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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
14
In Avonpace on February 14 readers learn of visits and arrivals including Miss Katile returning home after four months with her brother Charles, Miss Nellie Morit from Coshoctyn and Mrs. Iam Cochran from Newcomerstown, and Rev. McCullough conducting a revival here.
Mrs Arzota Bonewit of Kuckere City visits her mother in New Castle while Albert McFarland of Walkhending calls on Mrs Rebecca Stewart. Mrs Cochran ill with lumbago gradually improving. James House able to be about after a serious mishap. Presbyterian ladies host social at Dr. Dillon’s home. crowd attends Minnie Cochran’s gathering. Entertaining show at Baxton’s ball Feb 22 for monument fund. Viela Richard improving after illness. Literary Society planned for Buxton hall Feb 16. New Castle high school society meets Fridays with programs. Lizzie Lewis and Minnie Cochran visit Cassie Clark. T. J. Hall and wife visit William Ringwalt.
Epworth league plans a social at Philobali on February 23 with admission 10 cents including lunch. Charles and Robert Ling, visiting their sister Mrs Lane Kirk, left for Denver Sunday. Various local visits noted among Misses Williams Beamer Overholt Nelson and others. Baptist church meeting closed with 12 accessions and Rev Sirete to speak on Baptism at Sunday M E church.
Rev Wilson assists Rev E B Senter in a church meeting series at Millfork on February 14. Mrs Scott Davis visited her parents near Trinway last week. W L Craig and Miss Carrie Bale attended the reception for Mr and Mrs Joseph Bale last Thursday.
Mrs. Joseph Davis died Friday in Keene at an advanced age. Funeral services were held Sunday in the Presbyterian church led by Rev. Fitch. The community reports illness of Ralph Foster, with family names J. F. Shalloon and Mrs. D. G. Whittemore visiting. Mrs. McMichael and son Carles plan a move to Gilboa. The fiftieth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Erdsley drew gifts of china and two rockers from their children. Edgar C. Beall was home over the weekend. B. F. Cooper and O. L. Elliott are in Coshocton. John Robinson of Wooster visited Keene. Miss Bessie Elliott returned from months with relatives in Usa. Ed Jacobs of Coshocton canvassed in the community. Mrs. John Bechtai and Mrs. Fannie Smith are ill.
Mrs. Bacox and Mr. Soke hosted a pleasant Saturday gathering with many friends. Mrs. Mary Craig and her son visited Mr. and Mrs. John Miller on Sunday. Mrs. R. A. McClure of Lafayette spent Thursday with her father J. M. Sicker. John Blosser of SY Hills Creek attended Tuesday. Misses Lizzie Leslie Stella Brelsford Nellie Barcroft visited Miss Anna Bradford Thursday. Mrs. Emily Breisford hosted a dinner Wednesday with Mrs. Jane Dueling Mrs. Mina Stockum Mrs. Julia Bradford and Mrs. Alice Fowler. Miss Mae Moscoe entertained several friends Thursday. Frank Lapp of Wills Creek visited Paul Lapp Saturday. William Burden and Miss Minnie Leslie Nellie Barcroft attended an entertainment near Lewisville Friday.
Emmet Haas and Miss Laura Haas visit Earl Haas at the Given home. Mrs C H Mereding ill under Dr. Dean care. Protracted meeting at Wilson Chapel led by Rev J H Smith. Ladies' Aid dinner at Nellie home a success with about 100 attendees. W C T C held missionary entertainment Sunday night. Ladies Aid to host another entertainment and supper this coming Friday.
Protracted meeting closed at the M. P. church. Rev Thrapp and wife of Wellsville visit Ferguson residence. Mrs B F Leighninger with Coshocton relatives. John Finney of Roscoe and Mr and Mrs B A Leighninger host friends and old folks at third anniversary gathering.
February reports from Spring Mountain and nearby towns note visits by Frank Ulman wife and others to New Castle and Coshocton relatives. The death of Levi Leavengood from pneumonia shocks locals. his funeral is set for today with services by Rev. Bone. Monroe township quarantines Blasfield and Helmick and FV Inlic area due to smallpox concerns. Ladies' Aid plans a pancake dinner at Frank Alan's home Thursday.
