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Cambridge City And Environs 45 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of March 28, April 4 and 11, 1918 comes the news of the day.
Thieves have been operating here during the past two weeks, stealing brass fittings from boil- ers. Taylor (Crook's pile driver engine and the engine at Leapley's cement works and others have been visited. The thieves are sell- ing their booty as junk, some here and somebody is taking a great risk in buying it . . . From German- town comes word that Harry Sourbeer has bought a new 5- passenger Chevrolet car, and is now ready to enjoy life along with his neighbors . . . Meatless and Wheatless Days Are Sure Steps Toward Fightless Days. . . The Teetor-Hartley Motor Co. at Hagerstown purchased $6,000 worth of war savings stamps and distributed them as a gift to their employees . . . Many vacant lots "about town should be converted into war gardens. . . Edwin Wickes of Pennville sent home a photograph of Camp Shelby, which gives a comprehensive idea of camp life. It looks comfortable . . . From Germantown comes word that George Mulvane and . the steam shovel are there, and that means the Pennsylvania line gravel pit will get in opera- tion immediately and may con- tinue all summer . .. W. A. Creitz has sold his farm of 190 acres in Washington township to Harry Sourbeer and Dr. Ehle, who will operate it. This is the old Crull mill site which was operated as early as 1820, and which was followed by Gideon Zehner up to the time of his death. The price was thought to be $16,000. . .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of April 18, 25 and May 2, 1918 comes the news of the day.
C. M. Kirkpatrick will soon be- gin putting down cement on the National Road at Phillip Franz- man's farm and west through Pershing, and then on through Dublin, finishing the Jackson township contracts before going to Center township . . . The quota of third Liberty loan bonds for Wayne county is $1,100,000. This sum was oversubscribed more than $50,000 in a single week. They were not taken over by banks, but sold to individuals. It proves the loyalty of our peo- 'ple . . . Ben Stalker (Buckskin Ben) has sold his farm of 120 "acres, located on the east Hagers- town road 11% miles north of this place, to Lindley Baker of Wash- ington township, for $135 per acre and gives possession in Oc- ¡tober . . . Robert Bertsch, who is with the U.S. ambulance corps in France writes his parents, Mr. .and Mrs. Chas. Bertsch, that he is delighted with France and the French people . .. This advertise- ment by the United States Food Administration-Blood or Bread, Others are giving their blood, - - you will shorten the war-save life if you eat only what you need and waste nothing . . . If you can't carry a gun you can at least buy a bond . . . Mrs. Joe Wade [chairman of the Red Cross sox committee, requests that all sox now being knitted be turned in by May 15. The eight men who left here Friday for Camp Taylor were ench presented with two - pair of woolen sox and n com- fort kit. The sweaters will be sent to them later. . . The Wayne National Bank advertises Liberty Bonds of first, second and third issne, plus full fine of securities for sale - 3 percent interest on time deposits
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of Muy 9, 16, 23, 1918 comes the news of the clay.
From Germantown comes word that contractor Kirkpatrick and his force have begun work ce- menting Main street (National road). This will be the best im- provement the town has made since organization in 1827 The new Masonic temple will be " dedicated soon. . . . The Imperial Mills are shipping out large quan- tities of food stuff for importa- tion aboard . . . A pledge is in circulation among the automobile owners of Cambridge City and vicinity for the formation of al company of "Gasoline Rangers," who agree to keep their cars in repair and equipped that in case of a hurry call for Company I, Third Infantry, of this city, weyt can be transported quickly and safely to the scene of action . . . The 45th annual commencement of the Cambridge City high school was held in the Hurst Opera house on Thursday evening. May 23. The class was comprised of the following: Addie Ruth Barnett Mildred G. Carpenter, Harry C. Danner, Robert Fair, Galen Hlow- ard, Grace M. Jenkins. Helen Largen, Ralph F. Marson, Harry R. Peters, Mildred F. Rimane1. Vern D. Sowers, Geneieve R Smith, Edith Wharton . . . Ja ... son township goes over the top in ten hours - Jackson townshy and the towns thereof went over the top in a ten hour drive for Red Cross funds. The solicitation by workers got $4,850, which more than the established gdeta . . Harry Doll has rommel Is horse and delivery warph 1n! served him long And faitlf I. .. l now uses a lueders aut chimes to serve his huncions cuteu with meats and greenles.
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(From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of May 30, June 6 and 13, 1918 comes the news of the day.)
