A mound opened near Massillon unearthed ancient tools
C L Baatz describes exploring Mound No 1 on the McCullough farm near Massillon. Finds include a bent hammer stone, a slate ornament with multiple notches, a black spear head, and bits of red paint in ash, with trenching revealing blue clay, a concave drilled hole, and several polishing stones. The mound stands on a high east‑facing site overlooking the city.
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Columbus Street
McCullough
Massillon
Cc. L. Baatz
Roosevelt Children III In Hospital In New York
Vice President Roosevelt’s youngest child Quintin aged four and his sister Alice are both in Roosevelt Hospital New York. Quintin was operated on by Dr George E Brewer and Alice had an earlier procedure for an acute illness. The VP spent Friday by their beds. the couple borrowed a private apartment to monitor progress and will stay there during the illness.
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New York
Roosevelt
Larthensells
Illness of Vice President Alters Plans Briefly
Reports say the vice president faces unexpected illness that unsettles schedules yet is not deemed serious. Widespread attention centers on how the health issue may influence imminent engagements and official duties.
Guessing Contests Legal Opinion on Prize Notices
Washington August 24 Attorney General Knox rendered to the postmaster general an opinion in a western newspaper case about a guessing contest offering prizes for Pan American exposition admissions. The opinion says unless forbidden by law the remedy lies with counsel and not with the department and questions whether awarding prizes for estimates of admissions falls under the statute.
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Washington
Knox
Post
Department
Rural Delivery Boxes Spark Post Office Debate
Complaints flow from rural free delivery routes over box rules and styles. Officials consider uniform designs, open market competition, and possible government rental to improve order and reduce costs. Congress may be asked for authority to regulate designs and standards in the next session.
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Washinon
Department
Post Office
Congress
Postoffice
Navarre News Gears Up for Electric Line and City Boost
Aug 24 Navarre debates electric line linking Canton and Massillon with a new southbound road. Rail work advances on Navarre extension along Main Street. debate over lighting shifts from oil to electricity. The Navarre News obituary marks closure after a year. Gorsuch and family faced illness. Massillon yards and a Wheeling & Lake Erie relocation loom as locals imagine urban growth near the station.
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Navarre
Massillon
Canton-Massillon Company
Canton- Massillon Company
Thorouh Graves
Massillon- Canton
Loew
Loew & Swaller, Grocers
Salare
Whooping Cough Relief Cited By Mrs Dutton
Mrs O E Dutton of Denville reports both her children contracted whooping cough. A small bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar cured the cough and saved a doctor's bill, as noted by Rider & Snyder.
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O.E Dutton
Denville
Foley
Rider & Snyder
Tuscarawas township Sunday School to meet at Crystal Spring
The nineteenth annual Tuscarawas township Sunday School Association gathering will be at Crystal Spring tabernacle August 28 to 31 1901 with devotional sessions lectures and child and youth activities led by Rev W S Adams Rev R W Klingel Mrs R J Smith Rev Ezra Neikirk Rev J D Wryandt and Rev J F Clokey among others. Activities include student enrollments programs on moral education and spiritual topics plus a grand musicale Friday evening featuring Miss Jennie Archer and Miss Ceridwen Thomas.
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Tuscarawas Township Sunday School Association
Tabernacle
Crystal Spring
R. W. Klingel
N. E. Mott
R. J. Smith
D. W. Walters
Anuanias Club
Ezra Neikirk
Jennie Archer
Ceridwen Thomas
E. J. Becker
S. Ezra Neikirk
Six Fast Harness Races to Be Held Thursday at Stark County Fair
Canton’s harness scene grows lively as six entries are assured for the 2:14 pace with a $300 purse, plus two other top races the 2:27 pace and 2:22 trot. Russell Wilkes and Jessie L. head the expected contenders as fans anticipate a strong turnout and potential local owner matchups.
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Stark County Fair
Secrtary Lehman
Russell Wilkes
Jessie L
Canton
Kidney Cure Claims Life Saved by Foley’s Remedy
Oscar Bowman of Lebanon Pa credits Foley's Kidney Cure with a permanent cure for kidney disease that would have cost him his life. He praises Foley’s Ointment for quick, lasting relief after doctors failed. Other testimonials from C F Conwell of Saugerties and ASA Bass of Morgantown claim backache and kidney pains were cured. Rider & S.
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Oscar Bowman
Lebanon
Foley
Hitler
C.F. Conwell
Valley Street
Saugerties
Asa Bass
Morgantown
Ind
Toley
Rider &S
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Rose
Willam Tasker
M. Baltaly
J. ©. Albright, Jr
Asa
The
Massillon Actual Business College
James White
Bryantsville
DeWitt
DeWittis
Fremont
Rider
Gregg
Bialer Business College
Wooster
H. G. Yocum
Sec’y and Mgr
Massillon, Ohio
Navarre News
Gorsuch
Thomas Doyle
Woodville
Doyle
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Chicago
S. S. Association
Crystal Springs
W. S. Adams
William Snavely
EK. Mahon
Oberlin
J. D. Wryandt
J. Warren Erb
J. H. Tschantz
H.R. Warner
J. F. Clokey
Tabernacle of Moses
Ats Mission
Ble
Reemsnyder
Home Missions
Fk. Clokey
Noe
W. H Be ‘Ity
Leetare
HW. F Becker
DBD
Dayton
Ananias Club
D. D
Neikirk
Becker
Indiana
Watermelons
S. F. Wefler
Roew
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