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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
4
The piece discusses trust influence in politics with Colonel Kilbourne amid a campaign, quotes on Howells and Chauncey Depew, and notes tentative campaign openings. It also covers electric railways boosting steam traffic, American shipping activity, and forecasts from Prof. Atkinson on Philippine schools amid continued American occupation.
In a forenoon session Filipino teachers were instructed and informed that Spanish would soon be abandoned as a medium of instruction. With few objections the teachers accepted the proposal to switch to English and now show real eagerness for adopting the new language.
Adrian P. Howard claims he reorganized the Democratic Central Committee as president with Fred Stahl as secretary and Joseph Bartel as treasurer. The anti-Howards denounce the meeting as irregular, asserting no quorum. Howard says four members suffice and cites two proxy representations. The dispute centers on tie-breaking methods and secrecy surrounding the gathering.
A Bayard era column extols long life via food and stomach function. It praises Hostetter Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia indigestion belching constipation insomnia nervousness biliousness and malaria fever and ague and urges readers to obtain the genuine article. Testimonials from Mrs Allport and others are included along with various medical ads and product mentions.
A revived lecture series is planned for the coming season at the Armory. Ex Governor Bob Taylor will speak on The New Plantation with Elias Day performing mimicry and stories. Louis Favour will lecture on Electricity while John Temple Graves may address topics such as A Reunited Country or The Last Hope of the Negro. The Fadettes will provide the musical entertainment.
F R Steele, state agent for Hastings Industrial Company of Chicago, announces plans to build a pasteurizing plant in Massillon. The firm would buy dairy output from surrounding farms, pasteurize it, and distribute with about five to six wagons, keeping milk prices stable. Surplus milk would be shipped to Pittsburg.
A fragmented notice listing several names and codes in the advertised letters section. The readable fragments suggest a mail-themed notice with partial person names and obscured identifiers, indicating items awaiting pickup or processing at a post or mail office.
The Ohio bulletin of charities details Fairmount Children's Home at Alliange with 77 children placed between Jan 1, 1900 and Apr 25, 1901. Boys average 9 years 11 months, girls 10 years 3 months. Average stay: boys 3 years 5 months, girls 3 years 2 months. Of those remaining, 17 have been placed out once, 3 twice, 1 thrice, and 2 four times. A school is maintained on site.
A local market report notes potatoes priced around 1 dollar per bushel with further drops possible due to rains boosting late crops. It also highlights a surge in Indiana watermelons replacing Virginia and Georgia as primary suppliers, and a bumper peach crop affected by heat. Wheat movement remains light at 68 cents a bushel.
The condition of Mrs. A. Weaver of Columbian Heights improved today after neighbors found her in distress with a half empty laudanum bottle. She admitted consuming the drug but gave no reason and did not promise to stop.
The Navarre school board elected W. H. Stahl as grammar department teacher, the sole vacancy. Stahl previously served as superintendent last term. Also noted are visitors Mrs. Charles Ricksecker and Miss Lelia Ricksecker, plus other locals visiting in New York and Spain. An unrelated ad promotes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve and Lime for sale by local merchants.
Miss Ida Clauss reports brother Louis Clauss in Battery C Sixth Artillery at Manila and describes life aboard a Japanese coal ship guarding goods. He recalls a Fourth of July blue time and expectations of staying at Fort Santiago. A Wheeling State Fair racing program outlines fifteen events Sept 10–13 with purses from 100 to 400 and nightly illuminated tracks with vaudeville and music on Wheeling Island.
The Lake Superior region around Marquette Michigan is pitched as a healthful, scenic resort reached by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway. Pullman sleeping cars run Chicago to Marquette with excursion tickets at reduced rates and a brochure available by mail for four cents postage. Also a cough remedy promises quick relief for children.
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