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Cambridge City And Environs 46 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of May 31, June 7 and 14, 1917, comes the news of the day.
The first block of cement on the street paving done by con- tractor Kirkpatrick, was laid on Decoration day at the intersec- tion of Main and Plum street, on the north side, near the river bridge. Quite a number of citi- zens were present to witness the work . ... The names of the re- gistrars and the places for con -. scription registration on June 5 . of all male persons between the ages of 21 and 30 for Wayne county have been given out. Har- rison township, W. H. Miller's of- . fice, Jacksonburg; Jackson town- ship, Gco. Adrian at Mrs. Spen- cer's in Mt. Auburn; D. C. Smitlı at council room in Dublin, Lee Ault at Caldwell hotel, J. W. Har- per at First National bank, Chas .. Loeb at school house, A. E. Ehle at his office in Germantown; Jef- ferson township, David Hoover at Commercial bldg., L. A. Cutter at Crull's store, Wm. Porter at . City bldg., at Hagerstown. Wash-' ington township, A. C. Doll at his barbershop, Geo. B. Rothermel at Chas. Ferris', Geo. W. Crull at Big Four depot, Milton . . . . John T. Manlove is building a new gar- age at his home for the new Oak- land car which he recently pur- chased . . . . Harry Bachmann, president of the Mal-Gra Castings Co., is now comfortably settled in the property recently purchas- ed from Peter Zehrung . . . . The casket factories here and at Mil- ton are crowded with orders and some of them are working over- time . ... The Tribune quotes the New Castle Times: "One bank in Cambridge City has taken and sold $76,000 worth of Liberty Bonds, or more than all four of the banks in New Castle com- hined
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of June 21, 28, and July 5, 1917 comes the news of the day.
Numerous young men in this and surrounding communities have signed up for conscription and some have already been drafted and reported for training at In- dianapolis The Mal-Gra- Castings Co., has its new addition about completed and expects to begin operation therein within a e
few days . ... The two banks and one trust company of Cam- bridge have sold near $150,000 worth of Liberty Bonds. The banks of Germantown, Milton, & Dublin will easily swell this am- ount to $200,000 . . . . $25,000 is the Wayne County share to be raised for The American Red Cross Roderick Lean of Mansfield, Ohio, spent several days here looking over the Na- tional Drill works and conferring with L. W. Ogborn, the superin- tendent, concerning the affairs of the plant, and its output thus far this senson . . . . J. W. Harper & Walter Waddell the committee np- pointed to raise money for the. erection of hitchracks, have turn ed over to the treasurer of the Welfare club $82.72 . The marriage of Miss Gaynelle Hage- mann and Hugh R. Foss took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Hage- mann on Mulberry street, a re- cent morning . ... The chantal- qua will be here August 9 to 11 . . There is talk of operating; a jitney service between this. place, Dublin, New Lishon .. New Castle .. .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of July 12, 19, 26, 1917 comes the news of the day.
The town board should be con- sidering enough of our working people who have to walk to and from Cambridge City every day, to cause the sidewalk east from the foundry to be rebuilt. The on- fly way one can get through in wet weather is to slide through. It has been a disgrace to our town for years . ... "Peekaboo" Veach an old time veteran professional baseball player, who often played with the old Cambridge City Grays, stopped off here to visit with Wesley Cornell and others. Ile was enroute from his home in Indianapolis to Dayton . The county road agent ought to pay prompt attention to the holes and pools of water and mud on the National road under the via- duct at Harvey's crossing . ... Several men were here last week looking along the National road between Indianapolis and Dayton for aviation stations. These are for Government use of machines building at Dayton who will use the National road line in training and want stations where they can stop if necessary for repair or other purposes. The only ground available in this territory are the former fair ground neres, and tracts on the farms of J. A. Boyd and Mrs. Melissa Bond at German- town. Just when these air war ma -! chines will begin to cruise is not! known, but the shops in Dayton' are rapidly getting in shape . . .. Dan Chapman and Vern Chap- man have their threshing machi -; nes in order and ready to start at a moments notice . .. . According to State reports of auto licenses issued for the first half of 1917 Wayne County has 3,034 register- ed automobiles, Henry County 2,- 1448, Fayette County 1,115 .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of August 2, 9 and 16, 1917, comes the news of the day.
