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Newspaper

Massillon Independent

Location

Massillon, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1899

Page

4

Local Happenings From Massillon and Vicinity

Mrs G W Yost hosts Toledo friends and others visit Cambridge and New Philadelphia. Frank Rhine to Albury for traveling salesman job. Stark county officials, pensions, schoolhouse struck by lightning at New Waterford. Horticultural society August meeting near Elton. Massillon grocers’ Detroit trip August 22. Gas strike near Coshocton spurs land leases. Public library weekly totals show strong summer use. Camp Gregg reunion tents reappear along Sugarcreek. Ehret family reunion at Chippewa bottoms sets Massillon 1900 date. Akron coroner verdict blames motor man and company for electric railroad wreck. Doylestown council grants 25 year electric franchise. Barberton link planned.

Etla Olmstead New Philadephia L. C. Spidle John Seabrook Minnie Creech Creston Frank Rhine Albury Andrew Y. Gordon Thomas B. Render George W. Shauf Stark County Board of Elections Emma Heingartner Ft. Wayne Ind Wm. Shafrath Young Street Waterford Alliance Stark County Horticultural Society William Hueston Elton Alliance Grocers Detroit R . Gow Mr. Gow Richard James Ladies of the Maccabees Charles Shertzer Green Street Kohn Bachtel C. H. Firestone Canton James A. Rapp Massillon Philadelphia Pennsylvania Greensburg W.H. Pritchard W. & L E. Railway Toledo Gertrude Gieller Beach City the Wooster University P. L. Harrington West Tremont Street Coshocton Peter Neff William Brown George Wilelm Justus Camp Gregg Sugarcreek Morgan, Crichton Lewis Avilars Canton Road Gates Karthaus J. W. McCymunds McClymunds Stanley Igoe Indianapolis Doylestown A. E. Townsend Cambridge Barberton Easton Akron & Cuyahoga Falls Akron Joseph Wackerly

Schlafly Boost Predicted As Russell Excursion Cited

The record notes that Russell & Company's excursion date is seen as beneficial to Schlafly’s cause. Holtzbach projects a ballot plurality for Schlafly of at least five hundred votes.

Russell & Company Holtzbach Schlafly

LITERARY TASTES. JACOBY PREFERS BIBLE

The Independent interviews Massillon city council members on reading tastes. Reay reads Bible Pilgrim's Progress Dickens. Weiler likes astronomy with simple terms. Smith favors labor and trades union works. Lewis cites Shakespeare Burns Byron Disraeli. Jacoby cherishes the Bible and avoids fiction. Haag reads war news and facts. Kouth studies mining engineering. Johns unavailable but well versed via a fine library.

Massillon Robert M. Reay F. Weiler Peter Smith Debs A. J. Lewis Shakespeare Scott Burns Lord Byron Disraeli James J. Jacoby Ingersoll John Haag C. A. Kouth J. E. Johns

Family reunions unite Shafer and Buchman clans today

The Shafer family holds its first annual reunion near Canal Fulton with relatives from Massillon Canton Cleveland and Akron. Officers elected include C M Shafer president Ruth Shafer secretary and John Baum Baugh treasurer. A Buchman reunion follows at Amos Mase's home with 215 guests at dinner and over 1500 total attendees. Hor James Rice speaks while a Beach City band performs.

Canal Furton Shafer M. W. Shafer Canal Fulton Massillon Richville Canton Middlebranch Cleveland Jacob Shafer Lancaster Ohio Jack 1800 Stark County Zion Church Grandmother Shafer Dublin Ireland Armagh Tyrone John Shafer Lancaster County Connell Courtney C. M. Shafer Cairo Ruth Shafer Archie Rice John Baumbaugh Akron Navarre Buchman Amos Mage Mase Neck of the Woods Amos Buchmans Beach City James Rice Bethlehem Township Eaton Scott Greenville East Greenville Thomas Kirven Mossop West Brookfield West Brookhelp Jessie Albright East Liverpool Mattie McAllister W. H. Berry Terra Alta W. Va Frank Forrest Alliance Ela Barth Stanwood Jacob Weisgerber Evans Reading John Bowen

Warwick Coal Mine Busy Export Logs

A force of men are chewing walnut logs at the Warwick Coal company's Mine for exporting. George Talley and wife of Smithville were guests of Jonathan Stoner Sunday. H O Baird operates his cider mill on Wednesday of each week.

