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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1903
Page
6
Telegraph report from Oyster Bay July 11 states President Roosevelt through William Loeb Jr threatens strict press censorship. Loeb will withhold information from reporters who publish stories not approved by the President. Reporters were briefed privately and pledged to comply.
Prof H G Yocum arrives to launch Coshocton Business College on the remodeled third floor of the Selby building with sessions starting Tuesday under E D Crim and Mrs Belle McMillen. The day’s paper carries the opening notice on page 8. Also reported is Panhandle’s Big Outing set for July 31 at Rock Springs park with thirty coaches and Dennison shops coordinating transport for employees and families. Elisha Stockum and H Magrider visited Clark township to appraise the late John Leatherow’s estate.
Rockford reports a woman actress in the Enoch Arden role, Mrs. Louise Olson, returning after 21 years. She was injured in a Buffalo railroad wreck. misidentification buried another as her. She finds her two grown children, Hilda and Frank, and learns her husband Alexander Olson lives with a third wife.
A special train carrying Wa bash officials passed north over the Wheeling Saturday composed of two Missouri Pacific cars one Wabash and one Wheeling private coach.
Jacob Cox known as Jake has tangled matrimonial life across Ohio with multiple wives, some dead, and divorce cases dismissed. Letters from alleged abandoned spouses, a pension claim, and a Newark residence outline a tumultuous affair and a historian note on modern Blackbeard likeness in the era.
The Protected Home Circle held a lively Thursday meeting. After initiation, supreme deputy A. Gerald Mayo praised retiring officers and installed new officers for the year including President G. H Bible and Secretary Mr Echert, with other posts filled by Verne McClintock, W E Rose, and Louia W. Zerhe among others. A round trip to Atlantic City and Cape May priced at 1250 is offered by ticket agent H Kipp of Coshocton. Miss Ethel Sfanks of Akron and Grace Hanks visited relatives near Adamsville.
The Ladies Aid society will host an elegant winter lecture and entertainment series in the Grace M. E. church auditorium. Featured speakers include Senator J P Dolliver of Iowa and Spillman Riggs with the Westminster Abbey boy sopranos from the coronation service. Also booked are the Kefir Boy Chott and Miss Shapensey the American storyteller. They plan a two voice return in fall for a three year tour.
Pension attorney M. W. Wimmer secured an original pension for Phil and S Wright widow of John Wright later member of company B Fourth regiment Michigan cavalry. Pension set at $12 per month starting April 18, 1903.
P A McKenzie of the Bureau of Uniform Accounting reports Akron city drafts totaling $140000 with a deficiency of 44081.15 in special improvement funds and 24791.40 in sinking funds. Cash warrants are cashed from the treasury despite lacking funds for payments. Citizens’ funds for improvements were diverted, leaving a cash balance of 12211 and overdrafts of 149000, forcing the city to borrow.
Toronto prepares for a week of festivities and a three day firemen tournament July 15 to 17 with competing crews from Wellsville Salem Leetonia Columbiana and others. The event includes hose races foot races and ladder competitions with prizes from 25 to 200 dollars and a parade and industrial features beginning July 15.
Indianapolis July 11 After secret sessions at the Claypool Hotel the Constitution Committee of the National Manufacturers Association published a new instrument. The plan broadens the group into a National Federation of Manufacturers and Employers. Officials say the aim is education on strikes and disorders, though many view it as a rival to the American Federation of Labor.
In Columbus on July 11 the American team won the Palma trophy with a score of 515 to 504 for England and 494 for Canada. Other nations included Australia 52, Natal 447, Norway 408. A corporal from the 6th Ohio regiment NG was a member of the American team.
William Jennings Bryan plans a four month Europe trip starting in September to observe sociological conditions under monarchies. He will tour England Ireland Scotland France Germany and likely Italy with his daughter England. He will study workers rights living conditions and middle class contrasts with the United States and may publish impressions. A Crawford township house was struck by lightning injuring Mrs Scare who lost consciousness for about ninety minutes.
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