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Cambridge City And Environs 48 Years Ago - As Told By The $ 13 0 20 Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of January 1, 8, 15, 1914, comes the ; news of the day :{
Bertsch & Co. have been quite: active and much in earnest the past several days in removing the old machinery, castings and ma- terials that have occupied the greater part of the streets sur- rounding their old plant, to the vacant grounds connected with their new plant . . . . The Milton Masonic lodge has installed the following officers: Oliver Wallace, W.M .; Jesse Revalee, S.W .; Oscar Kirlin, J.W .; Mart Brown, treas .; Walter Templin, secy .; John Brown S.D .; Chas. Nugent, J.D .; Will Brown and David Nugent, stew- ards; Chas. Wolfgang, tyler . Playing at the Hurst Opera House in Cambridge City is "The Rosary" by Edward E. Rose. The play comes for New York, Chi- cago and Boston where it enjoy- ed great sucess . . . . The Cam- bridge Steam Laundry has been sold to Herman Barnett, who has taken possession. Mr. and Mrs. Will Guyton will retire after 16 years of faithful service .
Centerville now has its own elec- tric light plant, current being supplied by the T. H. I. & E. Traction Co. They have installed 32 Tungsten street lights with a capacity of 200 candle power. Com mereial service is also being sup- .plied . . . . The National Drill works here has been running to its full capacity for some time, build- ing cotton seed planters for the southern trade The Dill Pros., general blacksmihts, have dissoked partnership. Albert Dill retired and will probably move to a farm .. . . The commissioners have granted liquor license for Simeon Crockett and Charles E. Merrick of Cambridge City, and Frank B. Sewers of East German- town. There is said to be a total of 60 saloons in Wayne County. The 55 saloons in , Richmond pay. a city license of $500 cach. The four in Cambridge City pay $300, and at East (Germantown $150 each to their respective corpora- tions .
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From the pages of the Cam- brige City Tribune editions of January 22, 29, and February 5, 1914, comes the news of the day :.
The Locust Grove cemetery as- sociation met recently and relect- ed all the old officers for another year. Eli Lannerd, the treasurer, reports a healthy financial in- crease and the cemetery is in first class condition The results of the election of officers by the banks of this city, Dublin and Mil- ton are as follows: First National - Claude S. Kitterman, president; Charles Ferguson, vice president; F. J. Harvey, cashier; Charles Fer guson, Edwin T. Bertsch, Oliver H. Beeson, Lincoln T. Jones, dir- ectors. Wayne National - J. K. Smith, president; W. B. Wilson, vice president; R. A. Hicks, cash- ier; J. K. Smith, James A. Boyd, R. P. Lindsay, Santford Wilson, W. B. Wilson, R. A. Hicks, direc- tors. First National of Dublin L. W. Cranor, president; J. W. Sparks, vice president; T. J. But- ler, cashier; J. W. Sparks, George Lamberson, C. E. McKee, R. G. Swallow, C. E. Hiatt, A. K. Zeig- ler, L. W. Cranor, Henry Myers, S. W. Pickering, directors .
Cambridge City is ;to have a big indoor fair the last week in Feb- ruary in support of the cluster light proposition for Main street .. . . Owing to the death of John S. Lackey the annual sale event, March 10 to 13 has been declared off, but the date has been re- served for next year that the sales may be continued and a company formed for that purpose . . . John Lackey died January 24 lesing a battle with pneumonia, superinduced by Bright's disease. Mr. Lackey in younger years be- came well known as a race horse trainer, and later in. 1888 he and Fred Carmony held the first com- bination Lackey sale which after- wards gave the former a nation wide reputation. In 1890 Carmony retired and Lackey continued the sales annually. It is shown in his. books that in the 26 sales he con- dueted a business aggregating more than two million dollars, aside from his private buying and selling of horses which he did con- stantly. The pallbearers for Mr. Lackey were C. II. Loeb, Curt | Gosnell, Joe Wade, W. B. Bare- foot, John Dagler und Abiram Boyd, all admirers of horseflesh
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of February 12, 19 and 26, 1914, comes the news of the day :
The Perfection Peanut Co. re- ceived two carloads of shelled peanuts which weighed twenty tons, more peanuts than were ever in Wayne County at one time. The local plant gives employment to twenty . or more people and its business is growing fast . ... Russell Crocket is now sole prop- rietor of the Royal Theatre, having purchased the same from Curtis & Hart. Mr. Crockett is a young man that stands will in the com- munity and has many friends. This is his first business venture and he hopes by close application to keep up the high standard of the Royal . Officers of the Helen Hunt club for the coming year are Mrs. Ophelia G. Shults, president; Mrs. M. R. Krahl, vice president; Miss Blanche Boyd, sec- retary and Mrs. Willard Petro, treasurer . .. . E. E. Flint & Son, who recently purchased Frank Lindsay's blacksmith shop are mov- ing their families here from Mont- pelier . .. . The Overbeck Sisters have donated to the cluster lights committee a $15 vase from their pottery, which the committee will dispose of at the ladies' booth during the fair . ... The live- stock sale of H. C. Knode and Bert Souder at the Knode farm north of Hagerstown was postpon- ed from Monday to Friday on ac- count of the terrible blizzard. Likewise the sale of Fred Adiron and Frank McLane between Duh- lin and New Lisbon has been post- poned from February 24 to March '5 on account of the snow storm which makes travel near impos- sible .... If the world is to come to an end this year ns predicted, why should we worry about hav- ing the streets paved or cluster lights. If the end don't come then both are in order . . . . ....
