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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1903
Page
4
The city faced a 644000 dollar interest due on Cleveland City Improvement bonds as Mayor Johnson could raise only 543.00 from city funds. He obtained a 100000 dollar loan from rival Myron T Herrick, head of The Society for Savings Bank, saving the city's credit.
Excerpt from the October 1900 Trainman's Journal discusses the coupler law as a hard fought measure in Congress. It portrays it as a capital versus labor battle and notes support from railroad organizations. It mentions Tom L. Johnson voting against the bill and hints at voter-record requests. The piece ends with a biblical reference about death.
A Pittsburg Times summary notes the execution in New York of three brothers who murdered a debt-collector uncle, driven by a mortgage dispute. The youngest was 18, others 22 and 24. A companion’s confession sealed their fate. the mother bears the tragedy as the innocent suffer. The piece mourns crime’s cost and links it to degeneracy and parental influence.
Charles Salen, in a desperate bid, challenges Frank Monnett to a joint debate with Wade Hillis as Monnett works to secure the Democratic nomination. Monnett, stalling against Ellis, is urged to respond while Cincinnati attorney Ellis prioritizes duties over political play.
A fragmented local column references Sage of The Age, Mayor Tom, Hon J Ab and a railroad pass. It mentions a county fair next week, theatre town Coshocton, and debates about rail influence. Various quips parody political figures and upcoming events, with mock quotations about the fair and derisive tones toward local figures.
A playful rustic dispute recounted by the Pittsburg Dispatch turns on garbled speech. A man declares his plan to attack and packs his grip with a cat that meows as he travels toward the land of red white and blue ending his voyage with a car voyage and a paddle trip.
Mayor Rinner orders the first arrest Saturday night at a Hickory street saloon run by Dan Lewis. Chief Mapel nabbed Lewis, who pleaded guilty and paid a $5 fine plus costs. The mayor vows strict enforcement of the gambling ordinance and asks for affidavits from citizens if machines are found, stating arrests will follow when officers encounter the games during patrols. Library closes tonight for Ohio Library association meeting in Elyria.
John L Zimmerman heads for Maine woods as he refuses to campaign for Johnson while Democratic gears whirl over campaign expenses and the Northern Securities case. Johnson seen as a star attraction for close counties to tilt the legislature, with Knox plotting antitrust suits. In Toledo debates on interurban lines and Wall Street tax bases loom large as Clark wavers over currency and gold.
The regular monthly teachers meeting will be held Tuesday October 6 at 7 p.m. in the high school building. The program includes a class demonstration on two methods of attacking the reading lesson by the superintendent, music work by Mr. Hosmer, and talks on "The Place and Purpose of Questioning" by the superintendent.
Warner Seward purchased the transfer business of James and Cecil Magers and took possession this morning. The firm has been known as the Coshocton Transfer company.
Long list of residents and visitors visiting or visiting from nearby towns. Names include Personal Will White, J Blainer, Mr and Mrs Robt Crawford, Ernest Rine, Clifford Adams, Nellie Mc Ginnis, Joe Karr, Robert Hanlon, Sara Rue, George McPeek, Nellie Linebaugh, J E Aronholt, Miss Neva Prince, Billy Robertson, Thad Troy, J Taft, Mrs Gillette, Arthur Temple, E J Lesser, Fred Clemens, Julia Burrell, Tressa Patterson, A E Hosmer, Mrs M Q Baker, Constable Jeffries, W R Pomerene, Lydia Gaumer, J S Cone, Mrs Joseph Hughes, Mrs Ed McQabe, Rosa Hughes, Judge Voorhees, R A Mulligan, Helene Gregor, Mrs F E Pomerene, Jennie Wilson, Oberion English, Mrs James Lennon, Miss Sadie Edwards, J S Carton, Mrs C Q O Wensel, Miss Emmeline McVey, C M Hay, Miss Anna Brecht.
A detailed look at John H. Clarke a key Ohio anti Bryan Democrat and his shifting stance on silver and the money question in 1896 1900 and today The article traces Clarke's support for McKinley and Hobart his conflict with Bryan and the Kansas City platform and the implications for United States senatorial endorsements.
In a critique attributed to Colonel Myron T. Herrick, the piece argues against single tax advocacy by Ohio’s Democratic leaders. It says the plan would abolish revenue systems, skew taxation, harm farmers and homeowners, fail to aid the poor, and burden wealth without relief, citing historical failures as evidence.
Town reacts to panic over a presumed smallpox case in a two year old girl at Walnut and South Seventh. Health officials quarantine the area while Drs Carr and Carr dispute the diagnosis, calling it a post vaccination eruption and not smallpox.
Louis Brendel purchased the residence of Hon. J. Adams on South Third street and will take possession October 15. The deal records a private property transfer and sets a clear move-in date.
Saturday proved a banner day for Commercial National Bank with checks totaling 19 775 47 and deposits 29 100 25. Bank reports show strong daily business activity and a solid cash flow, highlighting ongoing customer transactions and financial momentum.
The fish car Buckeye arrived Saturday with Chief Warden Porterfield in charge. Fifteen hundred bass and marble head catfish were placed in the Walhending river. Miss Rose Kunkel of Zanesville took a new position at the Elite restaurant. The largest Staff piece for the World’s Fair palace weighs 19 tons, measures 34 by 47 feet, and is the cartouche over its main entrance. Nora Layman of Warsaw visited Merle Taylor today.
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