Voices From The Tomb In The Buffalo Inquest
In Buffalo a sensational inquest into Edwin Burdick’s death features testimonies from his widow who is described as pale and “fishy.” The letters show Burdick’s devotion to home and children, while lover Arthur Pennell’s lascivious notes are exposed. The death is linked to a cliffside tragedy as investigators weigh a self made confession.
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Buffalo
Edwin Burdick
Burdick
Arthur Pennell
Pennell
Danial Webster
Mayor Rinser and Slot Machine Standoff Clarified
In a campaign exchange The Age questions Rinser stance on slot machines while noting a past $50 fine for one operator and six week run authorization for others. The mayor defends an open record and urges voters to trust his public duties and integrity amid the dispute.
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Democrat and Standard
Rinser
Age
Rinner
Balots
Grepeed Tate
Mayor Rinner and Slot Machines Spark Local Debate
The Age criticizes Mayor Rinner for dual positions on slot machines and claims his record is open to attack. Wry comments on political maneuvers, claims of prior promises, and rumors of a cabinet kidnapping story circulate as Coshocton scenes mix with national quips.
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Rinner
Roosevelt tour urged with children accompanying crowds
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes the call for President Roosevelt to include all their children on his upcoming speech tour. The Toledo Times reports Carter Harrison’s fourth nomination for mayor of Chicago with a view that the office is desirable and only one man truly fit. The piece adds a flood of rain disrupting river levels and a quip that Admiral Dewey is in a German stew.
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Roosevelt
Cincinnati Enquirer
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Song of Spring and Suffering in One Voice
The poem contrasts spring songs with a grim note on human aches and a satirical take on patent medicine promises. It shifts to news brief items about Canada plans for a TransCanada railway, St Louis dedicatory program for the Louisiana Purchase expo, and a ferryboat fire in New York.
Policeman Hobart Dun Can Fatally Shoot Companion
Wanamaker Oklahoma March 30. While playing policeman Hobart Dun Can aged shot and killed his companion William Roberts. Roberts refused to halt and a gunshot from Dun Can’s weapon killed him instantly.
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Wanamaker
O. T
Hobart Duncan
William Roberts
Young Roberts
Duncan
Millinery Opening At Mr F W Munns
Finest display of pattern hat date at Mr F W Munns Friday and later day at 424 Main Street.
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F. W. Munn
Dutch Pharion and the Johnson Rinner Co. council tale
In a rough ward discussion Billy the Kid hails Dutch Pharion as the best councilman while Sonnie probes his influence. The tale traces Dutch reversing stance like Rin ner, voting no on bribe offers and police pay, with a boastful tie to the Johnson Rinner Co. and local saloon interests. Lieutenant Faulkner is jailed in Skagway while a Pittsburgh Jewish congregation raises Rev Levy’s salary to 10000 annually.
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Billy
Sonnie
Bootblack
Dutch Pharion
Rinner
Pharion
Lounnie
Johnson, Rinner & Co
Johnson
Bonnie
Bud Cassinham
Fatty Haines
Lonnie
Ira Stowe
Cassinham
Court House Seeks Divorce and Probate Notices
Court plans divorce action by Cor a E Barrett Richard from Elmer Richard filed in probate court with custody request for the younger child. They wed Oct 24 1891 and have two sons aged ten and two. He left after selling property taking older child. whereabouts unknown. Also probate filings include estate accounts and several deeds across Coshocton counties with various quit claims and purchases.
