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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
6
A civic effort moves to approach the city council seeking a franchise for a street railway. The proposal aims to establish an urban electric line to improve transportation and spur development. Community leaders discuss routes and financial plans.
A petition spearheaded by E G Abbott seeks city and county franchise to build a street railway from Chestnut Street through downtown Zanesville and extend to Coshocton. Residents sign, some property owners withhold consent but expected to grant later. routes include Plainfield to West Lafayette toward Coshocton with two lines under consideration.
Residents seek the closure of the Tyrone post office as postmaster Stanton Maines resigns after a failed business he wishes to move away from. No successor can be found since the job pays only thirty dollars annually and would otherwise hinder his livelihood, with patrons facing only slight inconvenience.
Architect Mills of Columbus opened bids Saturday for a handsome residence to be built for Miss Annie Schaich on South Fourth Street. Petitt won the contract with plumbing by George Senit. Ward Treskett Ward will oversee three modern houses on Cambridge Street, built by Contractor Port with plumbing by C A Mercury. houses designed by Mrs Ward. Additional housing projects are under way citywide, with another week bringing more to completion.
Ti. DT. Dennis, noted capitalist and head of Wire Coal and Morvan interests, adds the Cenley mine south of the city. Brower & Sons previously operated it in a small way. Dennis plans heavy track work on the incline and other improvements, with coal shipments expected when the Southern opens traffic about June 1. About 40 men will be employed at start. One Minute Cough Cure praised for stopping coughs, curing colds, and preventing consumption, sold by Anderson's Drug and Book Store.
An excerpt from the Philadelphia North American presents a brief dialogue where a father chides his son for talking too much and urges him to cultivate listening. The son counters with the belief that listeners hear more of themselves.
A Philadelphia Record note recounts a bookkeeper asking whether to charge the cashier shipped goods to profit or loss. The firm head refuses, directing the amount be recorded as running expenses. The dialogue highlights internal accounting discretion within a business operation.
WW Marhew of Merton Wisconsin endorses Gne Minute Cough Cure as a harmless medicine that gives immediate results. It claims to cure coughs colds croup bronchitis grippe whooping cough pneumonia and all throat and lung diseases. Early use purportedly prevents consumption with mothers and children approving it. C E Andersons Drug and Book Store sale notice.
A 1900 sermon by Dr. Talmage uses Joshua and the ambush at Ai to urge Christians to seize opportunities for God through strategic, unseen acts of faith. He compares divine retreat and earthly defeats, urges faithful ambuscades over parades, and calls for decisive, disciplined action backed by prayer and moral courage.
A discussion of stickit ministers, licentiates, and probationers in the ecclesiastical system. It explains how licentiates gain preaching rights but not sacraments, their typical roles as assistants, and how few reach full presbyter status. It notes the faded status of idle ministers who struggle for casual preaching fees amid educated individuals lacking social leverage.
A fragmentary reminiscence describes Dr Isaac Barrow delivering a sermon in Westminster Abbey. It recalls fervent reception until organs supposedly “blew him downs,” reflecting a chaotic crowd and restless vergers. The passage evokes a dramatic, bygone church scene.
A short, homely plea urges restraint after harsh or unjust words and scandals. It counsels letting offenses fade to keep charity and peace, and to avoid needless sharpness that wounds daily relations. The writer chides adults for prickly behavior and childishness in social life.
Albert Edward paying a witty compliment amid the Maine fitting-out scene drew a guest list of American ladies including Mrs. Bradley-Martin Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain the Duchess of Marlborough Lady Randolph Churchill Mrs. Ronalds and Mrs. Arthur Paget He said the ship would do good and that American girls have healed many an Englishman's wounded heart.
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