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Cambridge City And Environs 45 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of our local newspaper, editions of January 2, 9 and 16, 1919 comes the news of the day. 12 12 67
The Wayne lodge of Odd Fel- lows has elected officers as fol- Flows: Frank Rummel, N. G .; Reu- ,ben Bertsch, V. G .; B. F. Miller, secretary; Alvin Iformel, treasur- er; Will Judkins, financial seere- tary . .. The Indiana Piston Ring Co. of Hagerstown, formerly the Teetor-Hartley Motor Co., gave their 58 employes a Christmas gift of some $30 each. The ar- rangement was something like this: Each employee took a $50 bond in October of the fourth Lib- erty loan and paid out of their weekly wages $25 between that time and Christmas. The company gave the other $25 and $5 be- sides Walnut Level lodge, I.O.O.F., has elected the follow- ing officers: Robert Rush, N. G .; Harry Sowers, V. G .; Will Boggs, secretary ... George Morris came home from Camp Caswell, N. C., having a leave of 15 days from soldier life . . . Virgil Haskett was home for five days furlough from Camp Serman, Ohio Who remembers the cold New Year of 1864? Fifty-five years Tago the greatest blizzard ever known to man and the most dis- nsterous in all history passed across the continent. The drop of the therometer was 78 degrees in 12 hours. No one knew of its approach and few were prepared to meet it . . . W. B. Barefoot & Co. sent n ear of live poultry byl rail to New York for the holiday trade .. . There will be six days of school each week during they remainder of the school termo in order to make up the time lest from closing during the fhi kan. (Ed. Note - Imagine this was not welcomed by the children). Charles Close knew well the fu- ture of the nutomobile business when he bought the Bradbury. building on N. Foote street and remodeled and enlarged it for a garage. He aw necessity of the for the oncoming bu iness foliao. ing the war, and now he is pik pared. j
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From the pages of our local newspaper, editions of January 16, 23, 30, 1919, comes the news of the day.
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Governor Goodrich officially indorsed Sunday, Feb. 9, as the date for statewide memorial ser- vices to Theodore Roosevelt, for- mer president . . , The Jackson Township bank at Germantown elected the following officers: Robert E. L. Hartman, president; Raymond Swallow, vice president; Park R. Gipe, cashier; Dr. A. E. Ehle, assistant . . . Ernest Mc- Graw has leased the Swisher bus- iness room adjoining the First! National bank and will move his harness shop there soon Charles Locke arrived from over- the First National bank: Claude S. Kitterman, president; Charles Ferguson, vice president; Irvin J.1 1. Harmvier, cashier; Max B. Kit- terman, assistant cashier. Direct- ors: C. S. Kitterman, Charles Fer- gnson, Line. II. Jones, O. II. Bee- son, O. 1 .. Callaway . . . The West- ern Wayne bank did not hold its annual election this year, on ac- count of the contemplated change to that of a trust company with- in the next few months . . . Calla- way's dry goods store is holding à 33 1-3 discount sale through the month of February . . . Mor- ris & Krahl, dry goods 16th an- nual sale starts February 5 . . The work of transferring the pub- lic library to its new location in the Armentrout block has been completed . . . The Wayne Build- ing and Loan Association has el- ected the following directors: Henj. Toms, Samuel Biser, W. H. Doney, C. H. Graver, F. C. Mos- baugh and Edward Jacobs. .. who has been stationed at Camp Taylor, Ky., has been honorably discharged and will resume his former duties with Nordyke and Marmon at Indianapolis . . . The following officers were elected by seas January 7, and was honorably discharged at Camp Custer, Mich- igan . . . Corp. Park T. Heiser,
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From the pages of our local newspaper, editions of Feb. 6, 13, 20, 1919 comes the news of the day.
Virgil Haskett has received an honorable discharge from the army and is now home with his family here . . . The Mal-Gra Castings Co. has closed down be- cause the entire force of fifty moulders walked out on strike after they had been informed by manager Bachmann that their re- quest for an increase in wages and shorter hours could not be granted ... Graver's Department Store is having a Great Reduc- tion Sale. It will run February. 22 through March 15 . . . Far- mers say that the growing wheat so far is in good condition, but they would rather have it under en blanket of snow during March especially . . . Voyle Martindale, who recently became the sole owner of the business conducted under the firm name of F & M Mfg. Co., closed the deal for the purchase of the factory site and buildings and machinery from Boyd, Smith and Miller. It is his intention to operate the bus- iness under the former name of the American Casket Co. and also . make numerous improvements about the plant . . . It is high time that auto speeders be made to respect the warning on the sign on Main street approaching the schoolhouse. Enforce the law or remove the sign . . . Callaway's dry goods store is having a 33 1-3 percent discount sale . . . Myer & Son of Lewisville are holding their annunl stock sale, Feb. 22. They have 60 head of horses and mules, 12 head of cattle, 42 head of hogs nnd 40 head of sheep. Auctioneers are Col. Walter Van- derbeck, Col. Everett Button, Col. Delno Dresbuch.
