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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
4
Notices of church festivals and entertainments to ease money will be charged five cents per insertion. Cards of banks resolutions of respect society or lodge meetings obituary notices and advertisements of balls and melungeons will be inserted for five cents ina.
The administration vows a full, surface-to-surface cleanup of post office irregularities. The president assumes personal supervision, promising thorough investigation to root out corruption and purify the department. Public opinion backs the president, and Republicans are urged to support the house-cleaning effort.
Joh W Gates said on Saturday that the bears have been too active in the New York stock market for the good of the country. He argues that the stock market should be left alone and that extreme market swings push prices too high or too low. He claims bears have intimidated English and French financiers ready to invest.
There is plenty of money in this country and Europe awaits investment. Crop conditions are encouraging and railways are busy. Foreign debt for our manufacturers is increasing. Exports surpass last year and 1901. Iron and steel mills cannot meet demand. Chicago irritation aside, labor is improving. No real cloud on the horizon, only stock market raids to deter foreign investment.
Charles Geidel division superintendent of canals travels to Cincinnati with State Engineer Perkins to inspect new cement work on the Miami canal. They will ride an electric barge up the canal, showcasing a rapid modern method. If successful the concrete approach may be adopted on other state canals.
D. D. Edwards, the missing groceryman, has been heard from via a Denver Colorado letter to his landlady Mrs. Stewart. The note is brief and almost humorous, saying he has gone that far and is still going, with a promise to write later for a fuller explanation. Authorities suspect a Pacific coast route or possible trip to the Philippines.
Newark June 25 Judge Overturf was renominated by acclamation at the Fifteenth Sixteenth joint district Republican senatorial convention held in Newark. The meeting opened with J H Wright of New Lexington as chair and A Shryock of Muskingum as chairman with W D Thompson of the Delaware Gazette as secretary. Belmont county ranks sixth in Ohio coal production with 2 038 066 tons while Athens leads with 3 666 993 tons. Athens is first with 3,666,993 tons, Belmont sixth with 2,038,066 tons. thirty counties produce coal and over 900 mines operate. Athens Women Progressive organize Village Improvement Society to beautify streets, sidewalks, and public places and improve sanitation.
A petition drive by Cambridge veterans seeks subscriptions for a traditional Fourth of July event featuring the courthouse square cannon dedication. The Methodist Bishop Yr W Bashford of Ohio Wesleyan University is a candidate for bishop at the May 1904 quadriennial conference in California, where several bishops will be elected following three recent deaths.
Peck Noble, star pitcher for New Concord college, widely known in the city, signs for the remainder of the season with the Stogies, Wheeling’s representatives in the American Association. He is a comer and will hold his own.
In probate court John W Fraser through attorney Lloyd N Mideats seeks a divorce from Amelia Frazee alleging three years of gross neglect and six months of noncohabitation after marriage on March 23, 1896 in Knox county. They have two children aged three and one. Also noted are first accounts for guardian Charles J Bantum and various deeds filed listing transfers and property values in several townships including Oxford and Coshocton. several individuals listed with occupations and ages.
A novel marriage was performed before Squire Mason at his Bellaire residence as Frank St John and Miss Alice Richardson of Rose Hill drove up in a bogey and asked to be united. They remained seated in the vehicle while the knot was tied in view of a large crowd.
Judge Richards upholds the Sunday barbering law after a test case in Steubenville with John Lyons indicted for challenging the statute. He conducts an exhaustive review and rules the Sunday law constitutional. The camp party from Newark and Cambridge plans a week at Killbuck mouth and a graduation address by Rev George Rainsherrer near Coshocton.
The Wheeling Trades Assembly cleared around 3000 from the Carnival. rain on Saturday night reduced the take. Arthur Powell of Steubenville was elected superintendent of schools at Middletown Ohio and will assume duties there.
A crowded page lists guests and residents visiting from across Indiana and nearby towns. Names include Miss Nellie EK Fisher, Elia Pollet of Trinway, Blanch and Mary Davis of Plainfield, J F Cone of Otsego, Maud Johnson of Tunnel Hill, and many others visiting relatives, attending commencements, field days, or sharing hospitality on Locust and Walnut streets and at homes in Roscoe and West Lafayette.
The Carnegie library remains an unresolved rooftop issue in Coshocton while Rev. George B. Rainsberger of West Lafayette M E Church preached to college students Sunday evening in the M P church. West Lafayette M E Sunday school presented an excellent Children’s Day program to a full house.
An old advertisement touts Ho-sen-do Stomach Tablets as a universal cure for stomach mucus and catarrhal gastritis. It promises increased appetite, restored gastric action, and a dissolving method using hot water to flush the stomach before meals, claiming lasting relief and widespread availability.
Samuel Ashman manager of the Fountain baseball club of Coshocton was in the Newark stands Sunday for the Idle Wilds vs Dayton game. He conferred with club management about booking Coshocton in July and likely will be given dates.
Two well known locals wed in a quiet ceremony at Rev William E Hunt's home on South Fourth street. Groom is in the livery business and bride works as forelady at Broome and Herbig's printing office. The Age ads bring good results.
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