Fragmented OCR sports item on church coin values
Fragmentary text mentions a church object and five cents, a binary reference and balls, with a prize of 100 dollars in 25 values. The readable fragment is unclear about event, date, or participants.
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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1903
Page
4
Fragmentary text mentions a church object and five cents, a binary reference and balls, with a prize of 100 dollars in 25 values. The readable fragment is unclear about event, date, or participants.
Fragmented OCR reads like a political scrape about municipal races. Mentions Smith candidates, auditor post, Republican and Prohibition roles, and a debated balance of temperance and reform amid campaign vigor. Details are garbled but center on election dynamics and party clashes.
The Rock Island system faces possible board action on a merger involving the Iowa Morgan interurban lines. Reports suggest months of preliminary study may yield a simplified transcontinental route, reducing five or six agencies to two or three. The plan centers on aligning with the Pacific Bay line and the Bur ht group, with the Chicago & Petit mentioned among possibilities.
An editorial argues a few financiers increasingly control major U S railroads. It cites Harriman Kuhrn Loeb Moore Leeds groups and major lines as consolidation nears collapse of competition. It warns such power outweighs government and demands sober reform rather than complacent trust.
A satirical collection notes Teddy Roosevelt in the veldt style odds and ends about Lee’s statue, Harrison in 1906 races, Carnegie’s wealth and illness, a Coshocton boy on a printing press, Toledo mayor Golden Rule Jones, and Dowle’s Zion City police prayer. The tone blends humor, politics, and local color with fragmented musings.
Drugstore owner C B Anderson promotes Mi o Na as the best dyspepsia remedy. The product is sold with a money back guarantee if no relief after using a box, claiming quick improvements and lasting digestive health benefits. The ad links strong health to increased work and social vitality.
An advertisement extols Hyomei as the direct inhalation treatment for catarrh claiming it cures conditions from head cold to stomach and kidney pains by delivering medicated air and oxygen to the bloodstream. Testimony from Rev J B Cook and refund promise from Cc BE Anderson bolster the claim. A scattered local note mentions Mayor Tom and the Red Wagon and several names like Jones Johnson Jeffrey and Constable Jeffries in the same column.
The article questions Hinkle's forecast of victory as premature and notes public weariness with recounts of Burdick and Pennell. It ponders whether recent wets wins influence rain symbolism and observes that political campaigns follow soon after the last.
The article recounts Charles Godfrey Leland's creation of the Hans Breitmann craze, noting its unexpected global reach, sales, and theater presence. It includes stanzas in playful Pennsylvania Dutch style and touches on Leland's scholarly pursuits in gypsy lore and art education, alongside the public’s enduring association with Breitmann.
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