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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1903
Page
2
Captain Harris Ross of the Indians says his team now holds the county championship after defeating the Lizards last year and hopes either the Fountains or the Athletic Club challenge them. A game with one or both clubs is likely to be arranged.
Thieves stole several handsome flower stocks from John Lorenz on Chestnut Street on Saturday. This marks a second theft in days as an earlier visit saw the loss of Lorenz’s overcoat and a bridle.
The board of public service opened bids for Fourth Street paving on Monday. Only two bids were submitted by Ayres Asphalt Co. and Barber Asphalt Co. of Cleveland. Barber Asphalt Co. won the contract, bidding $800 less than Ayres.
Lucy A Neighbor files against Charles E Crist in Oxford Township Coshocton County Ohio before Justice T W Culbertson J P An order of attachment was issued Sunday in June 1903 for the sum of eight dollars Lucy A Neighbor Isleta June 21 1903 30
A Pittsburg Dispatch writer details crowded Paris theatres with close seating and a system of tips paid to cloakroom workers called ouvertes. He notes abuses by claque members, long acting-room delays, old draughty venues, and the French audience's subdued applause, advising visitors to buy tickets at the box office rather than from outside touts.
James Nelson and Lane Kirk report their bay blind horse and red gear buggy stolen from the North Third street hitching rack Monday evening while they attended Dr Cooper's medicine show. Police have not located the thief.
The first world telegraph message passed through Coshocton marking the Pacific Cable company’s new link. President Roosevelt sent greetings to Governor Taft in Manila, with further messages to Clearance Mackay. The global circuit used three paths via Meadville Cleveland Sandusky Chicago Des Moines Kansas City Albuquerque and more, cost about thirteen million dollars and spanned nearly one thousand miles. The Portal Telegraph Cable Company issued a new trademark to honor the event, celebrating the late John W. Mackay.
Six killed and twenty five injured in Evansville riot when a mob besieged a jail with sixteen imprisoned negroes. Evansville militia and 200 deputy sheriffs faced attack. causal details unclear. Names of the deceased listed. four soldiers hurt. Trocps arrive. Vincennes troops relieve Evansville. New Albany and Terre Haute units prepared. Negroes flee city. officials expect no further outbreak.
Vincennes reports that T-Lee Brown the man who killed Patrolman Massey in Evansville and sparked a riot was ordered by Governor Durbin to be moved to Jeffersonville prison. He is barely alive from wounds after shooting Massey and the removal eases the anticipated mob pressure in Vincennes tonight.
Evansville reports a quiet night with many factories closed and saloons shut. First funeral for riot victims planned today, five more tomorrow, with three feared dead among the wounded. Police note several gangs of laborers in the streets as troops have yet to withdraw.
Local report notes C E Anderson selling Mi O Na with a full refund guarantee if it does not cure dyspepsia and increase weight. Claims promise lasting digestive relief, better appetite, and noticeable flesh gain in 98 of 109 cases, urging readers to try risk free.
Mrs. Fred Chalker of Dublin Michigan reports backache relief after using Dodd’s Kidney Pills. She credits two boxes and a full cure to the remedy, urging others with back pains to try it. Also notes two newborn twins born to local families on Chestnut street and to Augustus Norman of Keene.
An old advertisement extols the Cincinnati Enquirer as essential for businesspeople and workers alike. It touts the paper as a wealth of knowledge in science literature and markets, urging patrons to subscribe at yearly rates and to contact agents or postmasters.
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