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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
5
Ohio state assessors report wheat total 42,720,087 bushels from 166,784 more acres than last year. Oats yield 46,404,767 bushels on 1,365,434 acres. barley 493,381 bushels from 16,494 acres. rye 849,560 bushels from 47,054 acres. Corn prospects at 104 percent of average. potatoes and pastures also noted with varying quality and acreage changes.
The October term grand jurors reported six days of session, examined witnesses, assessed 63 costs, and returned 40 true bills while ignoring 23 cases. Indictments named numerous defendants for crimes including burglary, assault and battery, selling to a minor, murder, and criminal slander, with various bond amounts. New cases include foreclosures and civil damages, and marriages licenses list several couples including W. M. Allen and Emma Davis.
The report notes an area of 2,492,400 acres and states potato prospects are at 84 percent of average. It also projects apple output at about three-fourths of an average crop based on current prospects.
A farmer from near Freeport visits Cambridge with his cousin and witnesses urban bustle and higher prices for produce. He and Mr. Hart discuss the dangers of relying on mail order catalogs, urging local merchants to invest in regional growth to sustain the area’s economy. The tale promises continuation next week.
An old advertisement claims Catarrhin by FL Cheney & Co. of Toledo cures catarrh and related illnesses. It promises a one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure and urges readers to send for circulars and testimonials, listing a physician and merchant agents for distribution.
An elegant Thursday reception followed the wedding of Rev. W. O. McMunn and his bride at the groom parents home near Love City. About fifty guests attended with Misses Rata McMunn Jennie and Mary Trerill and Elnora McMunn assisting. The couple will move to New York state where McMunn will lead a large congregation, as friends offer best wishes for their work in West Lebron church.
The joint Sunday School convention of Center and Jefferson townships will meet at Harmony M B church on October 1. Delegates are urged from all schools for an afternoon session with devotional time and a 7 o clock program plus a 3 40 pm reports segment. Evening service includes devotional and addresses by E G McKibben Anna Colvin W L Stewart and others.
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