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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
8
A long list of social visitors and residents in Roscoe and surrounding areas. James Akeroyd of Pittsburg visits relatives in Roscoe while F E Pomerene vacationing at Mackinac. Numerous families from Pittsburg, Delaware, Newark, Utica, and beyond are guests, visiting homes on Spring Mountain, Canal Lewisville, and Summit County. Dean Stanley heads to Chicago for goods, while weddings, anniversaries, and a new baby at Spring Mountain are noted.
R A Powelson files for Tunis Fountain against James McKee in a partition of one half acre and the Farmers mill at Tunnel Hill. Fountain holds twelve thirty sevenths of the property and McKee twenty five thirty sevenths. Repairs billed at a sum unknown. Fountain seeks partition or sale with proceeds split and McKee ordered to pay his share of repairs.
The iron span crossing the Muskingum at Franklin known as Bridge 100 has been completed and its double track is now in service. During construction trains ran over the new structure without incident and without accidents reported.
Judge Leo Rashieur of St. Louis was unanimously chosen as commander in chief of the Grand Army in a special telegram to the Age. The event occurred on August 30 and was reported from Chicago.
Estate of Leys C. Smith appoints M W Winamer administrator. Estate of Francis C Sprague appoints Dr W B McCurdy administrator. Philip Gephart assignment matters: L D Schott resigns as assignee. Angus Gephart appointed trustee. Real estate transfers include Philip Gephart to Lewis D Schott deeds of assignment for Avondale property valued at 1 dollar and Archibald Crawford to S Crawford 2130 acres in Pike township valued at 5000 dollars. Marriage permits list Fred Miles, miner, and Miss Mary Doyle of Coshocton in Tuscarawas township.
Ambitious bids loom for the Coshocton works of the American Sheet Steel Co as the plant faces abandonment by the trust. Westwater Witt, owner of the Mount Vernon bridge works, and Hon. G H Bargar discussed potential purchase with Coshocton board of trade officials. No agreement was reached. decision pending a trust statement.
Edward Hunter buys Jet block land from Reason Baker estate to erect a brick building three stories high. Ground floor to house his own merchant tailoring business while the second floor will be offices. The plan follows recent property acquisitions and signals a growing commercial row.
The fall meeting of Zanesville presbytery will be held at Warsaw Presbyterian church on September 10 and 11. A large attendance of ministers and delegates is expected, and arrangements are being made for their entertainment.
Coshocton street letter boxes receive a coat of aluminum bronze with red letter trimmings enhancing their appearance.
John E. Crooks, an old Spring Mountain boy now in Columbus, has earned political success. He was appointed chief assistant to the Franklin County clerk of courts and, more recently, clerk of the board of elections, drawing wide praise from friends in the county.
A promotional snippet warns not to say common health complaints aloud while touting Treed’s Sarsaparila and Hood’s Saraparilla as cures. It advises readers to avoid admitting hunger, fatigue, pimples, or poor blood, claiming the tonics will miraculously cure and improve health.
A tornado devastated Whitewood Manitoba. The report notes damage to town structures and outlines related fallout. Other items include railway labor disputes settled amicably, Boers retreating from Machadodorp, Tom L Johnson’s campaign stop in Europe, and census shifts among Oklahoma tribes.
The readable fragments mention names and locations in a jumbled sequence. Vague references to people and places appear without clear events or outcomes. No coherent news item emerges from the scattered OCR.
Advertisement offers a list of 100 farms in Ashtabula County at very low prices with various sizes. It directs readers to send a stamp for the full list and provides a vague address and company name Baxenorr & Company in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
Land on the north side of the river, one mile north of Wear Lafayette, where a college is being established. One of the upper river bottom farms in the Tascarawa valley. All land is described as usable though half the farm lies in flood time backwater. Possession can be given at any time by John H. West.
The teachers institute opened Monday with 34 members rising to 52 as sessions explored “How We Fear” and “The Ocean of Air.” Grant Wheeler of Mohawk Village to Florida for teaching. strong talks by Miss Faris and Prof Simpkins on language, geology, and teaching methods followed through sessions led by local educators and visiting officials.
Legal notice filed in Coshocton County Ohio by William Miller Jean Sareh D Mowbrar and Saman regarding Thirsa Moore and Mery Moore deceased with unknown heirs. Proceedings seek title to land in Monroe Township Coshocton and Clark townships described as part of the east half of section ten in township seven range (sic) with property bounds and a public road. defendants ordered to answer by October.
A petition requests vacation of a road between the lands of Thomas Barr and Isaac Barre Barrett near Crooke Road. It describes a proposed reroute from Manawk road toward Bedie and indicates stakes marked Nu and (3) along land boundaries. The petition seeks to vacate the current road alignment and end with a legal description of the area west of the dwelling.
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