Short Tales For Long Evenings in Boston
Light anecdotes from Boston social life with dabbed humor about families Cabot Hallo well and a bashful suitor. A drunken officer story ends with a quip about being queen of the May.
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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1907
Page
5
Light anecdotes from Boston social life with dabbed humor about families Cabot Hallo well and a bashful suitor. A drunken officer story ends with a quip about being queen of the May.
A reporter meets Jimmy, a sick boy cared for by a group of neighborhood children who take turns polishing shoes for others. The reporter offers payment, but Jimmy explains the money goes to his ill friend, not to himself, and the group insists they all share no profit and assist when one is unable.
The official count on good roads for the district including Tuscaraw as, Jackson, Keene and Virginia townships was completed Wednesday night. It shows 2192 for Good Roads and 460 against, a majority of 1742. The item also mentions Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and public listing of ingredients on bottle wrappers as evidence of openness.
A mother sings a child’s affectionate poem about a mother’s love and punishment. The text also notes Jerrhia Ligten filing for divorce from Struct Jiavtoiy over alleged infidelity and threats, with Matched dates and a settlement mention. Nearly everyone in Coshocton County reads The Age.
A historical note praises Sloan's Liniment and veterinary remedies as effective treatments. It mentions a veterinary practitioner with twenty years of experience, linked to a surgeon’s son and a carhess family, endorsing the medicines to ease animal suffering and improve outcomes.
A field jack rabbit near Trinidad lured over six dogs to their deaths in two weeks. The rabbit leads the hounds toward a stone quarry, then darts aside at the precipice as the dogs topple to the rocks below. Skeletons of six dogs found, including valuable greyhound-type pets.
In Lexington Kentucky on election day four people were shot during a street battle. Clyde Campbell senior, a Republican candidate, was arrested after the clash. Patrolman Michael Win was likely fatally wounded, and Milion Smith and W. K. Campbell were wounded. The elder Campbell's son intervened and was shot by Murphy, who was then shot by Campbell and wounded fatally or near death.
Bremner county grand jury adds two indictments against Dr. W A Rehlf and Dr L Chaffee for conspiracy tied to ASGOG boycott. Alleged offense stems from forcing an independent physician from a case after he refused to sign a peake document.
A decorative but unclear report extols the Kansas sunflower’s journey across deserts and mountains to bloom on the far side of the divide. The piece frames the flower as a frontier emblem signaling civilization’s westward advance and agricultural vigor.
A Chefu Daily News account claims a Chinese police court punished a woman for dragging a man’s pipe, causing two front teeth to fall out, by ordering her to fund a two day Chinese theater near the temple by the main gulley.
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research plans a 97 acre New Jersey farm near New Brunswick to support vivisection research. It will breed and house monkeys dogs sheep goats mice guinea pigs and rabbits with extensive facilities and a chicken and dove department.
A dialogic fragment from a 19th century newspaper page depicts a Lady urging Mary to marry John Scott despite misgivings. The man cites years of acquaintance and knowledge of the Ten Commandments, while a guidance figure urges decisive action and strength in the relation.
In Battle Creek Michigan on November 6 delegates debated continence in marriage at the National Purity congress. A paper on large practice was rejected on technical grounds though some urged discussion of missionary marriages abroad. Belle 11 Mix of Danville Iowa supported strict continence and age similarity for marriage amid mixed reactions to a 47 year old minister who married a 24 year old.
Four army officers failed the test ride to determine fitness for service and are ordered to a retiring board in Washington on November 12 for examination. Included are Colonel Henry M. Adams of the engineer corps Lieutenant Colonel Ormond Linsak of the United States Military Academy Major Henry Hy Benhard of the Texas third Infantry and Major Chaciey C Proree, chaplain engineer corps, stationed at Washington Kanachs. Brigadier General Davis heads the retiring board.
Bancroft Michigan November 6. Arthur Rogers a wealthy farmer two miles from town cut his wife’s throat with a razor and then killed himself with the same weapon. Rogers is said to have been demented. This grim incident ends in suicide after domestic violence pointed by neighbors.
Siegrist and Murray secured a long lease on the Guenther plant at Walnut and Fifth to convert it into an automobile garage and build a new planing and machinery building. The Stegrist Murray Automobile Works will manufacture a Coshocton car, add a fourth story, and expand to 18 000 square feet with a ten year lease plus ten more. Possession is to be taken by January 1, signaling Coshocton’s emergence as a major auto industry center.
The page notes a county tax allocation for hedges totaling 225 dollars with Coshocton city contributing over 36000 as part of a broader distribution. The report also mentions the deaths of George Klingler of Akron and Chis Klinger of Canton, sons of Mathias Klingler of South Seventh Street, who died in a Wednesday incident.
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs plans its annual meeting at the Waldorf Astoria New York. In Brazil a San Pablo league fundraising to buy a cruiser Rio Bran forms. A fire damages St Anthony of Padua parish in Philadelphia by 75000 dollars. Los Angeles merchant James W. Allaway is killed by a burglar in his brother’s home in Chicago. Kentucky farmer Steve Short commits suicide after being scolded by his wife.
Attorney Frank Ashman offers prompt careful attention to all business entrusted to him. He handles attracting and conveyancing and maintains offices at Room 1 7 and 2 Gourley corner Third and Centreton.
Oklahoma political leaders reach agreement on federal judgeships. Ralph Campbell of McAlister and John Cotteral of Guthrie are to be recommended to President Roosevelt for appointment to the two judgeships. Roosevelt returns to Washington from Oyster Bay after voting. no official White House comment on returns.
The report notes J Loygan in Logan County attracts a farmer from Coshocton six miles from Fontaine and mentions Juliette B McLaughlin selling her farm near Billsfield to Jacob Gniertufelder. John House plans to move April with a 170 acre farm. building new house on Seventh Street underway.
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