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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
4
Public notice appears from the Cambridge Post Office talking softly about mail matter registration and office contact lines. The fragment hints at a local news office telephones section and business office references without full details.
December 9 in American history notes the Embargo Act closing U S ports to British trading vessels. It also records the death of John Weiss Forney editor and founder of the Philadelphia Press, born 1817 in Lancaster Pennsylvania, and the death of actress Louisa Widridge known as Aunt Louis, born 1782.
The article notes morning planets Mars Mercury and Venus with Jupiter and Saturn as evening objects. It places Cygnus and the Cross rising west-northwest around 9 p.m., describing their horizon position and Milky Way span.
A short quotation attributes the idea that true courtesy hospitality kindness and love must be sown to reap them in return. The line emphasizes personal responsibility for producing graceful social outcomes.
The death of William T Spear on Monday ends the life of a long serving Ohio judge who sat on the supreme court for 28 years. He retired last February at age 81 and was praised as a hard working, liberal minded jurist whose opinions were clear and convincing. His legacy as a just judge endures.
President Wilson met with a delegation led by Dr. Anna Shaw and treated the visitors with utmost respect. The interview yielded progress as he indicated support for a house committee and noted the Senate already appointed a special committee to consider woman suffrage.
Councilman Frank Cunningham, contractor for the barn foundation on Judge Dyson’s farm near Pleasant City, escaped serious injury when a derrick stone slipped. His foot was under the weight but was protected by the shoe sole, which tore away while his foot was bruised. no bones were crushed.
Wm. C. Suitt departed for Washington to meet Ohio delegates and urge national temperance with the president. Several Cambridge residents were seen in town or traveling to Cassells Station and Columbus, including Miss Pearl Brady Akron and Mr. and Mrs. Farrar visiting Cassels Station, plus Mrs. Bremigam and son returning from Columbus.
Delegates were named for the general conference on a Community Christmas to be held in the 1st M. E. Brotherhood rooms Wednesday at 8 30 p m All are urged to attend Many groups list future names with some already set for Tuesday or Wednesday evenings and afternoons Dr H C Vorhies visited Akron While W P Devore traveled to New Lexington to see his critically ill mother Margaret Devore
Robert Huber of Chicago who was found sane by a jury last week in the murder trial of John Kunzelman here last summer was released after alienists reported he is now sane. Huber said he shot Kunzelman after his wife recounted a past incident involving her brother-in-law.
The upcoming December crop report will detail drought damage to Ohio corn. The 1912 crop totaled 108,864,120 bushels at 36 bushels per acre, down from 127,600,000 bushels at 40 bushels per acre in 1911, with corn prices at 66 cents compared to 49 cents a year earlier.
Peter Syon 5 of Terry Montana and Mrs Harriet Grimwood 52 of Fremont left probate court in tears and rage after being refused a license to wed. Grimwood had five prior marriages. They planned to marry in Michigan, after meeting first Friday when she advertised for a husband.
Fire Chief Mertz suspended John Martin, a green driver who operated the heavy fire auto mobile truck after it collided with a lighter apparatus. The crash killed Lieutenant Fred Smith and Fireman Thomas Harris. Martin had driven the big truck only three times before the fatal incident.
Telegrams from Fremont indicate the body of John Boop a wealthy local farmer is held by an undertaker in St Louis Boop and his wife had returned from Detroit where he said he had bank business and then disappeared no further word until the death messages arrived
Delaware Ohio December 9 considerable excitement at Monnett hall Ohio Wesleyan home for women students as eight resident students called before college board of administration for attending a dance.
Four hundred female workers at the F. L. Pierce & Company shoe factory in Cleveland, Ohio, were shocked when Giuseppea Genero, 28, attempted suicide by drinking poison. She is reported to be dying. No motive is given for the act.
Steubenville authorities announce the arrest of Robert Haggerty and John McFadden of the Jefferson county election board on affidavits alleging they advised receiving illegal votes in the recent local option election.
East Liverpool investigators recovered the body of Patrick Cannon a 40 year old resident after a week long search in Beaver Creek near Lisbon. He is believed to have fallen into the stream accidentally.
Mrs Brown tells Mrs Jones she will bring spending home to Cambridge to boost the town. She laments dressing woes and plans a shopping trip to Zanesville for a new suit and hat, then urges local merchants to rally buyers to grow Cambridge by 1920. The piece frames a civic pledge by Browns and Joneses and praises hometown commerce.
Tonight at the theater Vitagraph presents The Test a two reel story starring Clara Kimball Young Harry Northup and Herbert L Barry centered on two men and a wife with the husband proving worthy and restoring love Pathe's Weekly will also show a feature The Coast of Chance a Selig drama Roses For Rosie and Getting Married Lubin comedies Tomorrow night G M Anderson Broncho Billy appears in The Doctor's Duty and an Essanay western is advertised.
The Colonial presents Tagris the Master Cracksman in four parts with 2000 people appearing, Biograph The Mothering Heart in two parts, Kalem The Knight of Cyclone Gulch, Selig Sweeney and the Fairy, plus another Sweeney comedy. Continuous tonight 6 to 10 30. Coming Wednesday The Lady of the Lake in three parts.
Live stock receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago Union Stock Yards and Pittsburg on December 9 show slow to steady markets. Hogs mixed and steady or higher in places with prices from 5.50 to 9.90. Cattle receipts light to heavy and calves strong with beef and veal values listed. Sheep and lambs steadier with native and western grades noted. Grain and steel prices at Chicago and American Sheet Steel values also listed.
Four big reels at the Orpheum today feature Hawkeye's Great Capture a broad comedy with a notable cast including Donald McDonald The Sleuth Eddie Lyons and Stella Adams Also For Old Loy s Sake with Pritzie Brenette and Gles White plus A Bitter Dose and The Anarchist with King Baggott Leah Baird produced by Herbert Brenon Continuous matinee and night show Ady.
The Citizens' Club convenes this evening at 7 30 in Moose hall with all members urged to attend. President directs plans for attending events including colonial Thursday night performances by Four Artists and Mr Kickbush the baritone.
The Ladies World promotes a new Louis Tracy series and film adaptation. A leading man contest will determine the hero for One Wonderful Night with options Arthur Johnson Maurice Costello Warren Kerrigan King Baggot Crane Wilbur Francis Bushman Carlyle Blackwell. Coupons free at box office Wednesday night.
Springfield dispatch reports former president Taft addressing a boys club and recommending spanking for striking Rochester pupils. The item mentions Kat Bruner's Milk Bread and a note on public lectures and local bakery ads.
Insured members must pay rate No 12 and social members per capita tax by December 20. Record Keeper 8H 2.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and her daughter Ethel arrive today to visit Secretary Bishop after returning from Peru where they left the Colonel.
Dr James Early ophthalmologist offers eye examinations in room 11 over Postoffice. Exams available at night and by day starting January 1 for one year.
Fresh egg noodles available at The Cambridge City Bakery. This item highlights a bakery offering with a short promotional line and a street address fragment 85-2.
Police have no clue on Miss Mary Ryan aged 60 who vanished yesterday from the Interurban station square carrying a small grip with $10,000 in securities and $700 in cash. She arrived from Detroit to consult a physician. her brother Patrick Ryan assists in the search.
We offer a dollar off on a pair of good glasses if you come this month before the Christmas rush. Glasses can be laid aside for Christmas presents with a small deposit. Wh. Le Grand Williams, Optical Specialist. Nov. 4-If
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