War party noise and quarantines across headlines
The piece notes the Russian war party in St Petersburg and contrasts it with Manchuria, reports Havana’s quarantine against New Orleans ships due to yellow fever, cites Patti son’s political stance, and mentions Peary’s North Pole expedition costs. It adds Wisconsin session law publication, labor shortages for harvest in Massillon area, and Northwest harvest labor demand with wage figures and listed towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Life in the Balkans Oddities and Smallpox Tales
Excerpts from Edith Dubbar’s travel book The Burden of the Balkans recount life in Usat region. A mysterious visitor proposes destroying rosters to avoid poisoning and authorities. The author notes Bekan ignorance about disease and recalls a woman kissing her despite her three children suffering from smallpox.
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Qin
Edith Dubbar
Balkans
Usat
Cmadama’ Qitself
Coffen
King's English Easter Tailor Ad Piece
A London advertisement mocks fashion jargon with exaggerated tailor terms describing clothing details such as moleskins hanky panky design and fancy vests. The spoof uses playful phrases like kicksies and benjamins to satirize dressmakers and style hype.
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King's English
London
Benjamins Snippas
Cleaning the Streets as Quarantine Eases in New Orleans
New Orleans on August 9 reports extensive street cleaning by paid laborers prisoners and volunteers with carts hauling refuse. Parishes ease quarantine restrictions as towns run low on supplies. No foreign immigration will be allowed until fever is controlled. Freight now moves in fumigated cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Archbishop Chapelle Dies After Yellow Fever Sickness
New Orleans reports Archbishop Chapelle worsened in the forenoon and a medical consultation was called. He died shortly after 1 PM driving the community to mourn a long career in the church.
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New Orleans
Chapelle
Woman Severely Cut Foot After Stepping on Bottle
Mrs. John Grossweiler of Richville Avenue was found with a deep foot gash after stepping on a broken bottle in the Harsh block church room. She received treatment from Drs. Miller and Culbertson and was driven home by Officer Brownsberger. Doctors warn of possible blood poisoning due to the depth and age of the bottle.
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John Grossweiler
Richville Avenue
Brownsberger
Grossweiler
T. Clarke Miller
Death of Massillon merchant Whitman in barn tragedy
Charles M. Whitman a Massillon clothing merchant, aged 51, was found dead in his barn near the family home on East South street. Officials cite heart disease with stomach and kidney trouble as the likely cause. He had recently improved after a long illness and left his store to rest, dying suddenly while working in the barn. Survived by wife, four daughters Mamie Olie Laura and Helen, and three sons Herbert Ira and Raymond. Funeral plans not made.
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Charles M. Whitman
Massillon
Stark County
East South Street
Whitman
Mr. Whitman
Canal Fulton
Dielhenn Company
St. Joseph’s Catholic
Mamie
Olie
Laura
Helen
Herbert
Ira
Raymond Whitman
7 000 Mile Massillon Hunting Trip Continues
Drs. D W Gans and J C Sheets from Massillon are on a long expedition totaling seven thousand miles. They start in Massillon and tour Yellowstone, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Denver, visiting the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland. They plan Cascade fishing and Puget Sound sport as key features before returning home.
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D. W. Gans
J. C. Sheets
Massillon
Yellowstone Park
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver
Cal
Cascade Mountains
Puget Sound
Fire destroys West Lebanon coal shaft engine house
Fire at 2 o'clock Sunday morning totally destroyed the engine house of the West Lebanon Coal Company shaft in West Lebanon. The cause is unknown. the engine and drum burned, cage wrecked, tipple damaged. About 100 miners face a month of idle time as the mine had only been operating a few days weekly.
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West Lebanon
West Lebanon Coal Company
Massillon
Death of Mrs Peter Everhart of Massillon
Mrs Elizabeth Clark Everhart a prominent Massillon woman died at her home three miles south of the city from heat prostration suffered weeks earlier. She was 78 and lived at the Everhart homestead since 1851. Survived by one brother, one sister, and son Harvey Everhart. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM from the residence. interment in Massillon cemetery.
