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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1903
Page
2
Coshocton ready to host a first class amateur baseball team as Co F Prince, the player manager, negotiates to bring the Piqua squad for the balance of the season. If the reception is strong, Coshocton plans a spring team with hopes of league play and future strong showings.
West Lafayette public schools will open next Monday morning with Prof. N B McClure as superintendent for the year promising a large attendance due to his prominence as an educator. First Gun. Columbus dispatch notes the Ohio Republican state committee sets the campaign start at Chillicothe on September 19 with Governor Nash Senators Foraker and Hanna and Messrs Herrick and Harding as speakers.
Rose Brothers excavated the cellars for two new houses in the Board of Trade second addition near the Pope Gosser pottery, indicating early housing development in the district.
Alfred Knapp was refused a new trial. The date fixed for his electrocution at Columbus is December twelfth.
The bronze statue of McKinley was sent to Toledo today for an unveiling on September 14, the anniversary of his death. Miss Estell Watson began work as an operator at the Citizens' telephone company office.
A Cleveland mayor backed platform for Tom Johnson triggers factional strife. Minority reports protest the Johnson agenda as socialist leaning amid accusations of political duplicity and misrepresentation. The piece frames Johnson as pursuing state issues over national questions to boost later power.
The Nebraska Republican platform declares the Philippines as part of the national domain earned by war and not for sale, echoing Senator Teller's Colorado Springs pledge to keep the flag there as long as the Union endures. The Denver Republican notes the alignment with Teller’s stated views and lauds Bryan-era politics.
In Kansas City 25 stockmen from western grass country organize the Independent Packing company with 5 million dollars capital, 51 percent held in escrow to keep control by stock interests. Two million shares issued at first. later issues planned. Plans include Missouri valley plant in fall next year and another in Texas. Charles F. Martin promotes and Pueblo plant capitalization may be offered or returned to stockmen. The agenda aims to thwart the alleged packers' trust and foster independent packing.
The Porte informs Minister Leichman of five Beirt arrests connected to the Consul Magelssen shooting. Magelssen seeks deeper inquiry and an explanation for the Harpoot American college fire attempt and other unresolved issues, with Americans detained.
Frank S. Townsend has bought the William Wright property on South Fourth Street and will occupy the residence on October first.
Samuel Yant of Whrichsville visited the office to share news of an exceptionally old clock. Built in 1385, it allegedly traveled from Germany to America in 1768, predating the Revolution by seven years. The timepiece has stayed with the Yant family for 137 years and is viewed as a treasured heirloom to future generations.
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