Local notices and obituaries from Cambridge area 1902
A collage of community items includes marriages in Osco and Cambridge, deaths of Rebecca Cronk and Mrs. Larson, funeral details, and local post office mail that week. The report also covers burglaries at Munson and Osco, with a Cambridge arrest and pending trial for the thief. The piece blends social news, obituaries, and crime notes from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ho Bude
Canton
Tere
G Wojohn
Budd
Kate Hayes Merton
Woysthesley
Kewaunee
Last Hope Realized in Early Oklahoma Settlement
The Sentinel of Gebo Montana recounts a settler’s near fatal illness from bad water and fevered toil. A single bottle of Colic Cholera and Diarrhea remedy cured him within hours after a desperate trial near his claim. Forsale by J E Wright and F A Peterson.
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Sentinel
Gebo
Mont
Oklahoma
8Sa
Fortune
Ss Sugrests
J E. Wright
F A Peterson
Weather summary for the week ending June 9
The mean temperature for the week ending Tuesday June 9 was 67 degrees, normal for the season. Monday June 9 recorded 63, with a 56 degree low on the morning of Saturday June 5. Cambridge received .44 inches of precipitation for the week. The four preceding years show averages: 1902 71, 1901 66.5, 1900 70, 1895 73.5. five year average 70. As of June 9 there is about a three percent probability of rain.
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Cambridge
Weather and crop notes with farm testimonials and remedies
Fourths of the corn planted and the rain holds, planting nearly finished this week. Early crops show weeds but will improve with good weather. Some oats are thin but may yield well. Pastures in good condition with abundant stock forage. One hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures by Chenery & Co. Toledo. West Truax and Walding Marvin, Toledo druggists, endorse Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills with testimonials and price details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che i Chenery & Co
Toledo
West & Truax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Probate Court Proceedings and Estate Reports October 1903
The probate court reviewed numerous estate actions including final reports for Dietrich Brinkhoff and Jared H Smith estates, appraisements, private sales, and notices to creditors. Petitions for probate of wills by Peter May and Nelson Lay were granted with executors appointed. inventories varied from real estate to bank stocks and cash. Guardianship reports for Mary A Washburn and Carin Lundeen concluded with balances and disbursements recorded.
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Clyde B Taylor
Dietrich Brinkhoff
Peter May
Eleanor Looney
Bert Nance
A. J. Johnson
Jobo
Emery Gee RK
J Heber Smith
Jared H. Smith
N. B. Gould
R W. Fleming
I. H Patten
Samuel M Rutledge
Myra W Dixon
Charles Wetmore
Squire M Thayer
Samuel Bradbury
Elizabeth Howard
Walter Rogers
Kewanee Boiler Ci
R Heher Hinman
William Doneghy
Ineodore Boltenstern
Charles Almquist
Greorge R. and
J. Heber Smith
Jared B. Smith
Blanche A Wirt
William M. Wirt
O. C. Sexton
J Tave
J G Quintan Clyde B Taylor
Adeline Kirkpatrick
Hiram T Lay
Nelson Lay
Benjamin F Washburn
Mary A
Sadie Washburn
William A Williams
Mary A Washburn
Peter Lundecen
Carin Lundeen
Michael Lundern
Bitter Fight Warned Against Consumption Cure
Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption is praised by T R Beall of Beall Mississippi with testimonials claiming immediate improvement and cure after using one and four bottles. The text also covers a new compulsory education law requiring children ages 7 to 14 attend school for the full term and restricting work for ages 14 to 18, with age verification and school-notary affidavits abolished.
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Kings
Caden
Beall
Kine
J FE. Wright
Dragetist
Futhermore
Bostine
Board of Education
CUTS BRUISES HEALED BY CHAMBERISIN PAIN BALM
An advertisement promotes Chamberisin's Pain Balm as an antiseptic uniment that heals cuts bruises and burns rapidly without maturation. Sold by J. E. Wright and F. A. Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberisin
J. E. Wright
F. A. Peterson
Little Early Risers touted as easy safe laxative pill
Advert column extols DeWitts Little Early Risers for constipation claiming they do not purge the system and that even a double dose will not gripe or sicken. Several letters from users in Texas and Indiana praise the pill noting others cause distress while these work gently. Local notes mention shipments, social visits, and weather slowing farming in Port Byron Globe.
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W.A. Howell
Houston
Texas
Moore
Lafayette
Ind
DeWitt
J. E. Wright
August Flower Promises Quick Relief for Indigestion
The advertisement touts August Flower as the best remedy for indigestion and blousness once used by mothers and grandmothers. It claims to cleanse the liver, improve digestion, calm nerves, and cure various ailments with a few drops in liquid jam sold at Grouse & Stans for 2 cents and 73 cents.
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J. E Wright
Geneseo
Illinois
Tiseetus Oggotte Worni
wWorld Chess
Armetwalith
Ad. Hinds
Grouse & Stans
President Roosevelt Pays His Own Travel Expenses
William Allen White describes President Roosevelt as the first since recent years to refuse railroad courtesies and pay his own way. He portrays the president with a sharp, combative image and notes railroads intend to oppose him.
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William Allen White
Roosevelt
United States
Farm For Sale On Bale Near City With 100 Acres
For Bale the RE J Paul Place consisting of 100 acres lies within two and a half miles of the city. A school house is within twenty rods of the house and there is access to telephone line and road. Enquire of A O Casteel or Robert Lyon.
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RE. J. Paul Place
A. O. Casteel
Robert Lyon
TP Lingis
Henry
County Court
James TD Ball
Thomas Ball
Albert W. Hall
Manville Hall
Seth Wickwire
William Wickwire
George N Wickwire
James Wickwire
Heal
AmMidayit
Manville J
George N. Wickwire
Willam Wickwire
Henry County
Manville J. Hall
George No Wickwire
Janes Wickwire
James T. Hail
Thomas Hall
Cleveland
Hlineis
Wild Court
Court House
Cambridge
Wincie
Cambridge Mnols
Frank G. Welton
Harry A. Renero
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