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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1905
Page
4
Soshoc ton daily operated by Eage Publishing Company located in a building on Coshocton Street Ohio issues every evening except Sunday with age designation noted in the masthead.
The Daily Age lists postage and subscription details with rates for carriers and mail, asks for reports of missed issues, and notes charges for church notices and etc. Advertising rates charged per line and a list of local outlets where the paper is sold.
The Ohio political scene warns that vacancies in the United States Senate can occur unexpectedly, stressing the need for vigilance by governors and the General Assembly. The piece notes past deaths and rapid succession, urging Republicans to consider contingency planning and to avoid risking party loyalty with their ballots.
Coshocton buzzes with activity as stores spruced up and rink floors improved. The town’s political week features campaigns and local pride with references to Niagara No. 2 and Tammany style vigilance. President Haskins lauds Coshocton as good enough.
A rustic exchange where Trastus Smiff asks if he could trust 50 men to bear a countenance like yours. Uncle Snowball-Shoo responds that he would not fear trusting such a number if they show the same open face.
Editors urge announcements of W A Smith for mayor and J S Crawford Henry N Richardson Boward Judd and Wiliam G Hay for board of public service, plus Charles Huff for Tuscarawas township trustee and & C Darnes for corporation treasurer, all subject to Republican primary decisions.
The Democratic city primary will place J F Albertson as the mayoral candidate. Voters will decide if he wins the party nomination.
Reports from Baku relay a worsening situation with rioters attacking, Tartars and Kurds plundering in Blacktown. Soldiers fired on a crowd of Russian workers, killing seventeen as guards are posted and incendiaries are repelled near BiBeibat. The oil industry seeks a 20 year interest-free loan to cover losses and restore order.
Sick list notes Mrs W H Williams of Cambridge Road is on the sick list. Miss Edith Johnson is at home on South Fourth Street. Miss Ethel Clark shows slight improvement today.Agenda deliver the goods.
Bertha Jackson through Roche & Roche applies for divorce from James Y. Jackson on grounds of extreme cruelty and habitual drunkenness. She seeks custody of three children ages 13 to 6, alimony, and a restraining order to protect property and money in the Commercial hand. Married in 1891, they reside on Lowh Lawn avenue. he works as a plane salesman.
The central heat system began delivering hot water Tuesday morning under Himehaugh of the Light and Heat Co. Water temperature will vary until next spring as the system expands. About twenty more users bring total to around 200, with a condenser arriving October 10 and a new pump improving capacity. Dr Temple, Dentist, Frew Building.
Manager Callahan says Tuesday stores stay open and the curtain for The Holy City will not rise until 8 20.
Ernest Hook a fifteen year old resident of South Second will perform a slide for life at 7 30 this evening in the Brown lot at Third and Walnut streets. He will suspend by his teeth from an eight by eight foot wire stretched to a point 24 feet above ground on a wiephone pole and descend to a leather top. The stunt is described as thrilling and has been seen in Coshocton only once before.
Dinckemiller of Columbus, street manager for Bell Telephone, visits Coshocton to oversee work on a modern new exchange to be housed in the Rover building. He says progress is slower than hoped but promises one of the finest exchanges in a town of Coshocton’s size and a large expected business flow.
Rev L. Thompson was selected as the new presiding elder at the Ashland U B conference this week, succeeding Rev Dr Wyant. Age ads deliver the goods.
The county commissioners consider moving the Fourth Street sidewalk four feet from the iron fence at the courthouse square to widen the walk. The four foot shift would shrink the walkway while leaving a dirt patch beside the fence. tearing down the fence to extend lawn is discussed. Engineer Bock is reviewing the site to resolve the layout.
At a Cantwell shoe store gathering the clerks union settled all Labor day bills. A committee including Co. C Beach A C Sandles and Adolph Zill was tasked to secure a permanent meeting room, aiming for fourth Monday nights and to use Forbes hall lodge room if available.
Adams Mills Sept. 12 Lewis Jewell died Monday after weeks of illness from cancer of the face. He was a Civil War veteran and a member of the 970 V I. His age was seventy years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday conducted by Rev. Fields.
The Muskingum conference of the M P church reports Rev Lucas transferred to the Plainfield circuit and Rev W L Wells in charge here after a two week Ashland visit. Wells, formerly West Lafayette college president, will be welcomed as Lucas family leaves Coshocton. Other changes include Aller to Smithfield Jackson to Newcomerstown Wolfe to Oberlin Andrews to Rossoe Fisher to West Lafayette. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertises a tonic claimed to cure stomach troubles and build red blood, bone and muscle.
An official notes a need for orderly reform as a remedy for chaos. He cites Adams Mills as a special case where similar remedies could apply to existing evils.
The Long Brothers announce the purchase of the entire wallpaper stock from W. A. Smith, with Smith abolishing that department as he goes on vacation. Miss Mary Goss of Long Brothers is on a week’s vacation, and W. A. Sowers returns from a vacation spent near Warsaw.
The Republicans across Oxford Township Tuscarawas Bethlehem Mill Creek Linton Plainfield Virginia and Jefferson townships hold caucuses and conventions in September to nominate township tickets. Committeemen listed include J. E. Pletcher James State Alex McConnell Frank Workman Howard Taylor L. W. Coulter. Meetings span September 8 to 23 with times from 3 to 7 pm.
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