, Mrs. John E. Johnson and Children.
Guernsey County Teachers Institute meets Monday morning Aug 19 at Central High Cambridge. Henry Houk of Pennsylvania and Edson M Mills of Ohio University will lecture, promising interesting and profitable sessions for teachers and aspiring educators. Come early. Signed H L Cash President.
The Baptist Association opens Wednesday August 21 with opening devotional led by the Moderator at 10:00 a.m. Various readings, sermons by Rev. N. D. Cunningham and Rev. James Lisk, officer elections, committee reports, and Sunday School sessions follow through Thursday with multiple devotional services and address by Rev. D. E. Carman and Rev. C. Malley. The Hiawatha Club meet during the session. all attendees welcome.
Pete Pitorula, alleged shooting victim, rests well at Keenan’s Hospital after Sunday night incident at King's Mines. He expressed appetite for solid food this morning, though breathing remains shallow. Suspect Steve Synchik remains jailed with no formal charge yet filed.
National Commander praises Peruna as a well established family medicine, noting it provides substantial restoration to tired nature and has overcome earlier opposition to patent medicines. The statement frames Peruna as a staple product in household health.
A letter from Alvis A. Nelson of Virgilina Virginia hails Peruna as saving his life by curing catarrh and restoring energy sleep and appetite. The note describes catarrh symptoms and argues internal remedies work best to treat the condition across body regions.
Charles W Pack died Sunday August 4 1907 at his Fairview home after a long faith life. A Civil War veteran of the G A R, he left a widow years ago and is survived by brother Thomas K sister Mary Katharine a niece Mrs R Al Clark of Cambridge three nephews Charlie Harry Pack of Cambridge and Ross of New York City. Funeral services were held at his home Wednesday with Rev E Morris Rev White and Rev Easleson officiating and a selected choir performing favorite hymns. He rests beside his wife who died long ago.
August 23 and 24 mark the Fourth Annual Entertainment at Quaker City. The events promise a clean, entertaining experience beyond a street fair with an immense parade and a colt show. President J. M. Gallagher and Secretary Robert Boyd lead the organizers.
Road Potter prices on wash goods. Good horses arrive for fast races as Driving Park announces events Aug 20 21 22 with top entries. James H Atkins butcher at 1027 Wheeling Ave advertises high market prices for real estate. Aug 15 4w column notes successor to W M Style and cash for ideas.
From the Census Building Washington D C Capt A Hewitt Nickerson Adjutant General on General LeCooks staff commends Peruna as an excellent tonic with medicinal qualities aiding nature in overcoming the ills the human family faces.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Jane Acheson 67 died Friday at her son Wm L Acheson s home in this city were held Sunday at 10 a m in First Presbyterian church conducted by Rev W A McFarland. She was born March 27 1840 in Jefferson township and survived by five sons with extensive church affiliations across several towns. Interment at East Union cemetery.
N. M. DeWees physician and surgeon located at 1017 Wheeling Avenue issues a notice for attendance at races on August 20, 21, 22, and 23. Home phone is Aug 15 4w Det.
A letter from Deputy Supreme Chief Ranger Donald Robb Jr of Hafax Nova Scotia describes a severe indigestion episode while visiting Boston. He credits Peruna with a complete recovery after using three bottles and urges others with stomach troubles to try the remedy.
Mr. James P. Bracken of New York City, Water Inspector for fifteen years, reports a long battle with catarrh and indigestion. After a month on Peruna he claims a near complete cure with no trace of catarrh remaining. He also runs a plumbing business at 610 Tenth Ave and holds past deputy status in a Knights of Columbus council.
General John Finn of Washington DC a Civil War veteran and leader of John A. Rawlins Post No 1 endorses Peruna. He reports it as an agreeable effective tonic that soothes, counters winter catarrhal afflictions, and lacks the deleterious effects of other nostrums.
Mr G W Woodbury of Rogers Ohio formerly captain and center of the Hiram College basketball team writes that when body and mind were weary a few doses of Peruna restored strength and vigor more quickly and permanently than anything he knows.
A testimonial from Mrs. Della Kerns of Buffalo New York endorses Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a safe effective remedy for nervous headaches that left her weak and unable to sleep. She reports lasting relief after faithful use and recommends the medicine sold by Brenan Wilson and others.
Labor Day event in Cambridge on September 20 invites all to a free day of activities. Grand street parade music bands speakers and attractions, basket picnic, grand band concert, and a monster fireworks display. Committee chair W L Az Blackburn urges attendance and notes good order.
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease needing constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is promoted as the sole cure, taken in drops or spoonfuls, claiming it targets blood and mucous surfaces. It offers one hundred dollars for any uncured case and invites readers to send for circulars and testimonials.
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