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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1902
Page
2
The piece mocks Colonel Bryan's use of a biblical line against the administration's Philippine policy and argues the Republican campaign will be brief as voters stay busy. It notes press opinions that Bryan could head the ticket if the Democratic party asks and would be willing to campaign again to aid the producing classes.
A 1904 American Economist critique argues Republicans misjudge prosperity driven by tariff policy. It claims many Republicans panic to defend wealth, echoing 1890s tensions, while Democrats and free traders push for government changes. The piece warns against alarmist anti prosperity rhetoric.
A historical note asserts that current federal laws reflect Republican codification and remodeling of statutes. It argues that existing laws are effectively the product of Republican action through reforms and new enactments.
A campaign text lists key Republican laws and amendments from 1860 onward. It credits Lincoln era acts on homesteads currency and civil rights, plus later measures: pensions, mineral lands, tariff policies, postal improvements, anti trust and bankruptcy acts, gold standard, reciprocity, and state admissions. It frames these as bipartisan progress and highlights protectionist and expansionist aims.
Paris Aug 9 The Berlin Figaro correspondent quotes Prof. Koch calling Dr Garnaults inoculation work with bovine TB bacilli a gallery stunt. Koch argues bovine TB has no serious human effect and milk from diseased cows cannot spread consumption. Garnault vows to prove him wrong and will publish a refutation in the Vienna Neue Freie Presse.
Walter A. Scott president of Winds Wire Company was stabbed to death in his private office today by Walter L. Stebbins a civil engineer after a dispute over work done for Scott by Stebbins.
While King Oscar was yachting near Marsland on August 9 a bridge collapsed under a crowd of women and children. The king removed his coat and helped rescue twenty three people who were taken aboard the yacht.
The Sept 8 9 10 and 13 Massillon carnival will host the Cingalese from Ceylon as the Mighty Midway attraction. The group, gentle religious natives, will not eat unclean food or allow Christians at services, but will perform water stick and silver dances and sing with refined language.
John Bosely of Canal Felton defeats Constable Sibila of West Brookfield as Bosely’s horse wins three heats at the fair grounds track. Times announced 3:10 2:52 2:06 rain prevented a mile event. speculation that Rosely horse may race later.
Township trustee Leonard V. Slasser recounts relief from severe kidney pain after using Doan's Kidney Pills purchased at Baldy’s drug store. He reports rapid cure and no back pain since. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo remains the U S sale agent. price is 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
A New York Evening Post correspondent details Shenandoah Pennsylvania during a coal strike. He contrasts operator villas with miner cabins, observes mule laborers fed and housed, notes patrols by coal police, and cites cycles of strikes and evolving worker conditions amid economic tension.
George H. McFadden plans a $2000 bathroom at Barclay Farm in Rosemont Pennsylvania. The interior will feature tile work and mirrors of the finest plate glass as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
A Kingman County Kansas farmer plants a corn row extending twenty five miles in length not to farm but to amuse himself. The single coiled line starts at a corner of a fifty acre field and winds to the center, showcasing a bold horticultural oddity.
A Boston Transcript special from Valdosta Georgia reports U S Department of Agriculture trials to breed immune cottonseed against wilt or black heart. Professor Orton says immune seed offers farmers a path to control disease once footholds appear. Egyptian cotton shows poor adaptation here, while Texas and border tests prove more promising.
Germany will station ambulance cars at seventy seven principal rail hubs to provide immediate aid to train wreck victims. Each car will host a medical officer and hospital equipment including operating tables and beds. Rail staff will receive first aid training and cars will be within ninety minutes of a hospital for rapid transport.
A life preserver made of india rubber was tested on Lake Geneva by a New York World correspondent. The device fits at the waist and can be donned quickly, remaining waterproof with airtight compartments serving as pockets for a lamp provisions a trumpet to call aid and even a weapon against dangerous fish. The wearer stayed afloat for five hours and the inventor plans a fifteen day sea test at La Rea.
The Westminister Gazette reports a near realization of a tunnel through the Jura near the Col de la Faucille. The line would create a direct Paris to Geneva route, with Geneva as entry to Switzerland for Rhone valley resorts and on to Milan via the Simplon. Travel time would improve despite similar aerial distance. trains could run express Dijon to Geneva, skipping Pontarlier to Lausanne delays.
The secretary for Indians commissioned two London firms to execute a four spline monument at Raipur cemetery Delhi. Portraits of the king queen and late Queen Victoria will be carved on the sides with inscription honouring officers and men of the British army buried here who fell before Delhi from June to September 1857.
Professor Grassi of Rome trials a pill combining quinine iron citron arsenic and bitter extract to ward off malaria carried by mosquitoes. Adults take six pills and children three. the pills are said to repel mosquitoes.
A Finnish professor tests an electric farming method using a sea field covered by a wire network. A strong current runs during nights and cold days to influence growth and conditions.
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