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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
8
State election officials struggle to interpret the Bronson primary law as the September 73 primary nears. The debate centers on whether voters may mix tickets and how far judges may instruct voters about rights, with Secretary Thompson ruling that ballots must align with a single party ticket.
State Bank Superintendent B. , Seymour has divided the state into nine districts following the state bankers association plan. The seventh district includes Muskingum, Guernsey, Belmont, Coshocton, Monroe, Noble, Washington, Morgan, Perry, Hocking, Athens and Meigs. Eight examiners will serve nine districts, with Columbus district coordinated from the main office and each district examiner rotating assignments as needed.
The state attorney general says a provision allowing counties to erect and maintain hospitals and to appoint boards of trustees is unconstitutional because trustees are county officers. He suggests counties may use commissioners or infirmary directors to run hospitals until lawmakers fix the law. DeWitt's Little Early Risers advertised.
New Moscow items report Mrs French Carr improving after illness and S S Wright and ATS Sor improving road conditions nearby. Wi Sinailes plans a new house with cellar excavation under way. C M Wright made business trips to Newark and Fleinoyer. Farmers behind due to rain. A new westernic system installed at Millfork online. Rhonard Phillips returned from Nellie. Several locals, Hayes Wright, Rhonard Philiow, H. Greer, Blaine Whyde, and Fred Smaller traveled Wednesday. Mr Wright caught a fine tot. Weather and local disputes noted.
Rural drama Old Palmer Hopkins titled production will open Saturday at the West Lafayette opera house with special scenery mechanical effects and music. Frank S Davidson leads the renowned talent and the company presents five large scenery sets including Long Branch Madison Square and New York scenes. A benefit for the band is noted and local building updates accompany this notice. A separate item reports a boy injured when kicked by a mule while riding a horse near town.
Commissioners of the special road district allocated a half mile brick Mill Creek road segment from the middle basin bridge to Mill Creek bridge to Henderson & Hall for 13 dollars. Work begins soon with aim to finish before fall, part of broader highway improvements across Tuscarawas Franklin Jackson and Keene townships.
Programs received for a three night festival in Memorial Hall Columbus by the Columbus Oratorio Society assisted by the Thomas Orchestra. Soloists include Miss Florence Hinkle soprano Miss Adah Campbell Hussey contralto Mr Daniel Beddoe tenor Mr Tom Daniel bass. Featured works include Mendelssohn Saint-Saens Grieg Wagner and Beethoven with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra and the Columbus Oratorio Society. Performances Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings plus Saturday afternoon.
County commissioners at Friday session fixed the pay of quadrennial land appraisers at the minimum rate under the quadrennial appraisement act. They transferred funds between accounts and set the real estate assessment assignment day. The tax map question was aligned with the law, authorizing the auditor to provide maps to assessors, and officials moved to advertise and procure the maps for the quadrennial estate assessors.
A garbled report notes a six month window for dealers to dispose of bleached flour before a law tightens its sale. Northwest millers pledge compliance while southern mills resist certain wheat varieties. Local items mention Corhoeton wool buying, Delbet and Fhoraday travel, Hobart vacation, John Lowe visit, Shopler church Day exercises, and Bellevue visit by Fred Bechtel and companions.
The brother of General Rogers, once head of the department, appeared to collect a merth’a pay voucher and was dropped from the payroll. The man claimed to be a secret service sleuth from Atlantic to Pacific, but records show no appointment and payroll lists him earning 75 dollars per month.
Adams Mills notes list visits and travels among locals and relatives. Laura Smith spent a few days in Zanesville, Lests Legg and family visited J W Caldwell, Mrs Ed Whiting returned from Nellie, and Mrs Martha Bales hosted, with Mrs George Wolford returning from Newark. Also mentioned are Mrs Zimmer of Adamsville visiting relatives, Miss Read Magruder visiting, the Dunmead family in Zanesville, and Dorothy Buzzard visiting Abe and Mrs Murphy. Church services announced for Sunday afternoon and evening.
Millfork June 11 reports Senter straw pile burned after a storm. Fred Vanderbark of Dresden buys sheep. Jonsie Lacey of Adams Mills and Wil McCoy visit J. A. Morris. Gault and children visit Ed Norris family. Kilests visit Mrs McCurdy. Milfork pinplt Sunday. Frank McDonald delivers sermon from Exodus and a later message on sin. Electric road interest noted. Chas Renter and family visit Senter. DeWitt ad promotes Kidney and Bladder Pills. The Country Club opens with enthusiastic reception. Coshocton crowd enjoys the event. Constantinople reports a failed kidnapping attempt on the deposed Sultan near Salonica.
Fire Friday afternoon razed the Finnell residence two miles west of Rowcoe near the Loder School house. Mrs Finnell baked when the stove overheated causing the blaze. Neighbors were distant and only a few articles were saved. The family of six children, oldest ten, is destitute and a relief subscription has begun. Meanwhile neighbors host the family.
A wheat field meeting will be held at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station on Tuesday afternoon June 22 1909 with an evening session in Wooster. Notable speakers include Prof Thomas F Hunt from Pennsylvania State College Experiment Station C B Jenkins Ohio Millers’ Stile Association secretary and A P Saundles Onto Department of Agriculture secretary. Trains from the east and west arrive Wooster around 11:30 to 12:00. meals will be available and autos run between the city and the station. Overnight accommodations can be arranged at the station if notified in advance.
Mrs V E Bahmer returned after a week with daughter Mrs Lower and family at Coshocton. Her granddaughter Mary Joyce Lower graduated. Children Day at Presbyterian church June 13 promises a good program. J A Mizer and son bid a barn raised last Thursday. Fred Deibel and Jacob Zinken were in Coshocton Thursday. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Wim Chance last week. Prof Leech and wife of Canal Lewisville expect to remain all summer. his father is sick. Ladies Aid of Presbyterian Church to meet with Mrs Henry Lower on Wednesday. Mrs Curtis Lyons returned to Coshocton after a week here.
Driller McKee reports a new well at Birds Run number three in progress while Equire Wimmer’s court held brief proceedings Wednesday evening. Linnie Stiner of Pleasant Valley sued her two neighbors Dia Molines and Nora Wilden for attempting to provoke a breach of the peace and sought binding over by grand jury in the sum of 900 dollars.
A sprawling column of satirical quotes and brief notices runs through the page. It trims current events with jokes about Tolstoy Buffalo Bill and Aldrich while noting small local items such as a damage suit in Dennison and a union meeting in West Lafayette.
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