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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1906
Page
2
United States city and railroad bonds and stocks, mortgages and real estate, cash holdings, demand loans on collateral, loans to policy holders, premiums deferred and in collection, net, and accrued interest, rents. The record lists diverse asset categories and their current status in a financial ledger.
A historical notice claims Metropolitan Life holds the largest in force policies in America, surpassing all others combined. It highlights 1905 payments averaging $105.83 per minute, with most claims on new or recently renewed policies, and notes record new business in both Industrial and Ordinary departments for the year.
Wade Taylor in a United States district court directed a verdict for the defendant in the Austuin company of Canton case. The charge involved importing Allen Jahon from Toronto during a strike at Canton works. The court held Canadian arrivals were former U S residents and not immigrants, after months of Commerce Department staff involvement.
A nineteenth century style notice promotes Swamp-Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It emphasizes that women suffer as much as men and claims the product can ease urinary and related symptoms. The advertisement promises sample bottles by mail and urges readers to contact Kilmer & Co. in Ringhamton New York for more information.
The Grange at Oak Grove circulates petitions for House Joint Resolution No. 29 by Mr. Harper of Summit county. It seeks to submit an amendment restoring exempt public bonds to the grand duplicate to voters. Aimed at farmers and taxpayers, signers urged. Other notes cover local events, lumbering for a new bam, Mill move, Feb 16 program, and community concerns including a hydrophobia scare in dogs.
Amusements note profiles Roxylle Knott as a premier actress starring with a hero next week in a production of When Knighthood was in Flower. Tickets go on sale via W. & L F with Mardi Gras rates to New Orleans 28.70 and Mobile and Pensacola 27.45 for a round trip. Return by March 3 or 17 after a small fee. Stopover allowed.
G J Norris says his wife and their three children vanished from Newcomerstown last Sunday while he worked at Adams Mills. He doubts an elopement, noting no man was seen with her at the station and that several people were present. a trunk was reported missing though station records contradict this. The wife is described as 27, about 190 pounds, light skin and good looking. children ages 8 6 and 3 have varying hair and eye colors.
Living figures in the Metropolitan Life annual statement show 19,000 employees and a payroll supporting nearly 100000 dependents. The year 1905 saw 1.5 million dollars in new business daily, 7000 new policies issued each day, and assets over 150 million dollars, with expenses at record lows. The note affirms that Metropolitan does not issue tontine or deferred dividend policies and stresses simple contract terms. The full document will be circulated for thorough reading.
Canal Dover reports Homer Stantz once a notable Crawford township figure may have been fatally shot by his wife in California last week. He left Tuscarawas county with Kitty Davenport, together charged with swindling about 1700 dollars, vanished before arrest, later heard of in the Far West as man and wife.
A Daily Ace notice records the birth of a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Clarence Gosser. The event, noted in the New Baby List, marks a joyful addition to the Gosser household with family and community congratulations expected.
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