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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1903
Page
5
Special correspondence from Avondale reports a circuit meeting next month with a seven day tent revival led by Rev. Smith and other ministers. Local residents and visitors are noted, with farm sales, births, and social visits among families such as Renner, Daugherty, and Henderson.
Special Correspondence from Canal Lewisville reports Rev. Brooks of Roscoe led a full day service at the M E church. Attendance was strong and beneficial. Numerous residents and visitors from Coshocton and Millersburg are noted in meetings, visits, and social gatherings. The Avondale team played a home game with a 14 to 21 loss, and several families are mentioned visiting, hosting, or ill with listed names and relations.
Special Correspondence from Bowman notes the song of the reaper in and around town. The report lists social visits including Mrs. Rebecca Randles with her parents, and others visiting friends. Local carpenters work on a house at the I. J. Baker farm and purchases in the Neldon family are recorded. Children’s Day is planned at Prairie Chapel next Sunday evening. Mrs. Betsey Randles remains seriously ill. A. J. Graham traveled to Zanesville this week.
Keene letters note Lint and Michael conducting extensive repairs at their coal bank near Keene, causing a temporary coal supply delay of about two weeks. Local residents, including Mrs. Betty Shank and daughter Mary, visited Coshocton friends, while numerous family and neighbor visits occurred around Keene and surrounding areas.
West Lafayette on July 2 reports a bustling Fourth of July scene with families visiting relatives, local residents arriving and departing, and numerous societal tidbits. The column lists visitors from Cambridge Coshocton and Massillon, neighborhood greetings, and small town happenings including births and gas fixture installations.
Miss Lada Cochran passed the county teachers exam and will teach at Newcomerstown this winter. Frank Wiggins was badly hurt in a horse accident and may recover with time. Children day services were held at M P church with a large crowd. The M E church interior repair work began Monday. High school plans a town hall social next Saturday with all day refreshments and proceeds for the school. Prof J R Walton Jr and editors attended the Pittsburg wedding of Prof R Thomas and Alberta Clark Lingo.
A telegraph of small town life from Tunnel Hill July 2 recalls James Welling of Chicago visiting his boyhood home in Coshocton county now owned by Leander Hains. Welling, visiting with sister Mrs. Tredway of Roscoe, reflects on past days while other locals attend weddings and church events.
New Bedford July 2 The German township Sunday school convention met at Zion Reformed church near here last Sunday afternoon Rev Kaiser has returned to his charge after a prolonged absence caused by his wife s illness Farmers are busy haying and harvesting a fair crop Effie Gonser staying at Strasburg spent Sunday with her mother Clarence Alleshouse home on vacation A county paper excerpt urges residents to stop shooting song birds warning it violates the law and could bring a heavy fine.
Opinion argues sparrow protection should be strictly enforced with heavy fines to stop the slaughter. It notes some violators are Sunday school scholars and teachers and warns citizens may be forced to act to uphold state law and protect birds.
In Barnes area reports note Ada Klein of Avondale and William Boy in critical condition. Residents like Miss Lulu Boyd, Miss Mary Shannon, and Miss Ada Winklepleck visit friends near Keene and Canton. Wheat and hay work dominate daily life as Francis Schlard prepares to teach at Barner. Stephen Davis travels to Cincinnati. Homer Turter’s raspberry patch yields ripe berries.
Plainfield July 2 visitors and local residents figure in a brief community note. Thomas McCartney and wife from Thornsville Georgia visited friends in Plainfield and Newcomerstown while Rev Aller preached in Coshocton last Sunday. Lewis Stickrath Floyd Shaffer and Guy Leech of Coshocton spent time here. Mrs Anna Platt of Nellie visited locals, and Mr Harbison and his son returned to Spencerville.
Bakersville news reports Mrs W A Hawk fractured her arm Monday morning after slipping on a slippery board while yard chores. Dr Lower treated the fracture. Also notes visits by Mrs Clara Stephen and Philip Harrisberger and family, Beiter and Stinebaugh, and contractor Kleinknecht. Buck Horn and Bakersville beat on the local diamond 21 to 18. A festival at Orange drew many attendees.
The column lists a string of local movements and visitors. Philip Young of Akron visited his mother. Miss Maude Draher suffers rheumatism and remains confined to her room. Mrs. Andrews and Miss Margaret George of West Lafayette visit local friends. Arthur Draher of Portage county visits his parents. Dr. Kitsmiller and family of Avondale call on friends. Mrs. Maggie Evans visits Dover friends. Harry Snedeker has gone to Canton. A Young People's meeting at the Presbyterian church is announced for next Sunday. A Fourth of July festival is planned at the Presbyterian church. The home of his father in Indiana has been noted in relation to his death and return home.
Roscoe on July 2 featured a picnic on the Walhending banks with relatives of Mrs. John McFarland. Rev. Brooks left for revival work in Chicago. Local residents were active in harvesting, visiting relatives, and attending church events and picnics, including a Woman's Home Missionary Society outing on July 4 and a quarterly Roscoe M. E. church meeting July 11-12 led by Rev. Lewis of Trinway.
Miss Nellie and Mamie Hosfer and J A Beardsley visited Coshocton friends. Farmers busy reaping harvest. prospects for trass oats and corn if fall is long. Estate of John Leatherow notice names Clifford H Magruder administrator with will annexed. Seed buckwheat offered by Empire mills Roscoe and Third street Coshocton. June taxes extended to July 10. Lucy Parson joins Judge Roche as stenographer and typewriter.
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