Warwick Coal Company George Talley Smithville Jonathan Stoner HO. Baird

Oil strike rumor at Neff farm near Richville

Neff farm near Richville yields no oil after drills but rumors linger that Coal Driller Myers of 59 Guy Street and partners may sell. Cleve land speculators have examined the site without offering. Two Navarre test wells were abandoned with no oil found.

Neff Richville Myers Guy Street Cleveland Navarre

Poe Brothers Open Pittsburg Office of Mechanical Engineers

Thomas O. Poe and Clifford A. Poe, formerly of Massillon, establish as mechanical engineers in Pittsburg joining the field a few weeks ago after prior work with Russell & Company and government service in Washington. The Pittsburg board of education held its regular session confirming bills and opening schools Monday September 11 at 8 30.

Poe Brothers Pittsburg Thomas O. Poe Clifford A. Poe Massillon Thomas Poe Washington Russell & Company Board of Education

Massillon Furnaces Shipped to China by Local Firm

Hess, Snyder & Co of Massillon ship four Boomer furnaces to GC LD Penney in Tientsin China. The consignment moves this morning via the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad, representing a notable export from the city.

Hess, Snyder & Co Tientsin China Wheeling& Lake Erie Railroad GC. LD. Penney

Beck Sues Over Wheat Crops in Navarre Sheriff Levy

Mrs Anna W Beck acting by Willison Day begins replevin suit in Justice Pauls court over wheat and oats sheriff levied for D Wetter Navarre. She claims a one half interest in crops believed to belong to her husband. Case set for next Thursday. Massillonian Honored as Luther League officers elected in Pittsburg session Rev L H Barry named first vice president J D Polikowsky Canton elected German secretary.

Anna W. Beck Navarre Willison & Day

Change in Ohio ushers in new health ad wave

The piece touts Morrow's Kid-ne-oida as a cure for kidney and back ailments with testimonials from Mrs. W. C. Wright of Newark. It promotes the product as yellow tablets priced at fifty cents a box and mailed on receipt of payment. It also pitches Grain-O coffee substitute and Minute Cough Cure with endorsements, ending with a claim that Burdock Blood Bitters cure a lazy liver.

Ohio Morrow W. C. Wright Jeffrson Street Newark John Morrow & Co., Chemists Springfield

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G. W. Yost Ranals Hardgrove Helen Jarvis New Philadelphia F. B. Forbes Sandusky Nettie Maloney Cordula McLaughlin Valley Junction 8. A. Case Steubenville Mary M. Dangler Cedar Street Ehret Chippewa Bottoms Warwick Jacoby Reay Bunyan Dickens Shafers and Buchmans Amos Mase William Uebernickel Lovina Bush Caroline Uebernickel Summit Street St. Paul's Lutheran Church Mary Radtke Bertha Uebernickel Lovina Bash Myer Mechanical Engineers Hamilton Clark Chancey Rider & Snyder W. W. Merton Mayhew Wis Mill Plum Henry Gribble Odd Fellows W. B. Hamberger F. L. Baldwin Richville Avenue Russells and Bridge Works Wim J. Jones George I North Mill Street Main’ Street W. Henrich Post Ofice Warwick and Mt. Pleasant A. B. Richardson J. J. Dielenn Cherry Stree Hammersmith Green St Ouse Kk” Care Independent Office The Ohio Brass Co Mansfeld Erie Street J. W. Carr East Tremont Street Gherman West Main Street Sarah A. Masters East End Morgan Colt J. A. Haliiwell Finks Farm Washington Avenue Jonas Lutz RGANS A. B. Chase Bammeriin Bros E. Main Mt. Airy S. Brie Street G. J. Sailer Sailer Ray Parks Akron Street A. M. Grojean Main Street Miller & Miller Stone Block George Busch G. Busch Humbergers Big Holland Furnace Lawson Range F. C. Howlett & Co Walter H. Allman
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