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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1900
Page
5
Age readers urged to send county correspondence for Tuesday and Friday editions. Many notices of social visits, visits to Bakersville and Baltic, and local movements appear. Stock shipments from this place, a death near town, and missionary contributions are noted with names and places.
New Guilford and Roscom notes report a wet spell reviving grass and scarce seedling peaches if no more freezes occur. Budded fruit will be scarce. farmers push spring work, assess roads, and host social events while Nor Billingsley and neighbors address local petitions.
A Saturday meeting of the Memorial Decoration planning group prepares for Decoration Day. News notes list illnesses including Miss Ida M. Beall and Regina Stafford, along with visits and travels of locals. Various farm, church, and social items follow from Apawpus Mills and nearby towns, with brief mentions of deaths, illnesses, and upcoming events.
WaKato mao WaKato Mewa April 25 Mr and Mrs J W Stanford were in Coshocton Tuesday Rev T B Ashton of Mt Vernon will hold his monthly meetings at this place April 25 and 29 Glen Huff son of Mr and Mrs Chance Huff is very ill Melvin McConnell of Coshocton was here Tuesday Mr Eljak and Mrs Charles Thomas of Cooperdale were visiting Mr and Mrs Lon Thomas Sunday Alex Strong and John Garret Jr have been employed on the Trunway section of the C A C Will Larrand father of Conesville were the guests of Mr and Mrs John Garrett Sunday
Daugherty visited Coshocton on Monday. Charley Wood shipped a carload of horses from the area. C B Kego began a two month school term at Hamiltons. Mrs Dan Wright is ill and Miss Ethel Wright is able to be out. Mrs Isaac Middleton is improving slowly. G G Bryan was in town Friday evening. W W Morford and family spent Sunday with his mother near East Enion. H B Daugherty and wife visited friends near Warsaw Sunday.
April 25 Canal Lewisville notes report an Epworth League entertainment was well attended. Tompkins returns from Pittsburg visits. Mrs Renfrew and Misses Paine and Renfrew visit Mrs Reamer. Irvin Baird returns from two months employed in Cleveland. Besst couple visit Coshocton friends.
Engineers assign crews to lay brick on Walnut Street square between Fifth and Sixth to speed completion. Work began Wednesday afternoon and progresses at a steady pace toward opening for travel, with plans to finish to Cherry Street quickly.
London reports the Boers retreated northward as British pursuit falters. General Brabant’s forces, 4 000 to 5 000 strong, evaded encirclement while French and Hamilton brigades navigate difficult terrain. Casualties mount, Wepener siege raised, and Boer relief attempts continue amid shifting Cape cabinet tensions.
A sweep of reports from Wichita to Cape Town details speeches and conventions. Allen C. Myers of Ohio denounces bribery and Goebel fate. Indiana Senator Fairbanks chairs after voice failure. Pennsylvania backs McKinley and Quay. Ohio and Alabama party events, Populist fusion talk, and Tennessee GOP resolutions follow.
In Chicago a labor riot ends with Peter Miller shot in the head and killed. John McGuire injured with a gunshot to the arm and chest. Seven others arrested as the incident stems from three months of labor strife between nonunion workers and Baker-Vawter Printing. The fatal shot is attributed to B L Baster, a Baker-Vawter supervisor.
Medallion Designs offered in 1 color variants on plain Denim promise durability and adornment for your cozy corner. These goods will be in our east window this evening for inspection with limited quantity. Price listed at 50 cents.
Chicago and other cities report cattle, hogs, sheep, and calf prices with ranges by grade and weight. Prices cover steers, cows, bulls, feeders, calves, and western and eastern markets along with grain quotes for wheat corn and oats. The notes include Yorkshire hogs, lamb quality, and regional variations in values.
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