Cambridge City And Environs 48 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of March 5, 12, 19, 1914, comes the news of the day:
Advertisers in these issues with display space include : B & O Hard- ware, Birck's Harness Store, Rich- mond; Physician's Medical Store, Richmond; The Wayne National Bank, Elmer S. Smith, the wheel man, motorcycles, Richmond; E. R. MeGraw, harness shop; Car- penter's Drug Store, Dean House, drugs; Callaway's, dry goods; Wat- kins, dry cleaners and tailors; Knollenberg's Store, dry goods and ready to wear, Richmond; Roth & Co., coal; F. H. Repp, mo- numents; John Coyne, agent for United States Cream Separator, Milton; Zeigler Motor Agency. Jeffrey Four and Six, Richmond; The Auto Inn, auto repair, Sum- ner Davis, prop .; Geo. E. Calla- way, Corner Clothing Store; The Hoosier Store, clothing and fur- nishing, Richmond; Graver's Dept. Store; The Boston Store, Rich- mond; F. A. Ogborn, Studebaker harness .... Bertsch & Co. have shipped a carload of machinery to Texas . . . . Lee Pitman has put up about 500 tons of very good ice in his house. He has eapacity for at least 400 tons more . .
All the towns surrounding are getting ready and doing lots of talking .about the big teams they are going to have this year. Little early for Cambridge City, but undoubtedly there will be some doing in that line by the time the May flowers bloom . . . .
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From the pages of the Cam -! bridge City Tribune editions of March 26, April 2 and 9, 1914, comes the news of the day:
Ed Bertsch of Germantown has had his automobile `overhauled and painted, and it looks and rides like new . . . . John' Hazelrigg has purchased a new Marmon auto- mobile . .. . Administrator C. S. Kitterman sold to W. B. Bare- foot, the one-half interest in the race horse Single G, owned by ' the estate of Harry S. Beard, for the sum of $500. The horse has not been in the best condition this winter but is thought to be com- ing around alright and will be ready for work late in the spring. Mr. Barefoot, who is now sole owner, has made a number of stake entries for the horse . . -The town trustees at a special meeting passed declaratory reso- lutions for oiling the streets, cov- ering the same streets as last year . W. B. Barefoot has sold to Ernest Plath of New York city, his colt Karl B. for the round sum of $1,000. He will be one year old in May. He was sired by Anderson Wilkes, dam Little Gyp by Shoo Fly Gyp. Mr. Plath bought at the Lackey sale two years ago, Ruth C., a full sister to Grace D., Single G and Karl B., paying $825, and thinking so well of her he came to buy this youngster. He also asked for a price on Single G, but Mr. Bare- foot declined to sell . . . For Sale -Two passenger Buick automo- bile, model 14. Just overhauled and in excellent condition. Dr. Fackler, Dublin . .. . For Sale- The City Restaurant. Reason for selling, I have signed to play professional baseball at Oshkosh, Wis. Albert Durham, next door to postoffice, Cambridge City . . . . Fall Sisters will hold their Spring Millinery Opening, March 28 .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of April 16, 23 and 30, 1914, comes the news of the day:
The high school baseball teams of Milton and Straughn played to a 6-6 tie Friday afternoon The game was called at the end of 11 innings . ... . Dodson & Wilson sold the Davis farm of 222 acres north of Dublin at a good round price to J. D. Case of Rushville . . All of the area schools ob- served Arbor Day with appropri- ate exerciss with a numbr of vis- itors in attendance . . . . The Dub- lin school board has employed for the coming school year Mr. Long, superintendent; Mrs. Oda Brown, principal of the high school and all the grade teachers A. . . R. B. Stubbs and Sim Croe- kett and son Russell went to De- troit last week and returned with two Overland ears . .. . Advertise- ment: For Perfect Comfort wear Imperial Drop Seat, Left Dress, Elastic Back Union Suits-crotch closed-like your trousers, $1 to $2, at Geo. E. Callawway's . ... The New Lisbon high school com- mencement lists the following graduates: Ionia McLane. Luther Myers, Gertrude Varnauf, Alta Varnauf, Marie Sites, Norma Raffe . Trustee Mason has completed his enumeration of school children in Jackson town- ship, and has n total of 260 names. a gain of nine over last year . . . .. A new whistle . and fire alarm has been Installed at the city wa- ter works and electric light plant. It can be heard for miles around . Advertisement: Get Cook's inlnid linoleum at Graver's Dept. Store, 80c per square yard . . . .
