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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
1
Crooks of Danesville Ohio describes relief from nervous headaches after using Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills. The ad claims vertigo signals grave nervous system issues and promotes the pills as a cure restoring nerve strength and overall health with a call to Shaff's drug store for more information.
An official communication from the post office department reports colored rural free delivery carrier John C. Allgood and his substitute were stopped by armed masked men near Gallatin Tennessee and warned not to continue. Postmaster General Payne suspended service on the route pending investigation and noted civil service rules dictate appointment by ranking. The incident is part of wider efforts to protect carriers amid possible route abolition or military protection.
A Cambridge Ohio physician advertises new X ray based diagnosis and treatment for female diseases including womb issues and multiple sexual conditions. He claims a permanent cure with special methods, offers free consultation, and encourages correspondence by mail with diagrams and guaranteed cures, operating from Colley Block in Cambridge.
The Commercial Bank Company of Cambridge Ohio issues a certificate of deposit to idle funds. It pays 3 percent interest if held over 3 months and under 12 months, or 4 percent if kept twelve months or longer. Checking accounts are accepted on liberal terms.
A fishing schooner named Gloriana ran ashore amid thick fog near White Point ledges, off Whalecove. Fifteen of its 18 crew drowned or were dashed on rocks. three survivors clung to rigging until rescued. Rescue attempts failed as boats crushed, waves broke over the vessel, and seas swept men from the deck.
Lorain Ohio May 7 Cassimir Relehlin claims he saw his sister Agatha Reichlin murdered and suspects a man who rode a streetcar with a magnet in Avon five miles from Lorain. Police link Frank Kennedy to the murder. a $10,000 reward from the Knights of Columbus is proposed. Cincinnati notes Loyal Legion officers elected, Ohio National Guard encampment planned at Newark, and other state updates.
William Allison known as Lek Allison died May 6 1003 at about 4 o'clock at his home on North Street after a long illness. Born in Cambridge about thirty three years ago he married Reta Gander eleven years ago. He leaves two sons Roy ten and Philip six and his wife. He worked as a telegraph operator for the B&O railroad for twelve years and was later a city messenger. He had been stricken with paralysis and never recovered, later serving briefly as a city carrier before returning home. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm from his North Street residence, interment Northwood cemetery. Archbishop Quigley predicts Catholic church dominance of the West in fifty years. The remarks, reported from the Wheeling Telegraph, remain subject to historical debate.
A rock slide in tunnel No 2g of the Norfolk and Western line near Roanoke Va traps nine laborers, white and colored. Bodies likely unrecoverable for now as rock must be dynamited bit by bit, with danger of a second collapse. Names of victims slowly being confirmed amid rescue attempts and hazardous conditions.
The last Hague protocol signed ends Venezuelan imbroglio talks with signatures from Bowen and foreign representatives. It covers preferential payment treatment among blockading powers and settlement of allied claims by commissions to meet at Caracas. Bowen to cable President Castro and call for Caracas from New York on the Philadelphia May 46.
Judge James H. Clancy lauds Dr David Kennedy s Favorite Remedy for liver blood and w alver trouble The testimonial includes Geo H TI of 878 River street Troy and notes the remedy cures kidney liver and rheumatic issues with a trial bottle offered free by mail Sold by druggists in New York and nationwide with a dollar size bottle and a low dose claim.
Ambrose Spence tells of Dyson visiting a wax figure show in New York. He obsesses over lifelike statues and finally proposes to a wax made woman, aided by a French Count who offers a fortune and a forfeit. Dyson signs, but the ruse unravels as a sister appears and the magic ends.
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