Philadelphia Street Car Strike Threat Deepens as Mediation Fails
The Central Labor Union backed the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes in giving the executive board power to call a strike if the Rapid Transit company does not negotiate. Motormen and conductors seek 26 cents hourly raises, a 10 hour day, and better conditions, with 2,000 strikebreakers assembled for potential use. Police and fire units ready as tension rises with a 48 hour deadline expiring today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Central Labor Union
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Rapid Transit Company
Rapid Transit
New York
New Cemetery Planned by Local Catholics
Father J. Wagner of St Benedict's Catholic Church bought 20 acres opposite the McConkey farm west of the city from A J Line. The tract will be used as a Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 11. Wagner
St. Benedict’s Catholic Church
McConkey
A. J. Line
Social notes from Washington and nearby towns
Miss Anna Griffith of Washington visits in the city while Mrs. James Combs of Milnersville visits her daughter Miss Pearl here. Several births and visits are noted including a son born to Mr and Mrs James Shaw of North 6th street. Various visitors arrive from Zanesville Buckhorn Wyoming Vincennes and Pittsburg. Paymaster Arthur Pollock of Wills Creek Oval Co. visits Byesville en route to Crooksville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Griffith
Washington
James Combs
Milnersville
Miss Pearl
James Shaw
North 6Th Street
Verwent
A. J. Sproat
Zanesville
KR. B. Sproat
A. H. Bowman
Buckhorn
Wyoming
Herrick Backed for Senator by Merchant Marine League
At the non partisan convention in Cleveland, President Harvey D. Goulder endorsed Myron T. Herrick for senator to succeed Senator Dick. Goulder introduced Herrick as chairman and urged continued support, noting past aid for Governor Herrick. The Dixon faction reportedly prefers Herrick over Burton if Dick’s seat is at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Merchant Marine League of the United States
Harvey D. Goulder
Myron T. Herrick
Herrick
Hollenden
Congressman Burton
Burton
Cruelty to Animals Costs Drayman Heavy Penalty
John Culhan a North 5th street drayman was fined 50 and costs and ten days in the workhouse for cruelty to animals. Arrested at home by Officer H. M. Meredith, he was arraigned before Mayor Bradford who imposed the penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Culhan
North 5Th Street
Bradford
Culhan
H. M. Meredith
James Rynolds
Robey
Julio Smith
Guthrie
Churchman
Zanesville
London
Washington, D. C
Warren Sheppard
Meredith
Interesting Receipt From Muskingum County Tax Records
Ab Bird of North 11th Street shows a Muskingum County tax receipt dated November 20, 1800. The record lists payment in pounds, shillings and pence, paid by David Duten and signed by William McMahon. The ink is intact though paper is aged yellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ab. Bird
North 11Th Street
Muskingum County
David Duten
Wm. McMahon
J. A. Sheppard Dies at 73 in Barnesville
Word arrives of the death of J. A. Sheppard age 73 of Barnesville due to a complication of diseases. He leaves a wife and four children. Funeral set for Wednesday at ten in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Sheppard
Barnesville
Rev. Holtz
Foster Avenue
Christmas notices and social mentions in Barnesville area
Suburban and local items note J A Bennett aiding city carriers with Christmas deliveries. Visits and trips include Flora Giffin and Kate Mc Connell in Barnesville, Rose Nicholson returning from Indianapolis, and Supt. E B Cranston with wife visiting relatives in Mathews block. Other entries mention Henders on and Eckley families, travel to Dennison, May Johnson's holiday plans in Coshocton, and church services at St John’s Episcopal with children’s services Tuesday evening and Christmas day services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Nicholson