Advertisement: Lace Curtain Sale at Geo. HI. Knollenberg Co. store, Richmond. $3 and $5 eurtains, the best made, sale price $2.50 a ·pair
Cambridge City And Environs 48 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of May 7, 14, 21, 1914, comes the news of the day: 4 260%
The common schools of Jackson Twp. held their commencement exercises at the Lutheran church at Germantown. The nine gradu- ntes were Mildred Hubbard, Alice Kepler, Naomi F. Bertsch. Olen B. B. Higgins, Ivan A. Hlanen, Galen J. Howard, Esther Lichty, Irene Boughner and Vern Sowers . . . Buckskin Ben began his 28th tented season with a show in his home town. The show was well received despite the rain .
The local interurban station has been fitted with a ticket office containing appurenances of a first elass station and agent Patton is as happy as a school boy during vacation The high school commencement will be held in Hurst Theatre on Friday, May 29. The graduates are Edith Bertsch, Adale Bertsch, Ida Brinkley, Ruth Donovon, Marie Knox, Rob- fwi't Bertsch, Walter Beyer Char- les Diffenderfer, Rufus Keever and Ralph Ludington . . . . It looks like Cambridge City is to have an auto fire truck. Subscriptions are being taken to create a fund to purchase same. Th etruck is to be equipped with two reels of hose, chemical, ladders and all the necessary equipment. Fire chief Barefoot is wearing a broad smile . Frank W. Marson has sold so far this season 18 Buick automobiles . . . . Three casket factories of this place are. represented at the State under- takers convention
as follows: Cambridge City Casket Co., J. W. and William Judkins, Vernon Shields and W. II. Krone; Ameri- can Casket Co., 11. B. Miller; Paul, Casket Co., E. O. Paul, Karl Wright and Harley Garrett. Don- ald Wright represents T. Wright & Son, undertakers
Cambridge City And Environs 48 Years' ' - Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of May 28, June 4 and 11, 1914, comes the news of the day:
The automobile races at Indi- anapolis Saturday will no doubt attract a large crowd of far off. people, many of whom will travel by auto over the National rond from the east. Therefore pull down your blinds, put out the' lights and wait until the dust rolls by . . . . The Perfection Pea- nut Co. received a car of foreign grown peanuts from San Fran- cisco. The car contained 135 bags. of shelled' peanuts weighing over twenty tons . . . . All of the sol- dier graves in our cemeteries are being decorated with flags for Memorial Day .... Curtis Gosnell and Howard Vickery have shipped part of their horses to Dover, Ohio, where they will race June 9. A- mong those horses was Single G 2.1214 pacer . . . . From Milton : comes the news that Harry Mur- ley and Emmett Doddridge have each taken out new buggies from the Milton Buggy factory
The Central Hotel management has been changed - Roy Fraun- berg retiring and J. B. Fraunberg assuming future management
. . The cluster light committee awarded the contract for the posts cable and all the material neces -- sary for thirty posts, five cluster and time switches, to be installed in three blocks on Main street he- tween Center and Jones streets, to the Central Electric Co. of Chi- cago at $1,760 . . . . O. K. Dill has heen given the contract to raise the Christian church at New Lisbon and build a 10 foot base- 'ment. This will require a lot of cement work and involves about $2,000 in the improvements . . . . The large Westinghouse gas en- gine in the old electric light plant has been sold to New York parties and shipped there. The town cor- poration received $400 for it . . .
Cambridge City And Environs 48 Years 10 C2 Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of June 18, 25, and July 2, 1914, comes the news of the day: .
