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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
3
Dr Albert F Snell promotes a free consultation tour offering examination and advice for all diseases in men women and children. He claims a new method for deafness catarrh and paralysis with cures and promises no charge for initial evaluation though the text warns idlers away.
The Democratic delegates of Ohio's Seventeenth Congressional District met in New wi on Thursday June 4 1908 at 1 PM to nominate a candidate for representative. The Congressional Committee elected Hon F M Vanover temporary chairman and J A Anderson temporary secretary for the convention. The text notes the delegate counts by county and references the effort to complete the "shantation of" Foraker.
James Harvey Watson was sentenced to six years in the Ohio penitentiary for an unnatural crime against his stepdaughter Emma. Judge Nicholas cited the jurys finding of recklessness and perjury, noting Watson’s breach of guardianship and trust.
The Fifth Judicial Circuit Democrats meet in Mt. Vernon Ohio on June 11 1908 at 10 a m to nominate candidates for Circuit Judge for a short term and full term Delegates allocated by county based on 1905 Pattison vote totals Include Ashland Fairfield Holmes Licking Morrow Muskingum Richland Stark Stark Tuscarawas and others The committee names W H Harlan of Mt Gilead as temporary chairman and J C Adams of Coshocton as temporary secretary.
LaPorte Indiana May reports Dr Harry H Done of LaPorte declares the burned torso in the Belle Gunness case is not the body of Mrs Belle Gunness but a misidentification linked to the LaPorte house of horrors. The case involves the 1886 catarrh cure and a Toledo firm Cheney & Co offering a reward for cures.
The piece reads as a garbled archive note referencing a Democratic state convention, party upheaval, and likely election turmoil. Names, places, and dates are unclear but imply intense intra party conflict and looming November politics with dismissive views of opposing factions.
The Plainfield and Fresno commencements concluded the school year with speeches by notable figures including Dr J Knox Montgomery, and student orations on education, character, and future plans. Classes featured poetry, essays, and a musical program, with acclaim for teachers and the community as graduates received their diplomas amid decor.
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