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From the pages of the local newspaper, editions of February 27, March 6 and 13, 1919 comes the news of the day.
Earlham college has been quar- antined against the outbreak of influenza. Many of the students have gone to their homes to re- main until the school work is re- sumed . . . The little cigar shops that used to flourish in almost every town and village, have been put out of business by the large factories until today very few exist. The last in this section, that of W. II. Behr at Pershing will quit as soon as his present supply of tobacco is exhausted. . . Township nssessor George Adiron is ready to begin assess- ing. Deputy assessors are T. J. Graves, M. E. Mason and Michael Gehring . . . Sherry & Scudder advertise the Fordson tractor and the Oliver No. 7 plow for your Fordson . . . Reuben Bertsch, Uriah Bertsch and Robert Hicks have each received their new en- closed Buick cars . . . Clifford J. Marson went to Michigan last week on a business trip with sev- eral automobile companies in the interest of the H&M piston ring factory of this place . . . Now, don't all come at once with jugs of sugar water beer. This is dry territory and we had to proceed a little cautious, at least until the legislature adjourned . . . The Cambridge Lumber Co. has filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State. The capital stock is given at $20,000. The directors are Peter Kuntz, HI. L. Cotter and Martin Kuntz .. Cambridge City high school bas- ketball team was defeated by Con- nersville 20-13 and consequently was eliminated from further play in the district tournament in Richmond. Richmond won the tourney, defeating Liberty in the final game by a score of 26-4. . .
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From the pages of the local newspaper, editions of March 20, 27 and April 3, 1919, comes the news of the day. 1.9.64
Sime Crockett has 'an alli- gator and is only waiting for water in the canal to turn it loose. It came from his son Rus- sell, who is on the steamer Sa- bine in port at Tampa, Florida, having sailed from New York some time ago . . . The Big Four has unloaded a steel bridge here to replace the wooden structure over Lick branch on Green street. A windstorm has played hav- oc with the Citizens Telephone Company system. More than 100 poles were blown down and the lines badly tangled. . . The 63 acres of land in Washington town- ship belonging to the heirs of the Cornelius Connell, sold at public sale for $119 per acre, total $7,- 500. The title passes to John and Timothy Connell. .. The barn and blacksmith shop owned by Martin Coffman at Jacksonburg with their contents were destroy- ed by fire. The origin of the blaze is unknown . . . The pretty cement block house on east Main street has been sold by J. T. Reese to Voyle E. Martindale . . . Burglars entered the grocery of Ora White in Milton Sunday night, and took some $75 worth of goods. The entrance was through the cellar . . . Elihu Mills has treated himself and family to a new 5 - passenger Oakland : car . . . Noah Wadell has moved his ice cream parlor across the street into the room formerly occupied by the Cozy theater . . . Thieves took a pane of glass from a rear window of the Wissler hardware store Saturday night and then pried loose the rear door. They carried away two Win- ehester rifles, and ivory handle revolver, eight razors, several flashlights, two safety razors, n lot of blades, and a number of hoxes of 32 shells, tire cement, n number of knives and a part of the khaki uniform belonging to Will Shutz
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From the pages of the local newspaper, editions of April 10, 17, 24, 1919, comes the news of the day. 1 - 16 64
Andrew Burgess is erecting a "building on the lot adjoining Close's garage for use as a black .. smith shop . . . Creitz and Dear- dorff have sold their grain ele- vator at Centerville to the recent- ly formed Farmers' Corporation Elevator Co., of that place. The price was $11,000. The new com- pany will also handle fence, coal and other farm supplies . . . Rus- sell Zook of Dublin, who made quite a record as a wrestler be- fore going into the army, has again entered the game and is . matched to meet Kid Rose at Con- nersville on April 26. He has also issued a challenge to Chanos, . the Muncie lightweight wrestler. . .. Ivan Ohmit is home from the war, looking fine and glad once more to see his friends . . . The Doddridge-Beck Co. of Milton, a few days ago shipped and unusual casket to Dayton, Ohio. The cas- ket was more than four sizes over the regular size. It was made for a person weighing 450 pounds in life ... The Brookville Democrat says that a new sickness appeared in Franklin county that so far has not been named by local physic- jans. The patient gets wobbly in the legs and light in the head fol- lowed the next day by an almost { unquenchable thirst and a sev- ere headache. It is thought to ›originate in Ohio. (Note - In [1964 some patients with those symptoms would be asked: "What have you been drinking?"
