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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1906
Page
2
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for back pain sciatica liver and bladder troubles. It claims strong clinical success and offers a free sample bottle and an informative book by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY with a 50 cent and one dollar bottle price advertised.
In Washington township a legal fight over building a Cooperdale school continues. Attorneys Gleatz and Daugherty argued for a new mandamus writ, returnable Feb 5, with the prior writ deemed insufficient. Outcome may decide whether a school house will be erected.
Dr J E Ennis endorses Vinol as a potent health tonic. He claims it strengthens the body, aids digestion and sleep, and helps the aged and anaemic. The Coshocton druggist C Anderson sells Vinol with a full refund guarantee if not satisfactory.
The piece argues immigration shapes national destiny and racial unity, urging strict exclusion to protect American institutions and workers. It warns that allowing Chinese and Japanese classes would force American labor into peonage and threaten Western civilization, noting peace can bring defeat as well.
President Roosevelt’s message frames the core issue of regulating railroads as restoring people sovereignty through advisory referendum and initiative. The American Federation of Labor backs direct voting to instruct lawmakers, urging voters to support candidates pledged to immediate establishment of the people’s rule. Reform advocates, Granges, and referendum leagues spread the plan nationwide, with Missouri and other lawmakers signaling support and winter developments anticipated.
A revised section of the International Union of Shipwrights, Joiners and Calkers of America requires local meetings and secret ballots before wage cuts, wage increases, or changes in hours. The local must report grievances to the international president, and strikes require consent from the international president and general executive board.
James OConnell of the International Association of Machinists issues a circular warning members that joining the Industrial Workers of the World will result in immediate forfeiture of IAM membership. Lodges are instructed to suspend those who join or assist the IWW to organize, amid tensions between rival unions during the era.
Beneath unions and Tabor are organized to protect working men and women, not to antagonize employers. Working men are part of the masses of the people, and their interests align with the welfare of society.
The Buffalo convention last July produced a wage scale and agreement between the Brotherhood of Operative Potters and the manufacturers. The accepted plan runs for two years and aims to advance women as both producers and consumers, aligning measures with their consumer interests.
The late Dr. William Rainey Harper, first president of the University of Chicago, is remembered for extraordinary fortitude during illness. He endured months of pain with unfailing cheer, continuing duties and research, often sleeping only five hours a night while drafting bulletins and following football moves.
An old notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from F J Cheney and company. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, priced at 75 cents per bottle, and mentions Walding Kinnan Marvin as wholesalers. Also references Knights Chestnut Ridge social notes and local visits among residents.
Baltic neighbors anticipate a new clay works with a locally formed stock company and most shares already subscribed pending incorporation papers. Also a Me hometown note touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for chronic dyspepsia and general weakness, with sales at area druggists.
Mada Calve, after a Seattle concert, meets 17 year old Feart, praising her talent. The prima donna tears up as she embraces the girl and pledges formal adoption and thorough training in Paris.
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