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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1903
Page
7
A Scottish style medical advert promises cure for men and women across many ailments with no operation. The British Specialists guarantee results and will provide mostly free treatment including medicines, until September 10 in the Ohio area, inviting many cases to prove their efficacy.
A six o’clock dinner hosted by Miss Mary Selby at Orchard Heights celebrated Miss Agnes Irvine of Pittsburg. Attendees included Misses Veronica Hanley, Dessie Hanley, Annie Anderson, Jesse Smith, Minnie AImack, Lena Miller, and Mary Agnew. The evening featured games and music. Dr. M C Kimball of Converse Indiana visited Avondale relatives in the city, noting changes since 1874, his first visit back. Russel Kennedy returned from ten days at Mackinac and Snow Island.
Mabel Gromo known as Mabel Marbel has not returned home five miles from Chester West Virginia. A call to The Age reports inquiry from the Fast Liverpool Crisis. Authorities including Chief Wyman seek to locate her amid confusion over identity with two Mabels and a Layton Carnival link. The missing girl has caused local sensation since last week.
Coshocton described as one of the prettiest towns in the region with a renowned pottery operation under I. Benley Pope. Exhibitions planned for late October. clay work to begin late this month. Also reports on a court injunction case in East Liverpool and Meek & Beach stockholders electing C. B. McCoy as director, R. M. Temple as vice president, and F. E. Pomerene on the executive committee.
Pension attorney W. W. Wimmer secured an increase for John A. Thomas late of Company A 27th regiment Co V from 10 to 12 dollars per month. The raise takes effect from October 29 1902.
M Wimmer, pension attorney, secured an increase for Alfred Peck late of Company D 2d regiment U V I from $8 to $14 per month starting March 25, 1903. Picnic crowd at Dresden included F A G Lawrence, Jay Wood, Roe Porter, James Fortune, Jake Kiincknecht, George Clark, Thomas Wiggins, Lee Reed, Eva Swihart, and Charles Smiths.
The Coshocton County Teachers Institute closes after a week of productive sessions and social events. Officers elected include President W A McCurdy West Bedford and Vice President James Pigman East Union, with Alice Kanavel Mohawk as secretary and two executive committees. A closing program featured lectures by Prof Trendley, Prof Bible, and others, with resolutions thanking hosts, the press, and contributors.
Grand Army encampment cheers General Nelson A. Miles retirement after 42 years of service from Manassas to Appomattox. Officers named: Partridge, Burrows, Tanner, Weson, Wickersham, Donovan, Summierford, Scott, Root, Redfeild, Selbert, Shute, Dew, McFie, Taylor, Sample, Hacker, Moore. SAD DEATH IN NEW MEXICO reports Minnie Collier, daughter of T. W. Collier, dies in Alamogordo. funeral at Raton. relation to J. N. Collier. MABEL GROMO case returns girl to Haast Liverpool. officer Dawson escorts. Advertisements and travel promos follow.
Postoffice Inspector George W. Craighead of Coshocton and Inspector Owens of Canton arrest Joseph Monnett, brother of former Postmaster John Monnett, on charges of tampering with United States mails after finding two letters in his possession. Monnett, once prominent in Democratic politics, faces a serious case that caused a Canton sensation and praised by postal circles as shrewd detective work. Vacation travel ads follow, touting low fares on Pennsylvania lines to National Capital, Philadelphia, New York, Niagara Falls, Great Lakes, Michigan, Colorado, California, and mountain retreats.
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