The School Board of this place have just completed the employ- ment of its corps of teachers for the school year beginning Mon- day, September 10. They are as follows: A. H. Hines, superinten- dent; Luther A. Lockwood, prin- cipal of high school; W. J. Bow- den, mathematics; Imogene Van Dalen, Latin and German; Vonnie M. Butler, English and History; H. M. Kabel, manual training & drawing; Effie Wolford, domes- tie science; Philip Gates, music. Grade teachers: Mary Nation, El- eanor :Newman, Mode Brown, Catherine Kniese, Inez Funk, Ge- nevieve Horn, Mabel Straughn . . Singles G won free-for-all pace at Cleveland, O., in straight heats over Hal Boy and Ben Earl Time, 2.0212. Betting was strong, Single G selling for $500, Hal Boy $250, Ben Earl $100 . . Have you $848.57 for Uncle Sam this; year? That is what he is going to need the coming 12 months from the average American family to pay the staggering war cost and ordinary government expenses
. . Virgil Haskett of Straughn and Miss Hester Polk of this city went to Richmond Saturday and were married in the clerk's office by Judge Fox . .. . Single G won a free-for-all at Kalamazoo, Mi- chigan, over a field of five. His best time was 2.02 . .. . Chester- field cigarettes, 20 for 10c . .
Frank Allison delivered 1,100 bushels of wheat to the Imperial Mills last week, from which he re- ceived $2.20 per bushel .... The cornerstone of the new Masonic temple to take the place of the one destroyed by fire November 4, 1916, was laid without pomp or display, but with due and appro- priate ceremony by Byron Strat- ton, master of Cambridge Lodge No. 5, Monday afternoon, Aug- ust 13 . .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of August 23, 30, and September G, 1917, comes the news of the day.
The Connersville company fur nishing electric light to German- town at 9 cents per kilowatt, have asked the Public Service Com- mission to increase the rate . . . We told you. So soon as the name of the postoffice at Germantown was changed to Pershing, people! began to flock in. Indianapolis was represented by 18 visitors at the Pershing office Sunday . Kitterman & Cramer shipped from here and sold in the Indianapolis market in one day 117 head of hogs that averaged 260 pounds. The price received was $17.85 per hundred and the total amount was $5,405.40 . . . . "A meeting will soon be held in Cambridge City at which time a company of State miltia will be formed from among residents of Jackson, Washington and Harrison Twps. The com- pany will consist of 50 members and three officers In this day when many automobiles are in use, persons should not jay- walk, that is, cross Main street diagonally, but should use the street crossings as heretofore. Then if a machine runs you down you have a right to talk back to the driver if any breath is left in your body - at least you have the right to show him that a pe- destrian has as much right on the street as his machine, even if you have to go to court to prove it . When American troops land in France let us remember we are paying a debt incurred in 1776 . ... Russell Worl has A. sumed the duties of bookkeeper in the office of Bertsch & Co., filha the vacancy caused by the : 1- ation of Edward B. Newmar, 10 was conscripted into the nrmy . . Thus far Wayne county Fas 250 men in the several divisions of the army and navy in this country and in France. These are enlisted men and hot those who reported as drafted men
Single G got a good trimmin .it Behaont Park, Phila leh hia n free-for-all pare. The track heavy and the time slow V Harris M was fust in cach of three hats - 206. 201 2.0G12
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of September 13, 20, 27, 1917 comes the news of the day.
Frank Howell has been appoint- ed agent of the Pennsylvania lines at Straughn . . . . A jitney bus line will be established be- tween Cambridge City and K'lown . The Mal-Gra company are working their big force on auto! parts principally for trucks. Or- ders booked will keep the plant busy for six months or more . . . . Dougherty & Son, the well known orchardists, have been shipping many barrels of summer and fall apples to Indianapolis . . . . Indiana has produced more and faster pacing horses than any other state in the Union - for instance, Dan Patch, Prince Albert William and Single G; all have paced in two minutes or better . . . The Cambridge Natural Gas Co. has a force of men relaying pipes over their entire system in their main field in Rush county . . . . All the National road con- crete paving under the contract with C. M. Kirkpatrick within the corporation limits of Cambridge City has been completed . . . . A special train leaving here for Camp Taylor, Ky., with 39 of our soldier boy were given a rousing sendoof. School was dis- missed and children took part in the parade, as well as the miltia company and citizens. The Milton and Kennedy bands supplied the music . . . . Messers Teepe & Dan- ner have opened a dry cleaning and pressing shep in the Ebert block. They are also doing a mer- chant tailoring business . . . . Milk 'in Cambridge City has pushed up in price like elsewhere and the housewife who buys in quarts will have to pay 12 epnts . . . . The Home Guard drills Tuesday and Friday each week
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of October 4, 11 and 18, 1917, comes the news of the day.
