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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1903
Page
4
Notices of church festivals entertainments and similar to raise funds will cost five cents per insertion. Cards of thanks resolutions of respect obituaries and lodge meetings and ads for balls and other events will also be charged five cents per insertion.
Observations on Pope Leo XIII's twenty five years as pontiff, his conciliatory stance toward Protestant churches, defense of law and order, and influence on American relations, alongside brief notes on contemporary issues from politics to technology and culture.
Eastern states lead in road building with New Jersey state aid. A New York senate amendment would authorize 50 million dollars in bonds for highways. State funds 50 percent, counties 35 percent, towns 15 percent, with $5 million yearly for ten years and equal county distribution. A total of 100 million dollars could improve Empire State avenues regarded as well spent.
A compilation of editorial quips from major papers criticizing Democratic efforts and political figures. The Washington Star and Washington Post reference Mr Bryan and Addicks amid party strife, while Philadelphia papers lampoon Carnegie and a proposed Peace Palace at The Hague. The New York World notes the Kaiser contrasts biblical and literary figures.
George Richards, living on Joseph Wood’s farm east of town, returned from work to a broken window and missing clothing. This is his second theft in months, with prior daylight burglaries and valuables stolen from a cottage. Suspicious tracks were found in snow. robbers unnamed. Also noted, Joshua D Dodge, ally of Garrison and Wendell Phillips, just marked a birthday in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Editor notes council consensus in favor of Carnegie library aid and urges placing the new library on the east side of the public square. He argues Fourth street is the city’s beauty axis, proposes beautifying the square area with a handsome edifice and flower beds, making reading a civic paradise. Public square becomes centerpiece for leisure and moral uplift.
Big telegraph to The Age reports Alfred Knapp, already confessing to a murder, now makes a second confession detailing five murders. The note lists dates and locations including Cincinnati Walnut Street, July 18, and Indianapolis December 22, 1849, naming his wife Jennie Conners Knapp and others. Further details describe killings in Hamilton and Madhanapolis.
In Beach Ohio February 26 Alfred Knapp admitted to police that he killed his wife Hannah Goddard Knapp on December 23. He led authorities to the body’s disposal, first claiming innocence, then detailing the box and river dumping before waiving further confession. Authorities fear possible links to prior wife deaths and a Cincinnati canal burial.
About twenty young ladies met at Mrs. Herbert Denman’s home on South Third street and organized the What I Can society with Miss Rebecca Kirkpatrick as president and Miss Nellie McGinnis as secretary. A wedding in West Lafayette united Will Mulvane and Helen Culbertson on February 24 at the bride’s home, followed by a Reed’s hotel dinner. the couple plans to reside in Newcomerstown. A merry carry-all party rode to Adam Wiegel’s home Wednesday evening, with Vera Wiegel’s music praised. attendees included Misses Jannita Dunfee, Sadie Pickerel, Minnie Pickerel, Edith Adams, Maud Mickerel, Orville Palmer, James Miller, Fred Wimmer, George Carter, and William Fulton.
The Modern Woodmen of America met at Central Labor Hall on Wednesday with Dr. Maxwell of Newark addressing the gathering. Officers elected include Venerable Consul W C Helmrich, Worthy Advisor John Mapel, Banker HFE Dencer, Clerk G W Smith, Escort B Spurr, Watchman Geo E Lee, Sentry Dr R K Merriam, Examining Physician Dr Rkh Merriam, Trustee O A Overholt, and W A Daugherty as county convention delegate with Dr R K Merriam as alternate.
Classified items include farms for sale with acres, barns, dwellings and springs. Other entries list livestock horses and cattle, seed potatoes, desks, and land parcels in Ohio towns such as Bakersville Blissfield Tiverton Avon dale Warsaw Keene and Kenilworth. Addresses and owners named: Mrs Mary Hill Wm ff Stover S D Ruick Thomas Shannon J M Cooper C Geese L Holskey and more.
Property listing for a farm containing from sixty to eighty acres located not more than six miles from Coshocton. The listing references Alex Park in Bakersville, Ohio with the address 2113.
A dense list of corrected prices for produce and grains, with Butter, Chickens, Turkeys, Eggs, and Potatoes among items. Grain rates for Wheat and Corn are noted, along with retail price columns and live stock quotes from McCal Rowlen & Newburn in East Liberty. Prices for flour, meats, and farm seeds follow, with source attributions to Eges and E. S. Lee and regional market notes.
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