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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
4
The Independent plans provisional adoption of Roosevelt backed spelling reforms. Brander Matthews and associates promote simplifications to foster an American language. The editorial argues for official sanction, tests, and education to ease youth study burdens and guide language evolution.
The steamer carrying William Jennings Bryan, the Princess Irene, passed Nantucket Hight at 1:40 AM signaling all on board in good condition. She is expected to dock about 3 PM today.
A 19 year old Massillon youth Lee Basht of the One Hundred nineteenth artillery regiment enlisted January 1905 and left for service. He was reported drowned while bathing at Fort Mott New Jersey on Sunday afternoon. His body had not been recovered when telegram arrived to his mother Mrs Catherine Basht. The family asks that the body be sent to Massillon when found. His father Christian Basht formerly lived on the John Weiler place in Tuscarawas Township and died several years ago.
The Salvation Army, led by Ensign Joplin, urgently requests donations to cover daily calls for the sick and needy and a $500 due on Tremont and Mill streets by September 15. One citizen has pledged $50 on condition of raising $450 more. Captain Bassett from Cleveland will lead meetings with a magician and urges public attendance.
Canton August 29 reports: Mrs. Fred Shipbaugh travels to Magi sillon due to her mother Mrs. Wagner’s illness. A lake theatre visit led to a swollen hand and arm from insect bites. Reuben Schwartz alleges Captain Little stole about 130 dollars from a shop drawer after a fire wagon stop. A warrant may follow. Edward Sheenanew sues for 1000 damage in common pleas court, accusing George Schumacher of calling him a thief and liar and claiming he can prove it in New Berlin.
An Italian worker’s error caused a premature dynamite explosion at Brewster on the Bolivar Orrville cutoff. John Flynn of Toledo died instantly. engineers John Feller and Alex Gore, plus another Italian worker, were badly hurt. Flynn’s body was torn apart. Feller suffered severe head and eye injuries. Gore sustained head injuries but walked home. The Italian was injured as well. Coconer Marsh rendered verdict of accidental death. Physicians treated the injured. no other deaths reported.
Describes the U L&W wide vestibuled high back seat ladies coach and smoker on trains 16 and 17, with porter in attendance and no extra charge.
Robert Burns of Canton is appointed deputy state game warden by Porterfield, creating Stark County's second warden alongside Andrew Dangeleisen of Massillon who remains active. Dangeleisen continues full powers, while Burns serves as a constable under Justice Bowman. Dangeleisen investigates reported violations.
Alliance Aug 29 John Welty of Canton was nominated by acclamation for Congress by the Democrats of the Eighteenth district at 2 PM. The convention began at 10 AM with delegates from Stark Mahoning and Columbiana counties and adjourned after the nomination amid calls for harmony and victory.
A whimsical plea for a summer book detailing how to travel to dozens of Wisconsin and Minnesota resort areas via Wisconsin Central Railway. It promises guidance on when and where to go and cost, offered free on application to Milwaukee Central By, Milwaukee Wis, with signatures from Jan Pond, General Passenger Agent.
Joseph W. Powell of Buffalo will direct the church dedication preparations for Massillon on October 7. The layman will arrive a week early, oversee planning, and guide committees as part of the great forward movement to widen the church’s spiritual usefulness from Atlantic to Pacific.
Akron August 29 treasurer Arthur Gi Sisler of Clinton township is missing. Trustees traced part of the township money to Clinton Bank and National City Bank in Akron but about 500 dollars remains unfound. Sisler left Manchester for Mt. Clemens Michigan two weeks ago and has since vanished. He is nephew of Uy L. E. Sisler, former county auditor and now supreme record keeper of the Knights of the Maccabees at Port Huron Michigan.
Philadelphia observers report every banking house prepared to meet sudden demands following the Real Estate Trust Company closing. Crowds gathered at Broad and Chestnut streets where depositors watched anxiously as police ringed the distressed office and kept demonstrators back.
In Chicago on August 28 a four hundred pound test fire hose at the Sears Roebuck west side plant became unmanageable under two hundred pounds of pressure. It snapped an older worker's leg and seriously injured two others while killing one man instantly and fracturing his spine as the hose whipped about like a large reptile in under three seconds.
At Symmes near Loveland Ohio four Greek laborers on railroad construction were killed and timekeeper George Ross fatally injured when struck by a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern train while walking the tracks. An excursion to Cleveland via B&O R R is offered Sunday September 9 with Massillon departure at 8:30 am and return at 7 pm for a dollar round trip.
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