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Cambridge City And Environs 48 Years Ago-As Told By The 11-62 Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of October 22, 29, and November 5, 1914, comes the news of the day:
Russell Crockett is arranging to put a stage in the Royal theater, and will 'hereafter devote two eve- nings each week to vaudeville . . . . The three story addition that the Paul Casket Co. has recently built on the south of their main plant, is a valuable acquisition to their factory and of which they were in need because of steadily growing business . ... The West- side cemetery board of Milton has made an improvement at the south entrance in the way of a large double iron gate, a new boulder arch and an extended bridge. Mr. Gehring of Cambridge City put in the arch . . .. At Clark's barber shop the champion turnip of the season is on exhibit. It weighs 9 16 pounds and was grown by Joseph Zeigler, north of Dublin. With the top attached the turnip weighed 111% pounds . . . A friend of "Hinnie" Hinebaugh and Charles Close put up a job on them Satur- day afternoon by telling them of seeing a flock of eightmallard ducks in the pond at the gravel pit near Germantown. They slip- ped over there and eraweled in the mud and wet grass in search of a good location, and nfter firing a half dozen shots cach, two of the 1 wooden decoys sank from the lead fired into them. Of course they will treat if you will but remind them of it . .. . If the thief who is operating in the north part of town would put the same energy into work that he does to theft there would be no occasion for him to steal the earnings of others. A Jond of shot that he couldn't digest would be some help . . . . Some quips of the day: Contentment is found in not wanting what you can't get. Valuable experience is the kind you can exchange for real money. Gossip is what others say about you; what you say about others is news. A friend is one who gives help rather than advice
Cambridge City And Environs 48 Years Ago - As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of, November 12, 19, and 26, 1914, comes the news of the day:
The result of the election in Wayne county is somewhat of a mixed character politically. Judge H. C. Cox, republican; clerk, Mi- chael Kelly, democrat; prosecutor, W. W. Reller, progressive; auditor L. S. Bowman, sheriff, Albert Steen, assessor, William Math- thews, republicans; treasurer, Al- bert Chamness, coroner, R. D. Morrow, surveyor, Levi Peacock, progressives; board of commission ers, W. O. Seaney. democrat, Wm. Cheesman, republican, and Mo- decai Doddridge, progressive, hold- over; joint senator, Wayne and Union counties, Walter McConaha, representative, J. W. Judkins, pro- gressives; joint representative, Wayne and Fayette counties, James K. Mason, republican. Of the fifteen township trustees elec- ted six are republicans, five pro- gressives and four democrats . . . . James A. Boyd has purchased from the heirs of the late Levin Swiggett the old homestead and the business block in which is lo- cated the postoffice and the City restaurant. Mr. Boyd plans install- ing steam heating plant and other 'modern improvements. He will also erect n building on the vacant lot between the two buildings . .
Word comes from Economy that Raymond Swallow, cashier of the Northern Wayne Bank, is suffer- ing with lagrippe and a nervous breakdown. His wife is filling his place in the bank . . . . Frank W. Marson has sold O. L. Callaway a new 1915 Buick automobile . . !. . A movement is on foot in Cam- bridge City to send 25 or more barrels of flour to Belgium suf- fers . . . . No Hunting: Hunters are hereby notified not to tres- pass on our premises under penal- ty of law .-- Vern Dellays, Floyd Gilbert, Lon Hormel, Dan Brown, Frank Jacobs, Dolph Personetie, Harry Rodenberg, Spenre Geth- ers, John Carr, Fred Scott, L. Eli- ason, Jacob Fink, Elmer Fagan . .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of December 3, 10, 17, 1914, comes the news of the day:
W. B. Barefoot & Co. are busy getting ready for their Christmas shipments to New York. For! Thanksgiving they sent forward1 8,000 pounds of turkey and 1,600 pounds of chicken. The Christmas trade of course will be much lar- ger . ... The Pennsylvania rail- road company is laying the side track from the yards to the fac- tories in the south part of town. The renewal of this siding will be of much importance to the ship- ping facilities of those industries! W. 11. Watkins has purchas- ed the Cambridge City steam laundry and has began opera- tions . . . . E. R. Huddleston has installed bath room fixtures for Geo. Callaway, Aaron 'Scheidler and Chas. Wheeler, also a heating plant in the new L. E. W. depot . ... Cambridge chapter of Royal Arch Masons elected the follow- ing officers: Thos. H. Peet, H. P .; John W. Judkins, King; Fred Go- ebel, Scribe; Mandus E. Mason, Treasurer; Chas. II. Loeb, Sec- retary; Dean House, C. of Host; Byron L. Stratton, R. S .; Chas. F. Wheeler, R. A. C .; Chas. O. Young, M. of 3d Veil; Elmer G. Whelan, M. of 2nd Veil; Wm. D. Judkins, M. of 1st Veil; Jas. Van- Meter, Guard; Edwin T. Bertsch, Trustee for years 1915, 1916 and
