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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1906
Page
5
A brief baking note describes small hot biscuits baked just before meals. Use Royal Baking Powder for best results. Serve with butter and honey or marmalade. The recipe emphasizes small round shapes and hot serving.
Society items from Coshocton and New Concord detail club meetings at libraries and homes, an after theatre party, Pathfinders, Stitchery gatherings, a thimble party, and a surprise wedding in New Concord with Nana Lulu Amspoker and David Clifford Elder uniting at 7:00 pm. Reception planned at the bride’s home. Wranglers discuss Goethe and plan Campbell talk next meeting.
An advertisement claims nicotine is as deadly as carbolic acid and tobacco causes serious diseases. It promotes Tobacco-Specific 14 as a harmless remedy for cigarette and cigarrette users, offering a free trial and a paid 11 page package via Rogers Drug & Chemical Co., Cincinnati. It cites testimonials from users including M. E. Smith of Vermont.
Mrs. Arthur Neal and her young Harold visit Columbus while T. L. Montgomery travels to Newark on business. Miss Helena Ferguson of West Lafayette visits town. Mr. and Mrs. Will Reed and son William travel to West Lafayette for the Pritchard Jack wedding. F. E. Preston goes to Cincinnati on business. F. I. Cocks, former city visitor and now business manager of the Republican in Springfield Illinois, is in the city on business today.
In Baird Pennsylvania a alleged gigantic anarchistic plot to kill prominent U S leaders is uncovered. Italians in Washington county confessed to involvement linking Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania and Governor Pattison of Ohio. Authorities believe many other high officials were named. Letters traced to Paterson New Jersey. Several arrests reported.
Local attorneys including figures tied to the Ben Dicker son case met in the courthouse to urge Miss Lora Smith to stay on as court stenographer through the Dickerson case and to cover the era’s most significant trial. They propose promoting a rival to handle minor cases to build familiarity, while Miss Smith is asked to report the key upcoming case.
The quickest injunction on record was decided Wednesday morning when Judge Fason made permanent the temporary injunction won by Mary E. Davis against the city of Coshocton. Davis sought to stop payment of assessments on her property. The case, filed Jan 6, was completed Jan 24, a process normally lasting a year or more.
Coshocton Odd Fellows approve a committee plan to buy new regalia. They closed a deal with W. B. Newkirk of C. E. Ward Co. for silk plush costumes costing $900, aiming to match any lodge in the state in quality.
Jacob Rennard of Newcomerstown married Dora Norris of Buckhorn in Covington Kentucky after traveling from Newcomerstown via the Panhandle. The couple obtained a license, wed, and returned to Cincinnati then Columbus before reaching Newcomerstown Monday evening amid parental objections over the bride’s youth.
County Surveyor Murray told the Good Roads convention in New Philadelphia that about 1390 miles of state and county roads exist and it costs $45,000 annually to give them poor maintenance. He noted taxes levied for roads could service the interest on bonds to macadamize every road in the county.
John Thomas of London claims to be Morgan Thomas’s brother and asks for fuller death details after a Panhandle No. 6 train crossing accident at Conesville. The widowed man left two relatives in the U S and questions whether any property was involved in the incident.
The piece argues that pride prevents people from visiting Burns & Gosser opticians for a scientific eye exam and proper glasses. It claims eye strain relief from fitted glasses can prevent cataracts and other defects later in life, urging immediate eye care.
Silk shirt waists in all colors offered at two eighty eight to three dollars. Limited lot of one hundred waists valued at five dollars each, now priced to clear.
The 500 ton tow boat Helena exploded 65 miles above Natchez Mississippi on January 21 killing three men and injuring six. Pilot Joseph Roth drowned after being thrown into the river. One injured man Henry Shea died later. Four men from Natchez and the crew, including Captain Dan Scott, were aboard. The boat, owned by Will Conti of Natchez and valued at 2500, had no insurance.
Seventeen spaces were occupied at the public market Wednesday morning but few farmers could set up stalls due to nearly impassable roads. Butter and eggs were scarce while price levels held steady from Saturday's market.
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