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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
4
Notices of church festivals and entertainments to raise funds cost five cents per line per insertion. Cards of thanks resolutions of respect society or lodge meetings obituary notices and advertisements of balls and celebrations will be inserted for five cents.
Opinion column endorses Mat McConnell as the best candidate to represent Coshocton County in the state assembly. Argues he is unbiased, honest, and dedicated to public good over personal gain, predicting fast growth for the county if elected. Also notes mob violence as a national issue requiring remedy.
The Chicago Inter Ocean argues for swift punishments and heavy damages for lynching crimes, urging reform of criminal procedure, deterring mobs. It cites Ohio as proof that harsh penalties deter communities and calls citizens to uphold law and reduce such outrages as Belleville and Danville.
A Sacramento story reports 130 inmates escaped Folsom penitentiary after assaulting guards with knives and gin. Guards fired Gatling guns and rifles at control points as convicts fought a general delivery, killing a chief guard and injuring others. The piece questions California's prison system and prudence.
The Coshocton public safety board, praised for probity, faces debates on enforcement versus leniency. A local farmer protests heavy policing while rowdy behavior and ordinance violations draw strict punishment. Dr Charles W Littlefield reports a controversial breakthrough in biolomeal research in Alexandria Indiana, claiming creation of life from basic substances.
The Toledo Blade notes that no scientific authority is prepared to judge the alleged discovery. Until Dr D Littlefeld fully describes his process and experiments are repeated under varying conditions, no informed opinion can be given and proof rests on independent replication.
The Age notes the danger of trusting water for visitors after viewing lithographs of city life. It forecasts a new police force and crowded streets for public safety, with plans for Fourth Street paving and a Sixth Street theatre in Coshocton as August approaches and dryness threatens.
A scrambled Ohio political column notes Thad B Cromley of Pickaway County will not seek the Democratic lieutenant governor nomination and recalls his prior run for secretary of state. A. P. Sandles of Ottawa discusses John R. McLean and John Limmerman with calls for Bryan to nominate a Bryan man for governor. General Mek and John J SulThan are slated to speak at the Twenty ninth Ohio Wool event at Warren fairgrounds August 3 to 7. Dr M Wo Hard is named a candidate for state school commissioner. Congressman Burton and Von Faullowland tour Germany, praising its port and river funding approach. Newton TW Miller of Delaware denies candidacy for the next house. Franklin County may back Colonel W. A. Taylor for mayor of the board of public works. Warren County politics show open Johnson support with Zimmerman looming for delegates.
A Mansfield Massachusetts woman reports 27 years of August hay fever misery ending after using Hyomei with no rebound. Proponents cite it at hay fever conventions and describe Hyomei as a germ killing healing balsam therapy for home or work. Anderson offers a money back guarantee if no satisfaction.
Arrangements are made for through passenger service from Ohio to San Francisco to assist G A R veterans and friends to reach the national encampment. Special tourist cars will run via Pennsylvania lines through Chicago and St Louis on different dates with connections from Columbus and Cincinnati. Reservations available through Pennsyl vania agents or LB Freeman Columbus. Incursion tickets on sale July 1 to August 14 inclusive.
A. L. Reed defends his dog Friday against a July 22 Awe article he calls false. He disputes claims the hound died by its own action and that it needed medical aid, insisting the dog never spent a night on a fence. He notes the dog was named before he bought it and comments on Gallipolis editors backing Matt Merris for Tom N. Johnson’s state ticket as treasurer candidate.
The probate court was to reopen the guardianship of Isabelle Draper, aged 84, in Tiverton township. Attorneys failed to agree on facts, postponing the matter to August 18. Former guardian Isaac Lockard faced disputes over estate accounts and a missed homestead claim after Draper remarried Dittinger.
A board of public safety met at Shaw's china store with all members present. Examinations for police chief on August 14, lieutenant on August 18, and patrolmen on August 21 were fixed. Dr. H. R. McCurdy was named medical examiner. Applicants must pass physical tests and prove fitness in common branches, with applications detailing personal and professional history.
The board discussed fire department equipment upgrades but deferred the matter. An examination for the fire chief position will be held later. The measure set a minimum height of five feet four inches for applicants, with no upper limit.
Mrs. Matilda M. Boucher of Valley City North Dakota recounts years of dizziness and a crippling sciatic attack. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she recovered in three weeks and has remained well since. She says the pills are a true friend in sickness and will recommend them to others.
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