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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
7
A traveler recalls being mistaken for a marshal in a hostile western county. After a threatening reception at a tavern, a brave barmaid warns him to flee. He escapes into woods, sabotages his pursuers’ gear, reaches safety with a sheriff, and discovers warrants issued for many local men.
Suk In Lyons. The silk trade has long defined Lyons, France since Roman times. The modern silk industry was established circa 1466 under Louis XI to curb gold flowing abroad. It notes silk price of five aunes at 300 to 400 francs, about 48 to 60 francs per yard, with money valued four times less now.
The Home Magazine recalls a Dr. Newman Hall anecdote about a preacher who quips a question on Adams creation. A congregant asks who made the palings that set Adam upright, and the sermon replies that such questions would upset theology.
Majuba Hill story recounts Sir George Colley with 600 to 700 men facing about 150 Boers under General Smits. The British camped in a natural bow on the hilltop and made no encampment entries. Boers climbed the hill by night and surprised the British at dawn, taking them completely unaware.
A 1900s style note on stylish visiting cards and wedding invitations detailing sizes for engraved block and old English lettering, vellum finishes, matching envelopes, and the shift toward gray white and mourning cards. It notes preferred colors, new shades, and the era’s emphasis on tasteful restraint over flashy fashion.
A brief kitchen tip describes halving two hard boiled eggs, removing yolks, trimming the rounded side to help them stand on tomato halves. The yolks are mixed with finely chopped cucumber and four fillets of a—the fragment ends there, but presents a decorative egg and cucumber salad idea.
A Boston style recipe: dice eggs and tomatoes, mix with mayonnaise, fill yolk recess with the mixture, shape into a mound, top with a rolled anchovy fillet, add crisp lettuce, and serve with two bowls of mayonnaise.
The three top rolly poly fruits are black raspberries blackberries and blueberries or huckleberries. A seedy black raspberry is poor for any use. Use rich baking powder biscuit dough with minimal shortening for steaming. Steam one hour, then serve with nutmeg hard sauce or preferred topping. Blueberry steamed is prized as best.
Instructions describe pressing flowers by layering between drying paper, arranging them flat with leaves and petals intact, adding a board and weights, and changing the paper daily to prevent withering. The method emphasizes natural arrangement and regular paper changes for best preservation.
A few jars of buckleberries help pies and puddings in winter. Wet your jelly bag to save juice and aid straining. A pinch of carbonate of ammonia in boiling water can prevent odors and keep color. Glycerin per pound of fruit reduces early crystallization in jam. Peel fruits quickly to avoid discoloration and dry drain on towels before cooking.
A London Sketch excerpt reviews how universities discipline students. It contrasts England’s civil authority with Heidelberg and Oxford methods, describing German student prisons, ritual routines, costs, and the curious, decoratively carved cells. It notes lenient Oxford rules and the university court processes.
A Boston Journal summary cites a table claiming a 60 year old man with ordinary health spends 6 082 days sleeping 550 sick 1 522 on study 5 632 at work 671 on exercise and travel 8 808 days and consumes 27 080 pounds bread 6 080 meat 4 675 vegetables eggs fruit 21 180 liters wine spirits and water.
It is estimated that more than 75 000 fishermen go out of New York every Sunday and they spend on an average of 2 each on the sport. Postal authorities have decided that mail matter need not be delivered at houses where vicious dogs are kept un chained.
An early Sunday derailment caused by a broken rail on the Whiteling & Lake Erie line at the new Terminal Junction left Engineer Michael McGreevy dead and Fireman Guy Turner and Brakeman E H Wulff of Massillon seriously injured. Conductor Krause led the derailed eastbound freight as wrecking crews from Columbia work to clear the site, with McGreevy pinned in the wreckage and scalded. Turner and Wulff are hospitalized and expected to recover. Burial plans for McGreevy are set for Norwalk, with family surviving in Massillon and Norwalk.
The Stark County Fair association held an all day meeting in Canton to finalize the September 4 5 6 and 7 fair. President McKinley and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson are expected to attend on September 1 with an address at the fair grounds. Committees reported contracts for privileges refreshments and attractions and electric lighting for night fairs as preparations continue to make this the best county fair yet.
The decennial city board of equalization meets in the council chamber. Appraiser reports for wards one and two show totals of $589,670, with ward one $5,900 below tax duplicates and ward two up by $46,110. Ward four records a $9,340 loss totaling $335,280, while ward three’s auditor-held report is expected to show a roughly $60,000 gain.
An 1900 notice promotes a Niagara Falls excursion aboard the Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling Railway on Saturday August 18 with an urging consult agents. A testimonial from Annie Williams, ten, praises Grain-O as a coffee substitute and notes her mother’s improved health and weekly use.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as curing dizziness indigestion and torpid liver by restoring stomach function purifying blood and cleansing the liver. It cites a testimonial from W A Preston of Shuqualak Mississippi plus mentions Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as aiding the remedy.
A. C. Jackson M D of Le Roy New York writes that Grain-O left at his office impressed him as a substitute for coffee, matching the quality of the best coffees he has used. The note praises Grain-O highly and closes respectfully. Entertainment committees will find invitations and programs at the Independent office.
A good advertisement states that British Doctors in Suite 6 and 18 Werner Block Canton will provide free consultations examinations advice and minor surgeries for three months to all invalids who visit before August 20. They claim cures for many diseases including cancer and skin issues and promise no charges during the period with office hours 9 am to 8 pm and no Sunday hours.
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