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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1903
Page
6
A massive removal sale at the Fountain in Coshocton pushes prices down to half or less as stock is cleared for new goods. The ad promises one hundred cent value at fifty to seventy five cents, urging customers to hurry before items go up in price with rising costs and supply changes.
In Coshocton, a worn pocket book given to a child led to finding a ten dollar bill torn by scissors. The mutilated note was sent to Washington for redemption while a local bank handled the submission. The same edition notes Tom Robson installing a washing and ironing machine powered by a water motor in his barber shop for laundering towels.
London February 4 King Edward's condition today remains about the same per court reports. Sir Francis Laking, the king's physician, is in close attendance as fear of complications from influenza lingers. Public anxiety persists despite official illness updates.
The high school plans a lecture series in the opera house managed by Prof. Ryan and Prof. Richer. Russell H. Conwell will open the trio of acts, followed by the Mendelssohn company with a male quartet, a reader and impersonator, and a Southwick lecture. Tickets are one dollar.
A proverb notes farmers wait months for harvest after sowing seed while some merchants grow restless if returns do not come quickly. The piece contrasts patient farming with impatience in commerce, reflecting on timing and expectations in growth and profit.
The high school monthly teachers meeting drew most staff, two absent. Prof Talmadge sang. Prof Newton played violin. S. H. Nicholas urged that teachers are character builders and that social qualities and breadth outweigh book knowledge. He argued salaries should rise to fit social duties and noted teacher status extends beyond the classroom. Superintendent Tati led a follow up discussion on habit and character.
The Berlin Tagblatt says Bowen has become an unwelcome agent for Venezuela, framing the allies as defensive and noting his cautious stance toward Lo Castro. The piece implies a possible effort to exclude him from negotiations, highlighting tensions between the United States and other powers.
Washington February 4 The Woman s Relief Corps department of the Potamic River held its fourteenth annual convention and denounced the Virginia legislature plan to place the Gen Robert E Lee statue in the National capital. The resolutions assert Lee was a traitor who plunged the country into war and cost millions. The corps pledges aid to war widows and dependents regardless of Union or Confederate loyalties.
Mr and Mrs BR Conner and their children Combert and Wednesday announce the death of Mrs Conner, the mother of Vr Conner. funeral plans posted by family.
Edward Barton is in Findlay and reports the death of his aged father. The notice notes the passing and includes basic identification of the family link. No further details are provided in the readable text.
In the winter of 1898 I was lame in joints and body, barely hobbling. I bought a bottle of Chamberiz in Balm and began to improve from the first application. I have since recovered and worked steadily. Wheeler Northwood NY. For sale C E Alderson Fottes block.
The Coshocton gas company workforce of about seventy five men works near Tunnel Hill. Contractor Allen Holmes will add about fifteen workers if a board is secured. On Wednesday a contract was awarded to Allen Holmes to build three brick regulator houses with galvanized roofs. Locations are near Roscoe, by the Sycamore school on the Fe Sumter lot, and behind the Swigert lot on South Seventh Street.
W H Sauvery assistant superintendent for Meek and Beach company was badly jarred and cut when an elevator dropped about fifteen feet at the Tuscarora plant. A rope was pulled from the first floor and the car failed to catch, plunging below the second level while Sauvery clung to it. He survived with a severe hand cut and minor injuries. A separate incident mentions a windy day prank causing a horse to bolt a Pacific Express wagon, though no major damage occurred. Robert Walters of Otsego is ill with lung fever at age ninety. Dr. G W Bendure moved his real estate office to new quarters in the Lorenz building. Samuel W Norris and Miss Blodia Robinson, of near Moscow, were married by Rev. J W Toland at the M I parsonage. H C G Hering attended the Coal River Mining annual meeting in Cleveland. Mrs. Sarah Cooper and Mrs Emma Dals are ill at their Walnut and Chestnut streets homes respectively.
Judge Augustus Gilmett Maxwell of Pensacola aged eighty three plans retirement after a long career in Florida politics and Confederate service. He served in the Florida House and Senate, was naval agent at Pensacola, member of the Confederate Senate, a state supreme court member, and later a circuit judge and chief justice. Also notes Santa Fe railway project and an offshore island converted to a sheep ranch amid wartime profits.
In cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station conducted a season long comparison of red clover from various regions to identify the best seed source for general use. Seed date May 19, blooms began Aug 2, yields highest from Bohemia Indiana Minnesota Wisconsin Brittany and Bohemia again. American seed tended to be hairier while European seed was smoother. The study continues into another season with full results to follow in a bulletin.
A rounded Seckel pear variant, resembling an apple, was found on William F. Searing’s Cayuga County orchard. Grown on one limb of two trees, the atypical fruit matches true Seckel in color and flavor but differs in shape. The flesh is fine, sweet, and juicy, with a brownish green skin turning yellow brown and a red cheek. Weather signals via mail carriers are proposed to forecast forecasts to rural families, with 750 offices able to deliver.
A column on profitable poultry farming emphasizes precise cost and receipts analysis, noting that poultry products are largely profitable for farmers. It urges using feed analysis reports from experiment stations to choose economical rations, and highlights fertility preservation through green manuring and careful soil management. It also mentions J B Bassett of Plainfield meeting in the city en route to Columine for a new position with J J Chea Rankise aeepury7.
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