Local Happenings From Massillon Area
Local happenings list visits and travels of residents including Charles Swarms visiting Mrs McClarran in Buffalo and Clarence Evans vacationing at Mud Brook. Reports note Millie F Kiehl in Cleveland for wholesale millinery and Mrs Elia Zorger visiting her mother in Massillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Swarms
Mrs. W. ©. McClarran
Buffalo
J. J. Meinhart
Arizona
Points West
Millie F. Kiehl
Cleveland
Elia Zorger
Brooklyn
N. Y
Philip Wendling
North Erie Street
Christian Church
New Berlin
J. W. R. Skinner
Dieterich
Pauline
Anna Dieterich
New York
Orrville
Arline Burkle
Massillon
Georgia Hamilton
Clara Sawyer
A. Bauman
Catherine Snyder
Mt. Hope
Freta
Benjamin Wheeler
Warwick Grocer
Anna Herlihy
Kent
F. S. Sterling
Carrollton
Frank Hall
Allen Am
Henry Kraft
Melvin Steiner
Young Babe
Chicago
Urich Steiner
J. F. Adam
Ralston
John Senn
Fred Marchand
John Fohl
Greentown
Pair of Very Bad Men Highlight Bertillon Proposal
County Prosecutor Day advocates a Bertillon based criminal registry to aid investigations after two suspects, David Weston and William Baldwin, are jailed for assault and robbery in South Erie Street. A central file would hold Bertillon measurements, photos, and histories for quick cross checks across counties and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Weston
William Baldwin
Perry Merrell, Jr
Erie Street
Canton
Baldwin
Weston
Prosecutor Day
Bernard Bell
Massillon
Dog that bit cattle found dead on Whipple farm
Prompt reports say several animals were killed when a dog bit them. The dog believed responsible for the attack was located dead on the Whipple farm east of the city some time earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whipple Farm
Plans For Rector Craft Strengthens Parish Winter
The Rev E J Craft new rector of St Timothy s church outlines winter schemes including a non sectarian St Andrew s Brigade for boys to learn military tactics and civic parade duties A reorganization meeting for the old non sectarian industrial school is set for Saturday at 2 30 pm A men s club with lectures and a free smoker will meet next Wednesday and regular services resume tonight Also appears an advertisement for Rocky Mountain Tea and a Pittsburg Trust Company banking notice with high deposits and interest offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Craft
St. Timothy’s Church
St. Andrew's Brigade
Craft
Edward L. Kemp
Baltimore
Nearby towns offer tie to daily life and events
Goat Hill communities report improving health of Mrs. Martha Augustine and a busy local scene. Mines operate steadily as residents plan picnics, baseball games, school start on September 16, and visits from relatives. Campcreek, Orrville, West Brookfield and Genoa news note injuries, trips, social events, church services, and local business activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goat Hill
Martha Augustine
Cascade Park
William Biddle
Massillon
Lewis Hawk
Clara
Jennie
Pittsburg
Wellie Boughman
Dock Holderbaum
Mesars
J. D
S. W. Zupp
East Greenville
Elton Diamond
Justus
Herman Glick
William Penman, Jr
Mackinac
Harmon Trubey
Augustine
George Herrick
Joseph Forma
West Lebanon
Samuel Baughman
William Glick
George Hall
Gibson
West Virinia
Elton
Campcreeke
Demands of Trainmen for Wage Increase
In Cleveland on August 27 1900 Assistant Grandmaster Lee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen said a concerted movement is under way among trainmen and conductors west of the Mississippi to secure uniform rules and pay. A vote to authorize officers to press concessions is being taken with results expected in about ninety days, but there is no talk of a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Grandmaster Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Mississippi
Dangers in Oil Field Overwhelm Operators Daily
Beaumont Texas August 27 Inspector George A Hill warns oil field conditions are alarming. Gas poses extreme danger to workers with over a hundred overcome daily and fears of total blindness from constant exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
George A. Hill
Gratitude for Kindness During Illness and Funeral of Child
