Cambridge Fourth Of July Celebrations Report
Seven thousand visitors enjoyed Cambridge and vicinity as the Fourth passed without major disasters. Fireworks lit the night along Wheeling Avenue while private displays delighted families at parks and golf courses. Races at the Driving Park featured green horses owned in Guernsey county with starter Carson Davis praised for his handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Wheeling Avenue
Bradford
Guernsey County
American Trotting Association
Cambridge Association
Carson Davis
Davis
Byesville
Barnesville
Noble
Dudley
Collins
Fleming
Charles Slory
Prof. Raub
Youngstown
Hi. K. Moore
E. E. Smith
George Dudley
Senecaville
W. 8. Borton
John W. Cale
Elopement Leads to Kentucky Marriage in Cambridge
Miss Alice Wilson and Elza Sigman wed after eloping to Covington Kentucky. The couple returned to Cambridge aboard B and O No 8 to announce their marriage amid family opposition due to youth. Sigman employed at Midway mines and both plan to establish a home soon with many friends offering congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Alice Wilson
Elza Sigman
Cambridge
Kentucky
Miss Wilson
Wm. Wilson
Near Stop 5
Charles Johnson
Carlisle
Sigman
Ideal Mine
Midway Mines
Relief for Women Using Australian Leaf Cure
An advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a safe monthly regulator for women's ailments. It claims to ease back pains urinary and bladder discomfort and kidney tribulations and offers a sample package free with a 50 cent mail order. The Mother Gray Co. based in LeRoy New York handles orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy, N. Y
Allen's Foot-Ease cure for tired aching feet
An advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder claiming to cure tired aching sweating and swollen feet plus a free sample of the Foot-Ease Sanitary Corn-Pad. Includes address Allen S. Olmstead LeRoy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen’s
Allen 8
Olmstead
LeRoy, N. Y
Slavic laborer charged with substituting paper for money
Pete Szinovsky was arrested by Chief John Long at Forsythe's mines for allegedly stealing $110 from John Kerestes. At Pittsburg Union station Kerestes claimed Szinovsky swapped a rolled paper for cash during a dispute, returning the pocketbook. Szinovsky was found at Coal Co. mines and brought before Mayor Bradford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Szinovsky
John Long
Forsythe’s Mines
Cambridge
John Kerestes
Little Kate
Pittsburg Union Station
Szinovsky
Kerestes
Szinovskky
Andy Fecho
King’s Mines
Chief Long
Coal Co
Bradford
McKim Sues Kennedy for 3000 Damages Over Meat Theft Case
James McKim files a common pleas suit against Bert L. Kennedy seeking 3000 in damages after alleging false and malicious statements about the April 1907 meat theft involving Walter Bell and Henry Gray. The suit cites two prior public accusations and a third stated by Kennedy about transporting meat to Newcomerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Township
Henry Gray
Newcomerstown
Whch
James McKim
Bert L. Kennedy
Common Pleas Court
Walter Bell
A. L. Stevens
Courthouse News Marriage Licenses and Real Estate Transfers
Marriage licenses issued for Wm. Jewell and Velma Valentine. Earl Yeager and Bertha Gillett. Wm. Moore and Maude Watts. Norman Gross and Annie Jamin. John A. Montoney and Dora M. Brown. T. Miller and Blanche King. Real estate transfers include E. B. Bennett to Phebe Bennett. Martha Taylor Jr. to Max Taylor. Henry Little to Sarah Stone. Samuel Hackley to Harry Nichols. Matie Reed to John Baird. Margaret Boden to W. Giffee. Amos Bales to David Bales. Arthur Pollock to M. Warden. H. P. Woodworth to Alice Nott. Louise Moore vs. Fred Moore injunction granted. several foreclosure and divorce actions listed. bond for Ohio vs. Effie McCreary set at $100. trial of John Holup vs. Wills Creek Coal Co. to jury.
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Earl Yeager
Bertha Gillett
Cambridge
Wm. Moore
McArthur, O
Maude Watts
Buffalo
Norman Gross
Annie Jamin
John A. Montoney
Columbus
Dora M. Brown
Washington
O. T. Miller
Blanche King
Derwent
Samuel Hackley
Harry Nichols
Madison Township
Matie R. Reed
John A. Baird
Wheeling Township
Margaret Boden
W. H. Giffee
Oxford Township
Amos Bales
David Bales
Richland Twanship
Arthur Pollock
M. Warden
Trenner’s Addition
Byesville
Ohio
Effie McCreary
Louise A. Moore
Fred A. Moore
John Holup
Wills Creek Coal Co
Scott
Stevens and Dugan
Miss Roberta McCartney Almost Hurt After Car Push Incident
Miss Roberta McCartney daughter of Mr and Mrs John McCartney of the East End narrowly escaped injury when crowded on a summer street car bound for the Cambridge Eyesville Driving Park she was pushed off the running board but remained uninjured and continued to the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta McCartney
John McCartney
East End
Cambridge- Eyesville
Mrs E P Finley Passes Away In Byesville
Mrs. E P Finley of Byesville died at her home Friday morning after a long illness of consumption. She was about thirty and left a husband, her parents, and a young son. Funeral plans were not announced. Mr Finley is cashier of the First National Bank of Eyesville.
