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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
6
Henry Crawford of Roscoe found nine sheep dead and twenty three wounded in his barnyard on Wednesday. The animals were killed by dogs, leaving torn surroundings and bloodstains. Also noted are Elks lodge items and a floor canvas delivery for Coshocton activities.
Friday evening at the opera house features a concert by the Shepler Newton orchestra and vocal solos by J M McCray and Mrs Clifford Geddes followed by Jerome K Jerome's one act Sunset. The play stars Lois Joan Lillian Mae Carnes Lucy Huntington Thrapp Aunt Drusilla Margaret Lee Carrol Lawrence Leigh R Z Thomas Azariah Stodd S Melville Fisher and Mr Rivers. The Sick List notes several ill residents including Miss Madge Parkhill and others across Main Street Seventh Street Twelfth Street and Orchard Street. The National Insurance Union meets at Central Tabor Hall and a Nernst light is showcased at Fountain store with plans for the Baker building and new church.
Revival services start at M church with Porter the rural mail carrier ill and Wohert Greer handling the route. Funeral for Charles Woite Karr Daugherty attended. coal miner Frank Fortune opens a farm mine and cell phone use noted. Community updates include visits, illness, a graded Roscoe hall, a postponed Kings Daughters event, a Christmas Eve Sunday school show, and rural telephone line progress toward Carrett Snedekar and Philip Passmore.
Court actions include Youngstown Dry Goods suing John Graham for 469.34 with interest since 1902. Probate Court names administrators for Wertz and McHiwee estates, assigns trustees, and admits wills. Deeds list numerous lot transfers and quit claims across Coshocton and surrounding townships, with several marriages licensed in Virginia, Crawford, and White Eyes townships.
Masgtapa to Pre Aged Washington reports no word from Bowen as the state department receives further information. Aimed at settling tensions between V Menziele and Crest Berm, the message outlines stalled talks and potential mediation. Librarian Love places seventy five new children’s books on order while two weary inmates register at the prison Tuesday evening.
Corrected semi weekly by Datison and south. Lists per pound prices for various staples such as beans onions beeswax and pork products plus potatoes lard and salt. Includes wholesale items and retail price lines for flour sacks corn and oats with miscellaneous entries and numbers indicating rate per unit.
The Park hotel hosted Rev. Father Owen J. Synan for a tenth anniversary ordination celebration that drew over a hundred parishioners and visiting priests from Steubenville Dennison Mingo Junction New Lexington Cleveland and Athens The event featured a formal banquet with a cross shaped menu card and toasts from Rev. Meara Cash Mattingly and McDowell highlighting the priesthood and church pride.
William Jeffries longtime constable of Whiteley township and later Lafayette city is highlighted for a 54 year public life in Ohio. He notes never failing to perform duties and claims a notable writ of replevin success despite rumors. Local items mention meetings, visits, and a church concert with community notes.
In Lithopolis Twatsheckit Ohio, Mrs Charles Wheeler was found murdered. Authorities report the husband, a Columbus ship manufacturer, arrested and held after the body was discovered. Deputy Sheriff Callahan and the coroner are on the scene as local tension rises. The husband had recently sued his wife for alleged debt of 700 dollars.
Gas company receives carloads of pipe fittings. Freight congestion at Prisburge forces a second car of center-rings to be shipped by express. Center-rings are essential for laying pipes. work cannot proceed without them.
A jolly duck roast near Miss Julia Burrell’s home ends with a broken carryall spring but a full duck supper. Attendees include Ed Shaw family and friends. The Protected Home Circle hosts a slave social with prizes. Neighborhood Club hosts games with Mrs. Darling winning. Upcoming wedding J. B. Hissongs and Annie Weddes. E W Rose receives a gold lodge button for his birthday. Shadow social features music by the Coshocton Athletic Club and Loc harp orchestra.
A long roster of residents and relatives are reported visiting or returning home, including Mr. Mary Robinson with sister Mrs. Warner Hay, Mrs. L. P. Gallagher from Pittsburg, Mrs. F. C. Crags bound for Washington DC, and Miss Mary Ricketts returning from Columbus for eye treatment. Others mention trips to Pittsburg, Zanesville, Elmira, Ulrichsville, Seattle, and Columbus, plus many local callers at homes on Main Street and North Eleventh Street.
Scranton reports Simon Wolverton lawyer for coal operators argued to the strike commission that the United Mine Workers aim to organize miners and create a monopoly of labor, saying such a monopoly endangers industry and the current strike demands are unreasonable. He claimed anthracite miners could earn $500 yearly if they wished. Other local notes include several residents visiting Warsaw, a horse loss, and various visits in Coshocton and surrounding areas.
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