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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
7
A boy who saved pennies to attend Barnum and Bailey’s circus was allowed in but lost his hat near the tent entrance. A vigilant tent man doubted his tale about the hat and forced him out, leaving the boy sad yet resolved to leave hats at home next time.
Curtis Smith of Carnegie, Pa., sues in Coshocton county common pleas court for 55000 alleging gross negligence by the Panhandle railway after a November 16 1907 accident at Carnegie. He claims a locomotive struck him while crossing a plank walk, severing both legs and mangling an arm, with loss of earnings at 10 dollars daily and mounting medical costs.
Mira Helen Agnew writes from London about her Europe study trip and sightseeing. She describes arriving by Dieppe and Newhaven, visiting Versailles, the Louvre, and the Elbeuf Tower view of Paris, Westminster Abbey, the British Museum, and the Luxumbourg gallery, noting gardens, statues, and the vast library. She plans to share more details on return, signing off with affection.
Free samples of Allen Foot-Base A powder for swollen feet and Foot-Base Sanitary Com-Pad, a new invention, are advertised with a mailing address in Olmsted, New York. The notice mixes with local council actions and religious convention details, presenting a busy period for local affairs.
Canton May 21 during yesterday’s United Brethren conference session a report was adopted stating no minister who uses tobacco shall be granted a license. The conference may revoke licenses upon evidence of tobacco use.
Ten dynamite caps of 500 pounds pressure each were found on the Wooster sidewalk in front of Stevens meat market on West Liberty Street on Wednesday afternoon. Louis Berthet kicked them away with his foot, another employee warned him, and bystanders wondered how they came to be there. The caps were arranged within two feet square. no one knows how they arrived, and a serious accident was narrowly averted. Also included is an anecdote about dyspepsia relief from Electric Bitters.
The engagement announced in Utica links Richard Updyke Sleiimin son of Vice President Sherman to Eleanor Millar of Utica. Sherman, then a Hamilton College student, and Millar a frequent campus guest tie a romance with plans for a fall wedding.
A young man posing as a theological student and insurance agent swindled about twenty Tiverton residents out of five dollars each by selling fake polices to fund his studies. He used church pulpits to gain trust, disappeared for Warsaw, and left victims and local ministers alarmed as Columbus Insurance Co. denied any agency. Authorities plan to pursue the imposter to curb further abuse in the area.
Woodner May 21 The Woman Christian Temperance Union of this city oppose the Roulean Carnival Co returning to Wooster. They paused a meeting on revolution to present to the city council urging reconsideration of granting the street carriage license. They protest giving up streets to the company or any similar outfit on moral grounds and say the company’s presence last year did not contribute to good meals.
The Ohio Mining Commission met at Canton on Wednesday to draft rules for mining and operator licensing. It will report to General Harmon, who is expected to urge legislation at the next general assembly. Members include George Harrelson, state mining inspector, G C Weltiel, operator of Column OC, L Clanngham of Cleveland, James Hentessy of Barton, Perry Tetlow of Cohumbiana County, and H H McCauley of the Cambridge district.
The United States raised fourteen million bushels of onions last year, with imports of fourteen hundred thousand bushels from Spain Egypt Bermuda and the South Sea Islands. The crop value reached 10 million dollars and the Agriculture Department forecasts a future double price. Bermuda onions spread in the South especially along the Gulf Coast, aided by better methods and marketing ideas to cut transit rot, while Texas producers near Laredo and Cotulla push onion farming.
Local items report a divorce discussion sparked by a bishop's comment on modern women and independence. A summer kitchen fire damages Louis Fisher’s home, with an estimated $200 loss. An Arizona Salve ad touts Buck Jen’s Arnica. Ohio Governor Harmon appoints Charles Wirwel to lead state labor commission, backed by labor groups and Hamilton County Democrats. A mishap clouds a Newcomerstown incident involving an employee injured at a moving machine.
Judge Taylor of the Ohio Federal Court denied the temporary injunction against Bell Co and certain independents, allowing actions to proceed. The decision mirrors earlier terms, indicating the case will move to a higher court for final determination while maintaining the current arrangements.
Ohio accepts common law marriage as valid per Fifth District ruling at Canton. Judges Voorhees and Donahue concurred and the opinion states a couple may become man and wife without license or publication, forming a community immediately. The decision preserves the union as a legal marriage from that moment. Steubenville Gazette reports a village case and broader implications for marital status.
Anesile May 2b.Miaralal Swore arrested Fidward Miller near Dresden on a farcical pursuit as Miller plunged into the canal and swam, then jeered to “Come in, the water’s fine.” Swope followed, grabbed his foot, and the chase ended with Miller sinking. The report notes ensuing medical remedies and local civic mentions.
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