1917 .... Work from the Over- beck pottery, consisting of tea sets, vases and bowls, thirty pieces in all will be sent to the Panama Exposition at San Francisco . . A new furnace has been instal- led at the Milton Christian church and has been wired for electricity and also fitted for gas . .. .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of December 24 and 31, 1914 comes; the news of the day:
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! is the theme of these two editions From Milton comes word that The Singer Ma- chine Co. took out a new wagon for Homer Drennen from the Mil- ton carriage factory . . The prevailing cattle price at Indiana-) polis is 81%c per pound for 1,000 pound weight class . The Mil- ton Eastern Star elected the fol- lowing officers for the coming year: Mrs. Fred Goebel, W.M .; Chas. Wheeler, W.P .; Mrs. Chas. Nugent, A.M .; Miss Lula Faucett, conductress; Mrs. W. E. Williams, associate conductress; Miss Cora Brown, treasurer; Miss Sarah Rob- erts, secretary . ... The Standard Mfg. Co. shipped 3,000 Spiceland folding chairs to Philadelphia to seat the choir loft of the audito- rium where Billy Sunday is going to try and redeem the Quaker City. Wherever there is anything good to be accomplished in this country, Cambridge City has a chair in it . . . . Lee Pitman is cutting 8 inch ice off the upper canal. He has a large force of men at work and hopes to fill his houses before the thaw comes . . : . The hills that encompass the . town are full of coasters. And what's greater joy to a boy than a long, slick hill, a stout sled, and perhaps a girl . . . . The trustees of Dublin are contemplating the purchase of a chemical fire extin -* guisher of 60 gallons capacity . . . . Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith of Cambridge City, best known as Indinna's premier woman farmer, is president of the State Home Economics association, and will preside at the sessions of that or- ganizations
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Cambridge City and Environs 47 Years Ago-As Told by The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of January 7, 14 and 21, 1915 comes the news of the day:
From Dublin comes word that the four churches have united in the work of conduction an evan- gelistic campaign. All meetings will be held in the Friends church. The pastors of each church will con- duct the services. Isaiah Fricker will have charge of the singing. The following business men have agreed to close each evening, ex- cept Tuesday, at 7:15 during the revival: O. D. Hall, J. M. Champe, E. F. Morgan, A. R. Conner, W. H. Riser, W. O. Rabey, J. F. Gro- ves W. B. Smith, Hatfield & Hat- field, Frank Schroth, B. L. Wood- ward & Son, Hicks & Huffman and G. R. Murray . . . . Callaway's Dry Goods Store has a full page ad telling of their Big Clean-Up January Sale ... . The proposition of installing electric lights in Mil- ton is still being considered by that town board, but is progress- ing slowly, yet with satisfactory results so far . . . . Lev Swallow, Lee Hartman, Harry Sourbeer and A. B. Hiser of the German- town and east vicinity saw Presi- dent Wilson speak at Indianapolis at his recent stop there . . . . Frank HI. Ohmit & Company are holding their second annual Clean Sweep Sale of furniture and stoves . . . The grain and coal business at Milton, Beesons and Bentonville heretofore owned and operated by T. J. Connell, has been taken over by the Connell - Anderson Grain Co., and which will be man- aged hereafter by Mr. Anderson. Mr. Connell is still identified with the business of course, but in the future will devote his time more directly to the coal and feed trade in this eity and in contract work for road building, etc. . . . . The election on of First National Bank officers for the year are as fol- lows: First National Bank - Claude S. Kitterman, president; 'Chas. Ferguson, vice-president; F. . J. Harvey, cashier; Earl Lundy, 1 assistant cashier
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of January 28, February 4 and 11, 1915, comes the news of the day:
Officers elected at a recent meeting of the Wayne National Bank are as follows: J. K. Smith, president; R. A. Hicks, cashier; J. K. Smith, Jas. A. Boyd, R. P. Lindsay, Bent Wilson, R. A. Hicks and Stantford Wilson, directors : . . Ten and fifteen degrees below zero weather has become so com- mon that people pay little atten- tion to it. The fast receding coal pile alone excites comment .
