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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1903
Page
4
The Coshocton saloons were shut on Sunday for a second time in a row. The move, supported by many saloonkeepers, aims to enforce lawful, decent conduct and curb selling to minors and habitual drinkers. The mayor's action brings uniform closing and calls for stricter enforcement by the prosecuting attorney if needed.
Anthony Hope, visiting the United States, praises American writers for their wealth of material and notes three lines of fiction: locality novels interpreting regions, novels of commerce and competition, and historical romance. He cites recent shifts toward American historical figures and heroes replacing English models.
The essay argues American historical novelists merit attention for portraying the three great epics of exploration and conquest, with the North American story singled out as the most compelling. It praises writers for presenting a self-made civilization and urges readers to embrace their own history through fiction.
Readers praise the Daily Age for publishing extracts from Letters From a Self Made Merchant to His Son and for the ongoing When Knighthood Was in Fibmer feature. A city preacher calls Friday's story on choosing a wife among the best and most sensible sermons he has read.
The editor of the Daily Age is praised for weaving unreliable street gossip surrounding the Snyder kidnapping into a romance, a claim the Democrat and Standard contrasts by noting it relies on that source.
Cambridge struggles over location of the Carnegie library after a $18,000 gift by Mr. Carnegie. County commissioners were asked to set aside part of the public square. farmers later opposed, fearing a shift from county to city control and doubts about rural mail delivery of books. Institute resolutions urged counties to block the plan, noting property should belong to the county.
The piece argues President Roosevelt is the complete opposite of President McKinley, noting that Roosevelt was born into aristocratic blood and reflects on their differing backgrounds and leadership styles.
The piece contrasts Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley in upbringing and leadership. It notes Roosevelt’s literary environment and rapid rise, and McKinley’s poverty roots and steady, public-opinion driven path, concluding that McKinley’s true stature emerged only after death.
Northwest Republican papers boost Dunham as lieutenant governor nominee citing geographic fitness. He was born in Delaware county and now resides in Lucas county after serving as Delaware county recorder. State legal notices discuss solicitor meetings and municipal code unity while party leaders announce the Republican state convention schedule and possible gubernatorial candidates.
A writer in the May Cosmopolitan argues that Platonic friendship, as a bond without amorous feeling, misinterprets Plato. The essay notes Plato’s discussions of soul love in Timeus and Symposium focus on male affection, ethical beauty, and the ascent to abstract goodness, not female companionship.
Ohio political maneuvering centers on Welty of Canton as a potential Democratic gubernatorial hopeful with traction line interests and Stark County backing. Kilbourne allies push Kilbourne delegates while Lentz Hinkle oppose rival Kilbourne entry. Zimmerman falters amid factional opposition, inviting Welty to step in.
A period poem urged by G N Sweetland of Kansas City to embrace earnest advertising. It praises persistence, honest messaging, and energy in campaigns to reach the reading public, warns against procrastination, and argues strong banners and sustained effort secure recompense in the commercial world.
The piece surveys editorials from several papers including the Washington Star and Toledo Times. It notes the Omaha Republicans bolting their municipal ticket and Maine clinging to and fooling itself about prohibition. It also lampoons the bell-shaped sack coat trend and comments on Dr Lorenz’s remarks about American women.
Miss Sadie Shannon a favored saleswoman at the Crawford store severed her connection Saturday and returned home to Keene. The note hints that age advertisements bring business.
C E Anderson markets Hyomei with an inhaler medicine dropper and bottle at 1.00. He guarantees refund if it fails to help, appealing to sufferers with the claim of an unusually strong cure record. Extra Hyomei bottles available for 60 cents. inhaler lasts a lifetime.
William Bordenkircher, eight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bordenkircher of Kenilworth avenue, fell from a lumber pile in Colony lumber yard on South Sixth street Saturday. The break required chloroform to set and Dr. Lear and Dr. Neldon treated him as fellow boys waited quietly outside the office.
A Coshocton Ladies' Aid event will stage a May 7 world tour starting at Grace Church Washington, visiting Philadelphia Ireland Manila and Castle Garden. Hosts greet notable figures including Roosevelt Taft Aguinaldo and Governor Hay with country appropriate refreshments.
On Saturday May 2 a five man Werner Co lithograph team of Akron faces Meek & Beach litho artists in a match. The Akron squad won second prize at the Indianapolis tournament led by Wendt Bauer Rickets Cameron and Vaupel for Meek & Beach.
Mayor Frank L. Brown who lost re election last cycle announces a bid to join the Republican members of the board of review in Youngstown. An astronomical chronometer error rarely exceeds two and one hundredths of a second.
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