The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-09
JUDGE GEORGE E BALDWIN
Cannot Say too Much in Praise
of Cambridge Springs and
the Hotel Rider.

Ex-Judge of the Circuit Court G.. E.
Baldwin, one of the best known lawyers
in Ohio, was asked as to his opinion of
Cambridge Springs as a resort for those
feeling the need of rest and a general
toning up of the system. Judge Bald
win was enthusiastic in his praise of
the splendid resort. He said:
my first visit to Cambridge Springs
was in 1897, the last of August and the
first part of September, and 1 stopped
at Hotel Rider. There are five or six
different springs at Cambridge Springs
and the proprietor of each one believes
that the water of that spring is SUI
perior to that of any other spring in
the city, and 1 have no doubt they are
very much alike, and people going there
for liver and kidney troubles most par
ticularly, claim to have found relief
in the water of those springs. During
the months of August and September,
1t is said, as high as four or five thou
sand people drink of the water of these
springs each day.
"The water from the iron springs at
the Rider hotel, are by some claimed
to be equal to the water of any springs
in the country. There is also another
spring at the Hotel Rider, owned by
the hotel company, called the salt
spring, and as an aperient it is equal,
IL not superior, to the waters of any
magnesia springs, and it is very liber-
ally patronized.
Cambridge Springs is very beau
tiful city of about 5000 people, the chief
feature of which is the Hotel Rider
situated upon a hill overlooking the
town. 1t is one of the most magnificent
hotels that / ever seen, presenting a
grand appearance; built of pressed
brick; the veranda around the hotel is
said to over 500 feet long, There are
perhaps 400 rooms in the house. all of
the very finest finish, the prominent
rooms having bath rooms attached.
The furniture is of the most approved
and costly style and finish, the carpets
are as fine as any hotel to be found in
any city, and the bath rooms in the
hotel, where a person can get a Rus
sian, Turkish, SALT needle and plunge
bath are the finest in any hotel of which
know anything. It's bath rooms are
fitted out especially for those who need
that sort of treatment. and on one side
of the main wing of the hotel the bath
rooms are fitted out for the gentlemen
and on the other side of the wing for
ladies, so that the treatment so far, as
the baths are concerned of all kinds, is
said to be perfect.
"On the opposite side of the Office is a
most eXquisitely finished and beautiful
dancing hall, and during every evening
the guest can see the elegantly dressed
and beautiful ladies, as well as the ac-
complished gentlemen, tripping the light
fantastic toe.
II think the table at the hotel is the
best of any hotel of which know any
thing; there is a grand dining room
well lighted and finished and most beau
tiful in appointment, large enough to
seat many hundreds of guests. 1t is
presided over by walters who are at all
times accommodating, and who at all
times seem to desire to make their
guests comfortable. No better table
can be found in any first class hotel in
the country: the table being we'll sup
piled with the best that the market af-
fords; everything is well cooked and
well seasoned and palatable.
Mr. Rider, who keeps this hotel, and
his estimable wife. seem to be anxious
at all times to make 1t pleasant fol-
| their guests, and they always have q
pleasant and kind word for everybody
and take special pains to see that the
guests are comfortably situated and
well waited upon. think, taking 1t al
in all, 1t is really one of the finest hotels
in the country. Although I do not &c
| there for treatment, / have no doubt
whatever but that people who are af-
| fiicted with stomach, kidney or liver
| trouble, or bladder trouble find almost
| certain relief in the water Of these
| springs.
| 1T seems that the patronage there IL
| increasing every year. / am told thai
| even now Hotel Rider has some 80 OF
80 guests in that house, which is an un.
| heard of thing at this season of the
year. have talked with good many
gentlemen throughout this and Other
states whom 1 well know, men of the
highest degree and integrity, who claim
that they are actually cured by using
the water of these springs. One notable
instance was lawyer from Indianapo
lis. who had to be carried into the hote
when he went to the springs. and aftel
being there six weeks, he was so nearly
restored to health that he could wall
two or three miles a day withou
fatigue. He told me he believed tn,
water at Cambridge Springs had re
stored him to health.
Persons can stop at the Rider a
very reasonable rates. In fact / dom
know of any. hotel more reasonable thar
the Rider With the same class of ac
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