On January 23, 1915 this commu- nity had one of the biggest snow storms in years. There was more than 15 inches of snow, and it was a laborious task of opening walks and streets . . . . John and' Omar Peelle have purchased the interests of their brother Robert in the National Road Traveler at Lewisville. The latter, however, will be connected with the firm as solicitor . Hog cholera in the Milton community is taking a toll .... John Ingermann is im- proving his restaurant interior at Milton. Ile will also fit up a room in the upper story for a boy's club room . . . Cambridge City people are complaining about pay- ing a tax rate of $2.91, being the total of state, county and corpora- tion taxes. But, they should thin' :. of Winchester people who are pay- ing a rate of $4.05, and Decatur has a rate of $5.15 . ... Some re- 'marks of the day: Hope is the ¡dream you have when awake Everything would be right were it not for the "buts" . . . .
Cambridge City And Environs 47 Years Ago- As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of February 11, 18 and 25, 1915, comes the news of the day:
The Bartel garment factory here has reopened after heing idle for four months. Thirty five former lady. employees took over the running of their machines. At present the factory will engage in the manufacture of overalls . . . . Merrimon Straughn has hecame postmaster of the Cambridge City office . Park Ammerman of
near Jacksonburg sold 1,700 bushels of wheat at $1.50 per bushel . .. . House of Wheeler, local shoe store have their Big 50 percent Reduction Shoe Sale in progress . . From Pennville
comes word that Ross Sowers has opened his sugar camp. Oliver Hebbel is going to work for him this summer and began by mak- ing maple syrup . . . . Richmond has bought a motor aerial truck for their fire department at a cost of $10,800 .... Ebert & Drischel have opened new store in the room formerly occupied by Freeman
. . Stubhs & Smith sold two rew automobiles last week. Park Am- merman of near Jacksonburg bought an Overland 80 and Chaun- cy Duncan, an attorney at Rush- ville, bought a Hudson six . Curt Gosnell has a force of men at work cleaning up the stalls and putting the sale barn in shape for the coming Lackey Sales Co .. March 9 to 12 . ... Frank H. Oh- mit has become sole owner of the grocery, furniture and hard- ware business heretofore conduct- ed by F. II. Ohmit & Co., here. A. W. Bradbury retires from the firm
Cambridge City And Environs 47 Years Ago- As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of March 4, 11, 18, 1915, comes the. news of the day: $ 16-1962
A new firm is opening up for Milton in the way of a Ford auto garage. Chester Coppet has bought; the old foundry of the Hoosier' Drill works of James Doddridge .: It will be remodeled and placed in, good shape by Dan Hess . . . . Supt. Jones of the county highways, has appointed Frank Lutes supervisor for part of Harrison and Jackson Twps., and Albert Wilson for part of Washington and Jackson Twps. . During the Lackey Horse, Sale March 9 to 12 their will be Įhorses and automobiles on the streets, and it will be well to be a little careful . . . . This season so far F. W. Marson has sold Buick automobiles to Chas. Thomp son, Frank Worl, O. L. Callaway, Dr. Griffith of Williamsburg, 'Geo .; Weaver, Josie Waymire, Wm. Wal -! ters, W. HI. Doney, John Coyne,; A. W. Bradbury, Willard Beeson,; andl two who decline to be known; at present The Cambridge City basketball team is making a good clean record and playing fast amateur ball, having scored their" fifth victory in their defeat of the Richmond Cadets recently, by a. score of 35-12. Cambridge City; players and scoring was as follows :. Behr, center, 7; Winters, forward, 115; Diffenderfer, forward, 13 ;;. Williams, Beard and Allison, guards, did not score . . . . New automobile dealers noted with ads In these issues include Frank W. Marson, Buick; Stubbs & Smith, Overland; Manlove & Wheeler, Oakland; Anto Inn Company, Ca- Idillac . . . . Sourbeer & Rodenbeg of E. Germantown have a general! fline of hardware and implements. They are dealers for Oliver, Janes-, ville, Gale, P & O 2 rows, Ohio . cultivators, Deering binders ond - mowers, Deering tillage. Black Hawk planters, gas engines, pow- er washers, Amerienn field fence and and fertilizer . . . . The Cam- bridge Natural Gas Co. has clos- ed the deal for the purchase of all the wells and leases owned by the ' Connersville Natural Gas Co .. loc-' ated in Rush and Henry counties, the same field in which the local company's wells are located . . . .
