Barn-Burners Scour Town as Cooperdale Fires Rage
The Assorted fires near Cooperdale and east of town spark a citywide fever as barns belonging to Will C. Dickerson and Martin Wolford burn. Copperdale residents blame an organized arson ring. investigators note three barns torched Sunday with heavy losses of hay, oats, wheat, and equipment. A loyal dog alerted the Wolford family during the blaze.
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McGuire
Trunway
Dayton
Cooper
Dale
Ben Dickerson
Tainway
Cooperdale
Coshocton County
Copperdale
Will C. Dickerson
Martin ‘Wolford
Cooperdlee
Tunnel Hill
Dickerson
Carlisle Road
Martin Wolford
Town in Panic Over Rabid Mad Dog in Pike Township
West Carlisle residents recount a rabid mad dog attack that spread fear through the county. The animal reportedly bit dogs cows and two children with two hogs suffering severe injuries. The head was sent to Columbus and officials confirmed rabies. Alfred McMillen and sons travel to Chicago for treatment. Continued on Page Five.
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West Carlisle
Columbus
Chicago
Bladensburg
Carlisle
McMillen
Alfred
Tone, Orarrived
Rabbies
Fresno Organizes for Good Roads Township Branch
Fresno on November 27 organized the White Eyes Branch of the Coshocton County Good Roads association. Officers named include President Boyd Secretary R D Keesey and an executive committee of W F Park HM Ewing and Dr Kitsmiller. The group urged skilled supervision of county road work to improve labor efficiency and delegated representatives to the Coshocton county convention on December 2 with power to enlarge the delegation.
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Fresno
Good Roads Townships
White Eyes
Coshocton
Coshoctén
Narrow escape after buggy runaway injures Mrs Graham
Mrs. William Graham was hurled from a runaway buggy on South Sixth street Sunday. The horse veered to C. C. Brooke's gate smashing the buggy. Mrs. Graham lay unconscious and required stitches from Dr. McClain before being moved to the Graham residence for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Graham
Freene
South Sixth Street
Leeds
C. C. Brooke
Woman Falls Through Back Porch Trap into Cellar
Mrs William Romans of East Main Street sustained a bruised and sprained arm and severe cuts to the left side of her face after stepping from the back porch into an open cellar trap door Saturday night. The fall occurred as dusk settled and she recovered in the kitchen.
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William Romans
East Main Street
Aytra
Romans
Teachers' pay dispute over institute attendance
In Waling Green on Nov 27 the circuit court overruled the common pleas finding on teacher pay during institutes. The board of education passed a resolution to pay teachers while Edward Beverstock, a taxpayer, enjoined it from doing so. The common pleas court held the institute did not excuse dismissal of school.
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Wling Green, I
Circuit
Common Pleas Court
Board of Education
Edward Beverstock
Court of Common Pleas
Court Decision Reversed May Go To Supreme Court
The court reversed the earlier ruling and the case is likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Selrewit
The
Supreme Court
Courier Journal Editor Declines Kentucky Governor Nomination
Louisville editor Henry Watterson states for all time he would not accept a nomination for governor or any office, even if tendered unanimously and equal to an election. The Courier Journal asserts this by authority.
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Louisville
Henry Watterson
The
Louisville Courier Journal
Courier Journal
Kentucky
Powers debate Ottoman Macedonia appointment in Constantinople
Dispatches from Vienna and Constantinople report that European powers may accept or reject a proposed Ottoman Macedonia appointment by the Porte. The case involves the Armenian bomb plot and trials of sixteen Armenians linked to the revolutionary movement. Authorities may aim to influence public opinion against foreigners as trials proceed. The Allied letter arrives from Sfytlene Island.
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Constantinople
Macedonia
Adignce
Veie Rnlesed
Kemi Pag
Eleet
Arti Island
Sfytlene
County C E Convention A Glorious Success
The county Christian Endeavor convention held at West Lafayette elected officers led by President A L Matthews of Shoc ton and Vice President Shaffer Smiths of Coshocton. Delegations from Keene Coshocton Fresno West Carlisle and West Lafayette attended. The meeting heard papers on personal co operation promptness and the value of Christian Endeavor work with Rev C H Hubble of Columbus presenting on The Accommodation Train. The session included a nominating committee and a discussion of county work funding.
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A. L. Matthews
Shocton
Shaffer Smiths
Coshocton
Herbert Ogburn
West Lafayette
Katherine Porter Keene
Bessie Browning
Anna Bell Olney
Hubble
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Cooperdas
Barns
W. C. Dickerson
John Hall
McGui
Hounds
Wolford
Gleveland
Plain Dealer
Pike Township
William. Romans
S Waterson
Ene
Vienna
Bula
Amati
C. E
Coshecton
Charles Hutchinson
Toledo
Hutchingon
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