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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1903
Page
8
Senator Decker of the Paulding Democrat laments city papers sneering at country correspondents. He praises humble neighborhood items showing peace and neighborliness, and argues city criticisms harm audiences. He urges city editors to scale back prize fight chatter and society gossip.
Emmanuel Sheneman was sent to the Massillon asylum on the fourteenth. Elizabeth Miller visited Geauga Ashtabula and Trumbull counties on the eighth. Jonas Miller and Miss Keetie Midler wed on the ninth. Henry Fender improving from illness. Noah Kaufman returned home after visiting relatives. E W Leech of Detroit inspected timber on S M Wengerd’s farm. Lucinda and Malinda Hershberger of Stark County visited briefly. Levi B Blochstetler and Susie Stanbaugh were married on the eighth. A local group attended a band concert at Clarks. Jacob Reidenbaugh of Berlin and Jacob Horner of Nebraska and John Middaugh of Indiana visiting. Attorney Bke Fan of New Philadelphia stayed with his parents. Jonas Steinman of Miami County Indiana visiting. Edwin Fair of Elyria hosted relatives. Leo Fair visited Stark County friends. Benjamin Yoder and Miss Fanny Yoder plus Daniel Troyer and Amanda Miller wed last Tuesday.
Miss Estella Watson from Coshocton visits friends nearby. Mrs George Magness returns from Bird's Run. Mrs McAllister of White Eyes visits town Monday. Charles Rusk of Newcomerstown visits grandparents Mr and Mrs R L Baker. Jesse Kinner stays with sister Mrs McAllister at Salt Works Thursday. S D Ransopher of Coshocton visits G W Alexander family near village. T Dickey of St Louis and W H Dickey of Coshocton guest at Maple Farm. Garret Bassett from Mirabile Missouri arrives for visit. Mrs Laura Angle visits Mrs Karl Rickey Thursday.
G W Darling traveled to Coshocton on business. Miss Blanche Stricker visited her parents near Este. The Ladies Aid will serve a supper at Mrs Nannah Lewis home Saturday night. A sled party went to Elvin Burchs New Guilford home with Blanche Sinaker Ethel Barry Lila Clark Jane Cochran and others. A fine supper followed. Mrs G W Darling returned from Indianapolis. J F Daline and aunt of Cleveland are visiting. Blake Mizer and Emmet Frye of Coshocton spent Sunday at Bucklehowe.
A Saturday evening gathering at Tom Wilson's Roscoe home included numerous friends. Present were Maggie Day, Fannie McGuire, Nellie Foster, Rosa Bessi, Annie Lennon, Cassie West, Mary Riggle, Jessie Shurtz, Lula Shurtz, Minnie Kirk, Gayle Kirk, Blanche Mahler, Eugenia Mahler, Bert Bessi, Dwight Bessi, James Tompkins, Howard Tompkins, Eda McGiffen, Harry Foster, Will Payne, Clyde Bryant, Newton Latier, Frank Shoeman, Chelsea Wells, Orval Park, Robert Hamilton. Refreshments were served and the group enjoyed the evening.
M G Wright visited Coshocton on Monday. Susy Slaughter spent days with her daughter. W M Morford mentioned. Mrs Al Wright visited Frazersburg Sunday. Walter McMaginiss left for Colorado for health. HB Daughterly returned from Chicago. Mrs Anderson visiting daughter Mrs Ad Wright. Mrs W A Dickerson hosted Mary Dickerson Tuesday. Charley Gault departed for Texas Tuesday.
Miss Josephine Brenneman suffers lung fever while Mrs Lott Smith of Clinton Indiana, formerly of this county, is paralyzed and unlikely to walk. aged status weakens recovery. Smith is brother in law of Uncle John Dickerson of Copperdale. Mrs Frank Johnson visited Millersburg with her sister. Aaron Reed welcomes a son. Rev Lewis dined with Scott Wright. Wis Warfel sold property near Tyrone to W J Gickey.
A meeting will be held at Dr Littens office January 24 to ascertain acres leased by the oil and gas company and conduct related business. Everyone is invited.
The administrator of Emmanuel Sheneman will hold a public sale on the old Sheneman place three miles northwest of this place. Infant child of George Conkle is ill. Earl Dietz of Pittsburg visits his parents Mr and Mrs William Dietz for a week. Martin Miller returned from Michigan where he had been visiting. Mrs Daniel Miller was called to Madison County Sunday due to illness of her daughter. William Crontre of Putnam county, visiting here, left for home last week. Miss Sarah Coblentz sold her arm of 120 acres to Noah Coblentz for SON. Jacob S Misier of Emma Lagrince counties Indiana is visiting. Mis Sarah Coblentz attended the barn dance at Te SHt acres. Benjamin Sehlanbaveh of Reven with visting friends here. John Conn, former resident, died in Oregon. his age 42. A large number from this place attended the band event at Bloomfield January 15. expect another entertainment soon. Lewis H Crawford of Holmes county paid $1.
A long list of local movements includes residents adjudged insane sent to an asylum, shipments of sheep and hogs to Cleveland, a factory sale for $900, and numerous visits and visits by relatives across Holmes and Coshocton counties. People like Wilbert Alleshouse, Clarence Alleshouse, Levi Miller, Jacob Dietz, and many others appear among farms, trades, and church events.
Mrs Douglass Deeds hosted a surprise dinner for her husband s forty second birthday with guests including Mr and Mrs A Schrock Mr and Mrs P B Lahm and Dr and Mrs Kitsmiller. The section notes graduates Edith Dilley Mabel Weaverwood Mabel Park and Robert Hamilton Orville Park Harry Portz. It lists several visits. church and school events. and weekly shipments and farming activity in the community such as hogs wheat coal and land sales.
Clark J A Luke states he has purchased the Leindecker store personally and has no partner in the business. He emphasizes sole ownership and control of operations.
Richard Owens and James Kinter of Plainfield visited J L Sicker on Wednesday afternoon. Will Hallissy suffered a crushed ankle at the Cassingham mines and will be unable to work for some time. Melvin Powelson of Coshocton area stopped by on business. Mrs C E Arondalt was called to Tgleta last week by her father Daniel Starker’s sudden death. Miss Sadie Fowler visited North Bend sister Mrs David Marratt. The Stackum's youngest son has throat trouble. W H Drehey of Coshocton is ill at his son’s home near Plainfield. Amelia and Laura Fowler Verna Kinner James Kinner of Plainfield with Daisy Geese and Gourtright were guests of Miss Nulie Parcroft on Sunday.
Daniel Aronhalt, 35, living near Morgan Qin four miles east of Cosheston, died Thursday after a long struggle with consumption. He was well known locally and is survived by his wife, daughter of Mr and Mrs Phillip Bible of Keene township. The notice ends with an ad for Heinze products and a Dawson Smith window display.
The New York Post describes a growing practice of banking by ferryboat where Jersey City, Hoboken, and Newark banks solicit New York accounts and transfer funds across the river. Clients are drawn by higher balances, favorable interest, and tax avoidance tactics before New York tax lists. The scheme often uses dual bank checks and certified instruments to create the illusion of New Jersey ownership while preserving access to New York facilities. In mortgage cases the same method shifts credit without triggering New York taxes, a trend some bankers say cannot be fully curbed by clearing houses.
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