Infirmary Food Scandal Sparks County Inquiry
A labor union led committee alleges county infirmary inmates receive poor food lacking sugar milk and butter with meat scarce and rice served only Sundays. Directors claim surprise while the prosecutor orders immediate purchases. protest may reach Governor if quality not improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Infirmary
Board of County Visitors
Methwell
Wis
State Board of Charities
Board of Visitors
Infirmary
Lafayette College Boys Belled Bridal Couples in Prairie Ice
West Lafayette January 11 College reopened after a two weeks holiday break with many alumni back and new enrollees. The Commercial Department thrives under Prof Seay while revival meetings by Ford and Lucas are noted. Winter weather stalls athletics and on January 8 college boys belled the editor and bride of the Indicator. Faculty and students enjoyed their first skating on the ice near the college.
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West Lafayette
College
Seay
Ford and
Lucas
Roscoe
Mayers
Indicator
H C. Ferguson
L. J. McCammant
Country People Promptest in Paying Their Taxes
Saturday's tax receipts at the county treasury totaled 15900.21 dollars, the largest for the season with one exception. A five percent penalty was added on Monday. After January 25 real estate penalties rise to 15 percent. The treasurer notes country districts have paid well while city taxpayers have been slow to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ex-Sherif? Browning
Nellie Institute Officials Hit Wrong Number
The Times reports Nellie Farmers Institute officials misrouted requests for publication space. They were told payment was required, while the Times says no such inquiry or reply reached the office. Farmers and readers expect coverage, and a possible miscommunication or misdial is suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Institute
Times
Nellie Farmers’ Institute
Times Office
Nelle
The
Raid Poker Game Before Daylight Sunday Morning
A dawn raid at the Reed hotel on Chestnut street near Wheeling tracks exposed an upstairs poker game. Officer Gorman alerted headquarters as Lt Climbs Ladder Treut and four officers stormed the room. The four players surrendered and pleaded guilty on Monday, fined $4.50 each.
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Mike Gorman
Reed Hotel
Chestnut Street
Waterrd
Ladder Treut
Paul Johnston
Offcers Wagoner
Laird Snot
Latrd
Gorman
Leutenant
Clows Resume at Newcomerstown
Newcomerstown January 12. After a six week layoff the Clow Works pipe department resumes with about half the normal force. One hundred men are employed as business improves. T. L. Knight left Monday for Delaware with a 16 year old girl he will place in the Girls Industrial Home there. The girl, motherless, had to work after her father remarried and could not provide.
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Newcomerstown
Clow
T. L. Knight
Delaware
Burton Is Now Senator Burton Is Now Senator
Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland was elected United States senator to succeed Joseph B. Foraker by a joint session of the Ohio General Assembly. Burton arrived from Washington for the election and delivered an address to the legislature after the result. He remains a representative for two more years and will resign when his Senate term begins March 4. Former Governor James E. Campbell led the Democratic vote.
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Columbus
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
United States
Joseph B. Foraker
House
Senate
Ohio General Assembly
Burton
Washington
Segigslature
James E. Campbel
Officers Chosen by Church and Society
The TFE church of Dutch Hun held its annual congregational meeting electing officers for the year including John G. Fr, HC Miller, Lewis F. Kirch, Ray Lonsinger, Lewis Nees, and F. M. Heffiefinger. The Young Peoples Society chose Rev. H. F. Limbacher as president and others for key posts. A parishioner convalesced from malaria and a child injured a finger in a cream separator incident. Lloyd Gawertsfelder visited Miss Bertha Fry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Limbacher
Bri. C. Miller
Celia
Clarence Hranstedt
Lucy Lonsinger
Pearl Fri
Frances Fry
George Fry
Hahn
Jonds
Charles Fry
Akron Man Missing After Three Weeks Away
Hargrove, employed as night clerk at Park Mate and connected with the Park hotel, left Coshocton three weeks ago to visit his Akron home. Despondent over health and illness, he boarded a train and never reached Akron. Relatives fear he may have died or fallen ill among strangers. A description will be circulated to nearby towns in Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seeder Hargrove
Park Mate
Kurgrove
Park Hotel
Akron
Coshocton
Wargrove
Beecher
Akray
Reading habits blamed for child's hospital incident
The girl's father says reading trashy books from the public library led to the incident at the hospital on Monday. Mart Smith of Oxford township sues Frank Gayts of Lafayette township for $1000 damages for slander accusing him of theft and breaking into his property.