An organization known as the' Farmers Grain Co., has been per- fected at Pershing, that promises' to make the town an important grain shipping point. The organ- ization composed of many leading farmers and businessmen, named its first officers ns follows: Lee Hartman, president; Henry Bert- sch, vice-president; Park R. Gipe. secretary - treasurer. The board of directors are Robert Hicks, Leon D. Dougherty, Omer Kirlin, ! Denver Harlan, Hartman, Bertsch Fand Gipe. The capital stock is $50,000. . .
Cambridge City And Envicons 45 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the local newspaper, editions of May 1, 8, 15, 1919, comes the news of the day. 123-64
Drs. Kniese, Lesli, Kopp and Morris attended the recent meet- ing of the Eastern Indiana Den- tal Association at Liberty . . . The Cambridge Natural Gas Co. has brought suit in the Henry county court against the T.H.I. & E. traction company, alleging damage to mains and pipe in
- Cambridge. The damage, it is charged, was done when the trac- tion lowered their track to the street grade. . . Advertisement : Velvet, The Smoothest Smoking Tobacco - "When I go fishin' I want fish that bite, and tobacco that don't." - Velvet Joe . Clarence Ingerman, who has been head clerk for several years of W. S. Hunt's grocery, has retired, fand has been succeeded by Earl Boyer . .. How the world does change. Time was when Cam- bridge City got all the big cir- cuses. Now none are so poor as to do her reverence . . . The Farmers Grain Co. has bought the Hazelrigg elevator at Ger- mantown and it will be remodel- ed at once and made ready by the time the promising wheat crop reaches the market . . . Ry the, aid of the banks of Cambridge City, Dublin and Pershing. Jack- son township went over the top ,in the Victory loan drive. Wayne county is and has been 100 per cent and more in the five loa: bonds. Her quota wns $1. 00,-1 000 . . . John Johnson Myster. John) is decorating the interior of his restaurant which whe o completed will be a big improve. + ment and will add much t fappearance of this popula . ing house . .. The following teado ers have been named to pe fin the Cambridge City p.1 schools for the coming ver W . J. Bowden, mathemati ; Eine Wolford, home conomi ., When F. Nation, history, phy geography; O. C. Hill
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Cambridge City And Environs 45 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the locall newspaper, editions of May 22, 29 and June 5, 1919 comes the news of the day. july
Chas. Diffenderfer, who is in the overseas service, recently en- joyed a furlough and visited Mon- te Carlo and other noted places of which he sends his parents pictures . . . A crowd of four Monroes, and Oakland and a Studebaker wended their way to Indianapolis Sunday and spent the day. Those of the crowd were Misses Madge Bilby and Grace Jenkins of Dublin, Grace Clem- mens of Bentonville, Mabel Har- ris of Pershing, Sarah Jay of In-' dianapolis, Bernice Johnson of ·Lewisville, Lula Tinder of Fal- mouth and Neva Bertsch of this city, and Messers. Frank Lamber- son, Robert Hussey, Ivan Degner, Russell and Orville Kinsinger and Paul, Boyd, and Fred Lamber- son. All report an excellent trip and are anxious to go again . Young Chanos of Muncie defeated Russell Zook of Dublin a a recent wrestling match at Richmond. Chanos took it in two falls. Zook has challenged Chanos to return mateli, and he has accepted. It will be held in Cambridge City. . . W. S. Ilunt so far has bought about 10,000 pounds of wool and lots more in sight. He bought $1,800 worth of Frank Taylor of Richmond . . . B. F. Wissler Ilardware Co. is the local dealer for National Cultivators .
Workmen are engaged in surfac -. ing the interrurban through Cam- bridge City ... Autos loaded with persons going and coming from ¿the auto races at Indianapolis Saturday passed through here imaking a speed course of the National road, concreted through - Jackson and Center twps., a dis- tance of 12 miles . . . Dealers for United States tires in this area are F. W. Marson, F. O. Hackleman, Bentonville; J. A. Nation, New Lisbon; Fred New- man, Milton; G. A. Cummings, Falmouth Garage, Fahnouth; Gil- bert Bros., Stranghn; Roscoe Helms, Centerville; W. II. Riser, Dublin; Vernon Reynolds, Wil- liamsburg .