Wayne county was oversub- scribed for the Red Cross quota by $10,000. The total subscrip- tion was $50,000 . . . The rural route and town mail carriers have been instructed to engage vigor- ously in the sale of War Savings Stamps and postmaster Straughn has taken measures to advertise and carry out the work of the department . . . T. J. Connell is ready to begin the series of sew- ers this summer, for which he has the contract here. The main trunk sewer will be built first, according to the plans . . . More than 200,000 auto license plates have been issued to Indiana car owners up to June 1, and appli- cations amounting to several hun- dred a day are being received at the office of the secretary of state . . . The town trustees at their regular meeting elected Dr. Charles Kniese to succeed Frank W. Marson as a member of the board of education . . . Alfred Wiseman has sold his farm of 80 acres north of Straughn to Clay- ton Kimmel for $15,400. . . The Cambridge City Coal Co. got a car of 41 tons of anthracite one day recently, and it created as much excitement as the gold days of '49 . . . The airplane that passed east over this place Satur- day evening, was flying low and gave people the most satisfactory view of any that have passed this way. And who more than the people are entitled to look the way they pay? . . . Our towns- man, W. B. Barefoot, owner of the great 2-minute pneer, Single G, says the horse was wintered good and is in prime condition, and he anticipates a successful racing season . . . 80 trueks passed through here in the past week.
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From the pages of our local newspaper editions of June 20, 27 and July 4, 1918, comes the news of the day.
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Virgil Hlaskett has been sent! .to Fort Sheridan, Illinois . The farmers are today facing the greatest crisis in their experience. The majority of them has re- sponded to the appeal of the gov- ernment for increased food pro- duction, and now they find them- selves without sufficient labor to cultivate and harvest these crops. The draft has made labor ex- tremely scarce ... The machinery for the new vil well work in the Doddridge neighborhood has ar- rived. The derrick is now being built on the David Doddridge farm near Milton, where operations are to begin . . . The Milton town board has passed an ordinance establishing a curfew. All chil- dren under 1,6 years of age will be arrested if on the streets un- attended by parents or guardian after 8 p. m. . . Farmers in some parts of Wayne county are paying fifty cents per hour and two meals per day for grain shockers .. . The total destruc- tion by fire of the sawmill owned by Earl Whipple occurred early Saturday morning, was of about $2,000. The exact cause of the blaze was not known. Mr. Whip- ple came here from Losantville earlier in the year and purchased the mill and had a steadily in- creasing business . . . Bertsch & Co. have been awarded a govern- ment contract to supply punch machines . . . Single G won his first race of the year at Akron last week. In a class of erack pacers he stood, 2, 1, 1, 1. Ilis best mile was 2:0514 . . . Loren Ulrich of the Church street conl yards, received a carload of hard coal last week, and delivered. one iton each to 44 of his customers, and they were glad to get it
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From the pages of our local newspaper editions of July 11, 118, 25, 1918, comes the news of the day.
Having parceled out the flour, sugar and beef, the government is turning its attention to coal, and it is not unlikely that when winter begins each family will know its allotment . . . A thresh- ing record was made Saturday at Clark Faucett's east of Milton. They threshed 1,300 bushels. Quality was good . . . The new K of P officers are John Dora, C. C., J. B. Fraunberg, V. G .; A. H. Wiseman, Prelate; W. B. Woodward, W. M .; Edward Jack- son, M. A .; Ross Lannerd, I. G .; Henry Roth, O. G .; J. G. Mannon, Clifford Howard and Jesse Hor- mel, representatives . . . The front of the Boyd block where the City restaurant, Dean House's drug store and Wissler hardware store are located has been painted a lively butternut brown . . . Pri- vate Virgil Haskett of Fort Sheri- dan, III., was home on a three-day furlough . . . German submarines have again appeared on the At- lantic coast and sunk was a ship and several small craft . . . By a recent transaction the Mal-Gra Castings Co. has changed owner- ship. Mr. Wittlinger and Mr. Jack of Middletown, Ohio, have sold their interest to Harry Bachman, who is now sole owner of the in- dustry and will continue to oper- ate the business, and probably in- crease the capacity . . . The Citi- zens Telephone Co. has issued its annual directory. It contains a list of 2,000 subscribers .
Thieves made the fourth raid on Oscar Chase's junk shop, the other night. . They entered from the back door and stole brass. The amount stolen in the four raids had a value of over $300 .
