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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
6
The Times Publishing Co advertises weekly issues with Friday edition details and a yearly subscription price of 31.00. Manager Gubscription appears as a misprint or placeholder in the ad. Newspaper tone reflects period advertising language with pricing and publishing notes.
The article notes rising Mormon influence in northwestern Canada especially Alberta and criticizes Mormon teaching in schools while praising their industry. It highlights Cleveland Mayor Tom L. Johnson's Farm Colony reform program for prisoners, aiming to rehabilitate rather than profit, with outdoor labor and quarries funding operations. It then comments on nation building through canal and road projects and cautions about speculative schemes and market manipulation affecting ordinary people.
The Osler County Democratic convention may name Williams as the gubernatorial standard bearer amid plans for a dollar banquet honoring William Jennings Bryan on February 18 in Memorial Hall Columbus. State officials report balances and prosecutions, with questions over a senate referendum and party support shaping the political landscape.
A fragment from a Nebraska Republican diary recalls Grover Cleveland issuing fifty million in debt while gold reserves stood at 164 million. The note ponders Theodore Roosevelt’s fate as he floated seventy eight million against a large treasury. Friends urge resolution to avert dangers.
Wm Scott Lee a former Denver mayor and real estate dealer declares in a Rocky Mountain News letter that he is now a Bryan Democrat. He endorses Senator Feller and labels the Democratic Party a bulwark of safety while pledging support and financial backing for Bryan and his Democracy.
An exchange claims the Supreme Court ruled a law prohibiting discharging employees for union membership unconstitutional, a decision seen as a major blow to union labor and a risk to Republican support. Roosevelt and Republicans reportedly worry unions may turn out strongly in November.
Foraker analysis notes Roosevelt's message to Yongresa causes friction among Taft supporters statewide. Observers keep ears to the ground and see the oration as an injury to Taft’s cause rather than aid, with broad sentiment yet to be published.
The text reflects a tense view of manufacturers and workers amid campaign rhetoric. It notes manufacturers and businessmen seek revival while unemployed workers push for bread. Fear of new tax or policy measures could widen estrangement between labor and business, affecting Taft's delegation prospects and congressional support.
The House, under suspension of rules, passed the Salloway bill granting $12 monthly pensions to widows of Mexican Civil Spanish or Indian War soldiers married before 1899. Author explained $12,711,000 expenditure. High attendance and single dissent noted. Congressman Ashbrook lauded for pushing equitable widows’ pensions.
Washington reports argue President Roosevelt uses the royal we not as odd speech but as a grammatical plural naming himself Taft Purdy Garfield and others as associates. The capital audience prizes his confident sense of power and prerogative.
In a chaotic local dispatch the article notes Secretary Tole and Vorga as central figures amid claims of policy shifts. It cites Taft’s manager TADDLE and critiques prosperity claims, contrasting current wage demands with early 1890s charity levels and warning of political maneuvering in Columbus Press.
In a forceful interview printed in his own paper William Jennings Bryan dismisses The World pamphlet Map of Bryanim as false and hypocritical. He accuses The World and editor Pulitzer of bias and questions railroad stock ownership behind editorial advice. He predicts renewed confidence if Democrats win in 1908 and links current panic to Wall Street tied to Republican leadership.
Dresden Feb 11 Henry Sparks a prominent farmer from near the thin place was found dead in the sitting room hearth of his home Saturday afternoon by his wife returning at 4 o clock after a trip to Dresden. Death probably due to heart disease the sufferer for a year with attacks increasing this winter.
The following property for sale includes two hundred forty acres of land in Oxford township Coshocton county Ohio priced at 3600 dollars. Also multiple plots on North Kirk Street Shaw’s first addition Seth Shaw Coshocton with various lot numbers and prices including 1000 200 400 and 500 dollar houses and lots. Additional houses on North Twelfth Street Oak Coshocton and various Chestnut Main Street locations. All Coshocton property offered with potential ten percent income to purchaser. Also eighty five shares preferred stock nineteen shares common stock in West Lafayette Manufacturing and four shares preferred stock in West Lafayette Enameling Co shares priced par 100 dollars.
Fragmentary text references Seth Shaw and Lucien of Leo Shaw in West Lafayette Ohio with an address note, unclear action or deadline, suggesting a public notice or obituary line from an old newspaper page.
A second arrest occurred in the Dresden freight car robbery case. Melvin Inskeep, baseball player, was detained by Detective Apperman of the Pennsylvania railway force and taken to Zanesville. Chilcote, arrested Monday, remains in local prison as authorities pursue further arrests within days. A two hundred dollar fine and thirty days hold the ad.
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