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EB. Richard
T. C. Roche
Elmer Richard
Lewie L
Dwight
Cora E. Barrett
Jacob H. Wolfe
Bartholomew Bachman
Samuel A. Markley
William H. Ashcraft
Woiner
Flora Ashcraft
Elmer Mizer
Joseph F. Vincent
Elizabeth Kitchen
J. M. Compton
Dora A. Rine
Peter Shellham
Lewis Randles
Clark Township
Marion Shepard
Thomas Shepard
Jefferson Township
Charles Shepard
E. A. Marquand
Sherman Beck
Conesville
Thomas G. Sheets
Elizabeth C. Cheetz
Adam Kempf
Crawford Township
Frederick Sipp
Margaret Sipp
Sarah J. Miller
Cassingham
Coshocton
Mary Holderman
John H. Geib
White Eyes Township
CG. W. Diebel
B. F. Graham
George W. Phillabaum
Stephen Ensley
Louise A. Ensley
Washington Township
Stephen Endsley
Louis Q. Ensley
Joseph W. Ensley
Chas. F. Gosser
Charles D. Jones
Board of Trade
Benjamin F. Frederick
Artemetia Irwin
Lewisville
Adam Leindecker, Jr
Henry Miller
Bert C. Senter
William C. Senter
Virginia Township
Expedition to Tromsoe and Drowned Dormant Figures
Ziecler Expedition at Tromsoe Norway has 13 men, including Captain Coffin, arriving to repair the steamship America. All stores to be bought in the United States Freeven Drowned Hanover. March 30 Robert Baker and John Henderson, freshmen at Dartmouth, drowned canoeing in the Connecticut River. Gustavus F Swift of Chicago dies at 63. Valencia faces Republican unrest as Madrid reports outbreaks. Cunard posts 1,318,085 profit with 6 percent dividend. J R Robertson departs for Northern Ohio on business.
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Ziecler
Tromsoe
Norway
Laren
Coffin
Ziezler
America
United States
Freeven
Hanover
Robert M. Baker
Worcester
Mass
John B. Henderson
Roxbury
Dartmouth College
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Connecticut River
Examinations for Clerkships Announced by Civil Service
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a May 2, 1903 examination for clerk and carrier positions in the city post office. Open to all U.S. citizens 18 to 45, the test covers spelling arithmetic letter writing penmanship copying geography and reading addresses with set weights. Eligible applicants must submit Form 101 via the secretary of the post office by April 18, 1903.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Post Office Service
Post Office
Civil Service Commission
United States
Board of Examiners
Iva A. McCoy
Postal Board
Potter Family Welcomes Baby Girl on Chestnut Street
Miss Annie Saffer of California visits Miss Heddle Stewart and her aunt Mrs Berney and Mrs Trip vet as John Potter celebrates the arrival of a baby girl at their Chestnut Street home on Thursday night.
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John Potter
Chestnut Street
Annie Saffer
California
Heddle Stewart
Mrs
Berney
Trip Vet
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Library
Coshocten
Utica
New York
J. Whitaker Wright
England
Warsaw
New Orleans
Flea
Bison City
Paris
Congress
Vox Populs
Indiana Gas Belt
Newcomerstown
City Hall
Grover Cleveland
Denver News
Oregon
Ohio
Defiance Crescent
Mr. Bryan
Atlanta Constitution
Admiral Dewey
Song OF
Canada
Toronto
Quebec
Port Simpson
B C
Canadian Pacific
Transcanada Railway
Dominion
Great Britain
Grand Trunk Pacific
Transcanada
St. Louis
Louisiana Territory
France
Cleveland
Boundbrook
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Jersey
Savannah
Tybee Island
Wichita
Kan
Newton Green
Georgia Bentley
Green
Berlin
Skagway
Alaska
Charles Faulkner
Pitcher
Faulkner
West Virginia
Peking
Pittsburg
Rodolph Sholem
J. Leonard Levy
Dr. Levy
Caltexa
Court House
Conrad Kramper
John M. Clark
Arthur C. Hamilton
Franklin Township
Douse Wagner
Stephen Cearon
Linton Township
Herriet Mikesell
Jacob
Mikesell
Perry Township
Gustavus F. Swift
Chiccago
Gustavus Franklin Swift
The
Swift Packing Company
Ellis Avenue
Mr. Swift
Spain
Madrid
Valencia
Cunard Company
London
Cunard Steamship Company
J. R. Robertson
Northern
Shesere
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