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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1905
Page
5
Notices outline five cent per line rates for church events obituaries and ads. Readers urged to send communications to the paper and to pay in advance for mail delivery. The Daily Age notes sale at local drug store and news stands.
A long slate details a full Republican ticket across state county and city posts. It lists Governor Myron Herrick and Andrew Harris along with judges, attorney general Wade Ellis, treasurer McKinnon, and various local officials. The piece also defends nonlawyer probate judges, praising several nonattorney officeholders and questioning the record of lawyers in that role.
A report on conflicts in the Cincinnati and Southeast Ohio conferences of the Methodist and United Brethren churches. Rev. David J. Starr faced jeers as anti temperance resolutions were pushed, with clerical dissenters mocked for quoting discipline and the Golden Rule. Trust and lay participation drew sharp tension.
A critical examination accuses Pattison of abusing party machinery for his own nomination and aligning with Brewer Mason to win the state ticket. The piece argues his acceptance speech pledges are hollow and that he relies on Democratic bosses, not temperance reform, to gain votes.
The remark notes a Republican seeking renewal by drawing inspiration from Democratic newspapers, a striking head to foot regeneration attributed to Wt. Gilead.
The Agriculture Department imports sixty eight Malta goats for experiments and aims to build a new U S goat industry for the poor. Secretary Wilson touts health benefits and purity of milk, noting goats require leguminous feed and can clean fields while providing milk and meat. Goats will be distributed nationwide via stations in Athens Connecticut Maryland and other sites as experts approve.
Attorney Levi Williams said Wm. Tubbs visited his office and asked to set aside a divorce agreement with his wife. Tubbs left distressed after being told there was no remedy. He had earlier left the Shafer residence sober for the meat market and was found dead after his sister gave him a dime.
Jorge Wright of the Washington township school board said Coshocton on Wednesday that the board intends to build a new school house at Cooperdale to create one of the township’s two centralized schools, with Wakatomika as the other. The Cooperdale building will be 40 by 30 feet with a 10 by 16 foot T wing. bids will likely be advertised this week.
Senator Foraker to address Coshocton Republicans on Saturday afternoon October 21 at 1 30 featuring a distinguished national counselor discussing live issues of the day.
The article notes no storming of Bastile and no committee demand for reparation on East Chestnut street shade trees. Gas company manager says he knows nothing of a claim, but expects satisfactory arrangements if trees were ruined by escaping gas and mentions past repairs with Barber Asphalt Company.
The grand jury continues behind closed doors reviewing cases including Prigley and Haughran while Hughes murder charges and Ben Dickerson’s fate await indictment. A murder indictment would require a 36 man special venire and fifteen days’ notice for trial. Judge Maxwell, returning from Columbus, gauges schedules for Coshocton Holmes and Wayne counties with dates in January April October and February May September.
Mrs Geo Reagen of Coshocton Ohio receives a Chicago dated letter from Goldie Yell offering to restore the child to the Reagens once meeting plans are arranged. Mrs Reagen expects a meeting soon and says she and her husband will take charge. Packers described as monopolistic.
Miss Winifred Hanlon sustained a painful injury Tuesday when her finger was caught in a stamping machine at J. P. Forbes' office, the end of the finger nicked off during overzealous work.
Workmen began Wednesday to move the Mortley residence at Third End and Main to the rear to clear space for the Goarley project at the corner. The move aims to make room for the new development at that intersection.
In Port Royal near St. Louis Mrs. Alice Hartman and her five children perished in a two story frame home fire that destroyed the dwelling. Husband William Hartman escaped but could not save them as smoke and flames overwhelmed the family, the oldest child being 12.
The Detroit Free Press notes railroads order 1,560 pressed steel passenger coaches at over 7 million dollars, marking a shift from wooden cars. Steel construction promises greater rigidity and reduced fire risk, aiming to prevent telescoping crashes and improve traveler safety.
Judge Holdom sustains injunction against Typographical Union No. 16. The decision rules that coercing employers to accept a closed shop and an eight-hour day is unlawful and that picketing to force such a contract during a union strike is improper.
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