Joe Welcker Narrow Escape From Death
Joe Welcker twelve year old son of Paul Welcker foreman of the tuscaloid department of the Meak factories had a narrow escape from death after a telephone wire crossed a electric light wire near the Lutheran church opposite Walnut street school during noon. The broken wire lay across a ground and the boy ran into it burning his right foot and left hand as bystanders were shocked and thrown. Warner Seward broke the wire with a sharp blow and the lad was taken home where Dr. Merriam attended him. The wire had rusted and corroded and fallen across a 500 volt line.
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Joseph Welcker
Paul Welcker
Tuscaloid
Meak
Lutheran Church
Walnut Street
Warner Seward
Welcker
Merriam
Judge Eason Delays Taggart Divorce Decision
Judge Samuel B. Eason said he would not be ready to rule on the Taggart divorce case on Saturday as expected. He indicated a decision would likely be issued sometime next week.
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Eason
Samuel B. Eason
Theatrical Man Drops Dead In Coshocton
A theater personality dies in Coshocton from acute heart failure. The report notes a sudden collapse during an event, with local authorities confirming the cause as heart failure and no sign of foul play.
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Coshocton
Humiane Officer Jackson halts farmer cruelty case
Humane Officer Jackson arrives from Brink Haven to investigate William Hunter accused of confining stock without food or water. He finds the charges true, arrests Hunter, who pleads guilty before Squire George Ernst and is fined 35 and costs totaling 11.80 dollars. A hired team ran away during the inquiry, breaking the buggy but causing no further damage.
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Fense
Big
Hunter
Squire George Ernest
Tiverton Township
Jackson
Middletown Man Dies After Fall at Plant
George Flint of Middletown Ohio fell from a ladder at the Black Clawson plant in this city striking head first on scrap iron. He died later at Mercy hospital.
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Agel
Hamilton
George Flint
Middletown
Black Clawson
Mercy Hospital
Horrific Live Wire Burn Victim Reported
A man was horribly burned by a live electrical wire and treated locally. The incident prompted police and emergency crews to respond as officials investigated causes and safety concerns remain under review.
West Lafayette Split Over Preachers Fate
West Lafayette is divided over the suspension of Rev. George Ramnesberger. Contending factions defend and denounce him, arguing about wealth influence and whether the accusers’ counter charges merit publication without signatures.
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West Lafayette
West
Lafayette
George Ramnesberger
Ohio bankers oppose state bank supervision plan
The Ohio Bankers' Association convention tabled a proposed banking law that would create state examination and supervision. Small-town bankers opposed state oversight, while a resolution in favor of supervision was also tabled. T A Stevens was elected president and J R Herbig treasurer. Executive council members named. Shaw urged a more plastic currency and a repeal of the national bankruptcy act. The coming legislature is expected to consider a state banking department.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Convention
T. A. Stevens
Toledo
Thomas H. Wilson
Stacey B. Rankin
South Charleston
J. R. Herbig
Coshocton
WW. F. Hoffman
Columbus
J. Farrar
London
F. O. Kleeble
Cincinnati
the Treasury
Shaw
Typographical Errors Confound Leech Attorneys Names
Typographical errors in the Leech case text confuse the names of the attorneys cited. The article notes misprints and uncertainty over correct spellings, with the key legal actors unclear in the record.
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In the Leech
Will Cane ‘Theradey
Baltimore & Ohio raises wages for locomotive shop workers
The wage scale for metal workers and machinists in B&O locomotive repair shops is revised upward by ten to twenty cents per day. About 3700 men across the system gain, increasing the annual payroll by roughly $150,000. The new schedule keeps a ten hour day with nine hours on Saturdays. Miss Marie Boyd returned home to Bellaire after two weeks as Mrs. Ross Reed’s guest.
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Baltimore, Sid
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Marie Boyd
Bellaire
Ross Reed
South Fourth Street
Two Football Games At Riverside Park Saturday
Newark and Coshocton high school teams will now play at 10 a.m. after the grounds were offered for a rescheduled game. Coshocton faces Zanesville at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Ladies may enter free.
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Riverside Park
Shipps
Newark High
Coshocton
Ark
Newark
Zanesville
Beach
Fortune forger drains Pearl and Company securities
A New York forger passed a bogus check from National City Bank for 360000 dollars on Pearl and Company. The loan of 300000 dollars plus interest was secured by stocks and bonds including United States Steel Rock Island Metropolitan Street Railway and Missouri Pacific. Detectives pursue the suspected mastermind and possible accomplices. Mr. Pearl travels in Europe.
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New York
National City Bank
Pearl and Company
Clearing House Exchange
Dyer Pearl
E. A. Slayback
Pearl
Europe
Stock Exchange
United States Steel Common
Rock Island Common
Metropolitan Street Railway
Missouri Pacific
North American Company
American Tobacco Company
Cheaper Meat Seen From Grain Harvests and Inflation Relief
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Wilson forecasts higher winter retail prices for meat dairy and poultry but says relief for households will come from abundant grain yields in the Midwest led by Illinois Minnesota the Dakotas Iowa Nebraska and Kansas Heavy crops are expected to restore normal agricultural conditions and improve feeding costs Tonight Laundry workers in the city plan to organize a union at Central Labor hall with Ed Miller leading the effort.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Winois
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Rganize
Central Labor Hall
Ed, Miller
Tragedy Strikes Local Theatrical Figure Dave Woods
Dave H Woods a theatrical manager playwright and actor died suddenly of heart failure at the Stag hotel around 2 am after witnessing a performance of Gordon Bennett's Royal Slave company at the Siath Street theatre. He collapsed while seated outside the hotel and never recovered. Despite medical efforts he died two hours later. Woods aged 48 leaves a wife and daughter. He was active in Cedar Point resort work and helped advance John Himmelsin's company. Continued on Page Four.
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Dave H. Woods
Stag Hotel
Mr. Woods
Gordon A Bennett
Avery
Louis Lytton
Callanan
Sandusky
Dave Woods
Bene, Dusky. Register
Cedar Point
Viettors
John Himmelsin
Max
Ber Woods
Himmelein
Woods
Hesnent
Senator Chandler's Son Arrives as Theatrical Agent
Joseph Chandler eldest son of former United States Senator William H. Chandler of New Hampshire is in COSHOCTON today as a business manager for Gordon and Bennett. He was summoned by the sudden death of David Woods the manager who died waiting for his train early this morning. Chandler has years of experience in the theatrical world and holds the distinction of being the only United States senator's son active in the profession.
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Joseph Chandler
United Sates
William H. Chandler
New Hampshire
Coshocton
Gordon & Bennett Theatrical Enterprises
David Woods
Mr. Chatcher
Ana Ba
United States
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Joe Welcker
M. W. Wimmer
John Bell
Co. EB. 24 Regiment, O. V. I
John Crush
Age
Michigan
Ishpeming, Mich
Wisconsin
John Lehmen
Mann Trevarro
Ishpeming
Escanaba
Gladstone
J. D. Cowen
Arance
New York Press
Humiane
Ais Weck
West ‘Lafayette
Officer Jackson
J. M. Thomas
Ohio News
Miss Mortley
Henry Herbig
Coshocton Banker
Ass’n
Baltimore
the Age
Standard Oil Bank
Senator Chandler
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