Mr and Mrs David Jones express heartfelt thanks through The Independent to friends and neighbors who assisted during the illness and burial of their dear child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
David Jones
Miles Mission to Philippines and Lakes Commission
President Roosevelt orders General Miles to inspect the Philippine army after mid September focusing on instruction discipline and supplies while not interfering with Chaffee or Davis. He may be joined by Lt Col Whitney Col Reber Maus and others for a January return. Separately the state department will invite Great Britain to join a Great Lakes water level commission with $20,000 for three American commissioners to study Chicago drainage impact Sault Ste Marie power devices and potential dam sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Miles
Philippines
War Department
Chaffee
Davis
Breckenridge
Army Headquarters
Whitney
Reber
Maus
General Miles
State Department
Great Britain
United States
Great Lakes
Chicago Drainage Canal
Sault Ste Marie
Ex Gov Hoadly Dead In New York at Watkins
George Hoadly former Ohio governor and N Y partner of Edward Lauterbach died at Watkins where his family stayed weeks ahead of burial in Cincinnati. Born July 31 1826 in New Haven he studied with Salmon P Chase and served as a judge in 1851. He helped in Tildens electoral case and opposed Bible use in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Greorge Hoadly
Ohio
New York City
Edward Lauterbach
Watkins
Cincinnati
George Hoadly
New Haven
Western Reserve College
Hudson
Salmon P. Chase
State Supreme Bench
Tilden
Joseph B. Foraker
Foraker
Electoral Commission
Purcell
New York
Times Sees U S Economic Position Strengthening
The Times editorial from London August 27 argues the United States has improved economically over the past five years. It notes Americans own most railway securities once abroad, predicts big grain exports to Europe and available borrowing, and a promising cotton crop while money demand in New York remains but will not surge this autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Times
United States
America
Europe
New York
Rabies Develop in More Stock on Kraybill Farm
A cow on Christian Kraybill’s farm southeast of the city showed rabies after a mad dog’s bites four weeks earlier. Veterinary surgeon B W Groff studies the progression as Kraybill seeks legal avenues for compensation, arguing livestock losses are not covered by existing sheep restitution laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Coulter
Ames
State College
Lodi
Uhrichsville Chronicle
Massillon, Dalton & Wooster Electric Railway Company
Canton-Akron Railway Company
C. P. Foust
Massillon
Massillon & Cleveland
Pennsylvania Company
Warwick
Sterling
Lorain
William C. Dawson
Tuscarawas Township Sunday School Association
Crystal Springs
Minnie Long
Reinhart Long
Christian Krabill
Christian Kraybill
B. W. Groff
Groff
Kraybill
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Clarence Evans
Bee Hive
Mudbrook
Bella Spieth
E. B. Upham
Hast
Wellman Streets
L. H. Stewart
Lena Stewart
Julia A. Beeler
Limaville
Beeler
Craftsman Publishing Company
Capital
J. A. Robinson
J. W. Bulger
A. H. Blinn
Thomas F. Snyder
W. B. Holwick
Paint Township
Walter Karrer
Columbia Heights
G. W. Lose
William Fetzer
Clyde Walters
Ed, Walters
Mansfield
St. Joseph’s Church
J. F. Kuebler
Massillonacrie of Eagles
Alliance
Weston and Baldwin
St. Timothy’s Parish
Soys’ Brigade
Z. T. Baltaly
Pittsburg Trust Company
Fourth Ave
Pitsburg
Campcreek
Elmer Teenhart
Myrtle Buxser
Beatrice Stuck
Eva Ott
Harry Ammann
J. M. Fiscus
South Main Street
James Dial
Gambier
J. B. Dial
Jacob Frey
Martha Denham
Applecreek
Dalton
Muscatine
Emma Meeks
Wooster
Maurice Smith
Thomas Pattinson
Meyer's Lake
Goldie Segner
Charles Lyons
Berry
Arthur Shilling
Stanwood
Bert Shilling
Henry Erb
Niagara Falls
Samuel Kandel
Ezra
Homer Dunham
Pleasant Valley
Leota Levers
West Main Street
Greenville
James
A. Cartwright
Campbell
Jesse Waisner
Akron
Fred
William Breker
John Thomas
Ralph Sutton
Thomas Head
Bentley
Sandbank Mine No. 4
GHNOA
Genoa
Kittie Muskoff
William Grant
Grace Muskoff
Hazel Marchand
Richville Sunday School
Erb’s Grove
Baltzly
Hoadley
Board of Education
E. A. Jones
London Times
Mr. Kraybill
Auerbach
Doll's
East Main Street
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