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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
5
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Potter Bros weather fabrics and C E McKahan return to Buffalo engage in Ohio Fuel Supply Co work. Frank Sheppard and Mrs Giffee return from Southwest visit. 40 acre farm for sale near Kimbolton. Dr L M Ross relocating to Cambridge. O B Clark of Minneapolis arrives for funeral matters. County teachers exam results pending. Jacob of Minneapolis visits relatives. Franklin College New Athens announces 83rd year opening. Jay Hanna reports growing passenger traffic on mail route. Mrs Caleb Trenner dies near Pleasant City aged 76. Moorehead of Senecaville fined for petit larceny. case details and transfer to workhouse noted.
Mrs Fanny Moorehead wife of Rev W A Chalfant died at her Byesville home Monday night at 10 after a 20 year illness. Born in Senecaville 68 years ago she married Rev Chalfant at 18. longtime M E church member active in Christian work. Funeral at Byesville M E church Wednesday 10 am with Rev W O Hawkins officiating. Interment Byesville cemetery.
Mrs Gwendolyn a Welsh evangelist led a service in the native tongue Monday evening at the Baptist church. Various residents including Miss Nancy Balentine of Bloomfield and Miss May Beamer hosted Evergreen society activities at North High street.
An advertising feature touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary ailments. It claims the remedy supports back and liver pain relief, aids in urine control, reduces nocturnal trips, and can counteract liquor effects. It offers free sample bottle and booklet from Binghamton New York.
The fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs James Trace of New Concord is recovering after a hunting accident in which a gun discharged while he climbed a fence. Doctors now believe the injured arm can be saved after heavy damage to the arm.
Sergeant F S Purkey of the U S army visits his brother J C Purkey of East Gomber avenue Cambridge. He is stationed at Fort Totten New York on Long Island Sound. Their father Joseph Purkey Sr of Cumberland was a gallant soldier in the Rebellion and served with the 116th O V I.
Austins Wheeler of Caldwell came back Tuesday after several days visiting friends in Cambridge and nearby. He once worked long ago at the Caldwell Press under the Jeffersonian editor and lost an arm due to a premature cannon firing at Dalzell's soldiers' reunion. Gentle rains Monday night and Tuesday morning arrived just at the right time, aiding the well worked corn ready for rain.
In common pleas court a suit for damages seeks 25125 against The National Coal Co. The complaint, filed by James L. Waller as next friend, details a 1907 accident where a derailed car struck a post and caused falling slate, crushing Walter's left leg and necessitating amputation.
The article notes a July 30 start toward Filipino self government with eligibility for all males under 23 and not subjects of foreign powers to vote for the Philippine assembly and provincial offices. It also promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a first step to relief from digestive and bowel ailments and related conditions.
Mrs. Blair of South 6th street was notified by telephone of the death of her half sister Mrs. Mary Jane Johnson widow of former Sheriff Alexander Johnson. She died at her daughter Mrs. Albert Barnes home on A. D. No. 5 about 5 pm after a lingering illness. Mrs. Johnson, about 86, was known in Cambridge and Guernsey county. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at Barnes residence conducted by Rev. S. W. Lorimer with interment in Mt. Hermon cemetery. Surviving children include Charles and Harold in Missouri Emma Lee Arkansas Anna Hammond Adams township David Wilson Newark Jennie McCreary Washington DC Maytie Forsythe Logan county Laura Ringer Pittsburgh and Mrs Barnes. One son James was killed by lightning in Arkansas about two years ago. Mrs. Rachel Hannah Tedrick age 37 widow of Peter Tedrick died at her son James home two miles north of Washington after a brief heart illness. Left are Lizzie Allender Chanderlsville R F D No 40 and five sons James William Jennings Milwaukee Rev Joseph G Tedrick Athens Frank L Byes.
Mrs Jordan of Washington was laid to rest after funeral services at the M. E. church in Washington conducted by Rev. A. A. Yeager. Interment followed at Washington cemetery. Howard Tilton of Cleveland and Mrs W L Knouff of Council Hill visit relatives as their families plan a late summer move. Stores in Cambridge shorten hours to 5 pm starting Monday through September 1 to help workers beat the heat.
Clare Denbow and Lizzie Cross visited Sam Harding in Senecaville over Sunday. Mrs. George Toland is improving rapidly and hopes to return home in a few weeks. Herman Cross and John Atkins were in from Steubenville and Salesville respectively. The corn crop looks poor in the area. An ice cream social will be held at the new U B church in Gibson on Saturday evening July 13 inviting all.
An old hometown advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as a constitutional treatment for catarrh. It claims the medicine cleanses the blood and mucous surfaces and offers a handsome reward for any failure to cure.
Dr and Mrs W T Ramsey received a letter from Albert Lawrence of Cleveland describing Hon Wm Lawrence’s July 3 operation at Lake Side hospital. The patient was able to sit upright and read the Poseoana the following day and hopes for a full recovery despite the seriousness of the procedure.
Fragmentary text mentions Jess of Devoe and a lead zinc mix with palots and oils. Details are garbled, no clear event or entities beyond Devoe and lead zinc context.
Mrs J D Taylor Danner returns home to North 7th Street for the summer.
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