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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
6
A Red Cross nurse leading carpenters in rebuilding French villages scarred by war. They rescue communities by supplying lumber and framing, returning areas to the beet fields and farms. The crew aims to complete work in four weeks and move on to the next ruins.
The Red Cross leads a tuberculosis drive in France, claiming the disease kills more men than bullets or gas. It has reopened old hospitals, plans 200+ dispensaries, and deploys doctors funded by American contributions to aid France’s wartime struggle against consumption.
Columbus May 21 The Presbyterian general assembly declares time has come for organizing Evangelic churches of America and calls on other churches to join in an immediate conference toward that end.
Cambridge theatergoers witness an unusual ceremony as Miss Louis Wilson and Mr. Kibbee marry at the Colonial Theater. Kibbee, listed among 148 selected men for Camp Sherman, will entrain in May with the Guernsey county quota. Wilson, from Alexander Indiana, remains with the Cooper Baird company.
Francis Madden, about one year old, wandered from his aunt's home in Zanesville and was found on a Baltimore & Ohio freight train. A brakeman turned him over to Patrolman Rickey in Baltimore. Chief Long received a call from the boy’s father requesting detention if found in the city. the boy hoped to reach his mother near Pittsburgh. He wore no coat and was barefoot but otherwise well dressed.
Cambridge residents were summoned to Camp Sherman on Monday by their sons awaiting orders to depart for foreign service. Several Guernsey county youths in the latest quota are to be among those moved from the camp, as telegrams received locally indicate.
A marriage license has been issued in the city to Milne B Kibbie of San Francisco and Lois IT with four words of Cambridge, for officiation by Rev. Fillibrant of Zanesville.
Mrs. Theo Meyers and her daughter Isabelle left Tuesday morning to visit her son Sergeant-Major Jim C Meyers at Camp Sheridan Alabama.
The Rev J T Campbell will preach at Mt Hermon church next Sabbath day at 11 oclock.
Harold H Beden of Columbus visits as relative guest in city. Dr Waldenfeldz from Pleasant City toured on business Tuesday. Others include Mr and Mrs Chalfant of Forsythe mine welcomed a daughter May 1. Various residents, including Camp Sherman veterns and travelers from Pittsburgh to Zanesville and Chicago, were seen in city Tuesday.
Lyman H Howe presents a Travel Festival at the Strand tonight featuring Uncle Sam war Caterpillars in action. The program also tours China, Montana lion capture, birth of icebergs in Alaska, a Coney Island visit, and exclusive animations from Howe studios.
The article details formation of township committees led by C. C. Laughlin and W. C. Morrison to organize for a citywide drive. A meeting at the Commercial Club Tuesday evening aims to perfect district organization and unify Cambridge city and township committees. The goal is a combined effort by factories, railroads, merchants, and professionals to meet a $42,000 quota.
The family thanks Rev. Hughart Rev. Elliott and Rev. Wood for comforting words and Mrs Harry Masters Fred Duff and the Meredith brothers for music. Gratitude also to friends neighbors for kindness and flowers sent after the death of husband and father, 304 Mrs H W Hunt and Family.
Mrs W M Lawyer extends thanks to Eastern Star Altruian Club District 5 of 1st Baptist church and neighbors for flowers and many acts of kindness during her illness.
Mrs. Thomas Williams of West Gom ber avenue was removed to the Cambridge hospital Tuesday morning and underwent an operation performed by Dr. Huth and Prof. W. G. Lane.
The New York market opened higher with Marine preferred at 102% and U S Steel at 108%. Hog receipts reached 44,000 with mixed and butcher numbers around 1730 to 1775, while cattle receipts were 14,000 and markets varied from weak to steady. Sheep and lamb receipts totaled about 11,000 with mixed prices. hogs, spring lambs, and heavy hogs traded higher on light receipts.
Corrected listing shows wheat at 2.00 per bushel, corn and bran set with prices, middlings at 2.40 per cwt, and cotton seed meal oil seed meal figures. Feed retail includes oats at 1.00 per bushel, bran and middlings per cwt, hay straw and potatoes with various prices. Groceries list butter lemons oranges and potatoes with unit prices. Produce line includes mixed items with per unit costs.
Four teen miners are trapped in the Mill Creek Canal Coal Company mine at Villa ten miles north of Charleston after a fire began yesterday following a gasoline engine explosion that powered a fan 400 feet from the mine mouth. A fan was placed into service to create an airway for rescue parties to push through the smoke and reach the trapped workers. The text also notes the summer term of the Business College opening June 3.
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