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Elizabeth Clark Everhart
Massillon
Ohio
Jacob Everhart
Peter Everhart
Doll and Fox
Everhart
Episcopal Church
Stove Works Resume in Newark Amid Strike Aftermath
Thirty Perkins agency detectives from Pittsburg join twenty Cincinnati detectives stationed at the Wehrle Company's foundry in West Newark as the world’s largest stove plant readies to resume operations following a monthlong shutdown caused by a polishers' strike. The Stanwood Band plans a festival on Saturday August 12 at Stanwood.
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Newark
Perkins Agency
Ohio Lawmakers Catchers of a Salary Grab Joke
Cedar Point Aug 8 A clever loophole by the Seventy-sixth Ohio legislature resulted in 85,800 paid in full to outgoing members while the Seventy-seventh must serve three years for two years pay. Senators Harris and Chamberlain warn of constitutional limits but acknowledge ingenuity may find a workaround.
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Cedar Point
Seventy-seventh General Assembly
Ohio
Wehrle
Seventy-sixth General Assembly
House of Representatives
Seventy- Seventh Assembly
Columbus
Law
Seventy-seventh Assembly
Warren G. Harding
Seventy-sixth
Seventy-seventh
W. 5. Harris
Ashtabula
Harris
George H. Chamberlain
Lorain
Senate
Ellia
Legislature Sets Short Session and Odd-Year Biennial Sessions
The 1908 session will be brief with no pay for members as lawmakers limit actions to essential appropriations and emergencies. The 1908 legislature will adjourn quickly in Columbus and the 1909 January 1 convening will start the biennial sessions in odd years instead of even years.
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Stark County
Meyer's Lake
Massillon
Clinton Lodge
Canton Lodge
Massillon Lodge
Sneals
Harry Smith
Vaughn
Canton
Columbus
Three-Time Horse Thief Arrested in Coshocton Case
Coshocton authorities arrested Charles Padget after I D Snyder identified him as the horse thief who stole a horse and buggy near Massillon. Padget, an ex convict released June 18, waived examination and was bound over to the common pleas court in $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ertle
Coshocton
I. D. Snyder
Massillon
Mr. Snyder
Coshecton
Bell
Charles Pudget
Common Pleas Court
Pudget
Ohio
Warren
O. Padget
South Erie Street
Snyder
Padget
Tragedy at New Philadelphia Ends in Double Death
Jealous harvey Colvin 32 attacks Maggie Shaffer 22 with a hatchet then drinks carbolic acid and dies shortly after. Shaffer hospitalized with fatal injuries as local authorities note Colvin’s lifelong jealousy and prior revolver arrest. Event occurs near Point Breeze Chautauqua in Smithville Ohio with upcoming Bryan event listed.
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the Independent
THE
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Independe
Erie Street
Gene Pea
Falcow
Bahney's Book
Hawkins’ News Lepot
Hansen's Cigar Store
Bammerlin’s
Neimidgers Pool Room
Levi's Candy and Tobacco
Associated Press
Massilion Postofice
Havana
United States
Cleveland
Commodore Peary
North Pole
Omaha Bee
Noth Pole
Arctic
Wisconsin
Northwest
Northern Pacific Railroad
Grand Forks
Fargo
McHenry
Jessie
Sheldon
Moorhead
Sirafton
Hannaford
Dazy
Meyer’s Lake
Archbishop Chapelle
John Grosweiler
C. MM. Whitman
Christian
Newark Plant
Stanwood
Ertle—Pudget
New Phila
New
Philadelphia
Harvey Colvin
Maggie Shaffer
Colvin
Shaffer
Calvin
Point‘Breeze
Chautauqua
Smithville
Wm. Jennings Bryan
J. B. Eberly
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