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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
8
Ed Boyer arrested on a warrant sworn by E Bates of the Princess theatre for assault and battery. He appeared before Mayor Bradford, changed plea from not guilty to guilty, and was fined five dollars plus costs.
Don Purdum and daughter Hat te of Sac City Iowa visiting N O Claggett and family on Cambridge R D No 2 and attending the Guernsey county fair will return home this evening.
Londonderry area residents, visiting friends in the vicinity. A newborn nine pound boy born to Burt Hyde and wife. Winnie Mc Clelland reportedly fell from a telephone pole near Love City and was taken to Zanesville hospital, serious injuries. Roy Cunningham and Smith Riggs were in Uhrichsville on a pleasure trip. Mrs H H Masters and daughter returned from Clarinton where visiting parents Mr and Mrs J R Stewart. Geo Nicholson of Winterset visiting town and attended M and P church services. Chas Patterson moved family to Newcomerstown. Aaron Yarnell and family attended the Uhrichsville street fair. villagers eager for county election turnout. Washington fair drew dust and good times.
Attendance at a temperance meeting included Rev. McMunn and Squire Turner. Community members visit families in Newcomerstown Kimbolton and Flat Ridge. Birth announced for Harvey and wife’s son on September 21, 1908. Visits from Pittsburg to Wilber Forney and multiple residents gathering at various homes.
Pupils in the Taylor block on Wheeling avenue were dismissed until noon due to cold weather. A planned gas connection failed as the gas company was at capacity. A coal stove was used and school resumed in the afternoon.
Mrs Vernon Bond of North Ninth Street is visiting relatives in Crooks ville.
Mrs. W. S. Cunningham of Canton is visiting Cambridge friends this week. No further details are provided in the report.
Mrs Phillip Kendall of Denver and her husband have been visiting Dr C A Frame on East Wheeling Avenue. Dr Frame operated yesterday afternoon with Dr Johnson assisting to remove a tumor. The patient is reported resting well this afternoon.
Wm H Turner longtime Kimbolton resident and stone cutter died at his home Monday afternoon at about 3 30 o clock He was a Civil War drummer boy and survived by his wife two daughters and several siblings Funeral services set for Wednesday at 10 with Judge and Mrs Troette traveling from the city to attend
John Saad a prominent Syrian resident died at his West Steubenville home Tuesday morning after a long rheumatic illness that led to kidney trouble He was about sixty five and survived by his wife six children four sons and two daughters The funeral will be at St Benedicts Catholic church Wednesday at 1 pm with burial in Northwood cemetery He had lived in Cambridge four years six months and once ran a fruit stand at Wheeling avenue and Seventh street
Morrow county residents voted to outlaw liquor with a countywide majority of 2185 to 1. Mt Gilead and Cardington, the only towns with saloons, also went dry, with Mt Gilead alone supporting the drys by about 500 votes.
Prosecuting Attorney Charles S. Sheppard reported that Byesville would cast a heavy vote and requested 300 additional ballots. The Deputy Board of Supervisors authorized the shipment and sent the extra ballots to Byesville after in-session consideration.
A compact digest lists diverse events from Harrisburg to Cleveland including weather and deaths. Notable items cover a rain end in Harrisburg, the Chatfield Bending plant move to Bucyrus, Gettysburg memorial designs, a 16 year old tragically shot while hunting in Steubenville, a bee takeover of a confectionery in Tiffin, a Mrs. Kruger death amid hydrophobia fears, a banana spider death in Ridgway, heavy rain in Wilkes Barre, lunacy jail in Springfield, and a murder-robbery conviction in Indiana. Additional notes mention Winslow Glass ship resumptions in Columbus, Bethlehem boxing among young women, a sentencing jailbreak in Erie, and other regional updates.
The Cleveland American League team beat Philadelphia 5 to 4 in the morning game of today's double header. Batteries were Berger and Bemis for Cleveland and Flater and Eagan for Philadelphia.
Gallipolis Ohio September 29 incendiaries burned Charles Clines tobacco warehouse in Mason county. Postmaster Johnson of Gallipolis Ferry collapsed and died from excitement at the scene. Attorney E W Mathews Jr moves his family to a new home on Urban Terrace. J B Stubbs and Prof C E Monroe discussed election issues at Grand View schoolhouse to a large audience.
