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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1903
Page
4
A historic notice lists fundraising church events, entertainment drives, obituary notices, and social ads priced at five cents per line per insertion. The brief item outlines a charge scheme for insertion cards of thanks and memorial notices.
The ticket lists candidates for Representative M A M Connell Treasurer C Lawrence Sheriff Hamilton Browning Recorder A D Preston Prosecuting Attorney James Glenn Commissioner John T Funk Infirmary Director J J Baker Surveyor George Baumgardner.
A historical note flatly claims 800 infant deaths in Chicago after milk deliveries were cut from two to one daily. The piece blames tainted milk kept in depots and formalin contamination, sparking public outrage and calls for two daily deliveries again. It also warns Coshocton’s youth against street dangers amid a separate crime report.
An Ohio reader praises Coshocton for its natural beauty and argues the city should build a true park along the Tuscarawas Walhending or Muskingum rivers for evening summer leisure rather than costly artificial parks elsewhere in the state.
A long discounted amalgam of local notes discusses Tuscarawas and nearby rivers as potential sites for a pavilion and boat line, urging private investment to create a popular lakeside resort. It weaves in political jabs about Teddy and Tom Johnson, mentions reactor disputes, and cites national events with regional humor and satire.
The Ohio Democracy factions argue over McLean influence and Johnson's fate with angry rhetoric. The Dayton News notes Henry Watterson's attacks on Cleveland as Roosevelt looms, and Ohio's June convention fate could shape presidential picks and future party strength.
A collage of quips from multiple papers mocks politics and social trends. Notes include Williams monopolizing party space in a Baltimore Herald item and an opera singer overdosing on aconite in the Washington Star.
Anti Johnson forces in Richland county shift to defend incumbents and plans for renomination. John Felix McNamee and Dennie are seen as targets while Gear faces hypothetical setbacks in Seneca county. Local talk centers on Norton’s influence and a unified Franklin county GOP ticket signaling a stronger path to the state convention.
In Coshocton County circuit court Captain E W James was summoned to testify in John Wesker vs W H Williams the county treasurer case seeking back taxes from Teskel. James refused citing attorney client privilege but judges debated compelled testimony until Adams announced the attorneys would not press and the witness was excused.
The Age is quoted as saying the publication improves daily and gains prominence. The note repeats the phrase as a standalone promotional line without additional context or events.
Odessa officials depart for Kishenev to face trial for massacre participants. The move indicates the government will try those involved before a military court with power to impose capital punishment, driven by American press indignation and strong public reaction in Russia.
Work on the Newcomerstown bridge is pushed as workmen began Thursday to drive piling across the river for the temporary structure. The Knights of the Lactabees report three new members joined the local tent at Tuesday night’s meeting, and the group is thriving.
Indians led by Manager Iry Tallmadge and Captain Harry Ross travel to West Lafayette next Saturday afternoon to face the college fortress. Mrs. Charles Devault of Akron visits her niece Mrs. W. M. Smith on North Fourth Street.
A Michigan man James Culet of Alston credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing twenty years of rheumatism and kidney trouble after trying many physicians and medicines. He says he used 42 boxes, now feels like a new man and urges others to try the remedy. Also notes Pawnee Bill's Wild West show advertising car arrives for Coshocton appearance on Thursday June Th.
At the castle hall on Wednesday evening two candidates, Clyde Wheeler and William Patton, received the first degree.
Domoppo Omoreponto, part of a gang grading for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Beach City, is jailed in New Philadelphia awaiting trial on dynamiting fish charges after deputy game warden Dangleheiser nabbed him in the act. A Stark county arrest nearby led to a $40 fine and costs for another man in the group. Omoreponto, arraigned before a justice, posted bond of 200 to await Friday’s trial. In Muskingum county liquor tax figures, 122 saloons now operate with 110 in Zanesville and others in Cannesville Dresden Roseville. J B Duff, editor of Newcomers town Index, will be Memorial day orator for G A R exercises at Nellie, praised as eloquent and forceful.
The Strasburg postmaster will have salary raised from 1000 to 1200 dollars per year effective July 1. This change widens compensation as part of standard postal pay adjustments and affects the town’s mail service leadership.
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