Massillon Man among Stark County Grand Jurors and a Paralysis Case
John S. Melbourne a well known Stark County figure and manager of the Canton Malvern Brick Company was stricken with paralysis at Malvern and is described as critically ill. A list of grand and petit jurors was drawn by Clerk Casselman and Sheriff McKinney for reporting May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Casselman
Sheriff McKinney
Harvey Whitmer
Jacob Maushoff
Sugarcreek
William W. Cantine
Alliance
Hiram van Voorhis
Sandy
John Bodecker
J. E. Clark
Massillon
Conrad Kline
Lawrence
W. Henry Ruse
Samuel S. Stands
Pike
Reuben A. Blair
Bethlehem
Isaac Held
Lexington
John P. Hassler
Tuscarawas
Frank Wilsoh
John Ake
Osnaburg
Henry Suhr
Martin Nist
Jackson
George Stover
George W. Smith
J. D. Owen
Charles Shone
Lake
Henry F. Sni
Canton Malvern Brick Company
Malvern
Boiler Shed Fire at Mudbrook Mine Spares Disaster
Fire at 6 30 PM damaged boiler sheds at the Mudbrook mine north of the city. Initial fears of total destruction and trapped workers proved unfounded as prompt action prevented spread. The Massillon Coal Mining Company mine suffered only minor losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mudbrook
Massillon Coal Mining Company
Peculiar Situation In Stark County Road Posts
Stark county townships elected many road supervisors under a law to create the office of road commissioner and abolish the supervisorship. The law was not widely communicated, leaving some elected officials insisting they must serve, while authorities say it is impossible. The road commissioner will be appointed by township trustees and will have full supervision of the roads.
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Stark County
Mary Brightman
Miss Brightman
Ster
Slusser
George Leeper
Brightman House
Leeper
Toledo
Hias Diffenlt
Bright
Mars Brightman
Bast Forced Detention Case Dismissed in Out of Court Settlement
Justice Paul Friday afternoon dismissed the forcible detention case of Mrs. Laura Gribble against J. J. Bast after an out of court settlement. Bast must vacate the Mill and Plum streets livery barn property within thirty days. He had claimed a lease and wished to stay until the lease expired next year.
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Laura Gribble
J. J. Bast
Paul
Mr Bast
Mr. Bast
Mill and
Plam Streets
Water works extension measure passes in Canton
Canton voters approve a $100,000 water works extension as City Auditor Reed reports the tally favors passage. The hose house market place and auditorium proposals fail. Infirmary tax measure leads by about 1900 with six precincts remaining and is expected to pass by simple majority.
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Canton
City Board of Elections
Hose House
Market Place
Auditorium
Infirmary
Reed
Miners blame Massillon Coal for shutting thin veins
Miners say closing mines by the Massillon Coal Mining Company aims to cut production costs and exhaust thin coal veins first. Some thick vein mines shut, forcing others to operate with larger crews while demand remains, with the West Lebanon mine expected to run steadily on a lake contract. Drilling continues near Navarre and T. P. Shimke plans a new mine this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon Coal Mining Company
West Lebanon
Navarre
T. P. Shimke
Miner Jacob Woods Dies From West Lebanon Mine Injuries
Jacob Woods died from injuries suffered at the West Lebanon mine after a stone fell on him while bearing in. His back was broken and several ribs fractured. He was 37, survived by a wife and five children. An autopsy is likely and funeral services are planned for Saturday.
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West Lebanon
Jacob Woods
Woods
Rich aunt claims her Implements generosity to orphaned girl
Mrs. George T. Hall and her niece Florence Talbot aged fourteen depart for Omaha Nebraska. Mrs Hall wife of the Omaha Petroleum Gas and Coal Company manager will fund the school with fifty dollars to start a music course at the Charity Rotch school where the girl was placed after her mother died and her father could not support her. Mr Talbot formerly lived in Maassillon and now works on a railroad in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Hall
Florence Talbot
Charity Rotch School
Omaha
Neb
Hall
Omaha Petroleum Gas and Coal Company
Talbot
Maassillon
Oklahoma
Skeets
Laws Passed At Columbus Water Rates Readjusted
Columbus April 10 The Seiber bill now law directs state policy to maintain canals and tasks a two member non partisan commission with the chief engineer to study southern division needs and readjust water rents. The Twelfth district redistricting favoring Franklin removal from Fairfield and Grosvenor’s shift to Eleventh is approved by 82 to 38. The House rejected a five tenths of a bill tax for police pension funding and will redo plan via law tax. Drugists push Caine bill to drop Dow tax on prescription liquor sales for medical and sacra mental needs.
