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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
1
J J Rose and Mr Dixon found a pigeon on Main Street between Fourth and Fifth after a storm. The bird, a zarsier pigeon, was exhausted and wind beaten. It bears a silver leg band reading S L B No 386 and is kept by Thomas Varton until the owner is found.
The year’s final Camp Sycher meeting was a concert enjoyed by a large audience. Preparations for next year are under way with more tents engaged than ever, and Secretary A. S. Caton credited for much of the success.
Winfield S. Miller, a prominent Coshocton County resident, died yesterday evening at his home three miles northwest of here after several months illness. He had recently recovered enough to drive to the city. More details of his life and death will appear in an upcoming issue.
Special telegram from the Age reports President McKinley has decided to abandon his planned Chicago trip next week. Official word states important business connected with affairs in China requires his presence in Washington.
The Roscoe Methodist Episcopal parsonage was opened Thursday during the circuit picnic. Rev. Dr Johuson presided. Dinner followed and the parish hoped to lift the $200 debt before afternoon.
Carl Riggs and Will Lightell arrived home Tuesday night after a trip to Iowa on their bicycles. Heavier rains forced rail travel through parts of the state but roads afterward became passable. The Crawford Store announces its semi annual Remnant sale beginning Thursday August 23 and running the rest of the month. Affine Quincy Granite monument placed in Wolf lot at South Lawn cemetery by W E Rolls. Avondale's New Library project raises 76 for a public library with more donations expected. For Rent Fifty acres good pasture by JR Johnson Agent.
James Foster, a leading Warsaw merchant and former school teacher born in Jackson township, died at his home Sunday evening at age 70 from asthma. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning. He and his brother Ebenzer ran the Warsaw business, later buying his brother out. Survived by his wife and three children, he was a respected Coshocton County resident.
The Canton team battled the Standard Howlers at Riverside Park Monday afternoon, losing 8 to 7 as Davy Wright and the Howlers’ outfield coordinated strong hits. Canton showed solid fielding when Howlers failed to send the ball over the infield but the visitors executed enough hot shots to edge ahead.
A Saturday picnic in Cassing Dresden drew between 5000 and 6000 attendees. Addresses by B F McDonald Dresden John Wagoner Rev Dr Fishber F C Adams and W H McCabe Coshocton Attorney Ellenwood Marietta. Judge Ball Zanesville prepared paper read by McDonald praised for insight and breadth. Credit given to President Cooper Editor Miller Horatio Bland and officers for planning. The farmers' gathering showcased community spirit and local talent.
Dr. R. C. Edwards will relocate his office from the Selby building to his new Chestnut street residence next week. The current office space will be used by the water department, freeing a larger room for the water works superintendent Raiff and addressing department growth.
The bans of Miss Margaret Spahn and Joseph Hass were read at high mass Sunday by Rev. Father Ross. Spahn lives in the city and Hass works in Sharon. Pa The Dresden Transcript praises R A Powelson for prosecutor in COSHOCTON county, noting his reformist character and predicting a clean campaign.
The Maskingam county commissioners grant a franchise to the Zanesville Adamsville Coshoc ton Electric Railway to use county roads for a line from Zanesville to Coshocton via Sonora East Greenwood Adamsville Otsego Plainfield and West Lafayette. The company must build within two years and keep roads in good condition. A preliminary survey will follow after village and city franchises are finished. The action marks the first step toward the railway. a county franchise is expected next.
A man who identified himself as James Olson was arrested Wednesday afternoon by Parole Officer Doney for riding a train without proper conduct. He claimed to be a sailor traveling from Pittsburg to Cincinnati with honorable discharge papers. He was held in the city prison overnight and released in the morning.
There are three reasons why every man should have a bank account. It promotes freedom independence protects family from charity and provides security in old age. The Coshocton National Bank offers savings with daily hours 8 to 3 30 and Monday and Saturday evenings 6:30 to 8 30. Regular meeting Friday Aug 24 full attendance requested by president Mars A Carlaran Rose Baron secretary.
The trust will pay every penny. The claim of Coshocton is acknowledged by President McMurtry. The Rolling Mill plant cannot be operated at present except at a loss to the combination.
The article recounts Coshocton’s failed steel mill scheme begun with a $20,000 bonus offer and a $370 monthly wage promise, the plant’s rapid build, its sale to a trust for $104,000 less the bonus, and the board of trade weighing legal action to recover the bonus while seeking new industrial use for the site.
The Coshocton board of trade met Wednesday in Secretary Boyd’s office to authorize action sending a letter to American Sheet Steel president George G. McMurtry. Ward of the Coshocton Rolling Mill spoke for the company urging delays, but the board rejected delaying payment as the trust is expected to soon place funds in operation.
A fragment discusses an office force and a plan to employ 1,000 men, with claims a trust can buy a stake and a bonus. It mentions Rond 5 suing to secure money as people pay interest on what is currently a dead investment.
The Class of 56 Coshocton High School held its annual reunion at Miss Fanny Dinsmore’s Amity country home. Miss Macre Palm recited her graduation prophecy, with vocal selections by Miss Bechtel Miss Jessie Compton and Miss Finlay. Dinner at 1 o clock featured sweet peas and crimson cream decor as the class song closed the gathering. Attendees included Miss Bechtel Miss Macre Palm Miss Alice Finlay Miss Jessie Compton Miss Fanny Dinsmore Mrs. Carl Herbig and Edward Wimmer.
The Coshocton County Agricultural Society invites bids for 15 tons of baled straw eight tons of baled timothy hay and eight tons of mixed clover and timothy hay. Deliver by October 1 1900 bids due by noon September 1 1900 at the secretarys office. The society may reject any bids. Roserr Boxp
The Home Building Loan and Savings company announces interest on deposits and accepts varying amounts for convenience. Depositors may pay weekly or monthly. the office of W. A. Himebeogh will be open Saturdays from seven to eight o'clock for deposits.
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