City water system seeks funds for extensions and new reservoir
The water department warns the reservoir is too small to meet demand and requests additional funding of about 14 277 dollars for pipe extensions on South Eleventh East Main to Orchard and other streets, a second reservoir costing 6000 dollars, and a 2 000 000 gallon pumping engine with a 3500 dollar condenser. Since 1897 the city has spent 11 635 on improvements while maintenance gaps strain finances.
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East Main
Orchard
South Eighth
Seventh
Wilson Avenue
Tuscarawas River
Tuscarawas
Main
Walnut Streets
Township selects physician for poor relief
Infirmary directors met with Prosecutor Wheeler to choose a town physician for the year. Bids ranged from Doctor Edwards at 300 to Doctor Gear at 192 and Doctor Barcroft at 8334 per month. The contract was awarded to Doctor McCurdy at 200 pounds and he will begin duties at once.
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Wheeler
Edwards
Stacy
Marshall
Doctor McCurdy
Gear
Barcroft
McCurdy
Supreme court ruling targets imitation butter maker
The Supreme court at Columbus decided Tuesday to protect butter eaters by halting the manufacture and sale of colored pleomargarine in imitation of butter until laws are repealed. The state, through the attorney general, sued the company for refusing to provide samples for analysis, amid sales totaling 3,001,000 pounds of the product last year.
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Supreme Court At
Columbus
Newcomerstown Fair Association Faces Suit for Dissolution
Sixty five defendants named as directors William Loveless W M Brode A Wolf J H Mulvane Joseph Loader Frank Miskimen face action in common pleas. Central Ohio Fair Association seeks dissolution of the corporation and sale of its property to satisfy a long creditor list.
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William Loveless
W. M. Brode
A. Wolf
J. H. Mulvane
Joseph Loader
Frank Miskimen
Central Ohie Thistricet Fair Association
Newcomerstown
Common Pleas
English and Reamer wedding near Canal Lewisville
Andrew English wed Miss Lulu Reamer on Wednesday evening at the bride's parents home near Canal Lewisville. Rev. Strete officiated in front of 73 guests as E English and Ida Reamer stood as witnesses. The ceremony featured floral decorations and music by the Symphony Mandolin Club. The couple, well known in the city, received many tokens of esteem.
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Andrew English
Lulu Reamer
Canal Lewisville
Mr. Strete
Roscoe M. E
E. English
Ida Reamer
Symphony Mandolin Club
English
Burial of Soldiers Passes House With Family Provisions
Senator Howard's funeral bill for ex soldiers and families moves through the house. It originally raised county funeral amounts and extended aid to mothers wives widows and army nurses from the war of the rebellion. The house restored the former $35 grant reflecting county population level.
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Howard
House
Senate
Coshocton County News Roundup and Local Notes
Ohio county items report busy week with apportionments and openings. Schools reopen after spring break boosting attendance while canal commission Verkios may gain another term. Prairie Chapel Ladies Aid to host April 1 supper with quilt sale. Obituary notes Jane Love dies in Town City. Rail work removes old track rails near the Pan Handle line. Population rises as families move in. new roof on a house near the aqueduct. Derridison yard freight tally hits 1 896 cars. Plainfield relocations include Brownfield and Vickers to Coshocton. Methodist Protestant chapel on Walnut Street sold for relocation. Electric railway boom eyed for Plainfield. Coshocton county fund transfer bills pass legislature. Pullman derailment near Lonesville disrupts Van Handle line passengers moved ashore.
Three Years Of McKinley Prosperity And Public Trust
A nostalgic assessment lauds McKinley's three years in office, noting social peace, rising wages, farm wealth, and heavy industrial growth from Cape Nome to Maine. It praises his personal character, adherence to the golden rule, and political strength, while contrasting Republican serenity with Democratic opposition and warning against reform zeal and inflationary aims.
