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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
2
A fragmentary poem laments a spoiled world in spring and asks what children should do during empty years as fountains reflect under blue skies. The lines evoke solemn questions about innocence, renewal, and loss without specifying persons or places.
Local department invites farmers to post sale items requests and job notices at no charge. Readers may send via telephone and receive three free insertions. Listings include cattle ponies pullets trees farm equipment and land rental or sale notices with contact details and locations in Ohio towns including Warsaw Fresno Ames and Nellie.
Sicker and Son's Barn claims the largest stock barn in the county after new water works installation. The article notes their modern facilities, including three water outlets for stock, plus a thriving sheep, horse, and cattle stock with hundreds of head. Community notices mention Mrs. C D Conly Sr’s death, local visits, church gatherings, and school resumption with unusually large Roosevelet family attendance.
The report notes diamond imports for New York during wartime, with value figures showing a tripled property total reaching 43 thousand and a larger overall total around 13 045. A girl born to the Duchess of Manchester is mentioned along with church installations and other local notes.
Examination questions prepared under the State commissioner of public schools for county exams on January 4 to test elementary school teaching candidates. The list aims to show whether applicants are grounded in the rudiments of education.
Grammar A Capitalize and punctuate the following passage about quotation marks and parts of speech. The text asks for noun declines verb forms pronoun classes and infinitive and participle syntax with examples and italicized words to analyze. It references ill and various word forms and aims to illustrate grammar rules across multiple questions.
Questions 6 to 10 based on Keith’s Elementary Education explore the need for teachers to study theory and practice, management of classrooms, handling excessive talk, recognizing inattention, treating pupils equally, four theories of moral development with one rejected, ideal seating and environmental conditions, sequence of topic presentation, a definition of conduct, and whether teachers should contact parents.
Fragmentary OCR only hints at scattered words and names including professions and materials. No coherent event or entities present to form a proper news item.
A note indicates the writing branch will be evaluated from the manuscript in exact orthography. It specifies assessment will rely on the original spelling and typography to determine quality and accuracy.
Defines digestion as the body's process of breaking down food and absorbing nutrients. It occurs primarily in the mouth esophagus stomach and intestines with enzymes and acids facilitating chemical breakdown and nutrient uptake.
A list of study prompts covering Mound Builders names and origins, Florida settlement and U S acquisition, figures Ponl Re vere Nathaniel Hacon Sir Edmond An dros, the Whiskey Rebellion Embargo Act Wilmot Provis0, war with Barbary pirates navy in the Revolution, Reconstruction after the Civil War, the Southern Confederacy states and products, and the U S departments handling the army and taxes.
Examiners will conduct an oral examination in reading. The event will assess comprehension skills and reading aloud abilities. Supervising educators will oversee the session and note performance details for evaluation.
A list of geography quiz prompts asking for vane boundaries determining decisions of vines, longitudes for quarter round the earth west of the prime meridian, local noon at Chiapl ace, continents by size and population, natural conditions for fruit and manufacturing city growth, five key food crops and their major growing regions, factors of fertility, Aleutian Islands location, historical empires, US river boundaries, and mineral resources plus principal agricultural products.
A compact study item defines five prefixes with examples and illustrates correct pronunciation for a set of misspelled words. It also asks what a derivative word is and whether a derivative can exist without an affix, and ends with spelling tasks and a pronunciation exercise for a list of words.
Summary of the play follows Shylock and Portia amid Antonio’s loan dispute, with mercy versus justice as central theme. It surveys Shakespeare’s estimation of his own writings and how later critics view his work. The piece touches on characters, disguises, court scenes, and the moral tensions shaping the tragedy.
A block of arithmetic exercises covering land purchase in Section 6 township 27 north range east at $20 an acre, platting and valuing land, wall painting costs for a 24 by 18 by 10 foot space, investment increments with 4 percent stock, contractor profits from various tasks, and sugar trade commissions. Includes practice on proportion, percentages, and simple interest across multiple scenarios.
The Ohio Fish and Game Commission outlines a proposed hunter license bill to fund conservation, requiring residents to obtain a $1 annual license to hunt on non-owned land, with $15 for non-residents, and prohibits issuance to unnaturalized residents. The plan aims to fund enforcement, record-keeping, and regulation, while shifting costs to hunters and gaining farmer support.
Residents of Mohawk Village and surrounding areas hosted visitors from Belatre Blooming Grove Roscoe and West Carlisle. Revival meetings led by Pastor T W Coryell preceded Mohawk circuit quarterly services. Mohawk High pupils plan literary exercises January 10 with debates on Robert E Lee vs Ulysses Grant.
Miss Freed Cox hosted a Saturday evening with refreshments and games. Attending were Blanche McConnell May Gilmore Laura Honham Rachel Senstbaurd Gladys Lake Patleta Cave Denete Trego Hazel Trego Nellie Crouch Mary Dickerson Messra Clay McConnell Leonard Ililmore James Boraam Jane Civil Harry Meek Hansetl Wright Foster Wright Waldo McConneil Guy Sensibaugh and Harry Sensibaugh. Henry Crow and Mr and Mrs uy JCroy of Harding county visit relatives. B F Dickerson visits relatives in Harrison county. A plumber attended the third Tranway lecture on genus and gumption by L E Folkuahee.
A meeting in Keene last week discussed a whisky delivery over the holidays. The inquiry identified those who brought the liquor and distributed it. They urged future enforcement and asked anyone in Keewee or vicinity found violating liquor laws to report it.
A letter to the Times explains that the writer’s name was omitted by request to avoid implying official authority. The writer notes that signing articles adds apparent authority and shields publishers from personal responsibility.
Mrs Emily Hardy, seventy, died at her home near Isleta after a long illness from stomach cancer. Widow of former Ohio state legislator John Hardy, who is buried at Newcomerstown. She will be laid to rest next Thursday at one o'clock with Rev. Fisher officiating. no children survive, but many relatives and friends mourn her.
The president appointed John Q. Thompson of Pratt Kansas as assistant attorney general of the United States. Thompson, born in Mohawk Valley Coshocton County Ohio, educated at Denison University and Quio Wesleyan, is praised as a capable lawyer. He has served since July 1901 and has earned endorsements from Kansas home folks and state officials.
On New Year’s day Mr and Mrs Jacob Sampel hosted guests from Baltic Fresno and western Iowa as Christ Lorenz visits. Lloyd Everhart husked corn with his new hutker. Mr and Mrs Jacob Barker and Mrs Fred Hannem are ill. Haed Boyd attended the horse sale at Sucar Creek where a navy draft mare sold for 250 dollars. W H and C E Lorenz ask for the return of their seven dollar horse bridle set.
The recent city election brought two Republicans to the Namie advisory board, replacing two Democrats. City departments see minor reorganizations with retirements and new appointees. David Vosfelt retires as street commissioner. J S Crawford becomes street commissioner. J R Robertson becomes sewer inspector replacing E D Coo. Miss Welthea Carr remains water works clerk. A M Fisher becomes city engineer and water works superintendent. John Balch, J Craig, and Geo Sherrer serve as engineers at the water power house. Floyd Courtight leads linemen Joan Sheres and James Johnson. Thomas Pate, weather prophet, heads cemeteries. Martin Reynolds of archage noted. New board members Farley Connerty and R M Temple. The board organized with Henry Richardson president, Parley Connerty vice president, AR M Temple secretary.
Market reports show wheat prices reaching a dollar in local exchanges at Mille Indiana. The surge signals solid cash flow for the crop and suggests farmers may dispose of a sizable portion soon. The price rise also reflects available money in the hands of buyers and indicates continued demand ahead.
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