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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
6
An advertisement touts Swift’s Specific as a cure for cancerous ulcers and chronic sores. It cites Mrs. R. Shirer of Yaconda Missouri and claims rapid healing after taking several bottles. The copy urges readers with old sores to write for free medical advice from Atlanta based physicians.
The piece argues towns should support a strong weekly paper with wide circulation and local ads. It asserts a newspaper drives progress, funds itself, and benefits merchants, government, and residents, then notes Odd Fellows gathering with new regalias and a banquet for visiting members.
Rev. William E. Hunt and J. G. Milligan were summoned for juries and ordered to report at ten o clock this morning. Hunt went to Columbus Monday evening to join the U S grand jury while Milligan went Tuesday to serve on the petit jury.
The third quarterly meeting at West Lafayette M. E. church May 30 21 shows the West Lafayette M. E. charge holding its own in financial and spiritual reports for the Uhrichsville district.
Mrs Thomas McConnell of near Keene returns to town Saturday for the first time since a severe stroke. She is much improved in health, accompanied by her husband and daughter Miss Virginia.
Pension attorney M W Wimmer secures an original pension for Martin Owing of Company EB 1420 V 1. The pension amounts to seventeen dollars per month starting December 17, 1902.
Allen Renner sustained a severe cut to the second finger of his right hand when a razor slipped from his grip. He attempted to catch it as it fell and his finger was cut to the bone. The Agends bring good results.
Community events center on Decoration Day with Warsaw Cornet Band leading the procession to Nellie chapel. Speakers include Hon. John T. Duff and Hon. Joe L. Myers. Staats receives gold headed cane and watch. McCurdy praises Nellie education. Baseball closes with Warsaw nine defeating New Castle nine 9 to 4.
Miss Bessie Renfrew of Canal Lewisville visits Miss Abbie Craig. Ross and Miss Irene Hamilton visit Emerson Reed. Victor and Miss Allan Croft visit Mr and Mrs Percy Croft. Edwin Headington and family host at Thomas Headington's near Bloomfield. Misses Myrtle Palmer and Fannie Chase visit Jennie Chase. Alberta Dougan of Bloomfield visits Nettie Finlay. Ross E Hamilton traveled to Pittsburg. A church social at Frank and Mrs Craig’s Saturday evening June 13 invites all. Corn planting nearly finished in Vinewood. Bob Smailes and sister visit Mrs Freq Dickers near Cooperdale. Mark Jones and wife of Dresden visit Vinewood. Ella Wright and sister Mrs B Adams visit Mrs B Adams. Brant Darner of Madison visits Miss Myrtle Vickers Sunday. Blanche and Cora Adams visit Miss Emma Adams Sunday.
Messrs Wilson DeHart and Shaw met with the city solicitor and mayor in the council chamber Wednesday evening to learn duties of the board. Dr McClain was absent. They found much red tape before they can begin. The board has not yet organized but likely will soon.
Charles Slaughter moves his family from this city to his father’s home in Roscoe. Howard Slaughter and his wife, long residents of Roscoe, relocate here that week.
Mrs Ella Smith Newark New York reports weakness nervousness tremors and insomnia improved after using A W Chase's Nerve Pills noting restored appetite sleep and strength. Mrs S Fisher Coshocton Ohio says the pills were a splendid tonic curing dullness nervousness and poor sleep and restoring health.
Trinway residents fear spread after a family moved from Zanesville and a young man who lived there fell ill with smallpox. He was exposed in town while asymptomatic and is now confined. Two more cases have appeared as locals panic. Health officials urge cautious communication with afflicted areas.
The Globe Democrat editorial ties Junius Brutus Booth to the John Wilkes Booth murder case via David E. George who reportedly died by his own hand in January. Bates of Memphis, once Booth’s confidential agent, identified him as Booth. The tale follows Booth fleeing after Lincoln’s assassination to Garretts in Virginia then Kentucky and Texas.
Des Moines reports floodwaters receded but many houses are uninhabitable. Dwellings suffer ruined carpets and furniture and become unwholesome as service returns to near normal. No special session of the legislature is planned.
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