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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
7
A Coshocton business leader urges two new bridges to replace annual high water closures. He argues uninterrupted traffic would boost markets, stabilize prices, and keep western township residents connected, despite tax concerns. He plans to advocate at a mass meeting and city hall talk next Monday.
Frank Sybole formerly of Coshocton, now Plainfield, was arrested by Humane Officer Winger and appeared before Justice Staats. He pleaded guilty and offered $25 monthly support. the court fined $200 and sentenced him to three months in the Columbus workhouse, suspended while installments are paid for his family.
A damaging fire swept three hundred acres north of the upper basin burning valuable timber, fences, and an old house on the Johnson, Miller, and McDer mott properties. The cause remains unknown with no explanation available.
Judge R. M. Voorhees gains favorable comments from state press across parties. Republican papers Times Recorder and Courier of Zanesville publish extended notices praising his record as jurist, abilities as lawyer, and fairness, with supporters ready to mobilize for his nomination and election.
Tiverton April 1 Dutch Run Sunday School elected officers for the ensuing year. Supt Miss Pearl Fry Asst Supt HH Miller Secy Chloe Hefflefinger Asst Sec Hazel Rees Treasurer Frank Fry Gardbratian Floasie Fry Organist Bertha Fry Rev Henry N Smith of Troutville Pa gave a sermon on Keep Unspotted From the World at the Dutch Kunskurch. Marriage licenses issued include B Jones 13 farmer Copper Gale and Buje 1 Ralston 23 teacher Nellis Rev J Lachen he oelatieg clergymen. Joan C Bower 64 farmer Wheatcraft 42 Bethlehem to Rev Hamiton of Gehening clergymnns.
Jane Glenn Carr died at her son James C. Carr’s home in Newcomerstown after a long decline. Born near Plainfield about 85 years ago she married Mr. Carr sixty years ago and had thirteen children, ten surviving. Funeral from the Newcomerstown residence Friday at 10 a.m. Interment in the old Presbyterian cemetery near Plainfield where her husband rests for 33 years.
Secretary Ed Retilley of the Ca sho ct on Corn Growers Association says feed packages are ready for the Cashocton County Boys Experiment Club corn growing contest. Each boy gets corn to plant 100 hills, planting slip, and two blanks to record observations, with one kept by the grower and the other sent in for judging. Residents may submit two ears of corn for planting at the fair grounds to compete for a 32h premium offered by the agricultural weekly.
A conference between Prosecutor McDowell and Coroner Lear led to an announcement that an inquest into the death of Misa Delphia Conners of Spring Mountain will be held Thursday, April 23. Tom Watson’s early nomination by the Popelliea would place him atop the also rans after the election.
A playful pastiche of rural humor and seasonal musings tracks thawing ice and spring hopes. The piece riffs on weather, town life, and a handful of locals, mixing capsized phrases with humorous aphorisms about happiness, work, and social satire.
Three weeks after the Blade started reporting, Brown Cox and Guilbert organized a slate to back Green for treasurer Furlington for auditor and Denman for attorney general at the state convention. The piece outlines why this trio favored those three men.
The piece describes a factional opposition within Ohio Republicans against Cox Brown and Guilbert's slate. It claims leaders aligned with Brown intend to control party offices and push a machine approach, while opponents vow to defeat them and restore party principles. It also includes a testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery amid a separate ad blurb.
Two affidavits were filed in the common pleas court in the alimony case Mary B. Richardson vs. Wm. R. Richardson. Affidavits were filed by Thos. Page and Wm. Richardson. Treasurer Richard Clark and deputy Chas. Darling begin preparing tax receipts for December 1902 and June 1903 collections. A transcript from Perry Justice French Berry’s docket is filed in common pleas court in the action Geo. W. Holtsva vs. Jacob Dunlap for money.
A Keene Literary Society held a spirited Thursday evening debate on abolishing capital punishment. Rev. T. R. Chilton and Prof. W. A. McCurdy argued for abolition and won the verdict, while Harrison Glover and John Beall defended the negative. Music by Mr. and Mrs. McMichael enhanced the event.
Campaign argues building three bridges over the Mashin gun and Tuserawia rivers is essential for Coshocton County's growth to twenty to twenty five thousand, with an electric line and improved roads. It outlines funding via bonds over thirty years, a tax levy not to exceed four tenths of a mill, and notes bridges would boost interurban travel, mail, and access to doctors and markets while benefiting both rural and city residents.
A scrambled OCR listing names of car owners and brands appears across counties and towns. Entries mention Ford and other makes with owners tied to places such as West Lafayette Plainfield New Castle and Orleans, producing a tangled auto directory snapshot.
The Times reports surveys on file at the county auditor’s office confirm the main street bridge will not start at Perry Darr place below Roscoe. The proposed approach begins between Ike Smith and John Kleinknacht properties and will extend from Stine Road into Roscoe opposite the foot of Main Street in Coshocton.
Joan Bower of Osear Warsaw and Misa Mary Wheateraft of Keene wed at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Presbyterian Church on Fourth Street in a ceremony officiated by Rev Hatintston. Both couples are prominent in their neighborhoods and receive well wishes from friends and hosts of trends.
J C Mulgan's horse bolted from a plumbing shop where it stood, racing through Main Street and Walnut toward Second. The aged owner aged 90s, known as Daddy Jeffries, sprang into action and halted the runaway by leaping before the flashing horse, dragging it down and ending the chase.
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