This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TerryWillis124 Surnames: Classification: military Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.guernsey/4438/mb.ashx Message Board Post: To properly equip for the future the Soldiers' Monument, which is to commemorate the gallant deeds of the soldiers of Guernsey County, two air tight tins boxes containing copies of the weekly and daily papers of Cambridge, photographs, business and calling cards, and a number of other articles, which, should the time ever come when the marble shaft is taken down or destroyed, will make priceless relics or souvenirs, were placed beneath the shaft, one Friday afternoon and the other next morning. In the box placed there yesterday were the following articles: Copies of the Daily and Weekly Times, Daily Sun, Republican Press, weekly and daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge Herald, photo, of David D. Taylor, cards of S.M. Burgess, Fred Duff, Charles Bonnell, W.O. Burgess and John B. Stewart, the American Flag, the rosters of the Masonic Lodge, the I.O.O.F., the K. of P. and B.P.O.E., a dozen lead pencils to be distributed when the box is opened as souvenirs. In the box placed Friday morning were the following: A letter from Hon. Milton Turner, address to John Jones and to be opened 2000 years from date, a monumental certificate made out in the name of James Turner, a brother of Milton Turner, who belong to Co. H., 78th O.V.I., who was killed at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864, and buried in an unmarked grave, the roster and diary of the 78th regiment, a letter head of the contractors of the monument, a letter head of the Smith Granite Co., builders of the monument, the signature of E. C. Brown, of Westerly R.D. 1, who is erecting the monument, a piece of tin from the first sheet of tin made by the Morton Tin Mill Co., a piece or iron from the sheet made by the Cambridge Iron and Sheet Mill by John D. Stewart, the card of Senator John H. Morgan, a copy of the Republican Press, card of C.J. Bonnell, a card of Hon. Milton Turner and a copy of the Daily Times. All readers of the Jeffersonian should keep a copy of the paper issued of 23d to refer to when the articles mentioned above are brought to light. It may be interesting, and then all may know that the articles mentioned were really in the boxes. The boxes were made by S.M. Burgess and present to the Association. The are air tight, 1x61/2 and 20 inches long. Thursday 4 June 1903 Cambridge Jeffersonian Cambridge Ohio. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.