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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1907
Page
7
Telegram from Pittsburgh dated October 23 reports live stock prices with prime and common grades for cattle hogs pigs and lambs plus grain futures for Toledo with wheat corn and oats. Prices show range values and daily variations across categories.
Market reports from Chicago Pittsburgh Cleveland Cincinnati New York and Toledo list cattle hogs sheep and lambs with varied price ranges for steers cows heifers bulls calves and milling stock. Wheat corn oats rye millet and bulk meats prices accompany regional cattle and hog quotes reflecting trading conditions.
The page lists corrected purchasing prices for food items such as beans and potatoes, plus meats and dairy like butter and country ham. It includes a dramatic anecdote about an actor named Du, who in one moment held an audience spellbound by a staged lamp routine during a tragedy, causing thundrous applause.
A New York Times excerpt recalls Poe and the Red Death, linking a Central American blood snake named vigora Sangre to bleeding symptoms in humans and cattle. The Indian cattleman notes nose and eye bleeds and sweat of blood as a sign of the disease.
Special correspondence notes high daily costs of New York state grange sessions and the slow election of officers. A New York Pomona resolution proposes a special committee to screen resolutions, with caution about granting power to censor, while acknowledging potential bias and the need for authorial access by unanimous consent.
The article urges forming bright disciplined degree teams within the Grange to perform initiation ceremonies with precision. It stresses practice, proper roles, and memorization to maintain originality and impressiveness, warning against careless readings that undermine the ceremony. It also notes growth goals for 1907 and calls for sane, conservative action by legislative committees and subordinate granges. The piece quotes Wood Giles and Darrow on governance and the need for robust local libraries.
County commissioners rejected all bids for grading work on the north and south approaches of the Big Island Ford bridge in Bethlehem township. A new bid date was set for 10:30 a.m. November 7 as legal questions about bid timing and contract validity were raised. Five bids were previously opened from Turner & Nos Nleinknecht Henderson Seth Shaw Alonzo Clark Henry McClears for approximately 5,150 cubic yards on the north side and 3,066 on the south with 50 cubic yards of No. 1 tip.
The Age reports a man named Frank Blair from Newcomerstown is being investigated as a possible fortune winner tied to a local peddler in Chattanooga. A Cambridge Frank Blair was also checked but not matched. Mrs. BeCoursey of Orchard Street identified her son in law Frank Blair as meeting the description. He married Sue DeCoursey about four years ago and has two children. L N Staats to appear on ballot for justice of the peace in Tuscarawas township. Chas W E was declining to serve for business reasons.
Born to Mr and 3lys Trenry Johns of Dreston a ten pound baby son. Mrs Johns formerly Miss Ellie McNealy of Coskerton Porn. To Mr and Mrs Frans Shank a girl. Born to Mr and Mrs John Calla an a boy.
Rev E Clarke DD pastor of Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church conducted his first services in Cleveland. He delivered a missionary address to the annual conference of the Women Home Missionary Beauty Society at the evening service. The congregation filled the auditorium for his opening sermon next Sunday.
A quirky local item details a clothing firm selling a sugar and chocolate cream delivery plan with trousers credits and cash payouts. Separate note reports Berlin ground hogs delaying winter, with remarks on the upcoming season and odd wildlife observations. The column names several local residents amid the weather and farming snippets.
Nienver Colorado reports no strike on the Denver and Rio Grande railway over the discharge of Vice Chief Skeges of Grand Junction. Skeggs has found other work and will not return even if the railroad offers his former position. In New York a Schwab Brothers factory fire caused 750000 dollars in damage at Washington and Park avenues Brooklyn.
The county commissioners approved placing Good Roads measures on the November ballot for four townships with appointed road commissioners and plans to organize a road district. A Foster family reunion drew about 108 people on R. F. D. No. 7 with a large gathering and dinner after noon. Ohio Louise Watson seeks divorce from J Harvey Watson alleging profanity and abuse. custody and support requested.
The Foresters gathered in Ogala Pall Morning under Edna Miller’s supervision for a special aril. They welcomed three weeks of visitors and plan a large initiation next Monday with Starkey of Ashtabula and Stevenson of Cleveland attending alongside a Lovain delegation. A Dinepnet exercise and other events are planned.
Girls at the high school plan two basketball squads one for seniors and one for juniors. Tryouts from each class will appoint five players to the teams after practices in the hall. Notable seniors listed include Agnes Pyans Tite Rovers Gertrude Brown Nelle Try Teeter Hemtog Ruth Coe Florchee Powelson. The juniors feature Mary Miser VHner Rown Minnie Warns Irena Myser Ethel Kutty Helen Denman Foal Schmaucser. The funeral of Mrs Lydia Fox was held on the Joe Wond farm Saturday with interment at Oak Ridge cemetery.
In the case the State of Ola vs Ben Dickerson the circuit court of Coshocton County acted to grant the defendant new real estate rights from an annex in Coshocton. The decision is under review as of October 22 in Columbus.
Ben Dickerson receives a new murder trial after four weeks in the Ohio Supreme Court. The decision, reported from Columbus, ends a long, highly publicized case in Coshocton County stemming from the 1906 murder of Kate Hughes. The court’s ruling likely places the trial in a different venue, with changes anticipated in Crawford or Muskingum counties.
Sick list notes Robert H. Preston on South Seven Street Miss Jennie Compton daughter of A N Compton on Main Street and Miss Ruth Prous daughter of Frank Prous on Orchard Street are among typhoid patients recovering at home in the town.
Spring Mountain notes mention Miss Ata Maglenurger returning from Akron visit and local gatherings. The Disciples church is rapidly under construction and may be completed before the holidays, while a light frost appears across several areas signaling an early winter touch.
Mrs Tmitia Duhammel, inhabitant of a Mitchel Co Walnut street residence, started a fire by knocking over a match while lighting the curtain rod. Neighbors and firefighters limited damage to about $10, with no casualties and no insurance. The burning curtain and a packed room were extinguished using water. The building owner Mrs Kirk lives outside town and a tenant Thomas Lomphrey occupied the room.
County commissioners reviewed several bridge bids on Monday. Notable items include J TJ Henderson’s fourth estimate for the Newcomerstown bridge at 1600 dollars and Keesey Turner & Co.’s fourth estimate for the same project at 400 dollars.
Attorney alleges Judge Maurice H L Donahue is prejudiced against the defendant and should be removed before the circuit court sessions next Tuesday. Judge Craine from Canton will preside, with the Elk club rooms hosting the sessions and several other cases set for hearing.
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