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E. P. Finley
Byesville
H. H. Wilson
Fleming Family Reunion Enjoys Fourth Celebration
The Fleming family held a July 4 reunion at the Allshouse home near Electric Park in East Steubenville. Guests included B F and Mrs Fleming, the Davises, the Allshouses, and several others. A steam launch ride on Wills Creek entertained the group despite a propeller mishap later repaired.
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Wills Creek
B. F. Fleming
East Steubenville Avenue
George Allshouse
Electric Park
Allshouse
George Tedrick
Londonderry
Wm. McCullough
Antrim
Runaway Horse Forces Quick Escape at Cambridge Bay Fourth
During the Cambridge-Byesville Driving Park Fourth celebration a horse named Renrock broke loose from a buggy after its bridle came loose. Mrs Leeper leaped to safety as the horse tumbled through bushes toward Corduroy hill. Mrs Leeper sustained bruises and a sprained ankle, while the baby remained unscathed. Renrock was captured near Cambridge and brought back to the park with injuries to an eye and hind leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge-Byesville
Charles Bay
Got What Was Coming To Him
A Pittsburg dispatch describes D. O. Davis a Marietta oil operator and banker fleeced by faro sharpers in New York. Davis lost large sums and incurred a special train to retrieve more. he sues to recover losses but faces hurdles in Pittsburg. local Cambridge residents know Davis.
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Pittsburg
D. OU
Davis
Marietta
Faro
New York
Curry
Ranger
Greenhorn
Cambridge
Peanut Roaster Wrecked by Boys in Byesville
Warrants were sworn in Mayor Bonom's court for Richard Diehl and Samuel Peyton of Byesville for illegal fireworks damage. They allegedly lit a cannon cracker and it exploded in a peanut roaster in front of a fruit dealer on Main Street, destroying the roaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonom
Byesvile
Richard Diehl
Samuel Peyton
Marshal Callihan
Main
Byesville
Cumberland guest at the Douglas home on 10th street
Mrs Leu Allen of Cumberland visits Mr and Mrs Morris Douglas on 10th Street South Cambridge staying as a guest of the family during her visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leu Allen
Cumberland
Morris Douglas
10Th Street
South
Cambridge
When Dad Keeps House Nursery Verse
Poem excerpt from Good Housekeeping about a father staying home to care for children. It contrasts cheerful daytime activities and treats with loneliness at night, highlighting a father figure managing the household. No dates or places are mentioned.
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Mamma
Dad
Ohio wheat and corn crops show uneven state prospects
Ohio’s July field survey finds wheat prospects irregular with 79 percent of normal yield at harvest, strongest in some counties and far below average in northwest areas. Oats down to 76 percent, corn planted area reduced by 135,915 acres, potatoes at 95 percent, timothy hay light, pastures in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Northwest
Frost Kills Wheat On Hill Land Toward July Fourth
The article notes a cool 4th of July with frosts in Ohio on the night of July 3. It recalls Capt. J. Crossen remarking 50 years ago that frost killed nearly all hill land wheat at Senecaville, making a cool Fourth of July historically notable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Capt
J. ©. Crossen
North 11Th Street
Eleater Thompson
Senecaville
Fireworks Blast Shatters Ammar Brothers Fruit Store
A Fourth of July celebration at the Ammar Brothers fruit store on Wheeling avenue ended in a large explosion. Fireworks and glass destroyed about four bushels of fireworks and caused extensive damage estimated at 150 dollars plus 100 dollars in material. A nearby screen was damaged and a crowd scattered as rockets ignited inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Ammar Brothers
Wheeling Avenue
John Murray
Peter Dennis
Reich Brother Killed in Street Car Accident
W M Reich manager of the Cambridge store of Eldridge Higgins Co received a telephone from Columbus relatives announcing Ed Reich was killed in a street car accident.
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W. M. Reich
Cambridge
Eldridge-Higgins Co
Columbus
Ed. Reich
Wife of Eminent Author Visits Cambridge
Mrs. Stoddard wife of John EL Stoddard eminent writer lecturer and traveler was guest Wednesday of her friend Mrs. Haugh Harris on 6th street. She is spending part of the summer with relatives in Barnesville.
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Elope
Ant
Jas. McKim
Courthouse News
Wm. Jewell
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Velma Valentine
Clio
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Turner Bros
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Taylor, Jr
Max P. Taylor
Lofland
Henry Little
Sarah Stone
Orchard Place
H. P. Woodworth
Alice Nott
McCracken
Probate Court
Louise Moore
American Sheet & Tin Plate Co
S. M. Burgess
C. M. Hyatt Et al
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Thomas Clark
Dugan
R. T. Scott
Plaintiff
Common Pleas
First National Bank
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J. A. Wagstaff
Znnersille
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Chris McKee
Belle Valley
Zanesville
Nellie Suman
Lulu
Emma Duff
Effie
Anne Wilson
L. R. Culbertson
W. N. Bradford
Lucile Keyes
Martins Ferry
Alice Rosemond
North 10Th Street
Harry Clark
Silver Cliff
Mt. Clemens
Mich
H. H. Geyer
Dr. Leeper
Small Boy
Fire Cracker
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Ayer
Ayer Co
Bhoop
Shoop
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