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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
3
An advertisement claims Katarrio and a blower device can purify the nasal passages and throat, killing germs to abolish catarrh and related deafness. Letters from users across Michigan Indiana North Dakota and Illinois praise relief and cures, urging readers to consult J J Wilson's drug store and other grocers.
Council heard plans to pay bonds due in coming years and considered raising funds. Ohio Service Co manager Slocumb discussed renewing the electric light contract expiring in 1918 and possible city line fare increases. He noted lighting upgrades, a price cut to $60 per light, and cost pressures from wages and materials.
Mrs. Thomas Wilkin of South Eighth street was knocked down Monday evening by a large dog while en route to church. She sustained a painful hip injury and was taken home where Dr. A. R. Cain was summoned.
Today's war news reports a German raid northeast of Luneville on Monday night. England states the mercantile cruiser Patria was torpedoed Thursday with sixteen lives lost.
War time verse trumpets fundraising and morale boosting for U S forces heading to Europe. It celebrates stamps drives and enlistment, imagining American troops marching to Berlin and defeating the Kaiser with Allied aid. The poem mentions Belgian and Servian reactions and pride in Uncle Sam’s troops.
Geneva reports a major Austrian advance on the Piave where bridgeheads were established on principal crossings. Italian forces were blinded by smoke shells as patrols crossed by pontoon boats and bridges built on pontoons enabled rapid reinforcements to the fronts at Il Montello and the San Dona di Piave area.
London reports Austrians push along the Piave toward Montello and the plains while Italians, with Anglo-French aid, counterattack on multiple points. Italian war office cites 4 420 prisoners. Austrian figures claim 12 000. Raids and artillery erupt on the western front as recon troops bring back prisoners.
Miss Alice Wardeska, student at Ohio University Athens, is home for summer. Miss Lillian Gregg of North Seventh Street left Monday for Marion to visit Miss Ruth King and will attend commencement at Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware. Mrs Mable Bay of New Concord was in town Tuesday en route to Steubenville to visit her sister Mrs William Loomar.
A Cambridge man describes air bombardment and the German artillery strike on Paris, noting shells fell across the city and citizens sought shelter. He outlines Y M C A relief huts, uniformed workers, and the transition of post exchanges to Y M C A management under General Pershing.
Reports from the front say massed reserves were deployed east of Treviso with strong enemy resistance everywhere. About a hundred prisoners were taken as forces between Candela and Pandelve repulsed crossing attempts. A lower Piave counteroffensive yielded gains for the Allied side.
An ice cream social will be held at the Pike schoolhouse on Thursday evening June 20 to benefit the Sabbath school. Attendees are encouraged to attend and support the event.
Mrs A J Bennett and daughter Mrs Wilbur Orme and Mr Will Orme left Tuesday in the Bennett car for St Petersburg Virginia to visit Wilbur Orme in the officer's training camp. A J Bennett will join in Petersburg and ride home to Cambridge. Mrs Josiah Jones and Mrs Clair Kelly left Monday for Niles as delegates to the Woman's Welsh American club convention.
June mid month special at Slinglutt's News Depot offers Victor records No 18467 priced 85c. Double A side singles include Keep Your Head Down Fritzie Boy by Lt. Rice and What Are You Going to Do to Help the Boys by Chas Hart.
The company declares no danger of a telegraphers strike and argues it would be unjust to allow an outside union to influence operations. Carlton states directors and management would deplore abandoning safeguards viewed as essential to reliable telegraph service for public and governmental obligations.
Chicago June 18 Western Union Telegraph company rejected the railroad telegraphers demands for commissions and extra pay. President Carlton said the company has contracts with railroads covering telegraph work and cannot deal with two organizations for the same service. L J Thomas disclosed the response.
At the War Industries Board a conference of department chiefs announced a new zone buying system to ensure direct government purchases from manufacturers. Seized documents showed contingent fee extortion up to twenty percent. A graft proof clause will be added to all future government contracts to guard against plundering.
A benefit dance will be held Friday evening at the Masonic hall to raise funds for the War Chest Expense Fund. Tickets are sold at Wilson's Drug Store and Sam Norris's Stationery Store. Music will be by a 10 piece orchestra.
St Paul Minnesota June 18 with more than one third of yesterday's primary vote counted governor J A Burnquist maintained a substantial lead over C A Lindbergh Non Partisan League candidate for the republican gubernatorial nomination.
For ordinary purposes the sale of sugar is limited to two pounds to a city customer and five pounds to a country customer at one time. This is entirely separate from sugar bought for canning and preserving by signing sugar certificate. GLADYS FORDYCE, Sec'v. Guernsey Co, Food Administration.
The text frames laughter as essential to endurance, likening it to tears. It suggests a tightly wound temperament can snap like a spring and argues that loosening tension through laughter helps the human system cope.
W Watkins of Coshocton was in the city on business Tuesday. Grace Rose of Senecaville visits Mae Anklesbay on Wall Avenue. Mrs H F McCall of Gomber Avenue goes to Ava to visit her mother Mrs Belle Neiswander. Mrs T D Morrison returns to Defiance after visiting Mr and Mrs James Hoskins on North Ninth Street. Mrs Benjamin Bruneo and Miss Jennie Weaver of Gibson shop in the city. H Fr McDonald and wife return home after visiting Ralph Walters at Blue Bell. Nell Sarchet and Martha Boyd visit sister Mrs Cliff Herrick in Mansfield. Grace Sarchet leaves for Warren to spend summer with sister Mrs E C Henderson.
J W Gilmore announces candidacy for sheriff subject to Republican primaries August 13. Message notes 48-3. Mrs Samuel Mathews left Tuesday for Canton for employment.
Indigestion sufferers who have tried pepsin bismuth soda and other aids can find quick relief with pure bisulated magnesia after meals. A teaspoonful or two tablets neutralizes stomach acid reducing fermentation gas and heartburn and is safe as long as symptoms persist.
Notice of stockholders meeting at Town Hall Old Washington D C on June 27 1918 at 1 PM to consider dissolution and surrender of corporate authority after board action. President J M Thompson signs the notice dated May 24.
Cambridge resident J. L. Wilson's Drug Store endorses Mayr's Wonderful Remedy claiming two years of stomach pains eased after one dose. The small preparation allegedly removes intestinal mucus and inflammation tied to stomach liver and appendix issues with a money back guarantee.
W M Ankrom of Woodsfield Route 3 credits Nerv Worth from E D Taylor Woodsfield with calming nerves and appetite, planning to buy two bottles for self and son. Ad touts Nerv Worth benefits and guarantees dollar back at Brenan's Cambridge store with neighborhood agencies listed. June 14 18
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