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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
5
A Wheeling millinery store scene unfolds as a man, teased for a joke, follows the whistling crowd into the hat shop. The store owner greets him with customer ready politeness while the behind the scenes girls lingered, clarifying they had whistled.
H L Stewart dentist advertises in Cambridge with a focus on diseased gums. Office located on the second floor of Central National Bank Building. Special attention emphasized. Date Aug 6 of unknown year.
Anderson and family visited J. H. Tuttles at Winterset Sunday for memorial services.
L. A. club activities feature Mrs. A J Bennett hosting a Monday afternoon program with papers on Legends of Ireland St Patrick and Norman Settlement. Planned June picnic and a plate cup and spoon shower for Young Women’s Christian League mark upcoming events along with a dance invitation to Wheeling. Taffy pulling at Nora and Rebecca Dugan’s home and Primrose club gathering with musical entertainment and out of town guests cited. A mayor of social energy continues with varied parties at the homes of Sonnefeldt Armbruster and others across East Gomber and West Wheeling avenues.
Mrs. Fred L. Rosemond and daughter Leslie of North Tenth Street will travel Tuesday evening to Lynchburg Virginia for the Randolph Macon College commencement where Miss Alice Rosemond will graduate. They will stop in Washington DC on returning home.
May Day exercises drew Ruth Mitchell and Isabelle Elliott to New Concord for events at Muskingum College. Adelphie Circle of the Second U. P. Church hosted a Tuesday afternoon embroidery gathering with 15 ladies, including Mrs. Hodgin and Mrs. Patterson. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Hodgin. Mr and Mrs Frank Allshouse, newlyweds, were honored at a Sunday noon dinner for 15 hosted by Mr and Mrs S W Denny. Pink and white peonies adorned the table centerpieces.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Nowell hosted the Ladies Aid Society of Madison Avenue UA, B Church, with 85 guests including spouses and young people. The event featured music, conversation, and refreshments as a farewell gathering before the Nowells depart for Cambridge. The W C T U and L T L groups announce upcoming meetings and invites attendance.
The Good Cheer club will meet at Marjorie Diehl’s home at 119 North Sixth Street on Wednesday afternoon at 2 00. A pleasant time is anticipated.
Class No. 18 Class 13 of the M. EF. Junior Department meets this evening at seven o clock at the home of Paul Mc Cleary on Creston Road to conduct the weekly session.
Mrs R W Zahniser hosted the Thoburn Band of the First M I church for a garden party on Monday evening. The event ran 6 to 9 with a picnic style dinner at 8 30. Members sang read and shared a social time and plans for a Christmas box for the missionary in China were discussed.
Mr and Mrs Harry Davis hosted a dinner Sunday at their R. D. 2 home honoring her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Price of Love City. The gathering included Mr and Mrs J N and others noted in the report.
The report lists residents Ferren and family and others like the Berry and McDowell households. It notes a three course dinner and upcoming meetings for Class No 13 Junior Department of the First M. I. Sunday School at Paul McCleary’s Creston Road. The Oldham W C T U plans a May 31 meeting at Mrs Craig Anderson’s home. G. S. Y. Club guests at Miss Helen Barr’s home enjoy needlework, photos, an auto ride, and a two course luncheon. Class No 14 of the M. P. church under J G Bair will meet at Mrs Grant Medick’s, 437 North Sixth, Friday evening. books on training for service to be brought.
Margaret Blackburn Mary Stewart Maud Swisher Mildred Satcher Mary Arnold Fay Boyd Marjorie Boyd and Elizabeth Stevens enjoyed a picnic two miles from town followed by outdoor games and a sumptuous supper. After returning they formed a theatre party and attended the Lyric.
The Cambridge Country Club opens Thursday to members and guests with a renovated club house and freshly manicured grounds. A lawn tennis tournament is scheduled for the afternoon, lunch at noon and a dinner in the evening followed by a dance with the Lucas Kennedy orchestra.
