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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1885
Page
1
Local notices announce ice cream festivals in Roscoe and Wartime style church events while Coshocton schools shuffle teachers for the next year. A severe storm floods Main Street, a worker loses a limb in a fire hazard, and a somber town records deaths and accidents amid political maneuvering for the upcoming senatorial convention.
Local genealogy brief recounts visits and relocations among residents. W W Platt of Linton township returned from a two month stay in Stafford county Kansas. Dr T C Brewer has located at Newton Harvey county Kansas. Geo Zugswert of Pittsburg visits Coshocton. J F Compton and Miss Nettie Stanford visit friends in Indianapolis. S B Hays of Cadiz on a visit to his father E Z Hays. George Howe left for Port Claim and parts of New York to visit relatives. Lewis Powell of Nelsonville stopped in Coshocton on his way back from Pittsburgh. Superintendent and Mrs Yarnell visited Cleveland schools this week.
Reports from West Lafayette describe a brutal assault on two young women, Miss Eliza Phillips and Miss Mira Bache, by a colored man later identified by witnesses. Police captured Henry Uloward of Florida near Coshocton, with locals pressing for swift justice while awaiting a preliminary hearing before Justice Cantwell.
A reader rails at the Coshocton Standard for overemphasizing the Jackson Township Treasury affair. He questions township fund tallies in Keene Bethlehem Tiverton and nearby areas, urging scrutiny of Bethlehem school funds and Keene’s apparent higher returns. The letter blasts perceived bias and calls for transparency in local fiscal matters.
A gunman killed Arnold Abbuhl at the Goshen coal mine approach near Barnhill Pike Run. Three men, Robert Banner John Watkins and George W Rogers, await a coroner’s hearing as miners dispute wages. The community reels from the crime while a large funeral crowd honors Mrs Mary Jane McConnell at Keene Presbyterian Cemetery.
The probate docket admits the wills of Juliana Nershman and William L. Scott, widow elects to take under the will, and Mary Dickerson seeks increased allowance. Guardianship and lunacy inquests discussed, plus final account and resignation of Elizabeth Wood’s executor. Marriage licenses issued to multiple couples. Local ads promote curing piles, hotel events, and summer clothing sales in Coshocton county.
Local pages promote Mother Kid Gloves at Hay and Ransom's with endorsements by Mary Anderson and actresses. J R Stewart advertises buggies and spring wagons at 202 Beys Cox opposite the Postoffice. Benj Coe showcases New Lyman stoves and other makes opposite the Post Office. Berktowitz and Berkowitz offer Seersucker coats and kids gloves. Gasoline stores sales soar in Coshocton with new stock at low prices.
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