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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
8
A vintage advertisement claims Kodol digests food to ease dyspepsia and strengthen the stomach. It promises natural digestion, stomach rest, and refunds if not effective. The copy cites E C DeWitt & Co Chicago and mentions a local distributor M Ferguson Roscoe Ohio.
A motor boat line is planned between Roscoe and the Six Mile dam to serve summer visitors to the Muskingum River fishing site. Pete Marshall of Zanesville will bring his forty foot boat to the city, meet Dresden contacts, and launch the craft at Roscoe for trips to the dam on short notice.
Frencia Marton Crawford, a 19th century figure educated in Trinity College Cambridge and in Rome, wrote extensively on art and culture. The article notes his studies in languages and his career in India as a newspaper editor, plus his prolific novels and literary reviews. It highlights his connections to Julius Ward Mowe and Samuel Ward, and mentions his works in The Woman’s Home Companion alongside contemporary articles on painting, sculpture, and the arts.
Washington April 26 President Taft summoned Secretary Nagle and Census Director North to the White House for a roughly three hour conference. They discussed differences in administration of the census bureau and announced that all disputes had been settled.
Real estate transfer notices list numerous parcels with buyers and prices across Coshocton Jefferson Perry and other townships. The items include 60 acres Thyerton to Abbie Meeks for 700 dollars and 126 acres Jefferson th to Jesse W Meredith for 8000 dollars, among many other transfers and sums.
The shah consented to an indefinite prolongation of the armistice at Tabriz and the entry of unlimited supplies to the besieged city. For a month 5,000 nationalists defended the city against 6,000 shah troops. Many casualties occurred and civilians suffer abject want.
A long studied remedy called Root Juice is hailed as a breakthrough for stomach, liver, kidney and bowel troubles. The advertisement credits twenty years of root and herb research and urges readers to visit C. E. Anderson's drug store to learn about cures and local success stories.
Hornung a Dresden banker has devised an all steel rail tie from a short I-beam with bent ends forming a seat for wood cushions. Rails fasten to the blocks which reuse old wooden ties, saving timber burned by heavy loads. He revived a related patent last week.
Chicago on April 26 reports a fire destroyed one end of the grandstand and the flat base pavilion at the local American League baseball park. President Charles Comiskey estimated the loss at eight thousand dollars.
A fragmented column of opinion pieces discusses tariff policy, income tax, and civil service, mixing political critique with social observations. It references figures like Taft and Aldrich, remarks on women's dress, street lighting, and public expenditures, and notes a New York race riot and other local anecdotes. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper’s miscellany.
The annual auto race parade begins in New York City with owners drivers and sellers of motor cars preparing for months. The six day event features endurance and speed contests banquets and a grand parade. over 1 000 cars entered and cash prizes totaling 2009 dollars awarded in decorate divisions.
Ohio Chief Justice William B Crew ruled that married women cannot be compelled to adopt their husbands surname. He stated men often take wives names due to custom, not statute, and that a wife may choose to keep her own name after marriage.
Opening today and running until May 1 the Boston textile exhibition will showcase textile machinery mill supplies and mill products at Merchants Building. The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers will hold its annual meeting and convention in the same venue this week drawing manufacturers from across the country and Boston.
Fragmentary note outlines a harbor in the Far East named Ruestan in a port area called Splendid Russ at Harbor Viadivomion. It mentions a well protected, landlocked harbor with water depths from thirty to ninety feet over a white area, but details are unclear.
In Warsaw Route 2 on April 26 Miss Grace Laughlin and Miss Myrta Waters were guests of Mrs. Margaret Waters last Wednesday. The piece notes sheep shearing and plowing as the principal farmer occupations, mentions local marriages, social visits, a quarterly church meeting at Mohawk M. & M. church, and a juvenile commencement in Warsaw. Names include Grace Laughlin Eva Hughes Mary Moore Ava Moore Edlth Morning tar Fred Schooley Edlth Morning tar and Emmett Guthrie among others.
Roscoe reports several transfers as Jan Bell bought the George Wolford place, who then acquired property from Laurel Benedeker who plans to move to Trinway. Mr and Mrs N H Price visited Tunnel Hill. Mrs Alonzo Clark ill. Family of Henry Naravel hosted a birthday.
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