Buckskin Ben and his Wild West show are showing at the Eaton, Ohio fair . ... The largest transfer of real estate in Jack- son township in many years was that of last week when Mrs. Me- lissa Bond sold her farm of 355 acres south of and adjoining E. Germantown, to Mrs. Edna Swig- gett for $175 per acre. The total of $62,125 was paid in cash. Some 35 years ago Abiram Boyd, grand- father of Mrs. Swiggett, bought the farm of the heirs of the late Rudolph Shoff for $32,000. It was then, as now considered a- mong the best tracts of land in the county. John Harris and family 'will continue as tenants for the time being, at least . .. . Adverti- sement: Help Win The War-Sec- ond Liberty Loan of 1917-Lend your Money To Your Government - Buy A United States Govern- ment Bond - These Bonds Bear Four Per Cent Interest ... . Cam- bridge City hasn't and idle indus- try nor an idle house . . . . The blueprints prepared by engineer Horton for the proposed sanitary sewer system for west Cambridge are posted in several public places for inspection. Every taxpayer is interested and should give this very important public improve- ment a full and careful investi- gation, likewise an unprejudic- ed consideration. Editor's Note: Now in 1963 bids are being asked on a complete sanitary sewage system for all of Cambridge City
. . All the population of Cam- bridge City who knew of an army airplane passing over the town, got out doors Wednesday evening and saw a plane known as T-962 heading west from Payton to Ran- toul, Ilinois. It was well up in the nir, but the sound of the engine of the big machine was plainly heard. It carried two people . ...
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of October 25, November 1, 8, 1917, comes the news of the day.
Harrison M. Hicks has sold his farm of 24 acres south of Penn- ville to Oliver Seffrin, who willf take possession the latter part of the month. Mr. Hicks will prob- ably move to one of the surround- ing communities.
Tditor's Note: That's my Dad, & Grandfather and Grandmother Hicks moved to Milton, where they 'lived the rest of their lives . . . . Chas. Close has bought of the heirs of the late A. W. Bradbury the building and grounds former- ily used in the livery business. The buildings will be removed and Mr. Close will build a concrete garage with every modern improvement . . . The lamps for the airplane
lighthouse have been received and immediately placed in position on the First National bank block by Supt. Lantz of the electric light plant. We are the first in Wayne County to be ready for the air flyers, if not along the entire line from Dayton to Indianapolis . . . In a short article titled "Basketball" by Morris, the line- up for the Cambridge City high ! school team against Connersville and Modoc will probably be: right forward, V. Sowers; left forward, M. Dolan; center, W. Daniels; right guard, O. Ferguson (Capt.) ; left guard, R. Marson. Others are F. Frohnapfel and S. Winters, forwards ... . Bertsch & Co. is one of seven foundries in the United States which has the cap- acity to make the large castings necessary in the construction of the government emergency fleet engines. The contract with the gov ernmment was signed a few days 'ago by Bertsch & Co. . . . . In the recent corporation election trus- tres elected were: Roy Jones, Ross Tyler, Roy Fraunberg. Clerk el- ected was HI. E. Stannah and treasurer, R. H. Ressler
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From the pages of the (Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of November 15, 22, 29, 1917 comes the news of the day.
