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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
2
A mix of local society items, church news, deaths, and community updates from Cambridge Ohio. Mentions of W A Pollack work on roads, Rev C It, interments, and various residents visiting, moving, or attending events. Also references larger news of a volcanic eruption and aid efforts, with dates in May.
The piece notes probable statehood adoptions for New Mexico Arizona and Oklahoma despite Gen Grosvenor opposition. It covers funeral pageants for Sampson and Corrigan, rising beef prices, immigration counts, law and postal cautions, volcanic unrest in the Antilles, post office discipline, trials in Delaware, and local Cambridge election reverberations with Beal and Dow laws shaping drug sale and prescription enforcement.
The New York Health Department seized a quantity of so called cheap baking powder found in city stores. Samples showed the powder to be mainly alum and pulverized rock making it dangerous for hearth use. Officials destroyed several pounds and warned against using such unsafe products.
A scattered update recalls Celia Sawyer visiting Cambridges last Wednesday. Mintae Johnston returns to Cambridge amid a family sickness. Will and wife spent weekend at home. Rev Larimer and Rev Cleland led communion at East Union. Campbell Clark traveled to Cusherton after a brother's death. James Bell and spouse visited Columbus to see son Bliss in hospital. A marriage notice lists G A Fowler and Reile Ball of Cawby.
Myr Hobson of Flushing visited to buy horses J W Arnold of Fairview sold hogs and sheep at Tent's scales for hogs go for sheep Brower bought a bay horse Samuel Stevens J Johnston and wife visited Tarnesville Mary Ellis grandparent death J J Brower in Middlebourne on business W Heleni sold a small flock to Toward Johnston at Triab More farm work plans and road notes with Dr Covert moving to Londonderry and Rand closing out herds funeral services led by Revs M nnb Mannckudt Taylor and Melride Pearl Thani and MM visiting Antrim roads and clerks noting sales and trades Samuel Stevens bought a young horse from William Lytle in Sewelsville
A health-focused note extols blood quality as key to strength and vigor. It promotes Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as back-up nutrition to restore richness in the blood, claiming benefits for men women and children and offering a free sample.
An advertisement extols Dr. A W Chase's Nerve Pills as addressing the root of nerve trouble by rebuilding the nervous system. It cites customer testimonials from William Manna and John Rankin praising relief, claims imagination of cures, and warns against imitators. Pills sold for 50 cents per box at Buffalo and Cambridge outlets.
A long readable local column notes residents visiting relatives in Cambridge and Roseville, health updates on Job Perry and Mrs. Charles Mahoney, travel by Mrs. Ghirles Mullis and others, farm activity, a dairy pay rate, and delays in seat deliveries for a local dedication ceremony.
Fragmentary OCR indicates a notice of appointment related to estate matters with references to state, county, and a formal request. Details such as names, dates, and jurisdictions are unclear due to damage. the readable portion mentions executor and payment or duties.
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