Frank Siens was in New Concord on business Tuesday, visiting local contacts and handling appointments amid a routine work trip.
Miss Edna Smith spent Sunday traveling through Byesville and Derwent, visiting local sites and meeting residents. Her day included stops at community gatherings and casual chats with neighbors in the two towns.
George B. Danley traveled to New Concord on business Tuesday. He was seen in the town to meet with local merchants and discuss an upcoming project.
T J McElherron is visiting relatives in Bellaire. Attorney Jay Reasoner spent Sunday with friends in Coshocton. Mrs John Scott of Gaston Avenue is visiting relatives in Paris Ohio. W A Clemens of Lansing Michigan was in Cambridge Sunday. F K E Gever left Tuesday on a business trip to Stone Creek. Mrs Chas Hanes of New Concord was shopping in the city Monday. Mayor Roger Kerrigan of Love City was in Cambridge Tuesday. Miss Erma Hughes spent Sunday with Miss Della Bonom in Byesville. Maj J W Moore of Washington was in the city on business Monday. George Stewart of Winterset was at Cambridge Saturday on business. Miss Muriel Church of Barnesville is the guest of friends in Cambridge. S D Grimes of Oxford township was at Cambridge on business Saturday.
Fire department responded three times Monday night. First call from 717 South Ninth street found gas explosion in the hall causing a small blaze, $25 damage to the Gwilt home. no water use. A later call to The N M P T Co power plant found no fire. A second Gwilt call reported a small fire in a clothes press with no damage.
J. B. Bailey and wife left Tuesday for Canton where they will establish their home.
Marion Barrett of near Antrim was a business caller at Cambridge on Monday.
J. T. Beggs and J. I. McCullough of Kimbolton were visitors in the city Saturday and spent time calling on local residents.
Mrs Elizabeth McCourt of Cambridge R D No 5 is visiting relatives in Cumberland.
Attorney W H Brown and Harry Marlow of Fairview spent Saturday in the city on business, staying for discussions and local arrangements.
Our store will be closed all day Thursday May 30 for Decoration Day. Cambridge Grocery Co. will resume normal hours the next business day.
Mrs. S. E. Bugh of Roseville returned home Monday after a visit with relatives in Cambridge.
Miss Bessie DeLancey of North Tenth Street attended the camp meeting at Derwent Sunday, joining attendees at the event.
Mrs. Sarah Weyer and her son James traveled to Winterset on Monday for a month long visit with relatives and friends.
W. C. Smith of North Ninth street returned last evening from a several days visit with relatives in Moxahala.
Davids B. Be Neeland James Laughlin and Harry Thompson from Valley township visited the city this Saturday.
Recently elected members of the County Democratic central committee met in the probate court room to form a permanent organization. O. M. Lye of Wheeling township was named chairman and Geo. Fanning of Cambridge ward 3 was secretary. An executive committee with A. R. McCulloch as chairman W. J. Hood secretary and John W. Barton treasurer was chosen. The body adjourned to meet August 5th amid a harmonious session.
The senate praised Captain Rostron of the Carpathia for rescuing 706 Titanic survivors. A resolution awarded a gold medal and admission to the floor, with Taft presenting a $1000 gold medal. The committee urged life saving gear, wireless regulation, ship manning limits, searchlights, and ship construction reforms. The measure passed unanimously.
Mayor Dilley announced Sept Henry Hall would be sworn in as a special police officer with full arrest powers. He asks societies notify him of memorial services to deploy extra officers. Supt Hall is praised for promptly ejecting two men from the cemetery Sunday afternoon.
The Kilpatrick woman's suffrage proposal was repassed on third reading by the constitutional convention, 74 to 37. The Walker plan to abolish the state board of public works passed on second reading, 106 to 3. The Roem proposal to permit voting machines passed 97 to 0.
Mises Dorothy and Mary Kron of Louisville Kentucky have returned home Tuesday after visiting with R. T. Scott and family as their guests.
