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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
4
Proposals allow a prosecutor to fund one officer to hunt local option violations with 1500 dollars yearly plus 700 dollars for expenses. The measure aims to create a political pillar by appointing a detective. The item sits amid local notices in Conesville and nearby community updates including lectures, visits, and obituaries.
John Craig on sick list others host visitors include Mrs Leonard Martins and Mr and Mrs Carris Lawrence plus Mr and Mrs John Zange and daughter Mary. Miss Eilith Wye ill with lung fever. Pearl, March 11 H. M. Ewing of Coshocton visited his parents. Death of Florence Crile deeply felt with funeral crowded. Walter Lowe public sale drew a large crowd. Charles Karr and wife welcomed a new girl. Mary and Beach City visits noted. Russell Everhart visiting friends. Edith and Phoebe Zing shopped in Coshocton with Mrs Olinger and Mini Boyd guests of Mrs F L A Wigert.
Dr King New Discovery touted as a health elixir. Advert claims it heals coughs, colds, and lung ailments, promising relief for chest and bronchial issues. Includes testimonials from Dr Geo Mere and others, with price and guarantee, in old timey promotional style.
A Tivertan subscriber to the Times voices strong opposition to a rate increase proposed by The Coshocton County Telephone Company. The letter argues priviledged officers abuse privileges, warns that a $1.25 per month rate could cut three quarters of lines, and says service has not justified a rise in four years. The writer calls for better example from officials and better service for all subscribers.
Stockholders from Cleveland Barberton Coshocton and Zanesville will vote on raising capital to 5 million dollars. The meeting planned for April will also consider a name change to Cleveland Barberton Coshocton and Zanesville railway and authority to extend the line to Cambridge and finalize contracts for construction. Ed J Breitinger discussed temporary power needs and route prospects during a stop in town.
West Carlisle March 11 The faith and dast number of our lecture course at this place will be a lecture given by Henry Clare at the M B church on Wednesday evening March 17. Also notes on trips and visits including Mrs Geo Dunlap returning home after a few days with daughter Mrs Gives Davidson. A pleasant surprise at the Heft home honoring daughter Elon with music and gathering. A Coshocton to Dennison freight incident and a parole grant for James Coxtetter from Coshocton for robbery. Family moves to Orchard Heights farm of A C Selby.
March 17 notes describe Mrs Mary Cooper visiting her brother Al, Dickerson calling on Coshocton friends, and dinner hosts Mr and Mrs Thomas Steffee with guests Afr and Mrs Millard McKee Bert Miler Lege Steffe and Cooper. JF Dickerson and John Wright made local business trips while Yitthe Roby Morris suffers mumps and Coshocton’s Mr Richards promotes an electric railway.
Miss Theresa Krownapple spends two weeks in Millersburg. Several residents visit Cleveland and Mt. Vernon while others travel to Coshocton and Akron for visits and family. March meeting notes include a Lewisville Auxiliary WoOFMS program and plans for the Ruby anniversary. Also legal notices about land sale, and a health ad promoting Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup with local sellers.
The county examination held Saturday March 6 produced one year certificates for eleven of fifty eight applicants. Names listed include Carrie Leavengood Delvin Barnes Audrey Taylor Verne Schooler Marjorie Ashcraft Roy O Bower D Parks Otto Akins Renton Jennings Kirk and others.
Towson Maryland March 12 Joseph M Janer of Brooklyn New York was convicted of felonious assault on Catherine Luerch 12 also of Brooklyn and sentenced to 21 years in the Maryland penitentiary The case was tried without a jury two judges presiding Evidence showed Janer brought the girl to Baltimore in February posed as his daughter and subjected her to brutal ill treatment in a disreputable house and a boarding house He showed no emotion at sentencing and was taken to the penitentiary afterward.
A Flint Hill school house program featured a debate on whether the negro should have the right to hold office. The negative, Howard Price and Edmund Slaughter of Roscoe, defeated the affirmative 2 to 1 after thorough discussion. Miss Sanura Pettit performed readings and the pie social raised over 36 dollars from the auction. Attendees included Minnie Keehn Irene Compton Mary Quinlan Lulu Wright Irene Redgers Laura Pettit Fred Huber Newton McDonald Joe Stanford Frank Mowery and Earl Dickerson.
Friends learn of the death of Mrs. H. S. Wiggins in West Lafayette after a yearlong tuberculosis illness. The 18 year old daughter Myrtle and 21 year old son Ward survive, along with a brother Eliza Cowden of Otsego and two sisters Mrs. John Holcomb and Mr John Beall of West Lafayette.
Work is humming at the new Pennsylvania freight station and if the good weather holds out the carpenters and brick masons will probably complete their part of the work by April 1. The finishing and furnishing will be rushed through as quickly as possible.
Wool growers of Coshocton County urged to fund a Washington lobbying effort as Congress revises the tariff on wool. Gen Grosvenor hired to press wool interests. A county delegation from each township is asked to meet at the library on March 24 at 11 AM and 1 PM to organize and donate one cent per head.
John Hartsock of Coshocton rents the Rev Maughiman property west of Roscoe and plans to move there soon. It is understood he will embark in the policy business.
Notice to be presented at the next Ohio State Board of Pardons meeting seeks pardon for Chas Huston convicted in Cashotten county's fall term 158 grand larceny. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment at the Ohio penitentiary. Signed Noah Huston.
The notice outlines monthly elementary certificate exams on the first Saturday, high school and special certificates on the first Saturday of September December March and June, Patterson exams on the third Saturday of April and second Saturday of May. Exams start at 7 90 with a fifty cent fee to the Board of Examiners and a five cent return fee, Patterson applicants paying for stamped envelopes. The Board provides stationery. Questions for the year rely on Keiths Elementary Education. The Ohio Teachers Reading Circle offers the text for 1 05 in Columbus Ohio. A McDonald Fry Shaw signatories.
Pomerene and Pomerene, Attorneys at Law, Coshocton, announce offices in the Rurna Block on Main Street. The notice highlights their legal services and local presence for residents seeking counsel.
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