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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1905
Page
4
Delivered by carrier to any part of Coshocton or Roscoe for ten cents weekly. Reports requested for missed papers. Notices of church festivals and entertainments priced five cents a line. Obituary notices and bells and celebrations ads also five cents a line. The Age insists on advance payment and a cash system with the widest circulation claim.
A critical column accuses Judge Donley of turning his probate court into a divorce mill with almost universal grant of divorces. The piece notes residents from other counties flocking to Coshocton for easy divorces and questions his sole qualification for the office.
Fragmentary text references Premier Vileheixen of Norway and Peter Christian Harsted Kyerselson Michelsen described as a Wanton sobat at Nere ways Woolles. Revolition is noted as premier of the Norwegian cabinet and rea.
A long handwritten style political letter from Rube Jay Hawke voices support for a democratic bid in Aulanity Korners, arguing for trade, policy, and party loyalty. It criticizes Hayrick and Pattiesun, endorses Baker, and urges voters to back Hawke as next governor, citing Prosperity and local business health.
In a Lincoln address Chancellor Benjamin Andrews argues live condemned criminals could aid science through humane vivisection, under anesthesia, to advance physiology. Chicago inmates discussed the idea while awaiting execution, with mixed views on survival, humanity, and doctor interventions. A related note reports Australia’s rabbit pest problem and a government reward offer to researchers.
An Iowa woman testified she paid a conductor a small fare between Astal Junction and Axtell, with only 1 cent received as receipt for the 3 cent fare covering 1 mile. The incident involves Johan Whinte, a Kansas Northwestern conductor, per the Kansas City Star report.
At Palisades Colorado a cantaloupe is said to taste like a banana and emit banana aromas. The fruit is nicknamed the banana cantaloupe and is being touted as a local novelty and potential crowd favorite.
A Philadelphia backed syndicate pursues a 72 mile Ohio interurban network from Cleveland to Cincinnati linking Columbus Newark Zanesville and New Philadelphia with right of way surveys under way. Key owners include R S Weller Rufus Burton Samuel Nicholas and S R Sharp with backing reportedly from United Gas Improvement and possibly Standard Oil interests.
A fragment from a society item notes a wedding not yet, with train and parting to occur. The guest list includes multiple Ty- ler and Fessenden family members from Toronto Port Washington Uhrichs ville and other cities, detailing a large wedding circle and a hoped reunion in five years. Also mentioned is a masquerade event at Park rink and a Salvation Army note about Eva Booth’s illness delaying her two addresses in Baltimore.
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