Mrs. E. T. Bell and two children along with Mrs. B. Y. Tribbie and her children of Steubenville have finished visiting relatives here and returned home on Monday.
The regular meeting of the Rebecca Lodge will be held Tuesday night. Initiation of candidates and refreshments served. A good crowd is expected.
Ira HK Stevens of near Claysville now attending Mt. Union College Alliance has been employed to teach at Marlboro High School for the upcoming year.
Six coupons clipped from the Jeffersonian and 9 1/2 cents secure one of those neatly bound Morocco Bible editions. The offer promises a splendid value and orderly presentation.
Dr. L. Casey and J. Elliott Thompson depart Indianapolis this afternoon to attend the 500 mile International Automobile race meet. They will drive Dr. Casey’s Marmon and return Saturday.
W. A. Barnes of Jefferson Township was a visitor in the city Saturday, stopping to visit local contacts and take in city sights during a weekend outing.
Dr W H Lawrence of Antrim visited Cambridge on Saturday for business purposes, staying brief and returning the same day.
Attorney I E Stubbs of Quaker City visited Cambridge on Tuesday for legal matters. He is connected with Quaker City legal affairs and was seen at local offices, meeting with clients and officials.
The passage notes a Bible distributed by the Jeffersonian to readers for six coupons clipped from the paper and 98 cents. It highlights questions and answers and illustrations deemed in the higher priced Bibles.
Arthur M. Boyd and family of East Wheling avenue departed this week for Columbus. Boyd came to Cambridge nine years ago and worked nine years in local chair factories and for The Parkersburg Chair Co. He will continue as their representative with the firm in Columbus.
Roy Garner was indicted for selling and keeping a place for sale of intoxicating liquors. The grand jury returned a verdict Tuesday noon finding him guilty of keeping a place for sale and not guilty of selling. Judge McGinnis imposed a $75 fine plus costs.
Marjorie Bell, a Lincoln High School student, who vanished last Thursday before commencement, called her mother to say she is safe. She stayed with Mrs. C. W. Wells in Columbus after wandering the streets in a daze over not graduating.
Civil War veteran Joseph Moorehead died at his West Steubenville avenue home after a three month illness of dropsy and heart trouble. Born January 28 1839 in Pennsylvania, he lived in Cambridge thirty one years and is survived by children John Charles Will Elmer and Mrs Richard Reardon with other relatives including sisters Mrs Sarah West Mrs Wilson Cavey and Mrs Jacob Stage. Funeral Thursday at U B church with Rev W O Siffert officiating. Interment Northwood cemetery.
C. G. Stiles of this city, visiting relatives in Quaker City, dislocated his right shoulder while hunting when he threw a stone at a groundhog. He endured great pain until a physician treated him. This is his second dislocation of the right shoulder, with the left having been displaced eight times. His sister Leona has also dislocated her shoulder twice.
J. Berry state organizer for the Ohio Socialist party will speak at 7:30 this evening to local citizens at the corner of Seventh street and Wheling avenue. He will argue socialism as the central issue of the presidential campaign and claim Socialist growth worldwide.
The Board of Health voted Monday to appropriate $50 to help cover Clean Up Day expenses. Mayor Dilley and Directors Logan and MecKitrick are arranging the event with the date to be announced soon.
The United States circuit court refused to issue an injunction restraining the alleged coffee trust from disposing of 950,000 bags of coffee stored in a Brooklyn warehouse, marking an initial setback in the government action.
The girls sewing group will combine Monday night class with Tuesday evening one. Girls wishing to join morning classes should register at the rooms during the week.
Local notice bans all baseball on the Glass House diamond without office permission. The Cambridge Glass Co. offers free lot registration. City Solicitor S. C. Carnes has purchased an electric automobile.
For the right goods at the right price see Atkins the jeweler established over 60 years. Opposite Court House. Free lots 29 to 34 advertised October 9 to 11 with higher row for Free Lot 29 to 31.
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