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From the pages of the local newspaper editions of June 12, 19, 26, 1919, comes the news of the day. 2.6 64
In compliance to a petition signed by numerous citizens filed by Bertsch & Co., asking that they be permitted to secure electric power from a source outside of the Cambridge City plant, the town trustees passed resolutions in compliance with said request, and after submitting said resolu- tions to the Public Service Com- mission of Indiana, and receiving their approval, the town trustees passed the same. Bertsch & Co. are now negotiating with the. Hydro - Electric Co. of Conners- ville for power only . . . The work of sewering the town is progres- sing as fast as possible and con- tractor Connell is personally on the job. The work is enormous, and it will be many months be- fore the present survey is com- pleted . . . The National Drill Co. did not sell. The company put a bid of $8,000 on the build- ing, and while there were said to be known buyers on the grounds, no one would advance a bid . . . Letter postage is to be reduced from 3 cents to 2 cents July 1. That's a plenty for the kind of service given . . Persons having trees along the highway had better protect them - Eli Brewer has bought a Ford
. Hernly Boyd, during school vacation, has taken service with the Wayne Trust Co., of which some day he may become its pres- ident. (This a prediction of 1919 now truc in 1964) ... Four Cam- bridge City boys, Diffenderfer, Winter, Ilunt and Lowry are playing baseball with the Center- ville team . . . Cliff Mason, the sealing wax manufacturer of Duh- lin, is looking forward to a large increuse this season. Ilis prod- uct ranks among the best . . . The threshermen of Henry county have perfected and organized and fixed prices for threshing this season as follows: Oats, 5e per bu .; harley, Ge; wheat, &c; and rye, 10c. . . Pacing and trotting raves at the New Castle fair- grounds, July 4; plus four bio airplane flights by Uncle Sam's aring aviators. Fireworks ati
From the pages of the local newspaper, editions of July 3, 10, 19, 1919, comes the news of the day. 2 13.64
Harry Sourbeer, Walter Hek and Mrs. Malinda Bertsch of the Germantown community have had electric service extended to their country homes . . . Russell Crock- ett has returned to this country after sailing the southern points in merchant marine service. lle ! will report to Great Lakes train -. ing station for discharge .
Roy Clingman will start his thresher next week on Ed Paul's farm; and Dan Chapman will start threshing next week also. He has a new Minneapolis separator and has contracted over 1,000 acres of wheat threshing . . . Stanley M. Scheidler has arrived in this country from France, and is expecting his discharge in about a week . . . A disastrous fire at Falmouth destroyed the Odd Fel- lows hall and Red Men's hall, Collier's general store and two adjoining buildings. Most of the property was covered by insur- ance . . . W. S. Hunt recently shipped 17,500 pounds of wool to Boston, Mass. It was gather- ed off farms in this and adjoin- ing counties. The buying price averaged 61 cents . . . Charles Diffenderfer has arrived in New York from overseas and will go to Washington D. C. for discharge. . . . A bunch of young would be sports of Richmond accompanied Jimmie Chanos, the wrestler, to this place the other evening to pull off a wrestling match with Russell Zook of Dublin, in the Hurst Opera house. The bout was to be a three fall affair. Af- ter wrestling near fifteen min- utes Chanos scored a fall, and then the second was started and continued for several minutes. ; Chanos refused to continue the bout, giving as a reason the crowd was too small, and after wrang- ling among the parties interest- ed they left the hall and made their escape, taking all the re- ceipts, and headed for Richmond in their auto. Two autos filled with a bunch of friends starte l with Zook and they overtook Chanos and his gang at Center- ville and forced him to make a settlement. To be a real cham- pion you must have honor in any I sport. If any more matches of this character are to be pilled off please go elsewhere. is our people do not en oniare such cheap class of s ort .
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From the pages of the local newspaper, editions of July 24, 31 and August 7, 1919, comes the news of the day.