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Columbus
Seiber
Senate
General Assembly
State Board of Public Works
Miami and Erie
Ohio Canal
Franklin
Fairfield
Grosvenor
House
Patterson
House Committee On Taxation
Police and Firemen
Thomas
Huron
Taxation Committee
McKinley
Capitol
McKinnon
Elks Install New Officers in Massillon Lodge
Mosillon lodge of Elks installed new officers led by Past Exalted Ruler T Harvey Smith. D S Gardner announced appointments for Chaplain Metzger Esquire Rider Inner guard Foltz and a finance and visiting committees with names including Becker Ayers Porter Kramer Weirich Heitzman and Deweese Morgan Fox Wise. Special committees were named to plan a May dance and to prepare an historical sketch for a souvenir programme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosillon Lodge of Elks
T. Harvey Smith
D. S. Gardner
A. H. Metzger
Esquire
H. F. Rider
H. C. Foltz
Jacob Becker
B. ¥. Ayers
C. F. Porter
H. V. Kramer
Heimanns Accept Bonus and Plan North West Street Rebuild
Heimann and Brothers accepted a $2,000 bonus from the board of trade and will begin rebuilding their shop on North West street. The agreement followed a conference in the mayor’s court after the shop was destroyed by fire. They offered no guarantee on employment levels.
City to Pay Attorney Fees and Interest on Withheld Salary
Circuit court decision binds Massillon to cover Health Officer Miller's raised salary plus attorney fees of 150 dollars and interest on the withheld pay. City needs to cover court costs totaling several hundred dollars from mandamus actions against the clerk and council to raise Dr. Moller’s pay to 50 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman
Massillon
Miller
Huis
Mandants
Common Pleas Court
Moller
Vote totals show infirmary tax support at 1,768
Auditor W M Reed reports five precincts missing on the infirmary tax question. Including them the tally stands 9 007 for and 7 250 against, a 1 768 vote majority in favor. Alliance leaders seek an electric railroad franchise to link Akron and Alliance, with a proposed route via Uniontown and Congress Lake, though not yet in the franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Blakely
Charles Keith
Alliance
County Commissioners
Akron
Akron-Allance Connecting Railway Company
Canton & Akron
Canton & Alliance Electric Roads
Kolp
Canton & Akron Company
Carnes Forest Nuptials At East Oak Street Home
At 72 East Oak street James W. Carnes witnessed the marriage of his daughter May Carnes to Frank Forest. The ceremony by Rev J F Clokey followed by a wedding supper. Out of town guests included JL Barth of Alliance and Auachuatz of Cleveland. The bride wore Paris muslin. groom a machinist at Russell Co. They will live at 72 East Oak for a month before housekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Carnes
East Oak Street
May Carnes
Frank Forest
J. F. Clokey
JL. M. Barth
Alliance
Auachuatz
Cleveland
Paris
Russell & Co
Hospital News and Local Aides at the Infirmary
Hospital activities update with new cottages nearing occupancy by May first adding capacity for 150 patients. Baseball and bowling practice underway. grounds and campus improvements noted. Miss Brightman, 80, refuses removal to the infirmary despite housing loss and poverty, with support from neighbor George Leeper and neighboring relatives in Toledo unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eyman
Caroline Calver
An Arbor
Sandusky
Dryman
Columbus
France
HH. Drysdale
Cleveland
Will E
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Effie Edwards
Pontine
Mach
Ida Bates
Kankakee
Mich
Callie Schaffer
Wapakoneta
Miss Welch
Canton
Frank Idjeman
Mansfield
Local Painter Henry Lehman Killed by Train Near Canton
Henry H. Lehman, 46, a painter for J. TH. Werner, was struck and killed by a Ft. Wayne railroad train near the North Young street crossing in Canton. The accident occurred around 4 to 4:35 a m as crews worked the westbound and eastbound runs. authorities and the coroner were notified.
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Canton
Henry H. Lehman
North Young Street
J. TH. Werner
Ft. Wayne
Dam
Harry G. Oliver
Ft. Wayne Yard
East Fifth Street
J. H. Werner
Miller & Blanchard
Pollock Bill Defeated in Ohio House on Divorce Reform
Columbus April 12 The Pollock bill from Stark aimed to slow post divorce marriages by a one year waiting period after a divorce decree and to allow new evidence before final entry. It failed 36 to 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Pollock
Ot Stark
Impending Strikes Loom in Virginias and Anthracite PA
Indianapolis reports the United Mine Workers executive board set policy for possible strikes in the Virginias and Pennsylvania anthracite fields. A nationwide action seems imminent unless operators yield. In the anthracite region no strike will start before April 27 after the Civil Federation arbitration deadline.
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Indianapolis
Virginias
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
National Board
Minera
National Civil Federation
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County Seat News
John S. Melbourne
ralysis—North Industry
Mudbrook Mine
Bast
Held
Lebanon
ELKS
Gardner
Dean
Heimanns
Carnes-Forest
Hospital News
Culver
Brightman Sisters
Executive Committee
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