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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
4
The Jeffersonian for Thursday July 18 1907 lists editor and business manager John Jamos address 7 Elamos Cambridge Ohio pricing 1.00 yearly prepaid and postpaid and notes second class mail matter. It praises the strong man in the nation as a theme.
The article questions whether the United States must win a great naval battle to be a world power at sea while noting five inmates in the penitentiary annex awaiting electrocution, the latest being Fraok Ware of Sidney convicted of murdering William B Legg a butcher.
A man identified as a crAPL attempted an assassination by firing two shots at President Fallieres of France. Police detain him and set up investigations into motive and security lapses at the Élysée Palace.
Edward W. Parker of the U S Geological Survey warns that at current consumption rates there will be no anthracite coal left in seventy five years and hard coal will never be cheaper than it is now. The outlook for bituminous coal is less discouraging.
The Seventy Seventh General Assembly of Ohio will hold their reunion at Cedar Point August 1 2 and 3. Boat rides concerts banquets and fishing contests are items of the program. The announced speakers are Gov A L Harris Senator Ed A Hafner Speaker pro tem Freeman T Eagleson and D T J O Rourke.
Henry Clay Frick states that U S business conditions are very sound and no serious recession is indicated. He notes possible a slight downturn but believes a small turnaround would benefit business in general.
The Salvation Army organized a Wednesday outing and picnic in Columbus for hundreds of poor children and their mothers. The event, supported by generous donors, fulfilled the Christlike example of charity and relief efforts in the city.
The 23d annual report of the Department of Inspection of Factories Workshops and Public Buildings is presented with thanks to Hon John H. Morgan. The note highlights Morgan well organized statewide enforcement and his persistent focus on child labor.
Ohio penitentiary managers weigh parole for Cassie Chadwick as she grows restless under imprisonment. They argue government status allows parole without authority conflict, citing a Judge Taylor case where a federal prisoner was released by a state workhouse board. The so called Queen of Finance could resume high finance if released.
W. J. Bryan criticizes reports of war with Japan saying the talk is aimed at pushing a large naval expansion. He notes personal conversations with Japanese leaders expressing friendship and asserts Japan does not seek conflict with the United States.
Irvin Belford, clerk of the U S District Court, under Judge Robert W. Taylor, handles a case in New York involving J Pierpont Morgan and the Toledo Railways and Terminal Company creditors alleges a 3 000 000 loss due to alleged sale under foreclosure. Efforts to halt proceedings until Morgan returns abroad failed per Ohio circuit court order.
Observers note the planet Mars shines with unusual brightness and reddish hue. It is about 30 million miles closer to Earth than in 15 years, prompting alarm for some as it nears, with comparison to comets and airships in reports.
The death of Dr. J. H. Criswell of Marion county breaks a Republican tie in the Ohio House, leaving a one vote Republican majority. Special fall elections in several counties may affect Freeman Eagleson’s bid for Speaker, a role critics say he richly deserves for his leadership and executive ability.
The piece notes loose public habit and graft rumors as county officials face trouble. The Tuscarawas county audit shows officials returning 2000 and 800 dollars amid a total estimated shortfall of 80000 dollars. It argues honesty and accurate bookkeeping as the remedy for public service.
Sam Stewart Roy Smith and Ron Wiley all seventeen left home Sunday to head west following Greeley's advice. They walked Monday until noon, realized the journey was impractical, and returned home that night. One said they reached New Concord before turning back citing hunger.
Jake Enifonte and Crotela Davie, both natives of Spain, were quietly married by Justice of the Peace R. W. Lindsey. They plan to live in the city after the groom’s sheet mill job. The bride, who spoke no English, had recently arrived from Spain to live with relatives in Wheeling, West Virginia. The couple had been lovers in Spain and she came seeking to marry him, escaping relatives’ pressure to separate.
Mrs Dr Will Cowgill of Cleveland is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs I A Oldham on North 7th Street in town.
Mr and Mrs W T Secrest and their North 3d street family left Monday for Buckeye Lake for a week long outing.
The list of successful applicants in the agen teachers examination failed to include Miss Lulu Sunafrank of North Salem due to an unintentional omission on Saturday.
Margaret Whitson Baker, long a familiar figure in Washington, Ohio, died July 19 at age 82 after a month of illness. Born in 1824 in Maryland, she married James Harvey Baker and lived in Wellsburg, Fairview, and Washington. Surviving children include Telitha Morrison, George W. Baker, James H. Baker, Margaret Baker, and Anna Baker. funeral Thursday at 2 PM conducted by Rev. Frank Woollett. Interment in Washington Cemetery.
Mrs. Bell widow of the late O. D. Bell died at 11 30 p m Monday from tuberculosis at age 42. She is survived by four sisters and three brothers and five children, Willis aged 12 the oldest and Raymond four the youngest. A member of First United Presbyterian Cambridge she died after years of illness. Funeral at 10 a m Wednesday at the North 6th street home, Rev. J W Ashwood officiating. Interment Northwood.
Washington Normal shut out Lore City 5 to 3 Monday evening in a tense game. Errors by Lore City aided the Normal team as batter ies Shipman Shipman Woods Dunfee and Peaton contributed to the win.
The romance started at Wooster University between Earl Smith and Miss Willa Montgomery of Cintrilla Indian Territory culminated in a marriage performed in Cintrilla. Earl, after studying at Wooster and working with Columbus Merchandise Co, took a leave of absence to wed. The couple may reside in Columbus.