Indianapolis
Robt. Licklider
E. B. Cranston
Wilmot
R. B. Henderson
Mathews Block
H. J. Eckley
Fred
Carrollton
Fred Craig
Hame
BR. P. Clark
Gomber Avenue
Dennison
ER. P. Millison
May Johnson
Scott & McVulloch’s Law Office
Coshocton
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Icy Pavement Causes Accident on West Steubenville
Leo Schairer of West Wheeling avenue slipped on icy pavement Sunday afternoon on West Steubenville avenue with companions. His left arm dislocated at the wrist and he walked to his parents’ home where Dr Braafora dressed the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Schairer
West Wheeling Avenue
West Steubenville Avenue
George Schairer
Braafora
Citywide slot machines ban takes effect citywide
Mayor Bradford and the county prosecutor issued an order banning all slot machines in the city and county. Hundreds of machines were removed or concealed in saloons restaurants and cigar stores. The order excludes weighing and chewing gum machines from enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Cambridge residents and Ohio cases in Common Pleas docket
The court lists include Everhart J Savenge and Letitia M Smith of Cambridge and Frank D Laughlin of Belle Valley with Isabel M Hannum of Senecaville. Cases involve OC F Blair Walters Walters pleads by Jan 11 and Ohio vs Orr Stevens burglary larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everhart J. Savenge
Letitia M. Smith
Cambridge
Frank D. Laughlin
Belle Vallely
Isabel M. Hannum
Senecaville
Asa H. Baxter
OC. F. Blair
Walters
Ohio
Orr Stevens
Herbert O. Barber
Cambridge Home Bowling League Schedule Highlights
The Cambridge Home Bowling League announces next week’s matches: Calumets vs Independents Monday evening, Unities vs Outlaws Wednesday evening, Liberties vs Crescents Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Calumets
Independents
Unities
Outlaws
Liberties
Crescents
Local Notes and Visitors Across Town This Week
J A Jones visits relatives in New Philadelphia on North 7th street. Wilma and Melissa Forney depart to spend holidays in Wheeling. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Davis and child visit Caldwell relatives over Sunday. Samuel F Arnold and son Elmer of Middlebourne visit the city. Chas W Forney heads to St Louis for a two week visit with family. Cumberland post office reportedly raised from fourth to third class. Lester Armstrong of Adams township traps a large male red fox and displays it as a rare catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Davis
Caldwell
Samuel F. Arnold
Elmer
Middlebourne
Chas. W. Forney
St. Louis
Lester Armstrong
S Armstrong
Adams Township
Foreigners Visit Homeland Amid Miner Scale Talks
James McWiggin of Birds Run bought a Greenwald Steamship ticket for Scotland and will sail from New York City for an extended visit to Scotland and England. Officials note 12 to 15 hundred foreigners may depart Guernsey Valley to visit home if the coming conference on the next year’s pay scale fails to produce a satisfactory agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McWiggin
Birds Run
Greenwald Steamship Agency
Scotland
MceWiggins
New York City
England
Greenwald
Guernsey
Practical Joker Creates Chorus at Post Office
A Sunday afternoon post office crowd swelled as a prankster dropped snuff or red pepper on the floor. The resulting sneezing fit turned the lobby into a funeral like scene with many crying and others trying not to show distress.
