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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1903
Page
3
A long novelty piece recounts a Walla Walla applicant’s boastful letter seeking a traveling salesman post for advertising blotters and calendars. He touts experience, grit, self reliance, and varied work to prove fitness, claiming eloquence, persuasion, and a strong literary education from Le land Stanford. The piece ends mid-sentence as it quotes more of his expansive resume.
A man with a diverse education and state life teaching certificates from Oregon Idaho and Washington applies for a drummer job. He details lifelong teaching, modest earnings to fund studies, a wish to avoid teaching work, and requests prompt consideration or forwarding to another firm. He notes abstinence from drink and tobacco and asks for references if needed.
A humorous reminiscence traces a winter sleigh ride, from choosing outfits and bundling for the cold to a frosty dash through snow. Laughter and mishaps follow as couples drift toward a country village or uncle’s farm for warmth, a meal, and a long return home.
A cold snowbound scene follows a long nine mile trek home. A youth endures numb feet and bitter winds on the sled, seeking warmth and comfort at last in Timns. The tale ends with mixed opinions on the night’s warmth and reception.
A Holmes county farmer, mourning his hog killed by a rail accident, writes to the railroad company's claim agent asking for payment. The reply humorously twists the tragedy, asserting the hog’s fate was the result of the rails themselves and refusing the check. The verse ends with the mock Latin flourish and a deadpan moral.
Vice President McCrea of the Pennsylvania lines condemns trolley grade crossings with steam railroads as the most dangerous. He says many crossings are unnecessary and that trolley lines should serve as feeders rather than direct competitors, though future developments could alter this view.
Benjamin Valentine and his daughter Miss eeai left Friday for Newark to begin residence with another daughter Miss nose Ricketts, where they will make their home.
Mrs Laura Foster widow of Charles L Foster and mother of former Governor Foster died today in Fostoria aged ninety nine. Born in Washington New York she married June 7 1827. The family moved to Fostoria in 1832 living in rough conditions including outdoor cooking and water carried from a distance. She had six children.
Epworth League of Grace M E church has hired the Canadian Jubilee Singers for Monday evening February 9. The group includes the Fisk Jubilee Singers and the Tennesseeans, famed worldwide and before European royalty, with some of the world’s finest voiced troubadours.
A crowd of about 200 men and boys raided coal cars on the Wheeling road in Toledo. Before noon nearly five cars of coal were carried away, mostly lumps from the tops. Looters used wagons and other means, while the National Malleable Castings company and railroad officials had knowledge of daily robberies but could not stop them. The theft was witnessed by a large crowd.
A Herald dispatch from North Sydney reports Marconi is pursuing a portable wireless telephone system. The inventor aims to enable communication over considerable distances between a user and their home or other users with similar equipment.
Philadelphia January 17 John Mitchell lambasted coal operators in the strike commission hearing. He charged bad faith for locking out 3,000 miners in defiance of the agreement with the commission. He blamed the coal shortage on companies withholding cars to curb supply.
San Francisco police say there is no foundation for the belief that Win Mercer was murdered. They declare it a death by his own hand. Farewell letters are identified and a pharmacist who supplied the rubber hose named Mercer and the house.
A telegraph message to the president from Mr Deforest claims his wireless system, tested by the army and navy, will enable wireless messages to the Philippines within eighteen months. Honolulu would become an intermerat station.
A general order by Pennsylvania gives coal preference in shipping over other freight. No direct order yet at local freight offices, but it is hoped coal moves directly to its destination. In local church meetings led by Rev. Kohler, seven more accessions were added Thursday evening.
Lord Rosebery spoke at Plymouth criticizing government policy on Venezuela and the alliance with Germany. He recalled past Nicaragua debt actions, saying Britain first consulted Washington, then acted, and he urged hearing the government's motives before further criticism.
A Warsaw couple riding home in a sleigh encountered a hidden fence laid across a covered bridge six miles from town. The driver kept firm on the reins with both hands, steering through danger as the spirited horse resisted. After clearing the bridge, they faced a group of joking country lads unaware of the risk.
Michael O Connor, who was taken to Columbus hospital for insanity about two years ago, escaped recently. He was found at his old home in Conesville Friday. Authorities ordered his arrest, Sheriff Hedge escorted him to jail overnight, and a guard returned him to the hospital Saturday. An outstanding indictment for train robbery remains. If released from the asylum, he will be tried on that charge. Elmer C Dyer of Zanesville plans to move to Akron to run a cafe.
Excelsior and Alcyone high school literary societies held a joint meeting in Alcyone hall Friday afternoon with a vocal solo by Mina Finlay. Debaters Edgar Selby and Melville Fisher for Excelsior faced James Swihart and Hoy Kirk for Alcyone on the Venezuelan arbitration topic. the affirmative led by Kirk won the banner. The program ended with applause as Mr Bryant announced the decision and Miss Waddell accompanied on piano. next meeting will feature Alcyone’s claimed victory over Excelsior.
Zara Shatter Dixon, eighteen, wife of Wallace Dixon, died in a Detroit hospital where she and her husband had just begun their honeymoon. She had typhoid fever soon after arriving, with her condition previously reported as improving. She leaves husband, father William Shaffer, and sister Miss Georgia. mother and brother had died earlier. Funeral services will be held in Detroit.
Washington dispatch reports Venezuela has opened unrestricted commerce along the entire Colombian frontier. The move is described as free trade established to offset a blockade of the coast by the powers.
A bag containing 254 dollars was discovered beneath a living room table in a cottage on North Eighth Street. The find suggests possible concealed funds in the home of Mr and Mrs Casey, of Irish birth, with Mrs Casey near death after paralysis. Funeral services for Mrs Casey are planned with Rev Faiber conducting Monday morning.
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