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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1900
Page
22
Eugene V. Debs will lecture at city hall on April 25 with admission set at 25 cents. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the public library as organizers expect a large audience. Tickets are on sale and moving quickly.
An Ohio Guard officer, under orders from Adjutant General Gyger, toured the Splendid armory Friday night. Sergeant McFarland showed the officer the facility and he praised current work, noting Coshocton could be included soon. Authorities proceed cautiously. local sentiment for Guard admission remains strong.
The Home Building Loan and Savings company, at a directors meeting, decided to add a savings department to its building and loan business. Coshocton needs a local institution for weekly or monthly deposits with withdrawal on reasonable notice. Authorized capital is $200,000 with nearly $100,000 paid up. W A Himebauzh is secretary.
Publisher notices request payment for notices and obituaries, with five cent per line charges for cards of thanks, resolutions, and poetry. It promotes pneumonia prevention and cites various drug ads and local store names, including Andersons and others, with claims of remedies and cures.
About 25 alumni met at Secretary Edith McNaughton’s home Friday to form committees for the annual banquet. A finance committee will seek funds this week, and a program committee will arrange entertainment. The groups will reconvene next Friday to finalize plans amid high interest.
Local customers report kidney backache relief after using Morrow's Kid-ne-oids. Henry Glesmeire of Newark Ohio credits the product with curing years of pain and urinary disturbances after following the directions. The yellow tablets sell for fifty cents a box at drug stores including E Anderson's in Springfield Ohio.
A conservative estimate puts flood losses in central and southern Mississippi at 3 million dollars with railroad damages uncounted as communication to affected areas remains cut off. Louisiana also reports great damage from unprecedented rains.
The naval appropriation bill advances armor for Maine Ohio and Missouri but at 545 per ton Krupp armor price and repeal of a 200 limit are disputed. Some say the secretary may contract regardless of cost others say the price must be set by the Senate. In the Senate session April 91 debate covered Hawaiian government changes Alaskan code alien miners rights and a eulogy for Lorenzo Danford. In Washington April 21 the Pacific cable substitute moves to private construction under government supervision while Indian relief supplies use the Quito for Bombay. Healer Francis Truth mail sacks seized for absent treatment funds. in Bloemfontein Gen Prettyman named military governor. in Ladysmith Boer guerilla tactics rise and threats halt movement toward Estcourt.
A reader testimonial from Mrs. Pivanam Nebr describes severe menstrual pain and irregular menses eased after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. A second letter from Mrs. Be? F of Brule, Vis details relief from back and abdominal pains and regularized menses after treatment.
London notes General Chermside and General Rundie advancing toward the Boers with about 20,000 troops, the siege of Wepener ongoing, and reports of recent combative actions including a night attack thwarted by Cape mounted rifles. Prisoners include Captain Little and Lieutenant Holbeck. four guns were disabled. The Boers remain surrounding Wepener as relief efforts unfold.
The Trans Atlantic Travelers bureau in Jersey City and New York assists Pennsylvania line passengers arriving from Europe. Agents meet travelers, arrange onward steamship tickets, transfer baggage through customs, reserve sleeping car space, and guide travelers free of charge. Inquiries addressed to Pennsylvania lines agents or J M Stannis, District Passenger Agent, Columbus, Ohio.
Reports from Bloemfontein note a 30 foot Caledon River flood and rising waters hindering transport on the Modder River. Boers fear separation as reinforcements arrive, with British casualties estimated at 25 killed and 110 wounded. Elandslaagte patrol spots Boers on the left flank with fortifications along the Biggarsberg range. University of North Carolina wins oratorical contest against Vanderbilt on Philippine question.
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