C. C. H. S. defeated Modoc 36-16 in a game of basketball, and the local second team down- ed Milton's first team 21-11 . : . . A ten year contract between the postoffice department and the First National Bank of the east room of the bank block has been negotiated. This will be the loca- tion of the local postoffice and an entire new and modern outfit is to be installed . Bertsch & Co. who are running night and day to get out a large order for the emergency fleet now build- ing at the shipyards on the Atlan- tie coast receive orders by tele- phone now, to help speed produe- tion . . . . There must be some evil In the world, otherwise why the Kaiser? . ... Harry Sourbeer of the Germantown community was one of the first of our farm- ers to finish husking corn . The coal situation in Cambridge City is not much improved. What has come to town has been well distributed and will meet a long felt want provided there are plen- ty additions when the weather gets cold and the snow flies . . . . A corn husking record is given in for Harry Traus, who is em- ployed on the farm of Park Thorn burg, west of Milton. He has been making a record of 118 bushels per day. One day he husked 124 bushels. He was timed one day & husked 27 ears in one minute. Mr. Traus has the credit of husk- ing as high as 130 bushels in a duy. He takes up the corn clear from the ground as he goes along . . . . The Y. M. C. A. is with the boys over there and in our camps in the U. S. . ... Indiana is call- ed on to increase pork production 20 percent, this next year, to help meet the demands of the war em- ergeney . . . . Bertsch & Co. and Mal-Gra Co. are busy on gov- ernment contracts . -
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of December 6, 13, 20, 1917 comes the news of the day.
The Stranghn high school has- ketball team has played four games this season and won all of them. Lewisville has not yet met defeat. The last and seventh vie- tory was over Knightstown, 26 to 6 .. . . . Adv .- We Are Busy, getting ready to move into our new home where the post office was located-Dean House. Edit- or's Note: Shortly after Dean House passed away several years ago, a men's clothing store occu- pied the same location for a few years, a little lover two years ago W. F. Johnson, jeweler mov- ed from the Central Hotel build- ing to the same location .
Forest (Scudder, who has been the local manager of the Cambridge Natural Gas Co. for a number of years has resigned and is sue- ! ceeded by Cissel McGilliard of ; Muncie. Mr. Scudder and Lester , Sherry have formed a partnership of the local Ford agency
Martin Funk has sold his saw mill, residence and ten acres of land in the eastern part of Washington township to Mrs. Eliza Marlatt for her son, who will move there and operate the mill .. . . Trains, traction cars, mails, rural ronte service, and traffic of all kinds has been greatly interrupted by the extreme cold weather and drifted snow . .. . The coal situ- ) ation is alarming here. It has been below zero for several days and no coal in any yard in Cam-' bridge City and many bins swept even to the dust. This promise of : conl that never gets here is a con- dition that needs the attention of the State fuel administrator . . . . Advertisements appealing to the Christmas shopper are plenti- ful in these issues . . . . A full page nd donated by the Tribune seeks support for the Red Cross, who are engaged in helping Our boys in the armed services, in ho itals. hospital ships and hospital trains
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of January 3, 10, 17, 1918 comes the news of the xlay.
Stanley Scheidler came home from Camp Sherman at Chilicothe, Ohio to spend a few days of the holiday season. He is in the re- mount division where horses and mules are training for the army service and it may be that he wil! get to go to Franee with the wa- gon trains. He will soon be pro- moted to barn sargeant The Cambridge Natural Gas Co. drilled in a new and good well last week that will materially help the supply in this locality . . . . The annual salaries of the town offic- ers of Cambridge City are as fol- lows: Clerk, $960; treasurer, $100 Marshal, $600; trustees, each $100; health officer $75 . . . . The officers of the First National Bank of Dublin recently elected are Henry Myers, president; J. W. Sparks, vice president; T. J. Butler, cashier . . . . The Wayne National Bank and the Wayne Trust Co. elected the following officers: J. K. Smith, president ; Mrs. Edna Swiggett, vice presi- dent; R. A. Hicks, cashier . .
The officers elected by the First National Bank were: C. S. Kitter-{ man, president; Charles Ferguson vice president; Irvin J. L .. Har- meier, cashier; Max Kitterioan, ¡assistant cashier . ... The Jackson Township Bank at Germantown chose the following officers: Roh- ert E. L .. Hartman, president: R. 'E. Swallow, vice president; Park R. Gipe, cashier; Dr. A. E. Fhle. assistant cashier. George H. But- ler, Fred Dryer and R. G. S. 1 low along with the above na 1
officers are the directors . . . . In accordance with the recent or ler of the Fuel Administrator. to pen- serve fuel and light. the fullenne merchants will close each wenn except Saturday, at & p mil T. Frohnapfel. G. W Wanh. 1. H OFmit C H Oover ) OL& Drischel I . TOR. D & H Cra-
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From the Cambridge City Tri- bune editions of January 24, 31, and February 4, 1918, comes the news of the day.
