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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1903
Page
6
Mr Bowser leaves at dusk to prove a naturalists club theory on whether woodchucks and woodpeckers migrate at night. He endures rebukes from his wife and a wary farmer, later encountering two tramps and an alarmed farm family as the quest continues into midnight.
In a rural tale, Mr Bowser investigates woods for woodchucks and woodpeckers at night. He is challenged by a neighbor and police, while Mrs Bowser waits anxiously. A newspaper notice later describes Bowser as missing, last seen on the Ten Mile road at midnight, with a humorous warning about not disputing bird migrations.
Columbus January 14 The State Game Warden Peterfield says authorities will prosecute milliners using song bird plumage. Deputy wardens in Toledo have already arrested several and confiscated plumage. The law Section 6960 forbids selling or exposing for sale any part of song birds and lists protected species.
Papers report the family of Grand Duke Ferdinand will pay 3 000 900 Kronen about 800 000 dollars to him if he renounces his inheritance and rights after the elopement of the crowd princess of Saxony with M Giron.
Andrew Carnegie offered 1 500 000 dollars for the election of 30 branch free library buildings in Philadelphia and the board of trustees of the Philadelphia free library quickly accepted the proposal.
Gov Odell released a formal statement endorsing Senator Platts bid for re election to the United States senate without reservation. The move signals solid backing for Platts political bid amid the New York political scene.
At a regular village council session in Imlay City Michigan on January 10 a trustee moved to instruct the village marshal to remove slot machines. The president ruled the motion out of order and the mayor argued slot machines are a form of gambling but are tolerated in saloons. He claimed removing them serves temperance by diverting money from liquor and that the best interests of the community demand action.
Mrs Katherine Hammel slipped and fell in the rear of her house on North Fourth Street Tuesday, injuring her right arm seriously. She received treatment for the injuries.
The $4,000 bond of Thomas A. Steele was forfeited in United States court. His sureties are Dennis Kelly, James Ross, W. A. Herdman and H. J. Berry. The Steele family and a $5,000 library vanished from Columbus, with 2,000 volumes missing from Thomas E. Steele’s library and a westbound midnight departure implied.
Thomas A Odonohue treasurer of the Odonohue Coffee Co and nephew of Joseph J Q Odonohue died after leaping from the seventh story window of the Ormonde apartments on Broadway and Forty second street. His body lay on the sidewalk and bystanders saw him strike. He was delirious from typhoid fever and reportedly shouted before jumping.
Mrs. Mary A. Crawford aged 77 died at the home of her son Oliver R. Crawford in Keene Saturday. Born in Pittsburg in 1825 with maiden name Ramsey she married Andrew Crawford in 1867 and lived in Crawford township. A longtime Presbyterian member her passing ends a long and useful life mourned by kin and community.
Al Gardner a former Newcomerstown resident and well known in the city collapsed and died of heart disease in Dennison on Thursday.
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