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From the pages of our local newspaper, editions of August 1, 8, 15, 1918 comes the news of the day. 15 17.63
Indiana is to have at least two "lightless" nights each week - Monday and Tuesday. Nothing is said about tallow candles, and it might be well to resurrect the | old molds or perchance the fat | lamp. Either were as near "lightless" in their day as a hick- ory bark torch, and of which we were well acquainted in our school days ... The supply of kerosene ! will run short next winter and the Government is urging every user to do his part toward mak- ing every gallon to full war duty by giving forth its full measure of light and heat . .. Many large plate glass windows in business rooms along Main street have been broken the past year by small stones being flipped from under the tires of automobiles in great force. The street ought to be re- paired and stones swept off as soon as possible . . . The Manlove threshing company of the Milton community has finished threshing. They threshed 11,006 bushels off of 495 acres. They worked at 15 places . . . Claude S. Kitter- man, president of the First Na- tional Bank of this place, has volunteered his services and goes i to the Y.M.C.A. work in France . . . It is the gas mask that has done the trick at the front. A devotee of the plug is seriously embarassed when called upon to don his mask. As one southern soldier puts it-"with terbacca bitin' inside yer cheek, the ol' gas mask anchored 'tween yer teeth, mustare gas all about .ye an' no chanst ter open yer mouth -war sure is hell! . . . A special purse of $4,000 has been arranged by the state fair managers for a match race, 3 in 5, between Sin- gle G nnd William, two Indiana pacing stallions, unquestionably the speediest light harness horses in the world . . . Cambridge City had its first introduction to live airplane Thursday when five ma- chines from the Dayton field flew into town and lined up on the former fairgrounds now owned by the heirs of the late Benton Wood- ward. They came unheralded, circled the town several times, and landed. Several thousand people gathered to watch them
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From the pages of our local newspaper, editions of August 23, 29 and September 5, 1918, comes the news of the day.
School teachers for this year are A. H. Hines, superintendent; W. M. Stafford, principal; J. W. Bowden and Olin Tice, high school; Bonnice Butler, Mary Na- tion, Helen Stevens, Geneva Horn, Inez Funk, Ada Ebbinghaus, Flos- sie Neff, Effie Wolford, Katie Kniese, Otis Hill. A teacher for the fifth grade is not yet em- ployed . . . Work has begun on paving the National Road through Dublin . . . Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Close drove to Indianapolis Fri- day to see the airplanes along ,with 50,000 other happy mor- .tals . .. In the free-for-all pace at Illinois state fair, William took the first heat in 2.001%, Single G was only a whisker behind, fol- lowed by Lillian T. and Russell Boy. Single G took the next two heats in 2.001% and 2.0114. Ed Allen drove Single G . . . From Milton comes word that Harry .Manlove, the "Man of Many Faces" has returned from Fort Oglethrope, where he gave one of his fine entertainments for the "boys in camp" . . . A new cor- poration has just been formed at Milton to manufacture crepe paper grave linings. J. M. Dod- dridge, inventor of the old Dod .. dridge Grave Decorating Co. for ten years, is president of the new concern, J. M. Doddridge & Sons. ! Theuse of crepe paper instead of cloth will mean a savings of hun- dred of thousands of yards of cotton goods, a war essential . . . Alonzo ITernly Boyd of this city, with a score of. 210, has been awarded the marksman medal of- fered by the Winchester Junior Rifle Corps, a recently formed National organization to promote shooting among boys and girls . The following are the teachers of the Dublin schools this year. Od: Champs L'ora Conkle, Lucy B. O'Connell, Emuma Sutton Mar- ret S. Smith. . .
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From the pages of our local newspaper, editions of Sept. 12, 19, 26, 1918, comes the news of the day.