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Mart Smith
Oxford Tewnanip
Gommen
Frank Gayts
Lafayette
Eldridge Higgins to Close Coshocton House
Eldridge and Higgins wholesale grocers plan to close their Coshocton house and move operations to Columbus around February. Stock will be sold at attractive prices and Coshocton staff transferred to other branches. Manager W J Higgins cites better distribution from larger city branches as the reason. The Coshocton building on South Fourth Street remains vacant and its disposition is undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elblringe & Higgins
Coshocton
Columbus
W. J. Hie
Elihes
Alpatnia
Coshocton Brnnetheak
South Firth Retreet
J W Cassingham to Testify in Dresden Bank Cases
In Columbus on January 12 Judge E J noted duty to the state amid inauguration. United States court proceedings discuss trying Dresden National Bank figures with Kapwera c o father and son. hearings to decide if cases are joined or separate. Witness list includes Cassingham and several others as court eyes a bitterly fought outcome.
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J. W. Cassingham
Dresden
American Press
Columbus
United States Court
McPherson
Myr Darby
Kapwera
Seymour
Sater, Sater and Seymour
Tacob
Abe Kap
Jade Mevke
Zanesville
Cr. Littiele
Jies Prettyman
Respectuly
Jacob
Abe
Lawrence O'Murmy
C. T. Marshall
Pat Painter
Mo M. Granger
WM. Farthing
J. J. Browning
J. Ho Miller
J.T. Stump
John Robinson
A. J. King
F. P. Prior
Ho Wland
J. Ww. Cassingham
Mrs. Bo OF
Penn
Mrs Wagner Is Reported Dead After Stroke
Mrs Charles Wagner died Tuesday morning at her home on East Chestnut Street from a paralytic stroke suffered last Friday. Born Mary McDowell in County Tyrone Ireland in 1844 she came to the United States at sixteen and married Charles Wagner. Three children survive along with siblings and other relatives. She was a longtime member of the Episcopal church and will be buried Thursday at Oak Ridge Cemetery with funeral services from the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wagner
East Chestnut Street
Wagner
Rady
Jenwles
County Tyrone
Ireland
Mary McDowell
Wen
Charies
Wagher
Samuel Gamble
Carrie Wagner
Fred Wagher
Me. Wagner
Thomas Hall
Charles McDowell
Columbus
James McDowell
Look Seventeen
Aleck
Robert
Joseph
Jobtstot
To Shooton
Oak Ridge
Social and business notes from Millfork and surrounding towns
Family visits over holidays fill Millfork area as Rev Senter hosts celebrations. Local residents report New Year gatherings with baskets and greetings. In Birds Run, drilling on the Gite and Co. project progresses with a deeper 100 foot depth indicated by Driller MekKre. County treasurer tax collections reach $2,057.20 plus fees, totaling $2,? Misspelled figures corrected to reflect receipts.
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Birds Run Gite and OF Co
MekKre
McKee
Eight New Members of Fair Board
The article lists eight new members joining the fair board along with the names of the current members. The names include Stephen Wawson Charlie WeCiam Poy Day Phe Mecumnal Hood Kradia bbe De Lasthenical and others. The piece notes the meeting location and mentions several likely regional board members from various towns.
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Fair Board
Tie Conhar AG
RTE
Woo Milter
Darwen
Porton
BR Mhitke
Stephen Wawson
Charlie
WeCiam
Poy Day Tii
Phe Mecumnal
Hood Kradia
Old Friends Hard 10 Part Tie In PMs Area
An old friend recounts a prior incident where Dennison was fined ten dollars and costs after a search seizure related to whiskey and beer. Quink of Cam Dover faced two arrests at a party. a clash with Welton and other youths led to David Davies being stabbed in the street, severing gazedtes, with dates and details unclear.
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Aiwas County
Hue
Dennison
Whiakys
Fun Quink
Cam Dover
Ora
Ote Welton
New Philadelphia
David Davies
Major Coal Mine Blast In West Virginia Traps Many
An explosion at the Lick Branch coal mines, Pocahontas Consolidated, Switchback, WV, is believed to have killed fifty or more, the second blast in two weeks. Rescue teams faced heat and could not enter the mine. estimates suggest over a hundred dead. Local reports from Huntington and nearby areas detail the tragedy and ongoing response.
