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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1903
Page
5
A long list of social visits and travels across Adamsville and Coshocton areas. Residents like Miss Julia Burrell, Miss Caroline Hunt, and Mrs. F. C. Sprague are mentioned with relatives and friends in Bethlehem township, Roscoe, West Lafayette, and surrounding towns. Also noted are public notices, a large egg find, and local movement to events at Plainfield and Coshocton institutions.
A push led by Stevenson seeks a Coshocton Fourth of July celebration with local business leaders showing interest though plans remain embryonic. A Tuesday city hall meeting at seven aims to form committees and spark widespread public support for a spirited, old fashioned town celebration.
A U S Ohio dispatch summarizes religious milestones including the dedication of St Joseph's Catholic church in Canton with parades from Akron Massillon Canal Fulton and other towns. Also noted are the cornerstone layings for Holy Name Parochial School in Steubenville and Grace Methodist Episcopal church dedication in Youngstown with clergy from several cities.
Imerr County Shisee opens July 30 and closes August 12 with a busy program of concerts sermons moving pictures and patriotic events. Headliners include Dr R A McArthur Rev George R Stuart Lou J Beauchamp Fred Emmerson Brooks and Prof P M Pearson among others. Special days cover Temperance Music and G A R veteran observances.
Misses Jessie and Beulah Ricketts were guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Robinson Coshocton late this week. C C Geidel canal superintendent was in town today. An opening for a general blacksmith and farmer at Trinway. Miss Mary Evans of Coshocton visiting sister Mrs BE Cox. Mrs James McFarland and children left for two weeks with Coshocton and Newcomerstown friends. Strawberries prospects damaged by weather. early pickers fortunate.
Washington June 20 The Ohio division of the rural free delivery service transfers its headquarters from Marietta to Cincinnati with William Gaitree remaining in charge Indiana is transferred to the Ohio division.
Found old turtle inscribed W W May 17 1714 and another carved H Crow April 14 1899 on local land. Meigs township quarantine halts Boxwell commencement. graduates to recite privately to J O Grimes. Prof McCurdy leaves for Ypsilanti to study and lead county Institute opening August 16. New baby listed for Anderson family and birth of Shaw’s son near Bowman.
In a muddy Riverside Park game, Dennison defeats Coshocton Athletics 9 to 6 as star pitcher Ricketts tears a knee lig when running to second. Colopy replaces him, and Dennison bats surge after the fifth inning. Tom Qualley also shines on the mound. Both teams, including the Fountains, loom in an upcoming Fourth of July series. Dennison players admire Coshocton’s strengths while predicting mixed results for the future.
Baseball fans will see a game between the Fountains and the St Louis Stars next Saturday. The Stars, all women, are praised as the best all around women’s team in the country. Manager Ashman says it will not be easy for the Fountains to beat them, and the event should draw a large crowd.
Lexington Kentucky June 22 United States Senator J C Blackburn and his wife rested at home in Woodsfield County on return from Washington He named Gorman of Maryland as the party unifier saying he is the choice of people met in Washington and would avoid the fear that kept capitalists from Bryan He argued Cleveland and Bryan should not figure prominently at the convention.
Suits of social outings report that Daisy Wilcoxon Agnes Burns Edith Maxwell from Dallas and Edna Carr with Harry Mellor Willie HI of Dennison joined supper in Warsaw Sunday. Separate Plainfield picnic group Amelia Bachman Winnie Hallisys Charles Weaver and Ambrose Bordeskircher drove there with dinners and suppers.
The second assistant postmaster general announces an added service for all male star route carriers. Mail is to be deposited in customer supplied boxes or hung on roadside cranes along routes, with customers filing a written order and providing the box or satchel at their own expense. Carriers must deposit mail without leaving their vehicle. no fees are paid for this service and deliveries follow contract rules effective July 1, 1903, across several midwestern states.
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