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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1906
Page
4
Two men aboard a damaged yacht clung to a pneumatic mattress and swam through choppy seas to safety near Portsmouth. Their vessel struck a rock and was wrecked. The article also notes court rulings on streetcar exits and reviews recent business failures, beauty tips, tipping norms, and insurance company denials from San Francisco to Europe.
Traveling Passenger Agent Oden baugh of the Pennsylvania Railroad told the Retail Grocers Association committee that all arrangements are ready to reach Cedar Point from Massillon on Thursday August 14 in the fastest time ever made by the railroad. He dismissed rumors of slow travel as unfounded.
A Canal Fulton night operator Miss Susan Luther elopes with Pittsburg contractor Hiram Dale amid rumors of a wife and family. Dale, 47, and a companion traveled toward Pittsburg then returned to Canal Fulton, leaving Luther stranded. A Philadelphia letter says Luther cannot live without Dale, while another woman claims to be his wife No 2 and warns of wife No 4 if Luther marries him.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Longworth departed Cherbourg aboard the American liner St Paul for New York. The report notes grooming routines and complexion treatments in the era, praising Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a beauty aid.
Major E F Taggart of Akron, after twenty one years on the road, touts Massillon as a growing, flat rate town with steady business for stoves and machinery. He notes Massillon’s strong sewer pipe industry, cites Barbaton’s plant output, and predicts a late August hotel boom as the travel season shifts. Taggart has long ties to Massillon and is active in G A R affairs. he forecasts Massillon’s future expansion.
A plan to free political prisoners in Warsaw was betrayed to authorities. Several civil servants and policemen implicated have been arrested. A Libau telegram reported train robbers between Libau and Waffpot stole forty thousand dollars of government money.
A Navarre mayoral hearing found insufficient evidence to charge three gypsies with abducting Norah Rohn. The girl testified she went with them willingly, stating she is 16 rather than 13. The trio returned to their camp after the hearing.
Sheriff Brown served an injunction on the Panna Ireland faction at West Lebanon Coal Company property. Judge Lagagrt granted the order in Wooster circuit court, with the Bercher faction posting an $18 000 bond to cover potential losses if Hanna Ireland loses. The mine is expected to operate immediately, shifting the fight into the courts for a final resolution.
A Moscow dispatch reports a detachment of troops sent against workers was met with bombs. An accidental premature explosion set off the rest, killing thirty workmen and wounding many, while the soldiers escaped injury. The report notes a Russian squadron is assembled at Cronstadt and a dry run in Chicago for the first time.
A report of renewed firing at Cronstadt reached St. Petersburg this morning but telegraph communication is cut off, making verification impossible. A squadron of warships arrived last night and is anchored under the forts.
Chicago in history becomes a dry town as primary elections proceed. The law bans selling spiritous or malt liquors during elections with strict provisions to cancel licenses of any saloonkeeper who violates.
Canton August 4 A man believed to be Joseph Sweeney a noted safe expert was arrested Friday afternoon by Police Detective Ryan on suspicion. Sweeney is wanted in Morgantown West Virginia for cracking a safe in the B&O railroad office and stealing 110 dollars plus valuable papers. A 50 dollar reward is offered for his arrest and conviction. Lietenant Wielandt has a photograph. measurements will be taken to compare with records. He wears a mustache and grays, was found in Whiskey alley, and will be held pending word from Chicago. A separate telegram from Mrs Emma Varney Flagg of Wellesley Mass regards burial of a man thought to be Samuel Varney Sumner Varney who allegedly committed suicide last Monday. burial planned at Wertlawn cemetery unless told otherwise.
Dispute between factions of West Lebanon Coal Company stockholders leaves two mines idle as miners hesitate to work under a scale signed by former manager Enfield during the Seidler administration. President Gorman of the Massillon district miners will rule later. new management agrees to honor the Enfield agreement. No ill feeling reported between company officials and miners.
A Massillon resident Mrs Rose M Remiele endorses Doan's Kidney Pills praising a cure from 1900 and stating family use with strong recommendations. She bought the remedy at Baltzly's drug store and notes the product remains effective. Doan's Kidney Pills marketed nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY are sold for 50 cents.
Helsingfors reports the street railway and factory workers strike resolved. All socialist red guard leaders have been seized and the organization torn apart.
A bomb exploded at Kasan railway station in Moscow today, killing two people. The item reads as a dated Associated Press report amid a barrage of unrelated advertisements and notices for travel, tonics, and patent medicines.
Daily corrected Massillon market notes list paying prices for country butter at 20 cents per pound, eggs at 4 shillings per dozen, dressed and spring chickens, potatoes per bushel, and grain market figures for flag, loose hay, oats, and corn per bushel. The report covers mass market items and encompasses hay and other farm staples.
A 19th century tip sheet lists four no nos in washing gingham: no hard rubbing, no strong soap, no hot water, and no hot starch. It suggests quick cold-water rinses for colorfastness, salt and vinegar to brighten, alcohol for fresh stains, lard plus alcohol for old stains, and delicate ginghams washed in thin starch water without soap.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles claiming it corrects urinary issues and nocturnal enuresis. It invites readers to request a free sample bottle and an explanatory book by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton New York.
Itching bleeding protruding or blind piles yield to Dean's Ointment with chronic cases relieved and finally cured. Drug gists all sell it.
A collection of simple at home tips from the Pittsburg Press includes a discoloration treatment after injuries using capsicum, gum arabic mucilage, and gyberin. rug cleaning with carpet soap. watch case lubrication with vaseline. beef juice for babies from beef. recoloring gloves with ink or shoe polish. and relief for tired feet with hot sea salt baths and dissolved minerals.
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