Baby Boy Born to Cambridge Mail Carrier J. B. Atchison
J. B. Atchison the Cambridge mail carrier is beaming over the birth of his son on Sunday morning December 22, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Atchison are receiving congratulations from friends on the new arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Cambridge
Jimmie
6Th Street
Funeral for Mrs. Mary Hurley Held at Home
The funeral for Mrs. Mary Hurley will take place Tuesday at 2 30 PM at the family home on Long Street South Cambridge. Rev D E Carman of the First Baptist Church will conduct the service and interment will follow at Northwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hurley
Long Street
South
Cambridge
St. Louis Cannt
D. E. Carman
First Baptist Church
Northwood Cemetery
Christmas events and post office hours in Columbus
Mrs A W Jackson and two children along with Mrs A O Duffey and daughter visiting friends in Columbus. The M P church Sunday School plans a Christmas treat in the chapel Tuesday at seven. Post office stamp and register windows open tonight and tomorrow evening until eight to handle heavy Christmas trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Jackson
A.O. Duffey
Columbus
M. P. Church
Lawson Starts a New Party in Roosevelt Ticket Mention
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston plans to launch a new political party with Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Johoz A. Johnson of Minnesota as its presidential and vice presidential candidates. An interview with The World will publish details, though Lawson avoids direct confirmation that his nominees accept his program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Roosevelt
White House
World Today
Theodore Roosevelt
Johoz A. Johnson
Minnesota
Lawson
Fall Injures Mrs Frank A Smith in Grocery Store
Mrs Frank A Smith of North 6th street slid and dislocated her left shoulder blade Saturday afternoon while helping her husband and clerks at Cambridge Grocery. Clerks heard the fall, physicians treated her, and she was later taken home resting well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Smith
North 6Th Street
Cmbridge
Smith
Freight Wreck Delays B and O Traffic Between Bridgeville and Sonora
A wreck of three loaded freight cars on westbound train No. 99 jumped the track between Bridgeville and Sonora, halting service between this city and Zanesville for hours. No injuries were reported, wreck crews cleared the line after 5:30 am, and passenger trains 7 14 and the Ben Hur special were detoured via the Pennsylvania Lines from Zanesville to Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Bridgeville
Sonora
Newark
Wheeling
W. Va
Pennsylvania Lines
Fourth Conference of State Board of Health Held in Columbus
The Ohio State Board of Health holds its fourth conference in Columbus on January 23 24 and 25 1908. Local boards from cities and larger villages will attend along with state representatives. A strong program promises a practical and valuable gathering with Cambridge likely well represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Board of Health
Columbus
Board of Health
Boards of Health
Cambridge Wll
Christmas visits span several local households this season
Williams left this morning to spend Christmas with friends in Youngstown. Misses Bessie and Marie Milliken of Oxford College visit Miss Ethel McCreary. Bessie McPeek of Wall Avenue attends a relative’s funeral in Barnesville. Mr. and Mrs. David McWilliams visit relatives in Jewett and Cadiz. Mrs. Victor McCowan visits her parents on Brown Avenue. Mayor Bradford and Harry Amos travel to Wheeling to see Ben Hur. Mary Culban leaves for Cincinnati to spend winter with relatives. Mrs. Roy Gibson returns home from Lexington after visiting her parents. The Taylors of Columbus spend Christmas with Emma Grubbs. Stanley Bowles and his sister move to Fairview. Mrs. C. B. Cook and son Robert depart for Seville to visit relatives over Christmas, joined later by Mr. Cook.
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Williams
Youngstown
Bessie
Marie Milliken
Oxford College
Ethel McCreary
Bessie McPeek
Wall Avenue
Barnesville
David McWilliams
North 6Th Street
Jewett
Cadiz
Harrison County
Victor McCowan
Newcomerstown
J. W. Shively
Brown Avenue
W. N. Bradford
Harry W. Amos
Wheeling
Court Theatre
Mary Culban
North Sun Street
Cincinnati
Stanley Bowles
Mt. Union College
City
Mareta
Fairview
C. B. Cook
Robert
East Wheeling Avenue
Seville
Mr. Cook
Be on Holiday After Gas Line Work in Guernsey
