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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
5
Councilman Tom Fowler returned from Muskegon Michigan where he visited his father. Misses Clara Armbruster and Wilda Ford of Potter Bros enjoy their annual vacation. Tonight is the installation of K of P officers and all members are urged to attend.
Clarence Hardesty came back to his Barnesville residence this morning following a visit with friends in this city.
Miss Laura Marsh departed this afternoon for Barretsville Indiana to visit her sister Mrs F A Duffey. The W I C of the Baptist church will meet tonight at the home of Mrs J S Shrider on North 10th street.
Mrs. Thomas Marsh left this afternoon for Columbus where she will be the guest of Mrs. Robert E. Donley and family.
Miss Elizabeth Clancey of Cleveland is spending her two weeks vacation with her mother and sisters in East Cambridge during a seaside escape.
Mr and Mrs J W Hogstead and their daughter of Pittsburg are guests of Mrs Hogstead's brother E W Messick and family during a domestic visit.
Mrs Laura Young of Cleveland, guest of Mrs David Dayton on Foster Avenue, returned home this morning after her visit.
Miss Mary Reitz of Chicago visits her mother Mrs. Isabell Jones who is seriously ill at her home on East Wheeling Avenue.
Robert Stickney, advance agent for the Barnum & Bailey circus, shown in Wheeling West Virginia yesterday, was in the city this morning.
Mrs. N. T. Bell of Carlisle avenue left yesterday afternoon for Columbus after a message announced the serious illness of her niece.
Otto Gookins and Miss Kate Van Wye of Zanesville were guests of Merchant Policeman George Waxler and his family over the Fourth and Sunday.
Jesse McCormick and Elsworth Smith of Tarentum Pa returned home yesterday after visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Clary on North 5th street.
William H. Taft, the Republican presidential candidate, played right field in a baseball game in Hot Springs Virginia with a team of visiting lawmakers and reporters. The statesmen beat the correspondents 14 to 11 after eight innings. Charlie Taft impressed by catching a ball thrown at second base off his father’s bat.
Delegates attended the Guernsey Valley Trades and Labor Assembly meeting at Foresters hall last Friday evening. Discussion focused on holding a Labor Day celebration in Cambridge with a committee appointed to consult miners' locals and report at the next meeting.
Marriage licenses listed for Wesley Moore and Mary B. Rose, Edgar Edwards and Lydia Rubble, Leslie Clark and Opal Spear, Fred Claggett and Grace Satcher. Common Pleas cases include Archer vs Hines with sale of entailed property, Barry appointed trustee. Brill vs Arnold dismissed. Watter vs National Coal verdict for plaintiff 2750. Juell vs Wills Creek Coal money claim 500. Dollar Savings Bank vs Saltsgaver foreclosure. Jiles vs Bates money claim 525.25. No court until Wednesday July 8.
A Sunday-school group reorganized near the Canal Dover and New Philadelphia boundary. A chapel was erected for its occupancy and will be dedicated with appropriate ceremony on Sunday, July 19. P. R. Van Blarcom of this city is the organizer in charge.
Mr Penn of Bowerstown bought a Buick Runabout through Cambridge Motor and Storage Co and visited the city with his wife and daughter. Mrs George Willey and her daughter arrived in town Saturday and stayed with J C Hoskins on North Ninth street before returning home last night.
Mrs. L. W. Stingel and her young daughter Pauline of Canton return home after visiting Mrs. Prouse at the Guernsey County Children's Home.
C. L. Scott, who taught at a Stockbridge Indian Reservation school in Wisconsin for a year, stayed with his brother John Scott of Guernsey Nations Bank yesterday on a trip to Swift, Ohio to visit his mother.
Washington community hosts and visits from Miss Maggie Baker of New York Miss Annie Baker of Toledo and many others. J P Gibson and J F St Clair return from Tuscarawas county iron bridge work. The infant son of Mr and Mrs John Montoney dies at two days old. Latitia Withrow of Chicago dies. she had lived with Mrs J S Danford. Presbyterian supper held at Craig's store room. Courtship and travel plans of local families reported.
Lore City and Cambridge residents visit family and attend church events. Local residents suffer a foot injury, while speakers and musical groups perform at the M E church and Independence Day services. Names include A R McCulloch, H E Knowles, Lehr and Allen, Luther Wilson, Frank Galloway, Ruth and Margaret Williams, S A Sproat, E A Jester, and Red Ribbon Quartette members C F McConnell and R L Pratt.
Cincinnati July 1 Among pallbearers at Murat Halstead editor and author were Judge Alexander L Huston Stephen Gerard Henry Watterson Mayor Leopold Markbreit Senator Foraker John J Pratt Captain J Banks Edmond Lunken Thornton M Hinkle Charles P Taft Frank Wiborg John W Harrington M M White The services were by Bishop John M Walden and interment was at Spring Grove cemetery.
The Chicago wheat market rallied with September closing up 1 percent as Nebraska rain and higher European prices boosted prices. Corn gained 1 percent and oats and provisions also rose, with September options showing modest gains across grains and oats.
Market notes for Pittsburg show corn No 3 yellow at 76 to 77, hay timothy $13.00 to $18.60, Ohio cream cheese 12, prints 26 and 26 1 2, eggs selected 19 to 19 4, butter prints 25 1 2 to 26 1 2, and cattle values from choice $6.80 to prime $6.60 with fat cows $4.75 to $6.50, heifers $3.50 to $5.25, bulls $8 to $6, sheep and lambs mixed prices, hog receipts and prices ranging from prime heavy at $6.85 to stags $4.50.
Astoria advertising claims a trusted product bearing the long familiar slogan The Kind You Have Always Bought. The message emphasizes quality and reliability linked to the Astoria brand.
The county commissioners met in the auditor's office and awarded contracts to W. H. Little for rebuilding abutments on land of Frank St. Clair in Milwood township Frank Blancitt for rebuilding an abutment near Ideal mine and J. W. Garber for repainting Buckingham bridge near Quaker City at an estimate of 70 dollars. J. C. Woodburn’s resignation from the burial committee of Wills township was accepted Bartley Thomas appointed to fill the vacancy. Appropriations of 250 and 100 dollars were made to Valley township and Knox township respectively for improving impassable roads.
Cumberland residents hosted visitors from Senecaville and Columbus. Communion services were held at the C P Church. Cumberland beat New Concord in two Saturday baseball games. Charles Bell bought the Harry Burr property on East Main Street. Preparations begin for a Silver Medal Contest. Several clergy visits and illness family concerns are noted along with relatives visiting Mt Ephraim Hartford and West Salem.
Rev. W. C. Miller and his family, while spending a few weeks at home near Kimbolton, were visiting friends in Cambridge at the start of the week. He serves as pastor of the Methodist church in Malvern, Carroll County.
The new Bell telephone line in the north ward is now in operation. It serves eleven residences including W. D. McConnell Isaac J. Oldham Levi D. Heade Wilbur Bonnell and others in the neighborhood.
Local claim asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Advertises as a physician prescribed, non quack medicine with tonics and blood purifiers. Offers testimonials and sales from Toledo Ohio.
City and county bonds free of tax yielding from 4 percent to 4 1 2 percent on the investment. For particulars write or telephone at our expense C 8 Hoskinson 47 North Fourth Street Zanesville Ohio.
City Council did not meet last night due to the Robinson circus. A called meeting will be held this evening, and the Board of Public Service also postponed for the same reason and will convene tonight.
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