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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1903
Page
2
Coshocton schools plan a school savings bank to teach thrift and financial responsibility. Superintendent Piatt notes enrollment around 1350 with projected 1600, and emphasizes habit formation over deposits. The program, already in other districts, aims to provide deposits for pupils and talks on saving without pressuring participation.
A marketing note touts Ceresota flour as the best choice for bread, claiming millions of housekeepers prefer it and urging readers to try the product to judge for themselves.
The fourteen month old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Neeley of Pleasant Valley died Monday night of scarlet fever. Funeral services were held Wednesday with burial in Bridgeville Guernsey County. GROCERY ABS 143LD BY TRUST. Dp WW Almack attended the first meeting of the Ohio Grocery Co the mammoth trust in Columbus. He will hand his property to the combine and take part in officer elections and other business. Almack may retire but likely will stay to manage Coshocton County store. The Almack grocery, valued at about 35000 in stock, serves Coshocton and nearby areas and is seen as a growing local industry. Misses Minnie and Lucy Clark visited Massillon and Canton Sunday.
A resident of this city died Monday evening at his home on North Eighth Street. He would have turned sixty on November first. Born in Musk ingum county, he married Catherine Sabin of Willcreek October 20, 1868. Survived by wife, two brothers H. M. Schmueser and Chas. Schmueser. Civil War veteran and pensioner. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church Thursday at nine, burial Oak Ridge Cemetery.
An ad touts Hagee's Cordial of Cod Liver Oil as a preventive and curative remedy. It purports to purify and enrich the blood, strengthen flesh, and ward off coughs colds bronchitis consumption nervousness insomnia indigestion and weakened fever-following conditions. The cordial is described as free of fishy taste and smell and is sold by druggists, prepared by Katharinon Chemical Co. in St. Louis Missouri.
Coshocton's new market drew long lines of wagons before the courthouse with vendors thriving. M. S Marquand of Conesville and Michael Bros. of West Lafayette reported good meat sales while Floyd Shaeffer sold many fish. Mrs J Robson opened a bake shop at the market selling pies cakes bread and buns and sold out her entire stock.
Circuit judges met in Columbus to fix court dates for the coming year. In this county May 10 and November 1 were set as circuit court times. The group elected John C. Hale of Cleveland as chief justice and A. L. Marvin of Akron as secretary.
Shovellers on South Fourth Street paving, employed by Barber Asphalt Paving, walked off Wednesday afternoon when management raised hours to ten per day. Teamsters received 35 cents extra that day after previously earning $5.50 for nine hours. Workers refused to continue at nine hours without higher pay, seeking seventeen and a half cents more for the extra hour.
The Fourth Street shovelers strike ends with workers back on the job except four ringleaders who were discharged after the contractor granted the raise. The remaining workers continue to enjoy the gained pay while the dismissed four protest the action.
Chairs from Grand Rapids arrive Wednesday for the new Sixth Street theatre and will be set in place at once. The seats are described as handsome and very comfortable. John M. Adams took his two fast horses Clayone Cahier and Castleton to Marion for the county fair this week.
Peter Benson, killed on the railroad Monday morning, was aided by his union card with full care. His body was sent to Omaha Wednesday, paid by his brother. Pallbearers from the Wolfe undertaking line were noted union men including Charles Hasking and J A Tyler. The union sent flowers with the casket.
The Commercial National Bank of Coshocton Ohio is certified by Comptroller William B Ridgeley as authorized to commence banking after meeting federal statutes. Dated July 22, 1903. Seal of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Large Coshocton sale ad lists discounted items across departments. Groceries, coffee, sugar, crackers, canned goods, soap, pepper, tobacco, shoes, clothing, lard, beans, oats, cheese, tea, umbrellas, underwear, china, lanterns, pencils, school supplies, and housewares all promoted with sharply reduced prices. The lengthy list highlights numerous brands, pack sizes, and percent savings in a bustling midwestern department store catalog style.
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