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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1905
Page
4
The Daily Age details second class matter status at Coshocton MI with carrier delivery across Geeberten Roscoe at ten cents weekly. It asks delayed subscribers to notify the office and lists advertising rates for church notices entertainments and fundraisers five cents per line. Copies sold at local drugstores and shops.
A Wheeling and Lake Erie stockholders meeting in Cleveland approved no rescission of May action to issue 50 million dollars in bonds for system improvements. About 35.0 million would be funded at four percent, secured by a mortgage on the current system. Most work would target the Toledo division, with possible double tracking and track realignments between Cleveland and Coshocton and Yatesville. Engineer John Hanlon of Wheeling oversees the project.
Rev. C. Jones reports a Woctolk Virginia paper noting Mary Thompson born in 1792 died at 113. She was described as an aged woman with four children forty six grandchildren forty five great grandchildren and ten great great grandchildren.
Delegation from the local Masonic lodge will travel to Plainfield for a formal Teapion and banquet hosted by the Plainfield lodge. Degree work will be conferred and several candidates noted, including Walter Winters George Senft Jep Mapel and many from Whixeliy such as David Davis John Smith and William Hootman.
J Pracken, long employed by E D Randles, purchases the Randles upholstery shop. He raises the sign over Peter Kekert's livery barn, continuing years of furniture repairs in the theater district.
Clerk Staats lists nominations for township offices in Pike Man Creek Tiverton and Warsaw as well as Roscoe Village elections. Republican and Democratic slates name trustees treasurers clerks assessors constables and council positions with several candidates each. Roscoe village electors meet Oct 5 1905 to nominate mayor treasurer clerk and council members by order of Wilson committee man.
A Wednesday fire in New Philadelphia burned four barns to ash with J E Eckert’s livery narrowly saved by rapid fire department action. One side of the Eckert building was badly scorched. Building permits list Alice Hall eight room dwelling on Orange street at 1600 dollars. J N Orr and wife of Argenta visit Darlin and Crawford families in the city and Warsaw for two weeks.
Manager Callahan promotes the season’s biggest event as George M Cohan’s company brings Little Johnny Jones to town with a large travel show. The Royal Slave company also performs tonight, while Adelaide Thurston joins Saturday in The Triumph of Betty. Evelyn Francis exits for vaudeville in New York.
The article argues the state spends about $160 a year per boy for a school program for development of good boys. It calculates totals for 11. Oi boys and crime damages, valuing the Lancaster Boys' Industrial School and its broader social return, then notes visits of Miss Sadie Cooksey and Carlos Cooksey to Trunway and Willow Brook.
The Republicans of Coshocton county present farmer and businessman David Johnston of Tunnel Hill as a fit choice for the county board of commissioners. Johnston, a Coshocton county native, long active in road contracts and church work, pledges prudent spending and skilled management of county projects.
Holmes County grand jury returns seventeen indictments for intoxicating liquor offenses. Names include Louis Masehke for selling to a minor and related counts for permitting minor entry and loitering. Others named are Jonas D. Deety James L. Arnold John E. Mast Hervey Boner Jules Regne and William F. Jordan with various sales and election day violations.
Judge Shotwell sentenced Will Lockard to one year in the penitentiary for assault with intent to rob Louis Lustk. Lockard had previously pleaded guilty. Beers Robinson Foster Graham and Secoopy Stitt pleaded not guilty to the same charge and will have their cases heard in court later.
Rev F M Hafele of Cleve land visits Coshocton for the German Evangelical church twenty fifth anniversary, delivering a sermon in Chili. About twenty five cents admission to Grace church concert by Holloway missionary band supports home missions. funds total $273.
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