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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1905
Page
7
Chicago dispatch reports Robert Newcome a colored man opened fire on South Side, fatally wounding a man and killing a woman. He shot a police operator and a policeman before barricading himself. Policemen then shot and captured him after a fusillade.
Corrected by Snyder and Son prices for butter eggs beans beeswax and poultry. Retail and grain table show per pound per bushel prices for potatoes cabbage onions and other staples, with flour, meal, middlings and corn offerings noted by Hanley and Co.
East Buffalo and Cleveland report cattle and hog prices, with steers at 5 to 8 dollars per hundredweight and milkers at 15 to 90. Chicago, Pittsburg, New York, Boston, Cincinnati, and Toledo list varied cattle, sheep, lambs, and hog values, including steers, cows, heifers, yearlings, and calves, plus wheat and corn quotes. The data show regional price differences for livestock and grains across major markets.
New York October 11 William R Hearst publicly released a letter to Judge Samuel Seabury of the Municipal Ownership League accepting the league's nomination for mayor of New York City.
A terse update links a hanging in Covington Tennessee of John Hil for wife murder, a paralytic stroke in Newcomerstown, and a string of terse notes: Hungarian parliament prorogued by Emperor Francis Joseph to December 19, a rescript met with derisive shouts, Delmar state attacked by bandits near Redding, an Express messenger shot, a Kansas City arrest of Frisco Development figures over a land scheme, a mine explosion near Zanesville killing Charles Smith and George Chapin, the Havana trunk store manager Ramon Carmona found in a trunk, suspected murder by a missing employee with $2,000 stolen, and motion in a U S case.
In Columbus a great-footed falcon lives in the possession of Oliver Davie, a naturalist. A similar bird was captured nearby 33 years ago and is also with Davie. These two falcons are the only ones recorded in Ohio. The species may live up to 180 years. the origin from England remains a mystery.
A baseball game is scheduled for 8:30 in the morning on Thursday at Riverside Park between two teams yet to be named. The event details are incomplete in the readable text.
At the Erie railroad annual stockholders meeting the management’s purchase of control of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railway was approved. Directors elected for a multi year term include W P Hamilton J P Morgan Co James J Hill Samuel Spencer and FLD Underwood with Underwood filling a vacancy caused by Robert Bacon’s resignation.
The Grey Eagle nine of Wakatomik suffered their first defeat on Owl grounds, a ten inning pitchers’ duel with West Bedford. Maston fanned 15. Myers of Warsaw 12. A late field error and an uncalled time by a local catcher aided the visitors to win. Final score 6 to 5 or 6 to 6 in eleven innings previously. Saturday’s game went six innings due to darkness. The Grey Eagles plan another uncertain rematch.
Fred Nixon longtime New York assemblyman and seven term speaker died at home from appendicitis after two operations. Born 1860 in Westfield he rose to prominence winning election in 1887 and serving as speaker in seven sessions. Also notes bankers convention in Washington and federal control question.
Coshocton High School football heads to Newark for a return clash after a 33 to 0 win at Riversi¢s Park. Expect a tougher test as Newark strengthens its lineup. Strongest Coshocton squad remains in travel readiness with key players listed for the line.
Philadelphia champions beat National league champs 6 to 4 in New York on October 11. Gilberts costly error in the third inning handed the visitors the lead they never relinquished as MacGinnity, Ames, Bresnatan, Bender and Schreck starred for Philadelphia. Attendance 24,202.
The text notes a yearly obligation to settle debts before year’s start and a practice of biting newborns on the first day of January so that every Chinese person would have only one birthday. It observes wide variation in what is considered the new year across nations, with spring, autumn, or winter starts, yet traditions remain largely unchanged through ages.
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