One night recently, several young men said to live in the Penn! ville neighborhood were in Cam- bridge City until a lute hour. They were in several buggies and when leaving for home began racing their horses, which they kept up several miles, so it is related. Men or boys who have no more regard for a horse than to subject it to! such punishment on a warm sul- try night ought never be allowed to drive a horse. They are totally unfit to associate with dumb ani- mals. They ought to be made tol live unto themselves where the' friendly hand of man or of woman! could never reach them, shunned alike by human and brute . The Todd & Paul carnival is in full blast every afternoon and evening on the Marson lots . . From Pennville comes word that Edwin Wiekes has gone to Kansas to help with the wheat harvest. His' intention is to follow it up to the northwest the next two months . . . : Howard Vickery driv- ing Single G won the Detroit 2:13 pacing stake of $1,000 last week in the third, fourth and fifth heats from a field of eleven start- ers. The time was 2:0816 and a new world's record. A Mr. Strauss of New York offered owner W. B. Barefoot $8,000 for Single G, but he refused . . . . Earl Boyer has been taking a vacation from his duties at Hunt's grocery and is spending a week with friends in Cincinnati . . The Cambridge City Chautauqua will be held July 3 through 8 .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of July 9, 16, 23, 1914, comes the news of the day:
Single G posted a time of 2:09 14 in winning straight heats at Jack- son, Michigan; behind the reins was Curt Gosnell . . .. The follow- ing postmasters have been appoint- ed for the surrounding towns: Straughn-Izora A. Haskett; New Lisbon-Jot Goar; Dublin-Grace Oler; East Germantown-Geo. F. Gipe; Milton-Chas F. Callaway . . . A new trolley car has been placed on the Milton line
Elbert Huddleston now has an automobile, and made a successful trip Sunday. His plumbing busi- ness has grown to the point where a machine was necessary
The usual big crowds of people from miles around was in town Saturday night, trading, taking in the picture shows and enjoying meeting their neighbors and friends .... The Pure Ice Cream Co. is making great strides in in- icreased business, not all because of warm weather, but upon merit. Manager Rowe is fortunate in hav- ing a local supply of good pure milk, and he is using to good ad- vantage in the manufacture of superior ice cream . .. . The winds from the cyclone that hit just east of Straughn, blowing down barns and orchard trees had en- ough force left to play havoc with the lines of the Citizens Telephone Co. in our immediate area. Com- munications were out for several hours . ... The Cambridge City Natural Gas Co., is arranging to put down four new wells this sea- son . . . . Single G won a great race at Saginaw last week when he beat a field of ten in 2:0814, 2:0714 and 2:1014. The second heat beats the world's record for four year old pacers over a half mile track by one second . . . . In the letting of coal contracts for the supply needed at the county buildings T. J. Connell of the Cam- bridge City Coal Co. was awarded the contract for 350 tons to vari- ous county institutions
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Cambridge City And Environs 48 Years® 3/14/04 Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of July 30, August 6 and 13, 1914, comes the news of the day:
Morris & Krahl have a full page ad on their summer clearance sale .... The crap shooters who have for some years made their Sunday headquarters inside of and adjoining the corporate limits of Mt. Auburn, have increased in numbers until it has become a po- pular and profitable resort. Thru the liberality of the citizens of that place the gang has not been molested, as they have been or- derly and aroused no special at- tention. But, not satisfied with this they concluded their business required a blind tiger, so, it is said, they installed a blind tiger right in Mt. Auburn and placed a man there to run it. Drunks could be found sleeping around here and there last Sunday. Some wanted to argue, some hurried away and etc. This is the condition. The ·people of Mt. Auburn are indign- ant now, so take warning and don't ever show up there again .