The price of sugar was fixed at 9c by county food administra- tor Weidner. Selling at any other price is a violation of the law
. . A Lake Erie & Western freight train was stalled in a snow drift at the north edge of Milton for a week. Mail and freight on the ! line from Fort Wayne did not; move for a week. A snow plow . operated by four engines dug out the stalled freight and restor- ed traffic . . .. The hog with tons of coal in the cellar will be around for his card and 500 pounds the same as the man who has put the last shovel full in his stove. And the same in everything. The hog believes only in self preservation ..! He is a bump on humanity that ! ought to be removed-gently, of course, but forcibly if it must be . Acting upon the advice of . the government, Lee Pitman is storing a vast quantity of 17 to 20 inch natural ice in his houses along the upper canal. The gov- ernment is urgent in this matter and says that the unprecedented demand for ammonia by the army and navy indicates a shortage in this chemical so widely used in producing ice and in refrigerators . Earl Whipple of Losantville has purchased the saw mill in the south part of town of the Swisher Bros. and has moved here with' his family The dinky car service to Milton, snowbound for two weeks is back in service now that the track has been cleared . ..
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of February 14, 21, 28, 1918 comes the news of the day.
Local parties are considering the purchase of the Marshall Con- crete burial vault plant located in east Cambridge, and engaging more extensively in the manufac- ture of these vaults . . . . The local coal situation is much im- proved. More coal is now avail- able to households in this town, after a severe shortage . . . . Post master Straughn has given his per- sonal attention to the alien enemy registration in the western part of Wayne County, of which there are but a few . ... R. H. Ressler who held a clerical position in the lo- cal Pennsylvania freight office for fifteen years has resigned nnd accepted a position with the West- ern Wayne bank .... Guyton & Paul have sold their farm of 252 acres just south of Dublin to Roy Ileacock of near Greensboro, for about $35,000 . Ed. S. Mor- gan has sold his farm of 80 acres south of Dublin to W. E. Guyton for about $12,000 .... The Auto Inn owned by Sumner Davis has been sold to Vern Chapman and his father J. S. Chapman, who Iwill continue the business . . John T. Sutton has taken charge of the interurban station, and will add a line of tobaccos and con- fections . . . . Frank H. Ohmit ¡has a large ad telling of the Fifth Annual Clean Sweep Sale of Fur- 'niture and Rugs. The ad states that rugs and furniture will be 30 percent higher this year - but Ohmit's bought heavily be- fore the prices started advancing and ean now pass the savings on to the customer
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From the pages of the Cam- bridke City Tribune editions of March 7, 14, 21, 1918 comes the news of the day.
The large briek building on the corner of Main and Myers streets in East Cambridge, occupied by Henry Ingerman and later by Cleophaus Straub as a brewery for many years is now being torn down by its present owner Reu- ben Bertsch, preparatory to the erection of a modern residence for his future home. History ree- ords in 1867 show that Ira and Santford Lackey, as partners, commenced selling general mer- chandise in the building now oc- feupied by R. H. Ressler in East Cambridge in June 1834. After doing business three years as a firm, Ira Lackey built the brick house on the corner of Main and (then) Front street, brought on a stock of merchandise and com- menced business on his own ac- count in 1837. This building was built soon after the brick build- ·ing on the farm, then owned by Ira Lackey but better known later as the Meredith farm, was completed. Thus goes another old landmark . Don Wright and George Usher have formed a par- tnership as undertakers and will locate in Indianapolis. Don Wright has purchased from Charles Kerlin a property on East Washington street and it is being ·remodeled into a funeral home. George Usher will be in charge of their funeral home in the west part of the city. They will oper- ate two places . . . In this war it is "hang together now or hang seperately later" The two pairs of soldier yarn socks on ex- hibition in the post office win- dow, were knit by little Miss Mary Graves, 9 years old. The . knitting and shape is next to per- fection and surpasses much of the work done by adults . . . All women's clubs in this city, in com -! plianee to the order of the state food administration, have cut out the refreshment part of their pro-
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