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McKinley
Bryan
Coxey
Debs
Herr Most
Chy
Cape Nome
Puerto Rico
Manila
Maine
Roentgen
Hans
Groves
Shafter
Santiago
Alger
Te Republic
Mechintey
Hrgan
Ida
Chicago
Settling Up Accounts in Coshocton Division
Old accounts against the Coshocton and Southern and its Coshocton branch of the C. C. and 8. are nearly settled. Receiver J. W. Wardwell, relieved after six years as Wheeling bought the line, has cleared the last accounts. Formal transfer of the division to Wheeling and Lake Erie is expected within a week.
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Itis
Coshocton & Southern
Coshocton
J. W. Wardwell
Wheeling
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Monster engines debut at Dennison shops in new PanMandle class
A new PanMandle class G monster engine appeared at Dennison shops Wednesday morning. Nine engines are to be received, with six foot driving wheels and air brake equipment on all wheels and trucks. It will be broken in and put into service in a few days.
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Dennison
Dela Beck Dies at 14 After One Week Illness
Dela Beck, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs teorrey Beck, died Wednesday from pneumonia after a week’s illness. She endured much suffering, and many tried to save her. Funeral services are set for Friday with interment at Vak Ride.
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Dela
Teorrey Beck
Vak Ride
Not a Circus Listed in Coshocton Season Plans
The principal circuses have set dates but none are on Coshocton books now. A year ago several were in Viety, yet they appear in different territories this season. They may come later, but none are in sight presently.
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Coshocton
Viety
Petition on Coshocton Electric Franchise Rejected
Residents in the upper Coshocton area objected to a blanket petition from Zanesville Adamsville and Coshocton Electric asking for a city franchise. A.J. Miller returned the petition to E. G. Abbott for correction. Owners demand specifics on streets and alleys to be used.
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Zanesville, Adamsville & Coshoction Electric Company
Coshocten
A.J. Miller
E. G. Abbott
Perfected the Organization at City Hall Meeting
The painters finished their organization at a city hall gathering Wednesday evening. The charter will arrive soon. W H Tefft and Miss Nellie Croy wed Tuesday evening in Revost A Fisher's residence. Our stock of fruit trees is at its best this spring. GE W Almack's nursery offers Carolina poplar trees, in good size. 20w-tt. James Lean, Manager. Zanesville Business College ad promises guaranteed positions for graduates.
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W.H. Tefft
Nellie Croy
Revost
A. Fisher
Carolina
Zanesville Business College
More houses needed to support Coshocton growth and mines
Coshocton growth stalls as miners and workers lack housing. Real estate and contractors say demand for homes far exceeds supply, with hundreds of new houses planned this year. Proposals include a 340000 capital venture to build affordable workers cottages at about ten dollars monthly rent, aiming to boost coal output and local spend.
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Coshocton
Cosbocion
Gaida
James Miskimen fiftieth anniversary celebrated in Linton
James Miskimen and his wife marked fifty years of marriage in Linton Mall s with their son, six daughters, seven grandchildren, and five guests who attended their wedding half a century ago. A bountiful repast followed as relatives praised the milestone and presented gifts.
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James Miskimen
Linton Malls
Miskimen
Rev Davis Released From Keene Presbyterian Church
At a meeting of Zanesville presbytery in Pratt this week the pastoral relation between Rev Juin Proctor Davis and the Keene Presbyterian Church was severed. Rev Davis will preach Exister Sunday delivering his farewell sermon.
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ZanesyiNe
Pratt
Juin Proctor Davis
Keene
Notice to Teachers Examination in Gow Shoeton Ohio
Notice to teachers announces an examination for Coshocton Union Schools to be held at the Gow Shoeton High School on Saturday May 3 1900 starting at 830 am. Board of Examinees names J M Yar W R Pon n FF FeNvon.
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Coshocton
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Jane Love
Roscoe
Town City
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William Comper
J. C. Vickers
L. J. Brownfield
Plainfield
Mr. Brownfield
Walnut Street
Mohn Hall
Plainfield Sentinel
Coshocton County
Adams
Lonesville
M’kinley
By Jobn J.igalls
Monster Engines
Della Beck
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