Early Post Office in Cambridge A Long Local History
A fragmentary historical sketch describes Cambridge post office origins on lot 22, the 1844 bandhar, and the old pike mails. It notes the Taylor era postmaster William Smith and James Smith, Ogier and Clark drugstore history, and family burials including Peter Ogier and Judith Ogier with French settler ties and a Guernsey island memorial service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gan
Zatehary Taylor
Peter Oogier
Thomas Scott
PT. W. Scott
Taylor
William Smith
Win Wag
James M “Sith
Odie
Jimmy Smit
Old Pike
Wheeling Road
Steubenville
Monterey
Fillmore
8. B. Clark
Q Ogier & Clark
Peter Oxier
Ogier
John M. Ogier
Peter Ogier
William Ogier
Judith
T. W. Scott
William
Judith M. Ogier
Terr Sarchet
Iveyan Methodist Church
Guetosy Island
Guernsey
America
Island of
Cambridge merchants urged to support home market over Chicago
A narrative exchanges between Panter and local merchants reveals concern over shipping costs, prices, and the impact of Chicago competition on Cambridge’s growing town. The dialogue cites a factory-driven boom, local commissions, and a fable about the goose that laid the golden eggs to urge residents to back home businesses. Rumor notes a near future wedding, plus local visits and relocations including Gillham family moving to Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panter
Chicago
Cambridge
Will Contest Weightman Will Ends Over Small Paper
The Weightman estate dispute in Philadelphia ends as a folded note produced at court prompts talks of a codicil. The case centers on William Weightman, billionaire chemist, whose will left assets to his daughter and sons, then to the daughter via a later will. Martha Weightman Wister seeks a share via her guardians, while Mrs. Walker challenges the claim amid two years of legal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iphia
Esidhe
Wiliam Weightinen
Jones Wister
Aartha
William Weigtmen
Annie M. Weightman Walker
William
John
Willian Weightman
Mr. Weightman
Martha
Wister
Walker
W. Meirs
Governor May Have Troops In Wyoming Border Tension
Fragmented report notes Wasiiden Brooks claims troops may be deployed to remove Indigenous groups near Gillette, Ups states, with encampments and possible orders from a secretary. The text suggests pressure for prompt action amid potential militia activity and federal response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasiiden
Brooks
Wyoning
Witehooey
United Saves
Gillette
Ups
Local families migrate and visit across Cambridge area
Sugar Tree Wm Ruby and family moved from Speers farm to Cambridge. Roscoe Adair and wife visit his parents in Cambridge from Parkersburg. Several residents and visitors travel to Columbus, Belmont, Harrison counties, and Illinois. One death reported: James Fairchild of Jefferson township died after an appendicitis operation. Community events include quilting bees, public sales, and Sabbath School rally postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby
Speers Farm
Cambridge
Roscoe Adair
Parkersburg
W. Va
H. M. Adair
Callie Garwood
Illinois
Joel Oxley
Milnersville
Frank Daugherty
W. A. McCullough
W. B. Kennedy
Brady
Newcomerstown
Canton
Sparta
Jas. F. Gillespie
Belmont
Harrison
Frank Kiser
Gunn
Frank Linn
Columbus
Finley Linn
William Bond
Herbert Lawrences
Antrim
Odt
James Fairchild
Jefferson Township
Bragg
Lonvet
The New Meat Law Grieves
Fragmented OCR text shows a local note referencing opposition to a meat law and enforcement actions. Mentions individuals and places in a troubled stream, with unclear names and dates, indicating a regulatory dispute and potential public order concerns.
Bertha Krupp Marries Lieutenant in Essen Wedding
In Essen on October 16 Bertha Kripp and Lieutenant Von Bohren wed in a small improvised chapel at Villa Huegel with Emperor William and 14 guests present. The ceremony was conducted by a village pastor using a Lutheran service. The Krupp works were represented by foremen and workers who did not receive a holiday. The bride and groom announced a joint donation of 200000 to The Workmen's Invalid Fund and Kripp added 225490 to the same fund plus 125 acres of land to benefit the cause. The couple vowed to support workers and the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essen
Prussia
William
Fraulein
Bertha Kripp
Bertha Krapp
von Bohren
Funt
Krigp
Grain dealers allege railroad aided boycotts hurt firms
Chicago testimony before the interstate commerce commission details a grain trust clash. A. T. Aygarn sobbed as he testified he was ruined for dealing with farmers and track shovellers after railroads refused cars. Witnesses claim Illinois dealers faced blacklisting for handling grain from farmers’ elevators rather than approved associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Toree
Interstate Goulmerce Commission
A. T. Aygarn
Pontiar
Hinois Grain Dealers’ Association
Aygarn
Onne
Iowa‘State Grain Dealers’ Association
Ilinois Association
J. E. Brennan
L. G. Dunn
Organized Commission
Ilinois
Ilinoisociation
Illnois
Argaru
Nis Central
Prowiy
Taha Mail Slamship Company
Craups Shipyard
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Gen. Taylor
al St. Mettiscoe Ain Bt
Tre M. Ti
Cegsay Sears
Crusraes
Ang the
Winkersep KO
George Dayes
Middlebourne
Saul Gilhian
B. Grimsley
Arlington Bonnell
Elmer Patterson
van Dora Wyrick
Ross
Jessie
Nellie Hanna
Ted Qorra
Mary Guyton
Bula Nicholson
Frank Comings
Barnesville
The
Senhauser Co
Clarence Stevens
Kittanning, Pa
Times of Hat Place
Gomes
Yiu
Tual
Coategts Hall
Geurt
Webster
Inter Ocean
A. T. McCormick
Gillespie
Lillian Ford
San Francisco
Cali
Golden State
Ifer
George B. Steele
Benjamin Vanhorn
Robert Ross
Kimboll
Vanhorn
Monmouth
Thomas Green
Freeport
Sarah Brown
Th Street
Middletown
Sand Hill
Mr. Campbell
G. N Hays
Jas. Long
Washington
Samuel Smith
Sigman
Samuel Marlow
J. H. Marlow
Henry
Missie Lizzie
Ina Hanna
Lee Scott
Shatrock's
Ella Henry
Henry Millinery
Quaker City
Jos. Scott and Family
Cr. G. Bisant
W. F. Bryant
Hix & Hoge D. G. Co
Wheeling
V. C. Coleman
Jos. Coleman
Wilson
Chede
Raeses Froota
Foy Perenne
Foy
Sam Atsebate
Ogo
Hess Waters
Bertha Krupp
Kaiser William
Sancey
Reas
Cago Hearing
Crain Dealers
Rairoads
Tella
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