Robert Dill, Eugene Diffen- derfer, Galen Howard and Ray- mond Peters of this city and Har- ry Winters of Pershing have been accepted for the navy and are awaiting further orders. They all come under the 18 to 45 draft .. . Single G had very little difficul- ty defeating William at the In- diana State fair. The race was 3 of 5 for $4,000. Single G on the first three heats in times of :2.01%, 2.0314 and 2.01%. The ·track was considered several sec- onds slow . . . The sorghum out- put this year in Henry county is expected to be the largest in its history . . . Automobile owners in this city and through this sec- tion observed the request from the Federal fuel administration to not use gasoline in pleasure riding Sunday. But for 80 army trucks that passed through here on Sunday our streets would have been as deserted as a cemetery so far as automobiles go . . . A section of 40 army trucks were parked along Main street from the river bridge west during the noon hour Friday, giving the sol- dier boys an opportunity to eat their dinner. Quite a few ladie of the neighborhood bronicht forth pies, cakes and other _col things to eat which contributed to the dinner. Big hearted Boh Wharton paid $4.00 for a basket of penches, borrowed an auto- mobile and drove nlong the line generously passing them to the soldiers. ITad our people been ad- vised of their stopping here a good dinner would have been in wat- ing for the boss . .. Sherry & Seudder, local Ford dealers Lave closed up: owing to the war siton- tion whereby the Ford plant is obligated to 100 percent produ tion of war material. . .
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From the pages of our local newspaper, editions of October 3, 10, 17, 1918 comes the news of the day. 1 7.63
With another eredit of $100,- 000,000 to Italy and $900,000,- 000 more to Belgium the credits advanced by the U.S. to our al- lies now total $6,380,000,000 . . Lee Pitman has finally retired from the ice business after a service of 52 years in this and surrounding towns. He will sell his outfit and quit for all time- unless the ice on the upper canal gets too thick next winter and no one takes the job off his hands ... From the Germantown neighborhood comes the news that Clint Bertsch has remodeled his farm house into a modern home, enlarging it and adding bath, steam heat, acetylene lights, etc. . Robert Hicks, chairman of
the Liberty Loan committee for Jackson township, with the aid of the five banking institutions and the faithful work of the com- mittees in each precinct of the township, succeeded in the al-) lotted time of three days to place Jackson township over the top in filling its quota of $1,700,000. . . Walter Krone, salesman for the Cambridge City Casket Co., spent three days and nights assisting his patron undertaker at Chilli- cothe, Ohio, taking care of sol- diers that died at Camp Sheridan from influenza. They have sent him 50 caskets by express and a car of lead by freight October 1 . . . Lawrence Howard Bertsch, commissioned captain in the Or- dinance Division of the War Dept. at Washington, died Sun- day (Oct. 13) of influenza at Walter Reed hospital, after a brief sickness. Born in this city Oct. 18, 1879, he was the oldest son and child of a family of ten chil- dren born to Charles and Susanna Howard Bertsch. Before enter- ing the service he was the lead- ing spirit of Bertsch & Co., well- known manufacturers of shears, punches and rolls. Private ser- vices were held here with burial in Lutheran cemetery at Persh- ing ..
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From the pages of our local newspaper, editions of October 24, 31 and November 7, 1918. comes the news of the day. /1.
Dr. C. M. Pierce, local health . officer, is a busy man. His re- port for the past two weeks shows 61 cases of influenza. Many fam- ilies were placed under quaran-, tine. Thirty one families have i been placed under quarantine thus far . .. The paving of the National Road from Centerville to west of Dublin is expected to be completed very soon. Only a stretch on Jackson Hill west of Centerville remains to be paved. . J. F. McCord, owner of the historic farm formerly owned by the late General Sol Meredith, adjoining our town, has closed a deal for the sale of his farm to William Martin and his father Theodore Martin of near Chester, this county, and will give posses- sion March 1. The farm is 123 aeres and sold for $20,400 . It looks very much as if the war with Germany and Austria was fast reaching and end. Both coun- tries have asked for an armistice along the lines of president Wil- son's last suggestion . . . Angelo Chiarenza is again able to attend to business after a siege of the influenza . . . The parents of Corporal Rufus Keever have been ·advised of his safe arrival over- seas. Rufus is a pianist and his music was an attractive feature on the YMCA programs and other times at Camp Taylor and Camp Shelby ... The Lackey sales barn in which hundreds of the great- est speed horses of the country have been sold in years past, is offered for sale by the Woodward heirs . . . Ben Stalker (Buckskin Ben), will have a big sale of live- stock, grain, hay and farm tools) at his home 216 miles north of Cambridge City on the east Ha- gerstown road, November 26. Mr.f Stalker sold his farm last spring. and with the farm sale will re- tire from farming .