In Cooperdale Daugherty was in Coshocton this week. Bert Dickerson and wife visited his mother. Charles Trego and Miss Rose Dickerson were guests of Miss Letitia English Sunday. H B Daugherty was in Canton last week. Dunlap spent Saturday and ...
Center Valley February 14 A prolonged meeting continues at the Baptist church led by Rev. Moore from Cambridge. N. L. Renard buys timber on the Iseurse Murlait and plans immediate cutting. Miss Latte Denning from New Philadelphia visits her parents in Cambridge. The local school entertained visitors with a contest judged by T. M. Calhoun and Rhaine Culbertson. Elmer Thompson offered a prize book.
Joseph A. Bato and Lizzie Rearing wed last Wednesday in Adams Mills. A reception followed at the Baton home. U E society to host a supper and entertainment at the hall Friday. Social visits noted include Mins Nethe Kreider and Miss Mattie Mossman.
Moscow on Feb 14 reports James W Perkins milk house burned Monday night with losses including lard molasses fruit butter and preserves. Beardsley farm change of rental noted as Kreider has given up and rented another farm. Local revival attendance at Millfork with Rev Senter assisted by Rev Wilson Dresden.
Morno February 14 revival meetings are under way at the Shepler church. Jobe Mochwert of Spencerville is visiting relatives here. Albert Patterson of Grade was here Wednesday. Frank Shearer of New Castle is visiting. Ella Warbauch of New Bedford is spending a few days with friends here. Adam Alieshouse was in Coshocton last week. Selern Croft is suffering a severe attack of grip.
Roads nearly impassable after thaw and heavy rains. Thomas Clark welcomes a baby girl. Mrs. Alwilda Pipes of Colorado visits friends. Austin Wright excavates cellar for a new dwelling. Peach crop reported healthy in the area. Twice daily mail petition for New Guilford denied due to insufficient business.
February 14 reports Henry Medley gravely ill with pneumonia. Miss Alice Masten also critically ill with pneumonia. Mrs. John Wheatcraft suffers stomach cancer and is in serious condition.
Nine of eleven prisoners escaped from the city jail by prying a stone from the wall, turning off yard lights, and crawling through a hole in the stockade. Names and places scattered in the report include Tort Wieners and Dr Walmsley among others.
Flooding hits rivers in Georgia while anti-trust conference denounces currency bill. Deaths include Mrs. Shaw of Watertown and Charles Chickering. England says no volunteers in Ireland. Carver Cline dies after amputation shock. Kentucky legislature offers Goebel birthday as holiday. Rumors surround Governor Taylor amid prowlers in Frankfort.
A letter from a Boer fighter before Ladysmith details a night action on open ground. He describes outpost duty, fierce close combat with English forces, deaths including Sampie van Zyl, capture of enemy weapons, and calls for water and medical aid amid continued firing and retreat to cover.
The queen awards the Victoria Cross to Caputo Congreve, Lieutenant Roberts, Captain Reed, and Corporal Nurse for heroic gun rescue at Colenso. Roberts dies of wounds. Nurse credited with the decisive action dragging guns under heavy fire. General Buller noted the names the same day. The piece also includes a humorous exchange on dentistry versus surgery.
A collage of humorous exchanges and social notes from club life and newspapers. Jokes about debates on whether lobsters are fish, a jab at lectures on anatomy, and banter about a reception featuring Miss Hilton appear alongside brief quips about etiquette and gossip from multiple papers.
A burglar recounts a raid where a trunk held gold watches jewelry and silverware in a rented house. He returns home to find his own house looted by a close friend, revealing the mutual mistrust and irony of thieves who knew each other’s work. The two meet and exchange valuables before parting.
A fragmentary column lampoons skepticism as a source of doubt and misery. It notes restless chatter at Pothick on the Dock and mocks censors and evolving ads, concluding that readers rely on the advertisement page to discern truth amidst noise.
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