Cambridge City And Environs 47 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam -. bridge City Tribune editions of March 25, April 1, 8, 1915, comes the news of the day:
A wrestling match will be staged at Hurst's Opera House, Friday night. The main match is between Rushing Braddock of Cincinnati, and Buddy King of Connersville, with the preliminary bout by Irish Grapler of New London, Ohio, and Young Cyclone of Connersville . . . . Cambridge City has 71 places of business where merchandise is sold and 15 industries where mer- chandise of different kinds is made. The Gaar nursery and Peet's greenhouse, two very important firms, contribute much to the wel- fare of the community . .. . The "big smoke" was extinguished in the ring at Havana, Cuba. Monday when Willard, the American cow- boy, put him down and out for- ever in the 26th round. Thus ends: Johnson . . . . Angelo Chiarenza : and Miss Ruth Scott, the attrac- tive daughter of Mrs. Minnie Scott of east Cambridge, were married January 1, at Covington, Ky., and . ;so quietly was the wedding kept: that few knew of it until the newly weds took up their home this 'weck in the Millikan building re- ¿ cently purchased by Mr. Chiar- enza. The groom came here sev- eral years ago and set up the Electric shoe shop, and by eloso attention to business built up a large and profitable trade . . . The changing of the appearance of the clean cement walks in this place of besmirching them with tobacco spit and painting adver- tisements on them, is being much complained of by citizens interest- ed in the cleanliness of the town and they are asking the trustees! and marshall Chapman that the ordinance prohibiting such abuse .be enforced . . . . The members of the graduating class of Com- 'bridge City high school this year are Merrill Allison, Robert Beard, Hobart Behr. Orie Graver, Ema- nuel Isenhower, Max Kitterman. Walter McGuire. Russell Strick- ler, Beale Williams, Robert Wright Esther Bowden, Idola Gehring. Audra Whiteley .
Cambridge City And Environs 47 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of April 15, 22, 29, 1915, comes the news of the day:
Chas. Sorber, jr., of German- town has purchased a six cylinder Pilot car, from the Pilot Motor Co., of Richmond . · Bertsch & Co. are working a full force of men getting out a number of rush orders for heavy machinery
The City Carriage Works, of which Lee DeHays is proprietor, is a busy place, and is building up a growing and prosperous trade . . . . There are 21 automobiles owned in New Lisbon, and a careful count of the population and an estimate of the . carrying capacity of the automobiles, has caused this con- clusion to he reached: With the addition of five more cars the : entire population of the town could be taken for a joy ride at one trip .. . . The town trustees ! are removing the loose dirt from the streets to be ready for oiling as soon as weather permits .
The meeting of the Cambridge City Horse Thief Detective asso- ciation held here last Saturday was well attended. Several new! members were taken in and other important business transacted . .. . . The National Old Trails road will be inspected officially from Baltimore to Los Angeles by a party of millionaires headed by A. L. Westgard, the best known mo- tor road mapper of America. They are scheduled to pass through Cambridge City on June 21 . . . . M. T. Scheidler has bought a Max- well auto to use in his mail deli- very on route 14 . .. . The death toll of the automobile increases each day. The principal cause is fast driving. Searcely a day pass- es without a serious accident in this county, and within a few days lives have been sacrificed by the demon speed . . . . .
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From the pages of the Cam -! bridge City Tribune editions of May 6, 13, 20, 1915, comes the news of the day: 4.662
Main street has been dressed in oil, and there will be no dust on that thoroughfare this summer. Other streets of the town have been likewise treated . . . . M. II. Guar of the Capitol Hill nurseries received a government contract for placing a hedge around the' postoffice grounds at Richmond . . The wrestling and boxing matches put on at Hurst Opera House by manager Goebel rec- ently, attracted several hundred people who enjoyed the clean manly sport. (Ed. Note: Wrestling is different in 1962) .... Sunday was a great day for automobiles and motorcyclists. At a given point on the National road at one time in the afternoon there was a car passing every minute. (Ed. Note: Count 'em now.) .... The Cambridge City high school base- ball team defeated the Dublin hi school team by a score of 12-10. The batteries were Behr and Win- ters pitchers and Dill catcher for Cambridge. Snyder and MeKee pitchers and Hunnieut catcher for Dublin . ... The sinking of the steamship Lusitanio by a torpedo while off the Irish coast Friday, is one of the regretable events of the war between Germany and England. Reports say over 1,200 persons perished .... People who ¡have permitted their horses and cows to stray irto the park grounds and graze on the grass and incidentally break and injure the young trees, will have to keen their livestock elsewhere. The park board is going to enclose the grounds and no animals will be permitted therein . . . F. W. Marson has recently delivered Buick automobiles to James A. Boyd of this city, and Charles Beeson and Willard Beeson of Bentonville .
Cambridge City And Environs 47 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of May 27, June 3 and 10, 1915, comes the news of the day:
The Danner brothers, of this city have sold their novelty store; at Ft. Wayne and have opened a store at Knightstown. They are hustling good fellows, know their business in all its details and are now operating successfully four stores at different places . . .
