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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
5
Numerous events fill Massillon society pages. Births, visits, and reunions mingle with business moves, retirements, and a drowning tragedy. Notable items include a baby born to Mr and Mrs Frank Silk, visits by Miss Clara Laviers, and the Eighth Ohio regiment reunion planned for Akron on Nov 21.
A spark from a Cleveand Lorain and Wheeling engine set dry grass ablaze on the Warwick farm southwest of the city. John Noftsinger plowed up inflammable growth to check the fire, which neared the house and barn within forty feet before the blaze was halted. Sixty five acres of wheat and oats stubble burned as the dry country remained tinder ready for further fires.
The Cleveland Leader reports Thomas L. Childs of Akron has dropped a franchise bid for an Akron to Cleveland electric railway via Brecksville. He now favors using the Ohio canal towpath from Cleveland to Portsmouth, proposing an Cleveland to Akron line first and later extending to Portsmouth. The plan leverages easy grade and canal access, with state canal officials contacted but no firm action yet.
A brief medical claim argues headaches cause the most misery among diseases and advertises Clinic Headache Wafers as quick, nondepressing relief. The product is priced at 10 cents and available at all druggists.
For over fifty years Mr Winslow's Soothing Stemp has been used for teething children. It soothes gums, eases pain, relieves wind colic and diarrhoea. Available at 25 cents per bottle.
North Lawrence reports a major blaze on Tuesday night that destroyed two business buildings, two residences, and two barns with total losses of about 8500, most insured. Named victims include Johnson Brothers Oliver Farmer Alfred Farmer Dennis Moylan John Morgan and others with varying insured amounts. Origin traced to a kerosene stove in the Farmer grocery and living quarters. attempts to save adjoining structures were made as alarms spread. Emergency response from Orrville Canton and Massillon was delayed by equipment status. Morgan and others were alerted by residents who entered the scene to remove belongings before fire fully subsided.
A Berea L and N railroad station near Berea was totally destroyed by an incendiary fire early Tuesday. The adjacent coal office and contents including scales, bins, records, tickets, trucks, freight, and telephones were ruined. Water shortages hindered firefighting. detectives hunt suspected arsonists. A new depot will be built on the site.
Injuries reported after two freight trains collide near New Gallilee Pa. Fireman George Blackwood of the Pennsylvania line suffers multiple injuries including a fractured arm and bruises while engineer H D King of Allegheny is said to have deep gashes and numerous bruises. The wreck blocks traffic for hours as crews repair lines at Navarre and the M. & Co. branch.
Massillon post office advertised letters dated August 18 1801 includes Burton Ladle Miss Flora Davis Miss Margaret Maug Margaret Dehn KR Millar Miss THs Arcstrong AB Miller Cathey Rankin W Cheesmano Reaser Exler Sapion Gateman H Stewart Thos Halladay L Thuller Jr A Hindman T J Vaughn Dafford Kuba Wade P G Miller Augusta Allinger and others. Notices request recipients to say advertised when calling. Mrs 8 S Allport Johnstown Pa reports a child nearly strangled by cramp but relieved by One Minute Cough Cure.
Newman Aug 14 Jabez Thomas of Navarry visits here while Misses Emma Prosser Anne Griffiths return to Canton Actual Business College Clara Rogers of Illinois spends part of vacation with Williams cousins Numerous Newmanites join Massillon grocers excursion to Cedar Point and Pan American Exposition attendees report a fine trip Canal Fulton notes Miss Meta Bauman visits Zwingle Indiana Bell exchange interest and a country hotel ceases operation at end of Sept plus local church and school events Camp Creek North Lawrence Brookfield and Myers school reunions detailed with calendars and small-town transfers
Arrangements are finished for the fourth Meyers School Reunion on the Tuscara township school grounds. The Wilmot band will perform and a sports program is set for old and young participants. Dr M M Moffitt will give an address on district history. Ex teachers, pupils, and families are invited. refreshments will be available. meeting opens at 1:30 p.m.
Massillon residents tout Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a cure for wakefulness headaches and nervous prostration with testimonials from Mrs John Andrews and local druggist KE S Craig. The ad promotes the pills as a superior nerve tonic priced per box and distributed by the Dr A W Chase Medicine Company Buffalo New York. It also mentions Kortol Dyspepsia Cure by Chas W Cupples and Rider & Snyder and advertises job printing at The Lyvern Kentucky office.
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