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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1895
Page
7
Local column reports a social at the M. P. church basement raising over $40, rural farmers hit by drought with sheep and cattle sold, and multiple church and community notices. Mentions residents like Mrs. Magness, Colubin, and local teachers biking to Columbus, plus civic talk on tax reform and upcoming lectures and reunions.
Citizens threaten action against those who toppled a war memorial on the Public Square. Suspects include reportedly prominent locals, with fear of law and order breakdown if guilty parties are not punished. Also notes students Pauline Lewis and Viole Richard returning home from Danville normal school and Michel Sherer recovering after a wagon accident. Junior League began last Sunday with about twenty graduates advancing to the intermediate level.
Sunday night event drew a large attendance as Children Day programs entertained locals. Wheat harvest nears completion and haying begins while meadows were reported mostly fair. Nearby travelers and guests include Mr Jesse Dickerson on leave from Cleveland and Mr W A Clark with family visiting Morrison Dicker son. Clarence Noland of Granville visited last week as celebrants enjoyed quiet Fourth of July times.
Adams Mills residents Mr and Mrs Alex Stewart of Coshocton spent Sunday with relatives here. Miss Myrtie Lacey of Trinway was the guest of relatives last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Stark of Granville visited W J Denny and wife. Mrs A M Collins visits daughter Mrs William Bate of Georgesville this week. Rev Leighman of Tyre led church services last Sunday. Susia Murphy left Monday to visit relatives in Mt Vernon and Columbus. Mensa and Marquand and Joe Stroner with Miss Nota Kincade and Susie Murphy attended Children’s Day at Watawmina Sunday Evening.
A thirty one foot anaconda was killed near Ama da after causing livestock losses and fear. Hunters tracked it from a hog pen to an old canal, where it was driven out and smoked out of its hole and shot. The snake, once tied to a circus, had escaped in 1907. Its hide will be sent to the Smithsonian.
Articles filed for incorporation of the Transcontinental Company with 200 million capital to build an elevated electric railway from Chicago to Jersey City and then to New York, with plans for 100 mph trains and Chicago insiders as initial directors. The piece notes later ambitions to extend to San Francisco and beyond.
Advert reads July excursion prices and routes via Pennsylvania Lines, valid Wednesday and Thursday around the holiday. Return coupons accepted within a two hundred mile radius, with reduced fares for children and adults, plus various patent medicines advertised by local vendors.
An old advertisement fragment touts F J Cheney Co as a cure for catarrh with claims of universal efficacy and a money back offer. It also lists summer resorts accessible by the Pennsylvania Lines including Atlantic City Cape May Asbury Park Ocean Grove and Newport areas with details on routes and regional rail connections.
Reverend T Gunderman of Dhovurale describes his wife’s illness and eventual recovery after pneumonia aided by Dr King’s New Discovery. The letter notes swift relief and credits the remedy, as sold by Anderson’s Drug and Kook Store, with pharmacy details and price prompts.
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