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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1906
Page
8
Anthracite coal operators announced that meeting miners demands would raise prices by about 1.20 per ton, with wage hikes including 19 percent to cutters, a new minimum day wage, and an eight hour day. They caution only domestic sizes would bear the full rise, while steam sizes compete with soft coal.
The Rev William Coburn of New York argues that the City of God or New Jerusalem is a tangible place that could be located by astronomers and seen before death. He traces the universe to Galileo and describes a vast city with no death, no cemeteries, and no doctors, while noting 6 000 years of earthly history and grand spaces for homes, boulevards, and the throne.
Washington dispatch reports the agriculture department cross bred Japanese persimmons with American stock to remove the puckering reaction. The new fruit is aimed at pleasing consumers and will see distribution of trees producing non puckering fruit. In Oklahoma City a group of young women forms a circus club planning a spring show, meeting weekly to practice acrobatic routines. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is advertised as a tonic claiming to restore energy and sleep.
Indianapolis March 26. Bituminous coal operators and miners in central competitive and southwestern districts resume talks after a five day deadlock. Miners demand a 6.55 percent raise, restoration of 1902 scale, with western Pennsylvania operators offering to pay while Ohio Indiana and Illinois resist. Debate remains over district signing and idle mines. Athens Ohio to mark eight hour day with 10 000 miners April 2. President Mitchell invited to address. Akron Times-Democrat notes Ohio officials would hold thirteen salaries if resident.
Notice seeks whereabouts or return of a medium sized lame foreleg shepherd dog. Reward offered. Contact W H Crawford one mile west of Roscoe. Additional classified items include home furniture, stoves, a French dresser, gravel delivery by J L Bible, and housing requests.
Residents of West Lafayette are asked to notify T. D. Gray or Gray Hardware Co of Coshocton about the amount of ice they desire for the coming summer. The notice notes a failed natural ice crop but assures no exploitation and requests information for planning storage and supply.
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