Congress to Decide Fate of Railway Rates
Congressman Townsend reports progress on Beck Townsend rate bill after meeting with President Roosevelt. He says the measure aims to let the Interstate Commerce Commission investigate unjust rates and substitute a reasonable rate, with private cars refrigerator cars and terminal charges covered. Further talks planned with the president and Attorney General Moody.
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Washington
Townsend
Beck-Townsend
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Interstate Commission
Moody
United “States
Township School Disentanglement Talks At Judge Voorhees
Four members of the Washington township board of education along with Judge Voorhees and attorneys meet to discuss the Cooperdale faction dispute. President Bell insists harmony is not the goal and rejects immediate circuit court action while stressing existing adequate cooperdale schools.
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Washington Township
Judge Voorhees
Messrs
Bell
Nethers
Daniel
George Wright
J. C. Adams
T. C. Roche
Cooperdale
James Glenn
Storey
Circuit Cour
Fall of slate seriously injures Coshocton miner
Melville Jennings a miner at the Cassingham mines south of Coshocton was caught in a fall of slate Thursday afternoon and seriously hurt about the head and face. He was carried home on Elm street and a physician called to tend his injuries as he moves to Danville.
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Melville Jennings
Cassingham
Jennings
Elm Street
Ramsey Ousted as Wabash President in Board Vote
Joseph Ramsey Jr. was removed from the presidency of the Wabash Railroad at a special New York board meeting. F A Delano was elected as successor amid a contest for control with George Gould. Eight directors attended the session.
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New York
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Wabash Railroad Company
F. A. Delano
Ramsey
George Gould
Half Dozen Special Trains to Bring Crowds Next Thursday
Coshocton becomes hub for a wheel of special trains bringing thousands to the county fair. From Millersburg Canton Cambridge Mansfield Panhandle lines, all trains start early and return by Saturday, with one fare round trip.
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Coshocton
Ohio
Boyd
Newark
Licking County
Jin Akron
Panhandle
Millersburg
Mansfield
Officers elected at 7th O. V. I. reunion in McConnellsville
Cap t. Compton was honored as president John S. Adair of Mc Connellsville was elected. J M Compton and Mond Capt. Rosemond of Iowa named vice presidents. Cyrus Crysman of Colfax Iowa as secretary. Joseph Gorsuch of Zanesville as treasurer. Meeting to be held in Zanesville. Thirty years since secretary change. Attendees from Kansas Iowa Dakota and other states.
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John S. Adair
McConnellsville
J. M. Compton
Coshocton
Rosemond
Iowa
Cyrus Crysman
Colfax
Joseph Gorsuch
Zanesville
Coshocton County
Compton
Mr. Houser
T. J. Shepler
Granville
McFarland
Cambridge
John T. Drake
Kansas
Dakota
Mel Clark
Miss Brewer
Roscoe
D. E. Almack
Nathan Price
Tunnel Hill
Hiram Wilson
New
Salvation Army gains five new members in Coshocton
The Salvation Army in Coshocton increases to 81 active workers after admitting five new members during a ceremony led by Major White and Ensign Hinkle. The recruits are Mr and Mrs Wilson, Miss Fanny Stoker, Miss Ada Fields, and Miss Jennie McCall. Special services are planned at city hall tonight.
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Salvation Army
Coshocton
Major White
Ensign Hinkle
Wilson
Fanny Stoker
Ada Fields
Jennie McCall
City Hall
Burglars Steal Cash From Mrs Hall’s Vine Street Home
Thieves entered the home of Emma Hall on Vine Street Thursday night and stole 4.84 in cash. The loot came from Clarence Hall and Miss Vina Hall, with furniture left undisturbed. No clue exists, though Mrs Holy suspects an insider familiar with the house.
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Emma Hall
Vine Street
Clarence Hall
Vina Hall
Roscoe Nominates Republican Ticket for Village Offices
The Rescue Republicans named N H Price for mayor Edwin LeRetilley for treasurer F M Fortune for clerk and Edward Gleason Thomas LeRetilley Lewis Mirlse for four council seats James Andrews for assessor at their Thursday night town hall conven tion. The ticket is praised as excellent with well qualified men and villagers urged to recognize the opportunity.
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N. H. Price
Edwin LeRetilley
F. M. Fortune
Edward Gleason
Thomas LeRetilley
Lewis Mirlse
James Andrews
Mrs William B Miller Dies After Long TB Fight
Mrs William B Miller, born Sarah Jane Wilkes May 18 1858 in West Virginia, died Thursday evening at 6 35 after a lengthy tuberculosis battle. Her passing ends a brave, steady fight that inspired her family and friends, leaving a wide circle of mourners in Washington Pennsylvania and Coshocton.
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William B. Miller
Miller
West Virginia
Sarah Jane Wilkes
Jobs Williams
Washington
Joseph Blackburn Dies After Locust Street Crossing Crash
Joseph Blackburn aged man dies from injuries after a horse drawn flyer struck him at Locust street crossing Thursday. He had left leg amputated at home and died about ten o'clock that night with head and neck injuries noted. Funeral set for two at his residence.
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Joseph Blackburn
Locust Street
Cemetery
North Sixth Streets
Ohio divorce surge tops county and state totals
Light County leads Ohio with 416 divorce petitions filed during the year ending July 1, more than one per day. At year start 1,210 cases were pending. 1,626 granted. 256 refused. Statewide docket 11,746. divorces granted 1,124. Labor resolutions in Cincinnati urged public works for prisoners and schoolbook reforms.
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Columbus
Light
Ohio
Trial of Preacher Denouncing Dancing at Hav Warren Wiant Case
Grand jury reports indictment against Hav Warren Wiant a young Methodist minister from Christiansburg for libel amid community division. He claimed he did not say unchaste accusations in public and said he followed church teaching in the matter.
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Lihans
Grand
Age
Hav Warren Wiant
Christiansburg
Wiant
Nms
Tammany Loyalists Back McClellan for Four-Year Mayor Rule
Telegraph reports Tammany Hall backs George B. McClellan for a four-year term as New York mayor starting January 1. The slate includes Ferman A. Muess for comptroller and Patrick F. McGowan for the board presidency, with McClellan pledging duty to the people and national issues like municipal ownership of public utilities. Roosevelt praise is noted for foreign policy in the platform.
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New York
Tammany Mall
Carnegie Hall
George B. McClellan
Ucker
McClellan
Tammany Sycaree
Greater New Yori
Nape
Menhatene
Ferman A. Mua
Brooklyn
Beam of Aldermen
Patrick F. McGowan
Manhattan
Metz
E. M. Grout
McGowan
Charles V. James
McClelan
Mic
Heni i
Wile
Bit
Aire
Uien
Muncie
Cies
Litetar
Roosevelt
Eussia
Japan
Charles , Murphy
Glass plant shutdown ends as regulator fault halts output
On September 1 Coshocton Glass Co paused operations after a regulator weight drop cut gas pressure near Utien causing valve shutdowns. The field manager fixed the issue. production was to resume that night. Funeral services for George Fuller Tremaine were held in Conesville with interment at Bergland church cemetery.
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Coshocton Glass Company
Utien
Consevilte
Tremaine
Vermaign
George Fuller
Bie
Conesville
Berglain Church
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