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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
7
Weather update indicates rain moving into Ohio tonight and continuing Friday. Forecaster warns possible showers across cities with no significant accumulation expected.
In Coshocton Tent No. 367 K of P held December 27 1905 at the I O O F hall officers were elected for the term Commander J C Taylor Lieut Commander George Cooper Record keeper M J Valentine Chaplain Charles Riegle Sergeant J M Cooper Master of arms John Tish Jr 1st Master of the Guard David Noss 2nd Master of the Guard Allen Wiggins Sentinel W TH Barcus Vichet E C Harris Trustees three years E F Harris one year George Bordenkircher Installation set for January 10 1906. Treasurer notices taxes extended to January 10 with 5 percent penalty after.
Wanted notice by a young woman seeking a stenographer position and general office work with references. Also listed is a rental or sale offer for a room house on Hey Avenue near 15th Street with easy terms and contact at 220 South Enghth Street. Nearby ad for Walker & Lawrence promotes shoes at the Center of Youngstown hosting visitors Miss Edna Wagner of Mononahela Pa visiting relatives in the city.
A large consignment of pelts departed Coshocton on Wednesday afternoon bound for New York. Sold to S. W. Snyder for his eastern house by the Independent Far Co. and J. D. Stevenson’s establishment. The shipment was valued at 2000 dollars, bringing the firm’s furs shipped since mid month to 4000 dollars. The fur season is reported as good with unusually heavy pelts.
George Wo served as foreman in the rubber room at the Novelty Ad company. A gold watch was presented to him by coworkers or perhaps a witty gesture to boost his popularity. The wording is unclear but indicates an artifact gift connected to workplace relations.
Probate court records the final accounts for the Roser estate with administrator Bebe Ly barger and the Osten estate with Ty Lybarz er din. Licensed marriages listed include Fred Roberts and Edith Houser aged 21 and 240 both of Jackson, Matthew Wheatenatt 23 carpenter of Bethlehem and Zelma Elliott 21 teacher of Ciady Chaths News, and Rose to Sharon 20, both of Fresno.
An advertisement touts Dr. Mokson's Digestive and Liver Powders as a comprehensive remedy for weak stomachs and indigestion. It claims rapid relief, dissolves in any stomach, and cites a Coshocton resident's favorable first-dose testimony. Sold at drug stores in 500 and 1 dollars, prepared by The Jackson Medicine Co, Zanesville, Ohio.
Projectors of the Zanesville Cambridge and Northern trolley line will hold a meeting in Nicholas Merrells offices Friday at 1 PM. Gentlemen from Zanesville and Cambridge are expected to discuss business of importance. Pert Lees of West Redford was in the city this morning.
A cry for more butter goes up from local grocers as scarce fresh country butter remains in short supply in the city since the start of the week. Dealers strive to fill demand but cows in Coshocton county have dried up leaving farmers withholding supply for unclear reasons.
A chain of grocery items and prices is listed including oysters at 45¢ per pint, fresh standard oysters at 25¢ per quart, Jersey sweet potatoes at 40¢ per peck, fancy cranberries and celery, Malaga grapes at 1¢ per pound, apples at 40¢ per peck, citron 21¢ per pound, mince meat 10¢ per pound, Oranges priced 20 25 30 per dozen, fancy lemons 20¢ per dozen, fancy bananas 2¢ per dozen, mixed nuts 15¢ per pound, new pates 5¢ per pound, home grown cabbage turnips parsnips lettuce figs 10–20¢, Nabisco waters, honey 19¢ per section, prunes 12 1/2¢ per pound, navy soup beans 4 1/3¢, lima beans 6¢, kidney beans 2¢, marrowfat beans 7¢, Hickory smoked hams 12.12 per pound, fancy olives 10 15¢ and one per house, table syrups 4.00 per gallon, coal oil 5.00 per gallon, miners’ oil 4.06 25 pounds sugar 1.20 for Friday and Saturday, plenty of chickens, peach and apple butter, pork cofess 15 20 3 80 and aie per pound, gunpowder tea 25¢.
A notice announces a free ostivery event at the corner of 6th and Main Streets, inviting residents to gather for distribution. The brief item notes location and timing, with no additional details on organizers or capacities.
A large coal acreage around Linton Mills has been leased within the last two years and most of the local coal territory is now under lease. Authorities anticipate a railroad through the area as a likely early development feature.
The Office of the County Treasurer will be closed Monday January 1 for New Year's Day observance. Officials advise given offices and services unavailable during the holiday.
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