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Huntington
W. Va
Lick Branch
Pocahontas Conslidated Collieries Company
Switchback
Norfolk and Western
Mrs Joseph Clark Dead
Mrs Joseph Clark died Tuesday afternoon after a long illness. The 26 year old wife of truant officer Joseph Clarke passed away at home, leaving a bereaved husband and no other immediate family. The obituary notes her struggle with cancer over many months and references nearby communities and individuals mentioned in personal notices and local events.
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Lucy Clarke
Joseph Clarke
Oil Discovery At Oteeso Sparks Hope Of Richer Yield
A short note from Oteeso dated January 12 reports John Drammen & Son struck a small oil quantity at a trial well on the BK Amiga tract. The crew indicated the find could lead to a fat production, with early signs suggesting potential for a productive strike. Local residents, including Mrs Bbuer Endeley and others, were mentioned in a parish of social notes and visits as Coshocton continues its small community exchanges. The Sabbath school at the Sheptar church elected new officers for the year, including Supt Albert Commuds and other appointed positions.
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Oteeso
John Drammen & Son
Coshocton
Bbuer Endeley
Wilmet
Earl Shannon
Telen Sion
Thomas Finlay
Alice
Prances
Thoman Treadington
Leoni Murry
Coshocton Tast
Mes
John Conrad
Win. Karr
Mildreadt
Albert Conrad
Coal Operator Insanity and Local Notes From Millfork Area
Fred Minleh a coal operator near Haltie.lan on Millfork sustains mental illness after a serious incident and is admitted to the State Hospital. Leonard Murray of near Keene hosted a dinner Saturday with guests including John Conrad Clyde Overholt Parker Adams Whittemore Hert Uhl and Florence. The Pandarese fight depot shows interest in a whaling item from China Moun t and trading company notes. Mrs WH Ransett of Wilsonville died Sunday in Cambridge age 44 typhoid fever. C R Teiliford’s chicken coop was raided and fifteen chickens stolen. Mayor Hamilton notes he collected one dollar in taxes the year 1908.
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Ae. Leonard Muaurray
Keene
John Conrad
Mere Clyde
Holt
Corinne
Parker Adams
War. Whittemore
Mantinta
Wes Hert Uhl
Florence
Ransett
Wilson
Goshoet
Panhandle
South Lawn Cemetery
WN Staahett
Bertha Bassett
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Claim County
Lafayette College
Timex
Senator
Ohio
Judson Harmon
Eldridge & Higgins
Coshocton House
Mrs. Wagoner
Millfork
Laney
Fries
Clarebee Dugan
Novis
Thomas
Bladensburg
of Senter
AL Gilmore
Idvushter
Mel Gilmore
ER. B. Senter
E. F. Norris
Blanche Breider
Bryan
Conesville
Wright
B. F. Rereider
French Gilmore
Mildren
Willie Aichenauer
Ports
Spencer
George Mullen
Coshoctow
Albert Kretcher
Trinway
Mia
Jamon Kretter
Nowsrh
Meken Dawson
Joseph Sanghirsch
Pia
Nowris
John Cooksey
Julson Carlos
Mary Cooksey
Sanday
Bluefields
Mill Creek
Mul Creek
Jock Valley
Rock Valley School
Mies
Martha iUupeich
Solomon Intel
Strasburg
Isaac Becitok
Whateberfield
Delivery Horse
Dewson de Smarthox
Nellie
Ita
Yverdin
Dat
Linttite Serview Aa
Geldie Watkins
Ceshocton
Maesttion State Hospital
Joseph Clark
Adams Mills
Geore Wether
Uedhiing
Ares
Zanes Ville
Leibert
Adaisvih
Halle Jays
Har
Mier Reath Alarinker
Aaenvelte
Mier
Katre Dhummend
Arthur Caldwell
Brownnviltie
Pxineute
Fred Minleh
Haltie
Lan
Tim
Mr. and
Mr. Murray
Pandarese
China
Flongbone
C. R. Teiliford
Ho Nicholas
Cambridgeetree
Hamilton
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