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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
3
Love City reports engineer Lewis Bircher and fireman Charles Dodd uninjured after their B and C engine toppled on defective track near Hartford while backing from Cumberland. The tender ran off, the locomotive flipped upside down, and detached from the train which remained on the rails.
Fairview reverend and Mrs 8. 8 Fisher of Kansas City returned home after visiting Capt. and Mrs. Thos Smith and relatives. O G Sheppard family and Joseph Coleman visited Emmett Taylor at Cambridge. Homer Anderson of Columbus visits his parents. Henderson Boyd family and Miss Wilmot Henderson of Cambridge spent Sunday with their mother. Miss Margaret Gleaves visits Rosa Barnhart in Hendrysburg.
Quaker City R D 6 reports Mrs Chas Gray is not improving due to consumption. Walter Johnson returned to Wheeling after a visit with his parents. The Dew and Cater families along with Harry Dew of Barnesville visited Chas Greer and Sanford Long of Union county, who have stayed here several weeks, then returned home. Thos McFarland and A H Griffins party visited near Spencer Station. Spencer Station hosts a visit from Miss Rose Poulton who is with her sister Mrs Slevin in Temperanceville.
Numerous residents and relatives are noted as hosting or visiting in the area. Names include Ruth Saltsgaver, Emma Rose, Inez Burlingame, Martha Armsey, Florence Coulter, Eva McCreary, Rachel Smith, Cleve Travis, Clarence Mitchell, Geneva Haney, Guy Neyman, John Robinson, John Armsey, Martha Thomas, and Rev H B Chamberlain. Many visits span Buffalo Lore City Pleasant City Cambridge Eyesville and Waynesburg areas with weekend gatherings and church services.
Kimbolton resident visits daughter in Cambridge last week. Carpenters work on Elmer Forsythe’s dwelling above the flouring mill. Children’s Day services set for June 29 at 10 a.m. James Atkins’ sons visit grandparents here. Wm. Berry ships mine caps to Guernsey Valley mines for the third time in weeks. Several dogs poisoned locally in past two weeks. Mrs. F. M. Fowler visits Marietta. Sam Porter and Grant Atcheson were here on business. Roy Jones conducts county-seat business. Andrew Porter returns home from Keenan’s hospital after a gall stones operation and tuberculosis of the bladder. Paul and Harry Cowden visit from Quaker City. Mrs. M. W. McKim visits Cambridge. Robert Warden repairs and adds a veranda to his dwelling.
City council orders Taylor’s Park beautification and approves cheaper paving on streets facing stalled legislation. Exemptions for corner lot sewer assessments are narrowed. one assessment justified. The Thorla exemption of 50 feet is approved. other street repairs and contractor liability under five year contracts discussed. State Board of Health visit set for June 26 in Cleveland to review water, filtration, and sewage issues. Building permits granted for two story residences in Oakland and Nancy Brown Additions.
Study by University of Wisconsin soil scientists shows curing storage and seed selection dramatically affect germination and stand. Trials compare farmer seed with station bred corn, revealing storage method and drying location best boost yields and profits across Wisconsin farms.
The Church of the Incar nation parishioners send an official letter urging support for Rev. Gerard F. Patterson as he faces a divorce suit from his wife Mae Fee Patterson. Separate action by Mrs. Margaret Van Voorhees Lloyd seeks $10,000 damages claiming she was harmed by alleged alienation of affections.
In Cleveland on June 16 a fire department alarm was not submitted by amateur firefighters causing an $8,000 loss to a building. Jacob Labofsky, a volunteer firefighter, died from injuries sustained.
A regular meeting is set for Wednesday evening at 7 30 in the K P hall with a good attendance urged. The note mentions degree work and records a guest, Mrs George Cosby of Kimbolton R D 2, visiting Blaine avenue resident Mrs Harvey Sigman, who planned to visit relatives north of the city before returning home.
Joe P Johnston appointed chief of post office in Washington will visit Kansas City today causing talk of his successor Frank F Sharon inspector in charge, longtime associate of Johnston and long-serving postal employee born near Hopewell Guernsey County with many local relatives and friends.
The Hockhocking Tribe holds Wednesday evening meetings in Taylor Block. Visiting members are welcome to join and participate in degree work.
Ira Long of Lucasburg was injured Monday at Little Kate No. 1 by slate falling while setting a post. Doctors Johnston of Byesville and Lowthian of Minnehaha found two right ribs broken and the right thumb crushed. Wounded man dressed and resting as well as could be expected.
Born to Mr and Mrs J W Farra of Orchard avenue a son arrived Monday June 15th in a local birth notice.
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