The Maxwell automobile fac- tory at New Castle carries 3,200 people on their payroll, and more are being added . . . Charles Mar- latt, who some months ago ac- quired the Funk sawmill in the feast part of Washington township, is remodeling the entire plant and when completed will have a mod- ern mill . .. In the fastest three heat race won in straight heats, ever staged, and established a new world's record, Single G won the free-for-all pace at Toledo, July 21. Time, 2.02, 1.59%, 2.001/2. Ed Allen the Iowa driver Lis piloting Single G this year . . "If the government would elimin- 'ate the chigger from the black- berry patch it would be doing a real service to its people .who iwant the toothsome berry. The little animal is much in evidence this season . .. The final decision has been reached to the effect that Dublin will have no high school this year, but will have a first class grade school with 'M. E. Mason as general superin- tendent and teacher of the 7th and 8th grades, and Lucy B. O'Connell 5th and 6th grades, and Mrs. Delbert Smith primary teach- er, All high school students will will be transferred to Cambridge City or Straughn, as parents de- sire. Only tuition will be paid by the trustees . . . The barbers of Cambridge have advanced the price of hair cutting to 35 cents. . . . Ilarry Bachmann, Dean House and E. V. Whelan saw New York defeat Cincinnati at the latter place Sunday. The attendance was 33,000, said to be the lar- gest crowd ever at a ball game 'in the Queen City . . . The first, drove of hogs seen on the streets of Cambridge City in many mon- 'ths eume off the Callaway farm, Monday morning. There was 109 head that averaged 22616, and were shipped to Indianapolis by
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From the pages of the local newspaper, editions of August 14, 21 and 28, 1919, comes the news of the day.
R. R. Watkins has sold his dry cleaning and gents' furnishing business to Albert Dill and son Robert, who will continue to con- duct the business in the same lo- cation ... Roy Clingman had his threshing seperator consumed by fire at the E. O. Paul farm the other evening. Cause of the blaze was not learned, as no engine was close by and the seperater was covered by a canvass after the work day . . . The Cambridge Lumber Co. has disposed of the horses used in its delivery and installed modern motor trucks . . . Ralph Worl and C. T. Wright & Son have purchased the under- taking establishment frem Ends- ley & Son at Hagerstown. The business will be continued under Wright's management . . . C. M. Kirkpatrick, the well-known con- tractor, has been awarded a con- tract by the State Highway com- mission to construct eight miles of concrete road cighteen feet wide on the National road be- tween Greenfield and the Marion l county line. The contract price is $230,633 . . . Merrimon Strau- ghn has been reappointed post- master here for the next four years . . . Trustee Ehle has the following teachers employed for Jackson township for the school term of 1919-20: Ruth Tremps, Pennville; Evelyn Hayes, Kiser's; Annabel Ridenour, Creitz; Ros- | ella Keever, Kimes; Callie Trem- ps, Pershing. . . Edwin Wickes of Pennville, in the service in France has returned home . . . The first Wayne county youny lady to travel by airplane was Miss Mildred Clevenger, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Cleven- ger of Washington township and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Hurst of this place, who rode in a plane from Riemond to Connersville, passing over the Clevenger farm . .
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From the pages of the news- paper editions of September 4, 11, 18, 1919, comes the news of the day.
Among the number who took flights in the airplane out of Ha- gerstown last week, those from here werc
Russell Chapman, Frank Frohnapfel, jr., Arthur Reese and Ed Jackson. All are much elated over the experience. Russell Chapman ascended the highest, over 3,000 feet. Arthur Reese used it as an advertising trip, throwing out small hand bills. Ed Jackson covered the most miles, going at high speed, yet says he had no trouble locat- ing the buildings in the vicinity of the Baptist church as he pass- ed over this place . Dublin people are glad to know they can get fresh meat now. Delbert Smith has opened his meat shop. . . . Russell Crockett has gone to Chicago to buy a 5-ton truck and will engage in business in and out of this place . . . The state tax board raised the assessment of the local corporations as fol- lows: Bertsch & Co., from $58,- 280 to $100,000; American Cas- ket Co., $18,640 to $24,640; Na- tional Drill Co., $17,520 to $24,- 000 ... The Cambridge City high school enrollment of 170 for the coming term. There are 216 stu- dents in the grades . . . Harry Rush of Pennville, who was on the firing line in France from start to finish, has landed in New .York and will be home soon as Idischarged. (Note: Harry is now a resident of Cambridge City) Russell Crockett came home with ja truck purchased in Chi- engo and promptly went to work with it for T. J. Connell . .. Sin- gle G was defented in a race at the State Fair by Miss Harr's M. The time was 2.011. . . . Clyde Leverton of near Milton had a fine exhibit of Chester White Lo . at the Hagerstown fair and re- ceived premiums . . . The Mal- Gra Co. of this place has pur chased the John M. Loont: foun dry at Richmond. Mal-Gra wil operate both here and at Ril mond. . . 1
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