C A Ewing of Beaver Pennsylvania reports two months in Guernsey County. He praises farmers and the truck and provision business. He lauds Cambridge Glass Co and President Bennett for their work and notes the Glass Co now uses gas from the Otsego field after laying about ten miles of gas line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Ewing
Beaver
Otsego
Cambridg Glass Co
Guernsey County
Bennett
Cambridge Glass Co
Ewing
Glass Company
Officers Elected at First U P Mutual Benefit Meet
At the annual meeting held at Cambridge Savings Hank Co officers were elected for the coming year John A Crow as president John Rankin as vice president Frank Anderson as secretary Miss Eva Hoyt as treasurer J B Sankey named delegate to the General Council in Monmouth Illinois Medical examiners named Drs Mitchell W G Lane and D L Vowden
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P. Mutual Benefit Association
Cambridge Savings Hank Co
John A. Crow
Jobn Rankin
Frank Anderson
Eva Hoyt
J. BE. Sankey
Monmouth
Ills
M. E. Entertainment Draws Large Crowd at Xmas Program
The annual Christmas entertainment by the ME Sunday school drew a large audience despite bad weather. Directed by Supt John W Scott and Chorister I W LaChat with Miss Mayme Scott at piano and Miss Wilma Forney on organ, the program was well received. The White Gift for missions amounted to over 66 dollars, up from last year's 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ME Sunday School
John W. Scott
I. W. LaChat
Mayme Scott
Wilma Forney
Mary Graves
Local Notes from Cambridge and Cincinnati Society and Church Talk
Mrs. Blanche Laughman of Washington D D is visiting her daughter Mrs Clyde Bean on North 6th Street Cambridge. Ross Wells a student at Ohio College of Dental Surgery in Cincinnati is home for holidays with Dr and Mrs L C Wells on East Steubenville Avenue. The Cambridge Ministerial Association met at the Presbyterian church with a large attendance and a paper on pastoral visiting read by Rev J W Ashwood followed by a lengthy discussion. Salvation Army Christmas Dinner donations are requested at 742 Wasshing Avenue Barracks before Tuesday afternoon for baskets including chicken butter coffee sugar corn peas tomatoes potatoes bread cranberries and War Cry magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Wells
Ohio College of Dental Surgery
Cincinnatii
L. C. Wells
East Steubenville Avenue
Cambridge Ministerial Association
Presbyterian Church
Astoral
J. W. Ashwood
Salvation Army
Whesiing Avenue
Goldfield Guards Increase Amid Civil Unrest
In Goldfield Nevada Governor Sparks plans a telegram to President Roosevelt seeking retention of some federal troops beyond December thirty. Sheriff Ingall and county officials warn they cannot handle possible trouble after troop withdrawal. Mineowners deputize guards near mines while Western Federation of Miners backs local actions. Taft orders Funston to withdraw troops by December 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield
Nev
Sparks
Roosevelt
War Department
Ingall
Benjamin Rosenthal
Spinker
Goldfield Mineowners’ Association
Stow Prc’ets
Consolidated Company
Washington
White House
Taft
Funston
Ada Chambers at the Colonial in Cambridge
Ada Chambers, a well known singer, returns to Cambridge for a performance this Thursday before departing for an extended study tour in Europe. She previously appeared with Sousa and is expected to attract many patrons despite the holiday rush. tickets are 50 and 35 cents, on sale at Temple Pharmacy starting Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Ada Chambers
Miss Chambers
Sousa
Temple Pharmacy
Local Visitors Over the Holidays
Mrs Carl Stock and Mr Stock visit Akron while Miss Esta Doyle leaves for Niles for Christmas. Hugh Lucas of West Lafayette visits Harry Moreland, and Mr and Mrs D C Thompson depart North 10th Street to visit Garretsville relatives during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Stock
Akron
Esta Doyle
Niles
Hugh Lucas
West Lafayette
Harry Moreland
D. C. Thompson
North 10Th Street
Garretsville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Combine
Reyburn
Spond
Will Boom Herrick
J. A. Bennett
Flora Giffin
Kate McConnell
Court House News
Marriae
Common Pleas
Thomas W. McKinley
James
Call
M. W. Hutchison
L. A. McKinney
L. Heade
Cynthia Aborn
H. O. Barber
Cooper
J. A. Jones
North 7Th Street
New Philadelphia
Wilma
Melissa Forney
Cumberland
Frank Smith
State Board OF Health
Roy Gibson
Lexington, Ky
F. Gallup
Guernsey Co
M. E. Entertainment
Mrs
Blanche Laughman
Washington, D
Clyde Bean
Nevada
Sheriff Arms
Owners’ Association
Union
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