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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
3
This article compiles farm management advice on livestock care, fencing, feed, and barn maintenance. It covers milk handling, calf and pig nourishment, poultry care, manure management, and the farmer as price maker, urging clean buildings, proper ventilation, and equal partnership at home.
Greater Roscoe reports a change of government with oath of office for new officials. The council plans to enlarge the village corporation to include a power house aqueduct residence Greer land and adjacent strips boosting taxable value. Street lighting and salaries for the marshal are debated while a dry town limits policing needs.
Hoskinson real estate offers farms and Zanesville homes with building lots and business properties. Negotiations on application. Bargains in non taxable city and county donated properties. Government bonds accepted in exchange. Contact Hoskinson at N ath Street Zanesville.
Roy Biggs of Coshocton visited his mother Mrs Sarah Biggs. Hazel Davis celebrated her 17th birthday with family. Anna and Lizzie McShane visited friends in Dennison. Marie Bahmer of Coshocton stayed with sister Mrs D F Carpenter. Beulah and Mildred Cornell attended church at the Plains. Edna Penn of Knox county stayed at the Methodist Parsonage. Mrs Amy Cox and Mr Lacy of Dresden wed at the Parsonage. Wm McCoy returns from a summer in Illinois. Rev Father Dunn of Dresden preached in Conesville. Rev Carpenter to lead revival at Plains church this week. Everett Bell of Adamaville joined Lutz store clerical staff for holidays. Maretta Biggs worked behind Dawson store counter for holidays. Lena Melguen of Quaker City adjudged insane and sent to state asylum in Columbus. she fears her children will be killed. Charles Gibson seeks divorce in Guernsey county courts after 42 years of marriage and wilful absence.
In Zanesville Ohio on December 1 the Fairmont West Virginia mine disaster reverberated through Muaskinguin Coffee Co. at Main Street. The firm received an urgent order for 125 coffins to Fairmont contact H Li Cunningham. A full carload shipped last night and one or two more may follow. Half the regular force worked overnight to fill the demand as the B&O depot platform piled with grim reminders of the disaster.
The piece argues taxes fund protection for the people and should fall most on those who have the most to protect. It notes public unease with taxes and cites Secretary Taft’s cautious stance on inheritance and possible openness to income tax. Tax policy is framed as a growing public concern requiring thoughtful, proportional consideration.
The piece discusses tax equity and the burden on the wealthy, citing England's inheritance tax and possible U S moves toward graduated income taxes. It notes several recent deaths including Fred Mangold, Mrs. Hickin, and multiple Holmes county elders, and recalls a 30 year old item about a New Philadelphia city marshal fined for drunkenness.
The November crop report by the state board of agriculture notes an 80 percent wheat condition, down 2 percent from last month due to late seeding and unfavorable weather. Only two counties exceed average, many range 50 to 89 percent. Hessian fly damage under 1 percent. Corn yield averages 347 bushels per acre, about nine less than last year, state total 102,284,046 bushels, with soft and unmerchantable apples near failure. Cattle feeding for spring markets at 62 percent of last year.
Mohawk Village notes improved health of Almack after lung fever, visits from his sons Quincy Frank and Letta of Coshocton, and visiting relatives of Mrs R E Bown New Moscow. Local families endure illness, Thanksgiving dinner at Almack hall by Ladies Aid, brief service by Pastor Cornell, and visitors Walter Slate Brink Haven. Mention of proposed free mall delivery for Uhrichsville and canal bridge construction issues with a temporary foot bridge. Local humor and reflections on cemetery use conclude the item.
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