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From the pages of our local newspaper, editions of November 14, 1918 comes the news of the day. 11.21.65
War Ends - Cambridge City Celebrates - That is the head- line in the November 14 issue of the newspaper here. The ar- tiele in part said, "The armistice between Germany and the allies was signed at 5 o'clock Monday morning, November 11, 1918, and a few moments later the whole world was conscious of it. Every city, town and hamlet had its jollification, and among them Cambridge City. Great fires of old rails and boxes were built at the intersection of most cities and towns, and thus began the celebration that continued for three days and nights. Tar bar- rels were set afire and turpentine balls were thrown through the air in lieu of modern fireworks. Bells were rung, parade followed parade, speeches were made, and martial music filled the air un- til the community literally wore itself out." "One parade here was five blocks long and was headed by the Milton band, Ken- nedy's band, the drum corps, fire dept., Boy Scouts, the lady em- ployees of the Bebee Glove Co., on a decorated truck and hun- dreds of citizens arrayed in var- ious gala and amusing costumes." . . . Earl Whipple is operating his sawmill full time, cutting from six to eight thousand feet of lum- ber a day . . . Mary Graves, 12 | year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Graves, narrowly es- caped serious injury during the Armistice day parade. While marching in the parade, she was struck by a stray bullet from a revolver fired from the sidewalk. The ball entered the right side of her body below the ribs, passed through the flesh and lodged on progress toward recovery. (Ed. the opposite side. It was easily removed. She is making good Note - Mrs. Mary Graves San- ford resides at 319 W. Church street, today) .. .
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From the pages of our local newspaper, editions of Nov. 21, 28 and Dee. 5, 1918 comes the news of the day.
Advertisement: Steel Traps! Furs are high this year, so get your traps ready for the season's catch - F. M. Jones & Co., Mil- ton, Indiana . . . The Hoosier Store of Richmond has a large ad headed "Victory Sale" . Graver's Dept. Store, here has an ad with the following heading: "Victory Thanksgiving, Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men." . . Dr. Pierce, healthi officer, on ac- count of the influenza, has elosed the pool rooms, churches, picture shows, lodges, clubs, library and all publie gatherings including the Red Cross. All business houses close at G p. m. and 8 p. m. on Saturday. All the schools in Wayne county have been closed Advertisement: "Be Coaled Now or Be Cold This Winter - Cambridge City Coal Company . , In the death of John E. Gray, No- vember 21, Cambridge City has lost one of its leading citizens. As a town board member he was active in municipal affairs of our town, and for the past fifty years was always a pusher and booster of Cambridge City enterprises. He was 82 years old . . . Mrs. Dans Hoover of the New Lisbon Red Cross is credited with being the champion knitter. She knitted a sweiter in fourteen hours .. The Cambridge City Natural Gas Co. has been paying attention to the 10 wells they have turned into the mains leading to this place, the past summer, and the result is n larger and better sup-' ply of gas . . . Callaway's Dry Goods Store, here has a full page! advertisement headed "Victory Celebration Sale . ..
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From the pages of our local newspaper, editions of Dec. 12, 19, 26, 1918, comes the news of the day. :2.563
Cambridge City schools closed two weeks because of the flu epidemie, have been reopened . . . Contractor Connell is making fine progress with the construction work on the public sewer, here. If favorable weather conditions continue they will be laying pipe on the line running north along the east bank of the canal in a few days ... Harvey Whitton of Jacksonburg had a blanket taken off his horse Saturday night at Cambridge City. Not long ago he suffered the loss of a storm front and robe at the same place . . . Lemuel Crockett, son of Henry Crockett is the principal tuba play- er with Sousa's military band of more than 100 members. The band is touring foreign countries .. . The H&M Auto Parts Co. is now in full operation and running overtime . . . The Misses Over- beck have sold their 100-acre farm north of Bentonville to Le- roy Lamberson for $125 per acre. The sale was made through the O. D. Hall agency of Dublin . . . The Dublin school has reopened after being closed for four weeks because of the flu . . . In n let- ter from Sgt. Stanley M. Scheid- ler in France we quote the fol lowing: "Bull Durham is issued out to us, a big 10c bag twice a week. We can buy 'ready mades', such as Lucky Strikes, 6 cents per pack, Piedmont or Sweets 4 cents, while Prince Albert sells for 8 cents and 10 cents a can. Far cheaper here than in the States" . . . In some counties of the state, farmers are selling their cream to dealers at a price ns high as 67 cents n pound and buy- ing oleomargarine for table use Geo. II. Knollenberg, well known Richmond merchant is dead at the age of 71 . . . The boys are fast arriving home. from the camps, bringing with them hon- orable discharges . .
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