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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
5
An eighteen year old boy, son of Anderson Miller, living between Canal Lewisville and Keene, was badly injured while pitching manure Saturday afternoon. He slipped and fell forward, the fork tine entering near the eye and piercing the optic nerve, destroying sight in the right eye. His brother, who held the fork, is grief struck.
Keene reports Christmas visiting from Chicago and Coshocton families. Numerous gatherings include dinners, games, and a three course supper at Town Hall. A chicken pie supper is planned for Thursday at the town hall, with church groups hosting New Year activities. The article notes a city payroll figure for New York as context.
Local society items list guests visiting Marietta from Murray City Baltimore Leesville Adams Mills Columbus Wheeling Cleveland New York and Toronto. Names include Miss Josephine Chaney Mrs Alfie Powers Mr J J Lint Clifford Rippeth Arthur Gray Prescott Gray Charley Fenner Frank Selby Tessie Adams Dr Guy Love Clyde Love and many others visiting relatives and spending Christmas week.
Numerous names and towns appear as residents depart for Christmas visits or host relatives. People from Coshocton, Yellow Springs, Akron, Canton, Newark, Columbus, Ashland, Norwalk, and Pittsburg are noted spending holidays with families in the area or away from home. Local marriages and licenses also surface amid the holiday bustle.
Local notices describe several mishaps. Ford of Chickens CC fell from a tree while rescuing roosting birds and was unconscious for hours but suffered no broken bones. McDonald slipped on stairs sustaining back sprain. likely a days long bed rest. Albert Tway of Orange Street injured right arm after a porch fall. Colonel Platt visits West Lafayette for the day.
Corrected market brief lists Wheat at 2.62 and 2.22 with various flour and meal prices. Includes Chicago cattle quotes for common to prime, ranges for cows, heifers, steers, hogs, sheep and lambs with regional notes from Pittsburgh and Cleveland markets.
A morning hearing before Referee W. H. Merrell addressed exceptions to the account of Bert Voorhees as administrator of the FE D Frazee estate. The matters were settled to both sides’ satisfaction. Tax collection at the treasurer’s office Saturday totaled 44163.6t.
The column records general taxes totaling 2628.65 dollars and details numerous court actions and clerical items. It notes executions taken against A El Jones, probate inventories and accounts for Emerson Brannon Wintermute Lee Elton and others, public aid disbursements, bridge and road work payments, and tax error recoveries. It also reports the marriage of Daisy Blanche Carr to David Hayes Richcreek at Roscoe in the evening.
The ad promotes Sheen shoes and men's and ladies footwear with prices from $2.04 to $5.00. It emphasizes leather varieties including patent, Velour, and calfskin with heavy and tight soles, and notes low prices and easy fit for children's shoes.
Brendel Bros Fitters of Feet presided over a wedding ceremony for Clarence Eddy of Vier and his bride in this city. The couple pledged vows before witnesses including Meg. After the ceremony a reception for about twenty five guests, many relatives of the couple, was held on Bart Walnut street. Mr Richcreck, an employee at Pope Gosser China Co, and Mrs Richcreck will begin housekeeping at once. Peculiar fire incident noted in Vallejo a globe of colored water in a shop window focused sunlight and sparked a small blaze. A playful quip about a boa constrictor and a brief exchange from a comic strip are included in the page.
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