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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1902
Page
4
Stark county voters see a slate listing T. T. McCarty for circuit court judge and W. B. Stevens for Congress in the 11th district. Also named are IR. A. Powelson for probate judge N. G. Stanton for commissioner James B. Johnson for infirmary director Leander Swigert and J. C. F. Hopkins for coroner.
A letter extols the Republican county convention ticket. Names listed include Br A Powelson James R K Johnson Newton Stanton Leander Swigert and Dr Hutton praising party unity and public accountability. It argues minority rule harms county governance and urges support for the Republican slate at the Barnes on the racket and tndimple Pastibcation.
An editorial urges voters to elect R. A. Powelson to the probate office, praising mature judgment, broad legal knowledge, and supreme fitness to safeguard estates and guardianships. It warns against blunders in the court and emphasizes careful selection by all voters.
The piece argues Mr Powelson would bring credit and satisfaction to the Lee county clerkship. It stresses nonpartisan business sense and invites readers across political lines to support Powelson. It notes Wm Absent Mizer’s re election bid as an uphill effort and records a courthouse sighting and cordial exchange with Lead Pencils Hill.
An old note warns that Clunterfiet gold used in printing derives from bronze and spelter variants, not pure leaf. It also attacks imitations of Houstetter's Stomach Bitters, urging buyers to check for the private stamp to avoid counterfeit bottles and touting the product's record of cures for dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness nervousness insomnia and malaria fever ague.
Professor Doolittle of the University of Pennsylvania interprets a Chicago dispatch to the New York Tribune as contradic ting Professor Toughs view that Mars Venus and Mercury are inhabited by superior Lusam beings. He argues no life exists there and Earth will evolve to a cold airless future while life on other planets would be of the lowest order or nonexistent.
President Mitchell pledges unwavering discipline as miners stay firm in the strike zone. He refutes reports of coal cuts and insists no coal will be mined or sent to market until the strike ends. At coal company offices, management foresees rising output but with no official figures given. News from Buffalo cites Weaver of Weaver Coal predicting the strike will end soon and mines in Pennsylvania will restart.
The article notes the school Renewal strain on children with renewed daily duties and stress to health. It highlights two children whose rosy cheeks fade under strain and recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic to strengthen nerves, improve digestion, and aid mental development by building up the system.
The Fountain announces a broad Wooltex selection for fall 1902 with cloaks and suits praised for shape retention and quality. Recommends Wooltex garments to customers who bought last year, promising high value, best buys, and strong inventory across foreign and domestic makes.
A brazilian topaz weighing 1,784 geuma is to be presented to Pope Leo XIII for his papal jubilee. The gem, engraved by Neapolitan professor Andres Cartello, depicts Christ at the last supper in relief after ten years of work and diamond dust costing about $80,000. The jewel, once owned by Bourbon royalty, is offered by a Naples museum director and a committee seeking Catholic contributions worldwide. Also included are verses on gridiron prep and the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph report on practice games forming the coming season.
Notices in this column invite wants and listings for sale rent exchange or any request, free to patrons. Text shows fragmented lines about machinery and prices, indicating an agricultural goods ad space with era language and incomplete product details.
A wall of dispatches reports measures to curb American and Japanese poaching along Siberian coasts, with gunboats to enforce three months’ imprisonment and confiscation. Separate notes urge European powers to aid Roumanian Jews, while Castro’s Venezuela faces retreat as Tinaquillo battles yield government losses amid Argentine Chilean arbitration talks.
Reports describe guards on trains in Colombia and Marines from the cruiser Cincinnati patrolling lines. Violent earthquakes shake eastern Turkestan, destroying houses in Kashgar with fatalities. Oil gushes in Alaska at Cotella while John D. Rockefeller’s residence at Pocantice Hills burns, loss about $40,000.
Sept 18 an unknown man entered the Canadian Bank of Commerce with a revolver and a dynamite bomb demanding $20,000. Teller Wallace and Cesh ler Pooley fled as the bomb was dropped. The bank and upper rooms were damaged, a dynamiter died, and the bank suffered about $1,000 in losses chiefly in gold dust. J G Prices was hurt entering the bank.
Mary B Robinson filed in the probate court of Coshocton County Ohio on August 12 1902 a petition declaring she owns and seeks partition of undivided one fifth of the Hamilton Meek estate in Franks Township Coshocton County Ohio The deed history traces to Hamilton Meek and to heirs including Charles F Meek and David Meek with a four hundred dollar legacy to Pauline S Meek The notice names Charles F Meek Anna St Geiger William T Geiger and David F Meek as related parties and warns they must answer by October 12 or the petition will be judged true and partition ordered Attys B Hunt and Mary B Robinson.
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