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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
5
Home makers can bake fresher tastier pastries with Royal Baking Powder. It promises quicker economical results for cake biscuits muffins puddings and cookies, outperforming ready-made bakery products. Royal Baking Powder Co. New York endorses its use for wholesome home cooking.
Special to The Daily Times New Lexington Ohio May 6 Hon Maurice H Donahue of this city sits on the crest bench and earns strong local support. The district backs him for renomination with growing numbers and a large lead in prior election. Democrats have not fixed a convention time while Republicans met at Newark nominating E E Souers of New Philadelphia.
William Kearney once living in Newcomerstown was killed in Steubenville in a murder suicide. His father in law Willam Cox shot him at home then killed himself after a quarrel over dogs and cats. Cox, a carpenter, and Kearney a miner, leave two brothers in Newcomerstown.
County Surveyor George Bock and the board of county commissioners debated for hours and then again this morning the construction duties of the surveyors office under House Bill 663. The measure requires the surveyor to plan, estimate, and supervise all bridges roads culverts and other public improvements, with inspections and reports due by June first each year. Bock argues the statute mandates plans and specifications for all public works, shifting the burden from commissioners to the surveyor and prompting calls for court clarification.
Clark Township moves to replace two rickety bridges with iron structures over Kirbneck river near Layland and a small stream near Bloomfield. County commissioners discuss road hearings, sales, and a contested Pearl to Hastle road. Tuscarawas township plans to seek state aid under recent highway act. township bears one fourth of costs.
Out of 43 applicants who took the Patterson examination on April 27, thirty five were successful. A second examination will be held Saturday for those who failed, with plans for more than a hundred applications. Successful students include Walter Brelsford and Francis Fowler among others, with numerous girls named such as Helen Mize and Anna Hooker.
At a Holmes County convention in Millersburg delegates were chosen to state conventions and a broad set of resolutions attacked President Roosevelt over railroad rebates while supporting William J. Bryan in 1908. The proceedings included probate notices and local business items, with various local improvem and land transfers noted.
The document lists individuals and roles tied to canal improvements along the Erie Canal from northern to southern divisions. It names engineers, superintendents, draftsmen, and officers including Roscoe, Leo, Sawyer, Cooper, O Connor, Meacham, Morison, Kirkendall, and others, detailing their posts with the canal commission and related projects.
A 1906 weather prospectus by WP Roster from Washington shows ten sample forecasts. The note predicts multiple disturbances and warm waves crossing the Rockies and eastern states, with temperatures near normal but with more rainfall in the south and east and drier conditions in the middle northwest, suggesting a potential drought approach.
Weather instability from a approaching disturbance will impact the northern area then the Pacific slope as it moves eastward. The central valleys will calm, then the coast and eastern continent will see renewed severe weather. Science notes discuss comets colliding with planets potentially explaining long held traditions and early theories about celestial influence on earth and humanity.
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