Local Happenings and community notices in Canton area
Mrs. Luther Day of Ravens visits city relatives. Misses Davis of Pittsburg guest of Miss Leighton. Mrs. Worley of Akron visits sister on West Main. Several regional guests and visits listed with upcoming rail schedules, outings, and society events. The Canton electric line to Massillon will run every half hour starting August 14. Community baptisms, marriages, and births noted along with public notices, fare details, and local business travels.
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Luther Day
Ravens
Margaret
Lizzie Davis
Pittsburg
Kate Leighton
S. Worley
Akron
Jacob Myers
West Main Street
Emma Doll
Tillie Doll
Larned
Kan
Harriet Robinson
Indianapolis
Viola B. Pepper
Green Street
The
Grocers’ Association of
Salem
Meyer’s Lake
Erie Street
Jacob Roun
Massillon
Evan Morris
Independent
Bear Sippo
Navarre
A. B. Rosenberry
J. D. Milligan
Mahoning County
Santiago
Cuba
Bertha Grojean
John Thomas
East Greenville
L. H. Barry
St. Paul's Parsonage
Stark County Agricultural Society
Canton
J. H. Lehman
al Wralil
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Smith Farm
Armenia
Olive Smith
Electric Railway Company
Charles Fogle
Fogle
Sellman
Ambler
Massillon Light and Power Company
Canton Repository
Entirely Too Clever Doctor Confesses On Prescribing Error
An anonymous physician recounts prescribing for an elderly patient and inadvertently treating the wrong sister. He describes witty methods to ease anxiety, then realizes he prescribed for the wrong sister and jokes about his cleverness. The tale highlights patient education and the risks of overreach in medical practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent
Smoking as unforgivable sin in Mecca tale
In Palgrave's humorous Mecca journey a mullah brands smoking as the unforgivable crime while declaring murder and theft forgivable, and drinking also forgivable, in a dialogue about sins and redemption. The Afghan eve is cited as a time of moral judgment.
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Palgrave
Mecca
Molah
The Man With the Fiddle on Twenty third Street
An old man plays a stubborn fiddle near Twenty third Street courtstone as passersby watch. He staggers and falls but continues, aided to his feet, and remains faithful to each note. A boy, intrigued, buys him for a quarter and helps restart the fiddle as they walk away together content.
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Courbstone
Twenty-third Street
New York Press
The Suit Courtroom Scene with Nun's Rash
A lawyer questions a timid young woman about a previous witness appearance. She gains confidence, describes the suit that was yelled at her as a nun's yelling, with a shirted front trimmed in blue and matching tat.
Reunion of 04th Ohio Infantry Forty third annual gathering
Old Civil War veterans arrive by Wednesday trains for the thirty third annual reunion of the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Massillon. Mayor Bell welcomes, Comrade Bentley responds, and officer list announced. Campfire planned, drum corps performs, and Harvey the mascot remembered in Burd's hall events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
One Hundred and Fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Burd’s Hall
Massillon
H. H. Everhard
L. H. Stewart
Bell
G. W. Bentley
Salon
Everhard
William Yost
Alice
Samuel Morris
Thomas Piper
East Fairfield
Milton C. Sweet
Alfred HL. Burton
Garrettsville
John Miller
Alliance
Cyrus Bamberger
Canton
David Hemperly
Jacob Snyder
H. A. Everhard
Peter Scharles
John Boerner
M. Walker
Peter Bantz
Nicholas Sweet
S. W. Lerch
J.B. Hers
Adam Weaver
John R. Williston
Kent
Wm. ‘Grinnell
J. H. Ferry
Ravenna
W. Dawes
Atwater
G. D. Barclay
Edenburg
O. S. Merriman
Randolph
Elias Snyder
C. M. Whitney
Lloyd Hinman
W. J. Deming
Rootstown
K—H
People
Leetonia
Alvin Lee
R.I. Pike
T. W. Wogan
Lisbon
J. K. Davis
Adair
Company A
Chas
A. Kaylor
James K. Myers
H. W. Manderbach
Lewis Yerrick
L. Shaefer
Samuel Steese
Eli Smith
Akron
B. F. Koons
McDonaldsville
T. B. Yost
Navarre
J. T. Yant
M. M. Southworth
G. W. Cay
J. F. Heacock
Salem
Charles Lanart
W. 8. Barnett
Wellsville
Aaron Hatily
John Gaunt
W. G. Bentley
Robert Dunn
Garfield
James Derr
H. J. Windle
Beloit
IT. E. McCann
Frank Ingledue
CL. Beery
J. W. Dickinson
Freeburg
Sodinger
Cleveland
W. D. Turner
L. Barnaby
Philadelphia
Welcome to Massillon by Mayor for the One Hundred Fourth
Mayor Bell extends a sincere welcome to the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry veterans visiting Massillon. He extols the blue army for fighting for liberty and freedom, praises Lincoln, and urges veterans to seek help from officers if they lose their way during their tour.