In Zanesville Ohio on September 29 after a sharp stockholder feud on the O A and W railroad running between Zanesville and Bellaire through Guernsey Noble and Monroe counties factions reached a peace. Col S L Mooney of Woodsfield was re elected president and J K Geddes of Zanesville became manager. Three former directors quit and five new ones were added as plans for major improvements on the narrow gauge line were announced.
The court adjourned without pay and continued all undecided cases to the next term. Jurors drawn for October 12 and October 19, 1908 include John Brower Londonderry EK A Davis Cambridge Twp Grant Atkinson Liberty J C Bay Spencer T K Swan Knox J B Siegfried Cambridge Second ward J Yarnell Monroe Ozias Kuhn Richland W T Davis Cambridge First ward A M Baxter Cambridge Third ward Enoch Perego Millwood W W Harford Antrim precinct W F Rogers Jackson P L Baker Cambridge First ward 8 Meighen Valley. Petit jurors meeting October 19 list W L Boden Cambridge Third A A Hutchison Richland W D Culbertson Jackson W E Ewing Cambridge Twp G W Medick Cambridge First Osborn Beal Cambridge Third J A Duncan LondonDerry L D Carother s Wheeling W C Best Westland J W Bair Washington Allen Deeren Valley Albert Cunningham Londonderry J G Bair Cambridge Third Ward Thompson Crow Cambridge Second Charles McConnell Center Oscar Adair Jefferson Glen Hawes Jackson Wm Stewart Knox Geo A Davis Cambridge First David Imlay Spencer L C Wilson Dexter City noted as business visitor.
Steubenville Ohio reports Browns Island north of town infested with snakes of all descriptions driven to the Ohio River by drought. Prints of their bodies dot mud along river banks as blue racers and rattlesnakes move toward the water. Campers note snakes swim in shallow river water after reaching the bank.
Hon John R Garrett mayor of Girard Alabama testifies that he suffered from severe itching piles day and night until using Dean's Ointment which cured him permanently, marking a decisive relief from his condition.
A grim line in a moral tale shows safety dissolving when virtue is mocked. The narrator warns that laughter at good deeds invites danger and calls for vigilance against complacency in a world that prizes irony over integrity.
An old advertisement touts Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a remedy for stomach issues and constipation. It claims the product tones the stomach, eases pain, and heals injuries, advising readers to ask their druggist for it and noting accidents will happen but a well regulated family keeps it on hand.
Dr Albert F Snell invites all to consult at his sanitarium during a listed trip. He claims cures for deafness catarrh paralysis rheumatism and nervous disorders with a new method. No charge for examination or diagnosis and mail in inquiries welcomed. patients urged to bring urine sample for analysis.
Dr Albert F Snell of 16 Garfield Place Cincinnati is asked to recall the above day date and place in relation to a local remembrance notice.
Cambridge residents testify to Dean's Kidney Pills improving back pain kidney function and overall health. J T Sherrard of 1332 Wheeling Ave cites 1904 benefits and repeated satisfaction from family use. Sold by dealers for 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents. Burdock Blood Bitters also promoted for health.
Judge J A Troette visited Zanesville yesterday for legal matters. Local docket activity or courthouse schedules were not provided in the readable text.
Supt. C. R. Mellyar of the Sheet Mill departed this afternoon for Wheeling West Virginia on a business trip.
Miss Jeanette Bostock returned to her home in Grand Rapids Michigan yesterday and was accompanied by Mrs. K D Shively who will be her guest for several weeks.
W S McCartney Cashier states the bank records show redemption funds with U S Treasurer five percent of circulation and amounts due from the U S Treasurer. The statement lists various balances including ten thousand and one hundred thousand dollars, with totals and allocations across funds.
A Guernsey County Ohio bank cashiers statement outlines assets and liabilities for a 1908 bank. It lists redemption funds 10000, capital stock paid in, surplus, undivided profits, and deposits. mentions notes outstanding, due to other banks and trust companies, and a notary public witness by C.S. McMahon and others.
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