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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
4
The Daily Jeffersonian is on sale at News Depot located in the Woodworth Building on Wheeling Avenue.
Delivery by carrier in Cambridge is 10 cents per week or 5 dollars per year. Mail subscriptions must be paid in advance and will not continue beyond the time paid for. The Weekly Jeffersonian costs 1 dollar per year, 50 cents for six months, or 25 cents for three months. Published each evening except Sunday at 821 823 Wheeling Avenue.
Summary of notable figures born or died on August 17: Jonathan Trumbull born 1710 died 1786 governor of Connecticut and advisor to Washington. David Crockett born 1786 died at the Alamo March 6 1836. Mary Abigail Dodge Gail Hamilton born about 1830 died 1896.
Astronomical notes describe the moon in conjunction with Jupiter and Venus, passing from west to east of the planets. The three bodies appear grouped in the west after sunset with the moon moving between positions as evening light fades.
One hundred freshmen and sophomores at Chicago University are dismissed for failure to meet required proficiency. Repeated dismissals occurred previously. The act warns that a college education requires more than athletics dramatics and fraternity life.
The lengthy talks in Chicago brought a settlement for street car workers, promising better conditions and restoring business stability. The accord is seen as a model with broad implications for commerce nationwide and for urban labor relations.
Local ad for Atkins the Jewelers promoting diamonds watches and jewelry with the slogan The right goods at the right prices inviting customers to visit the shop opposite the courthouse.
Miss Hila Booth of Covington Kentucky visits her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Harry Booth on Woodlawn Avenue, staying with relatives during a family visit.
President Taft will arrive in El Paso at 9 40 AM on October 16. President Diaz will come from Mexico City to Ciudad Juarez and cross the Rio Grande to meet Taft in El Paso. An hour later Taft will return the visit by crossing back to Ciudad Juarez for a meeting on the Mexican side.
Two forces clash on a war game field near lakes north of New Bedford. Red army under General Tasker Bliss advances seven miles as the main body moves toward Myricks Station and Rock Station, while Blue forces under General Pew hold the right wing. A skirmish between New York cavalry and New Jersey Essex troops with DC bicycle scouts results in ten cavalrymen and six infantrymen killed, then both sides pull back.
The Belmont County Old Home Picnic will be held at Milner's Grove on Saturday August 28. The program features addresses by RK Emory Beetham president of Scio College Senator Duvall of Steubenville and Albert Brown of St Clairsville.
The London Standard notes that in the highlands many female names are drawn from male forms such as Wilhelmina from Andrew while others are local terms like Barbac meaning the dear or the dun one. A child named Ava has the long form Alexandrina Victoria Andrewina with initials forming Ava.
The article recounts Suppe’s career with Fatinitza and other operas, noting the Poet and Peasant overture’s rocky start. It describes how a failed initial piece found audiences after repeated trials, a forgotten farce, and a pivot to publishing. A music firm later bought rights for $25 the night and earned about $40,000 from the score.
A hunted pack’s master dies and his widow resists releasing the hounds. A friend consults a former chief justice who is also a huntsman. He suggests that crape is unnecessary and that the hounds should be in full cry if released.
A fashionable young man kneels and offers himself as a birthday gift, but Mildred replies she accepts only useful presents. The Philadelphia Inquirer framing notes the tainted charm of the exchange and the cool rebuke.
A playful dialogue from the Philadelphia Press mocks perceptions of beauty among steerage passengers. One man flatly dismisses a compliment while another admires two German girls, noting their hair as plated and golden, in a light exchange aboard a ship.
A fragment shows a man under pressure in a tense exchange about a collar button. The dialogue hints at threats and a confrontation, with a Brooklyn Life tone suggesting urban crime or intrigue.
Reporter questions the severity of injuries after a scuffle at the scene. A police officer confirms the man was wounded, prompting terse exchanges as bystanders speculated about the incident.
In a short exchange the gifted writer explains the novel is near completion but her hero must die. The husband asks to sew a button after his death, a humorous domestic aside from the literary task.
Cambridge council debated leasing and remodeling plans for the Cambridge Loan and Building Co property to house a city hall. Mayor Bradford touted cost savings and added facilities including a city prison, with support from several council members. Other items covered included sidewalk requirements, street paving, electric lights, water tests, sewer work, and building permits.
Mr and Mrs Charles Schairer and Miss Grace Lady of Zanesville, guests of George Schairer and family on West Wheeler avenue, returned home Monday evening.
Siegfried and Lawyers announce revised price list for groceries and household staples. The ad lists sugar, beans, soap, oats, currants, raisins, tomatoes, corn, pumpkin, hominy, canned fish, butter, crackers, flour, coffee, potatoes, rice, peas, peaches, lye, and more, emphasizing very low cash prices and daily price updates.
Rev. George N. Luccock of Oak Park near Chicago visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. W Luccock on East Steubenville Avenue.
The Tripoli ostrich feather market sells whites blacks feminas spandonas boos drabs and floss in unsorted packages. Traders buy by the roti about eighteen ounces, feathers washed, sorted, not dyed or curled, then beaten to raise the fluff.
Lord Erskine recalls Burke delivering a great but poorly received speech in the House of Commons on American conciliation. The audience was repelled. Erskine hid under benches and later reread the text, likening it to a wad of paper. The Westminster Gazette documented the incident.
The Weedon Farm for sale invites bids on whole or partial parcels including building lots and acreages. Deputy Sheriff John S. Berry visited Salesville on business. Dr A W Soya a dentist operates on third floor of the Central National Bank building in Cambridge Ohio. Rev S L Stewart and family host guests from Mansfield on East Gomber avenue. The Guernsey Building and Loan Co offers first mortgages on improved Guernsey county real estate at half cash value. E A Scott Secretary Cambridge Ohio.
A critique on telephones arguing they bless and save lives yet ruin women and homes. It laments gossip, frivolous use by idle women, wasted money, and the erosion of social courtesy and letter writing, framing phone habit as a growing vice.
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