Cards announce the marriage of Simon Fletcher Secrest of Pleasant City to Miss Edna Pearl Shaffer at the Shaffer home 422 North 9th street Wednesday evening July 31 at 8 o'clock Rev. Edwin A. Jester will perform the ceremony. After a wedding tour the couple will reside in Pleasant City. Secrest is a popular Pleasant City barber and the bride well known among Cambridge youths.
Mrs Mary Howerton, formerly Mary Scott, of Tyner Oklahoma, is visiting her sister Mrs William Hutchison on R D Now. This marks her first return to her birthplace since moving west nineteen years ago.
The Cambridge Board of Education elected Grace Houston to head the new drawing department for the public schools. She will start at the September opening after graduating from Ohio State University with specialized drawing and art training. Maude Wilson was named a regular teacher, filling positions held by substitutes. The Glass Plant grounds will be improved to plant trees and beautify the campus.
Mr George Washington Feaster aged 79 died at 8 45 am Tuesday July 16 at his daughter's home 1111 Blaine avenue Hunt's addition. Cause cancer of the stomach. Survived by eight children including Mrs Eliza Dillon Mrs Mary Cougill Mrs Alice Nott and Mrs Sally Rothgeb. Born Hillsboro Pa February 2 1828. Lifelong farmer and Baptist church member in Cambridge and Guernsey County.
A small-pox scare at a Chicago University dormitory leads to 60 girls receiving vaccination. Miss Mary Johnston of Norfolk Virginia sick in Green Hall was diagnosed with smallpox and all others in the building were vaccinated.
Mrs. A L Spence of North 6th street returns from a visit with her brother Jesse Cowgill in Columbus. He accompanied her home and will stay a few days before visiting his parents in Fairview.
The report shows varied grain quotes for corn and hay including No. 2 yellow shelled and mixed, with prices ranging from 50 to 88. In livestock, cattle and hog markets softened with lower readings on fat cows and hogs while prime cattle held around six dollars per hundredweight. Sheep and lambs also declined, with primes near five dollars and veal calves around eight.
Cumberland Professor and Mrs C C Crawford near New Alexandor were visitors Saturday. Miss Edna Conner of Whitmore College St Joseph Mo is at home for vacation. Elijah Craft burial July 10. Many locals host relatives from Columbus Zanesville Huntington W Va Malta and other towns.
Winterset residents report social calls and improvements. Miss Zora Guyton visits Kirkersville. Mrs Armintha Nicholson improves after illness. F M Nichols repairs his dwelling and adds a veranda. Prof O W Dugan and wife return from Pleasant City. Miss Clara Nichols plans a Cedar Point Put in Bay outing. Miss Myrtle Rankin visits East Bees. Rev Newton Hartford and Sol Granville visit his mother. Austin Bonnell and family from Cambridge visit Wirick parents.
Salesville resident Rodney Bates has been very sick. Albert Foraker delivered wheat at Quaker City. A festival attended Saturday evening at Gibson Station U B church. Mrs Vista Webster of St Joseph Mo visiting relatives. Joseph Winiker and family from Virginia visiting parents here and in Gibson Station. Etta Foraker of Cambridge visiting parents west of town. Frank Wareheim and family spent Sunday with David Law north of town. William Foraker and family visited Noble county friends. John Buskirk and family of Cambridge visited brother Charles west of town. Otis Foraker and family visited Linley Rossiter near Kennonsburg.
Cambridge R D 5 reports a Friday festival at Ropewell on July 26 to aid the Epworth League. Also notes visits and calls including Mrs Elmer LePage with Miss Mary McMullen, Dr Sawyer from Kimbolton to Mary Larrick, and Rev James Duncan of Iowa preaching at Hopewell on July 21.
Annie Hendren of Rocklyn Washington writes that Peruna restored her strength after years of illness. She says the remedy let her perform housework, milking, and chores, and she credits Dr. Hartman’s Peruna with making her well and happy.
Pleasant City residents visit friends in the area with several locals traveling to Cumberland Mount Zion and Cambridge. The list includes Mrs. David McElwee Mrs. Cla Robins Mrs. Friend Campbell Miss Lillian Teener Miss Sadie Deeren and Mr and Mrs J L McFarland among others with attendance at a Caldwell funeral and county seat calls.
Clay Pike John Nicholson the Byesville butcher bought fine veal calves from Mrs. Elizabeth Kackley and A. G. Heskett last week. May Shimp Jennie Spaid John Allen and Agnes Lizzie Allen Mary Spaid May Savage and Mrs. Slaven were at the county seat Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kackley were callers at Byesville Thursday. Alf and Grant Hesket were in Byesville on business Thursday. Reepley wheat is in order. Chas. Shimp took his sons John and Ellis to Grandfather LaFollette's east of Cambridge for a visit last week. Misses Eva Kackley and Ala Adair were in Pleasant City Monday. Friends from New Philadelphia visited Frank and Charley Lewis last week. Carl Archer was home from New Concord earlier this week. Miss Steel visits her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Dyson of Pleasant City. Manse Williams is baching and farming. James Hickman runs the store. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Heskett of Derwent and Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Secrest of Fairview visited Mrs. Ilinabeeb Kackley the first of the week.
A cousin of Richard Pearson Hobson Tilman Hobson will headline the Lancaster Ohio Camp meeting along with President W O Thompson of the O S A and Judge Samuel L Black of Columbus formerly of Cambridge.
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