"Parents should constantly impress upon their children the danger of playing in the streets. This is an age of rapid transit and all the elamor against the speeding auto- mobile, motorcycle or other ve- hicles of transportation is in vain .. .. The announcement of the opening of the Panama Canal to the world's commerce on August 15 has been officially made by Secretary Garrison .... The Penn ville school pienie at Jackson park this year was more generally at- tended than for the previous sev- eral years .... The organization of the school board for the com- ing year was perfected at a re- cent meeting, as follows: B. F. Wissler, president; W. B. Harri- son, secretary; F. W. Marson, treasurer
Cambridge City And Environs 48 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of August 20, 27, and September 3, 1914, comes the news of the day:
1 Frank Frohnapel believes auto- mobiles were made to use and not wholly for ornament. On a recent Sunday he and his family went to Indianapolis in time for early morn ing church services and then in company with his brother-in-law and wife they drove to Noblesville for dinner and spent a pleasant: hour with Mr. and Mrs. Grover Hamilton . ... The following con- stitute the country teachers of ; Washington township: Misses Ruby Leeds, Margaret Quigley, Cora Kel lam, Mary Sills, Monica Willitts and Mr. Lamberson . . . . A new' patent attachment for automo- biles is announced. It is a music box and whenever the car is driven | less than 20 miles per hour it plays "Home, Sweet Home," but when it is sent faster the tune changes to "Nearer My God To Thee" . . . . Walter Vanderbeck was down from New Lisbon circulating
among his friends. Hle reports some 60 sales booked for this fall | . . . Cambridge City is the first municipal corporation in Wayne County to install and operate a modern system of cluster lights . . . . Advertisers in these issues in- clude the following: House of Wheeler, shoes; Dean IIonse. drugs Hurst Opera, House; Neff & Nus- baum, Richmond, shoes; Morris & Krahl, clothing; Carpenter's Drug Store; The Hoosier Store, Rich- mond, clothing; Wayne Natioral Bank; Geo. H. Knollenberg Co., Richmond, clothing; Cambridge City Lumber Co .; Billheimer & Oglesbee, Hardware
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of September 10, 17, 24, 1914, comes the news of the day:
There is one paper in Rich- mond, The Evening Item, that seems to be ready to admit Cam- bridge City is, as always has been, the live wire of Wayne coun ty and decidedly on the map along the line of progress. "Hats Off To Cambridge City" is the Item's headline, and then says: Cam- bridge City, our industrious and wide awake little neighbor to the west, now has the distinction of being the best lighted city in Wayne county. So far as the light- ing propostion goes, Richmond, several times larger in population, and industrially, is in second class. The new cluster lighting system in Cambridge City has been placed in operation. There are at present thirty light standards, but it is the intention to add to this number. It is the best boast of Cambridge City people that these lights were installed at practically no cost to the city. The article goes on at length belitting the Richmond ad- ministration for not doing some- thing of the same order, but in- stead Richmond is playing "peanut politics" the article concludes . .
. . Chicken thieves are at work in this locality; several farmershav- ing suffered big losses. Get out your traps and clean up the gun . The entire plant of the Scott Stove & Furnace Co. has been sold at public auction to George Doney . ... Bertsch & Co. secur- ed an order for one of their larg- est type metal shears which weighs nearly thirty tons. It is to be built for a manufacturing industry at Columbus, Ohio . . . . W. A. Creitz's Huppmobile, with Will Sweeney at the wheel, took a party of gen- tlemen to the Hopewell neighbor- hood the other day where they saw the new modern school house -
now being constructed, and which will be one of the valuable assets to Henry countyi
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of October 1, 8, 15, 1914, comes the news of the day:
Here is the Wayne county Rep- ublican ticket: For congress - Patrick J. Lynch of New Castle; judge, Henry C. Fox, Richmond; prosecutor, Denver C. Harlan, Jackson township; representative, James Knapp, Hagerstown; audi- tor, L. S. Bowman, Richmond; sheriff, Albert Steen, Richmond; clerk, F. M. Jones, Richmond; treasurer, Albert Morel, Rich- mond; surveyor, Howard Horton, 'Richmond; coroner, Dr. M. S. Bulla, Richmond; assessor, Wm. Matthews, Centerville; commis- sioner eastern district, Homer Farlow, Boston township; commis- sioner middle district, W. K. Chees- man, Centerville; County council- man, first district, H. R. Rich- mond; second district, E. M. Hoo- ver; third district, Junius Knipe; fourth district, George Hart; at large, L. N. Hampton, George E. Seidel and A. J. Simson . . . . The Democrats have nominated Frank P. Montgomery for joint represen- tative Wayne and Fayette coun- ties .... Dr. Johnson is the own- er of a new Overland auto .
The juniors and seniors of Dublin high school went on a hike last Friday evening to Bilby's woods, south of town . . . . The employ- ess of the Imperial Mills have put in several busy months this fall cleaning seed wheat for farmers. They have handled thousands of bushels of grain that formerly used to go through the slow pro- cess of the fanning mill
Benton Wissler of the Milton i community recently cut down a bee tree on his farm and took 60 pounds of honey . . . . Al Burke presents "The Under Dog," an incomparable drama of the present by Rachael Marshall and Oliver Bailey, authors of The Traffic. The play the world has waited for. The Heart Story You Must Have and Hold - Ilurst Opera House, October 15
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