The following are the 1915 grad- uates of Cambridge City high school: Robert L. Beard, Andra Whiteley, Robert Dill, Hobart Behr, Orie O. Graver, Francis Og- born, Russell Strickler, Walter McGuire, Dewey Kelley, Esther Bowden, Max B. Kitterman, Mer- rill Allison, Beale Williams, Enia- nuel Isenhower, Harry Danner, Idola M. Gehring, Robert E. Wright. The commencement exer- cises were held in Hurst's Opera House .... The north wall of the old vacant malt dry house ad- joining the main building of the American Casket Co. crumbled and fell out the other night. This effected the north wall of the affected the north wall of the east end of the main building which also gave way and was wrecked. Altho this will interfere with the operation of the plant, immediate repairs will be made . . . . One of our Dublin ladies sat on her front porch Friday after- noon and counted the autos bound for the speedway race. From 2 to 5 o'clock there were 216 cars carrying 864 people . .. . Albert Newman and Fred Murley of Mil- ton attended a shooting match at Boston. Newman made 80 percent of the targets. Fred Murley broke 80 out of 90 . ... The Perfection Peanut Co., of this city has re- ceived an order of 9,000 pounds of the raw product to be ship- ped to the Andrus Scofield Co., Columbus, Ohio . . . . The town trustees are having a new bridge built across the canal near the sawmill on Third street. Taylor Crook has the contract .
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From the pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of June 17, 24 and July 1, 1915, comes the news of the day:
Knowles Barbin, age 50, a test- er for the McFarlan Motor Car Co., of Connersville, was killed Saturday afternoon near Valley Grove church, when his car turn- ed over on him. He is said to have been speeding unusually fast when the car struck a slight raise in the road and swerved to the side, breaking down the fence and a telephone pole . There are thirty or more horses in training on the Lackey track here this sea-1 son. Curt Gosnell, Frank Lindsay, Bira Boyd and other are condi- tioning some good ones for the big eastern circuit . . . . A lawn tennis court has been organized here with 20 members. The grounds were donated by Hiram Crook and have been smoothed down and sanded. The officers, are Irvin Harmeier, president, and Ralph Moore, secretary and treas- urer . . . . One of the fastest races ever palled off in Wayne county is said to have occurred last Saturday along the river south of town between the mar- shal of Germantown and a blood- ed bull. The marshal won by a neck. Time for the quarter, 33 1/3 seconds . . . J. M. Doddridge of Milton has a new Ford .
Monroe Bales has invented and patented a hog oiler that is at once simple and effective An interesting advertisement in these issues announces that An- gelo Charley has moved his shoe repairing shop to his newly par- chased block, and is located in the room formerly occupied by Mrs. Flanders' millinery shop. IIe has been in the shoe repair busi- ness here for almost four years. Ed. Note: Angelo Charley, the el- ectric shoe mender, still resides in Cambridge City, however he hns retired from the shoe mend- ing business. You know him ns Angelo Chiaren:a .
Cambridge City And Environs 47 Years Ago-As Told By The Local Newspapers
From the 21.2 pages of the Cam- bridge City Tribune editions of July 8, 15 and 22, 1915, comes the news of the day.
The Liberty Bell is now en- route to the Pacific coast. The only stop of importance in In- diana was at Fort Wayne. Return- ing it will pass through Indiana again and probably stop at Cam- bridge City . .. . The Cambridge City Grays defeated the Richmond team in their regular league game Sunday, 9-6. New Castle leads the league with a clean record, Cam- bridge is in second place and poor old Richmond has not won a game of the four played . . . W. B. Barefoot was in Detroit last week arranging to start Single G in the Chamber of Commerce stake for a purse of $5,000 . . . . The three Chapman threshing outfits be-i gan work this week. Dan Chap-j man is taking his vacation in charge of one of the machines . . . W. E. Austill has purchased the coal yard and business of Roth & Co. of Mrs. Viola Roth, and has taken charge ... . Here is the current standing of the teams is the Indiana State baseball league: Cambridge City 3-1, New Castle 2-1, Rushville 2-1, Cincin- nati 2-2, Connersville 2-2, Rich- mond 0-4. Cambridge defeated the New Castle Maxwells in a recent game by a 4-2 score . . . . The Mil- ton town board has contracted with the Light, Heat and Power Co. of Connersville to light the town. The work will commence immediately and should be com- pleted in 90 days First wheat threshed by Dan Chapman was for Oliver Morse. It averaged 25 bushels per acre . . . . Mr. nnd Mrs. Don Wright have complet- ed their new residence on Mul- berry street, and will occupy it in a few days
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