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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1903
Page
8
The Tunnel Hill section reports rain easing drought conditions and a brisk coal trade. Residents including Mr and Mrs Park Brenneman and others visit, roads are being built, drought hits corn and oat crops, a major barn fire destroys Adam Marshall’s property with heavy losses, and locals anticipate the state fair in Columbus along with various social visits.
Mrs. I. W. Cooksey of Carnegie Pennsylvania visited her parents in New Moscow at week’s end. HL, Perkin and family visited McDonald Sunday. Mrs. C. A. Smailes returned home Monday after a few days with her parents as Mamie McDonalds attended.
Labor Day proof sheets reveal a large parade led by Zanesville miners banding eight bands in total. The route starts on West Walnut at 9 a.m. with a marching order featuring police, unions, mine locals, and bands. Field events run noon to 4:30 p.m. with trotting, bicycle, foot, mule, and horse races, plus a Haight's Imperial Band concert in court square and a grand ball at Forbes hall to close the day.
Roscoe area items report visits by Mrs C Maines Nellie and Mrs Smailes to Elmer Cray near Chalfants. Dres den visitors John Crozier and family to Hiram Cooksey. Bowen Cornell and Mrs T W Cornell visit Mrs R E Bown. John Wiegle, farmer west of Roscoe, sold a team of five month old Normans for 115 to Geo Neuise. Albert Shrigley letter from Denver says western opportunities entice ambitious youths. Eiward Crawford attended the canal fund event by the Rea Aid Society of Rowcoe.
The article lists Joseph Kirker Edward Crawford and Alien Wright as starters for the Ohio state fair on Thursday. It notes unusual livestock anecdotes and gives contact points for more information, followed by a Sick List detailing illnesses in the community. Leonora Hay is ill with measles, Mrs Clyde L Wells is critically ill, a newborn was reported to Mrs Wellaten ten days ago, and H J Robson is ill on Orange Street.
Survivors of the Merzi can War were entertained at dinner Wednesday at the Water and Main streets home of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Sella. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sawyer Mrs. T. J. Madden and Captain Dilton of Iowa.
Two classified items show C G Starker of Avondale Ohio offering a registered black top ram and a Deering corn harvester for sale with brief notes. A pocketbook with money is found on Warsaw road between Warsaw and Coshocton. E K Wheeler of New Guilford issues the notice. Several residents and visitors, including Mrs Bessie Hamilton and sons, Adam McQueen, J W West, Miss Sadie McCullough, and Mrs A J Jenkins, are named in city notes.
Market quote from East Liberty Pittsburg shows cattle prices reported today by McCall Rowlen Newwarn. Trade activity and price levels are summarized for cattle offerings at the East Liberty market.
The Roscoe council conducted its regular meeting Tuesday with full attendance. Payments were made to M. Moore for surveying Pomerene for legal services and Martin Miller for street work. The street committee instructed the commissioner to start work on the village's upper end as road conditions at the lower end improve. A pleasant surprise gathering at the Reed home on Chestnut Street honored Mrs. Sadie Carnahan after her visit to Black Run. Elegant refreshments were served and music provided by local women. Mrs. Mattie Thornhill Glover of Sullivan, Ind., arrived due to Miss Caroline Boyd's illness on South Fifth Street.
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