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One Hundred and Fourth
Bell
One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Massillon
Lincoln
Bentley Responds Warmly to Massillon Welcome
W G Bentley of Salem delivers a brief reply to Mayor Bell in Massillon, thanking the mayor for the welcome and expressing hope that the comrades do not abuse the mayor's generosity. He notes the occasion as a cordial gathering and underscores the hope for prudent conduct.
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Bell
W. G. Bentley
Salem
Massillon
Fortieth reunion of Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Massillon
Members of the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry gather in Massillon to mark forty years since their regiment was organized. The group recalls Camp Massillon and early service in Kentucky pursuing Confederate forces under Morgan, while stressing friendship and social ties over recounting deeds. They thank the mayor and Massillon citizens for the welcome.
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Ram Corps
New
Philadelphia
J. ©. Josa
W. W. Richardson
Charles Axxe
J. M. Knisely
National Association of War Musicians
J. C. Joss
J. M. Kinsley
Kentucky
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Sherman
Carolinas
W. W. Richards
Harvey
William Yost
Erie Street
One Hundred and Fourth
Cleveland
Boys In
Blue
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Camp Massillon
Morgan
Bea Oen
Massillon
The Darkey Jim Story From the War Told in Verse
A verse tale from a Civil War era regiment recalls darkey Jim from a Kentucky plantation near Lancaster. Soldiers, marching toward Tennessee, capture Jim after a master’s overbearing measures. The narrator hints at the irony of pride and bondage, ending with Jim’s fate and a promise to recall the best regiment in the land.
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Southland
Malaria Up as Rainy Season Rises in Town
Health Officer T Clarke Miller says this malaria season is remarkable with more cases than in years. He attributes the rise to frequent rains that foster mosquitoes which spread malaria, noting the clearer link between rainfall, mosquito population, and illness.
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T. Clarke Miller
Extra Session of the Senate Will Not Meet Before November
Washington reports President Roosevelt will call an extraordinary Senate session after the November election to address Cuban reciprocity. The plan aims to pass a reciprocity treaty with Cuba, awaiting only signing by Quesada and Hay, with support shifting after the polls. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr to replace Justice Gray on the U S Supreme Court upon resignation due to ill health.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Cuba
Congress
United States
Quesada
Hay
Contess
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
Justice Gray
Judge Holmes
Mr. Gray
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Pamesake
Dr. Holmes
Jand
Wedding and Baptism at Scheffler Home
A wedding and a baptism were held Tuesday at Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Scheffler’s Kracker Street home. Harry L. French wed Miss Eva A. Scheffler with Rev. J E Digel officiating. The infant Charles Myers was baptized, and the couple served as sponsors. Four generations of the Scheer family attended. An elaborate dinner followed.
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D. W. Gans
Wilds
Ontario
Canada
Gans
George B. Eggert
William L. Hidey
City
Blanche Stoffman
Canton
St. Paul's Parsonage
L. H. Barry
Aaron Wilson
Toledo
East Street
O. E
J. J. Altland
Dell Rey
Carroll County
Wolfgang G. Scheffler
Kracker Street
J. FE. Digel
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Harry L. French
Eva A. Scheffler
Wolfgang Scheffler
Philip Young
Crystal Spring
Charles Myers
Scheer
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Independen
A. Keller
Detroit
F. J. Lumpp
Emma Lumpp
Wheeling
W. Va
Emma Meuser
North East Street
E. ©. Richards
Moxahala
E. A. Jones
East Tremont Street
Edward Harold
William John Undertaking Establishment
Mt. Eaton
OLY. I
Rade Bentley
Mayor Bell
MR. Bentley
Darkey Jim
Carnate
Darky Jim
Lancaster
Fennessee
Jim
Phen
Celane
Myers
Bess
Kipp
Bin
Massilfon
Jin
Noreke
U. S. Supreme Court
Scheffler
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