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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1905
Page
4
eT ampersand E Publishing Company based in the Salm Building Coshocton Ohio appears in a daily items listing.
Notices explain second class matter at Coshocton post office and carrier delivery across Coshocton and Roscoe. Weekly rate ten cents, with prepaid mail. Advertisements for church festivals, maintainers or obituaries cost five cents per insertion. The Daily Age warns prepayment is required and sales outlets include local drug store, news stand, candy store, and smoke house.
The Coshocton county electorate is urged to elect Dr. R C Edwards as probate judge to avoid a three year lapse in capable administration. The appeal argues common sense over legal zeal, citing former Ohio Chief Justice Peter Hitchcock who favored a non lawyer with ordinary intelligence to run probate affairs. Edwards is portrayed as possessing the required practicality and sound judgment for the office.
The county seeks General Lybareer as a capable representative who will vote with judgment and influence. He is described as quick thinking, logical, and well informed, promising to be a useful member on the floor of the house. Ohio supporters nationwide expect him to make a strong impact if elected.
Vienna reports the Austrian Social Democratic congress unanimously backs a demand for the immediate convocation of the reichsrath to submit a system of national representation based on equal direct manhood suffrage. The resolution threatens extreme measures, including a general strike, to oppose procrastination. An orderly demonstration of 6600 people occurred in the Ring to support the demand.
A brief humorous exchange from the New York Evening Journal notes the punch line about a dark lantern. The fragment evokes literary banter rather than a full event, leaving the humorous setup as the core takeaway.
Ohio political slate lists Governor Myron T Herrick Cleveland Lieutenant Governor Andrew L Norris Eaton Supreme Judge W C Davis Millilon Attorney General Wayde H Ellis Cincinnati State Treasurer W S MeckKin non Ashtabula Public Works William Kirtley Jr Defiance State Senator Alex Smith Tuscarawas County County Ticket Representative Edwin L Lybar ger Probate Judge Dr R C Edwards Treasurer Llovston B Hay Sheriff Hamilton Browning Clerk of Courts Sampson Mc Neal Commissioner David W Johnston Infirmary Director Alexander T Boyd City Ticket Mayor W A Smith Solicitor Levi Williams Board of Public Service J S Crawford H L Richardson Wm G Hay President of Council S A Stacy Councilmen at large O W St Clair Frank A G Lawrence Treasurer R Darnes Ward Tickets Assessor 1st Ward Charles Kane Councilman 2nd Ward R M Temple Jr 2nd Ward Isaac Farrell Assessor 3rd Ward G 3 Lawrence Councilman 4th Ward S O Riggs Prissaporteh Ward D Marn Tuscarrwas Twp Ticket Trustee Charles Huff Treasurer W H Rosa
Handsome lithographs of Governor Herrick have arrived and may be secured by anyone free by calling at The Age office for them. Also noted are election returns coming as the race nears and messages about roads and local events.
In Zanesville Ohio on November 1 William J Carter 22 was accidentally shot and killed by his hunting companion George Gernhauser. They were in a rowboat when a premature discharge occurred after the gun fired as Gernhauser was aiming at passing ducks and a nose oar struck his arm.
A long letter attacks Hon. John M. Pattison, Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, over his temperance voting history. It cites Senate bills on Sunday liquor sales, local option, and prison liquor controls, questioning loyalty to prohibition and home rule. The piece links Pattison’s stance to insurance interests and calls for full disclosure of his record.
An unclear fragment notes rising Democratic sentiment and a possible Ohio victory with mentions of Ryan Commoner. The text is fragmented and lacks verifiable details for a fuller summary.
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