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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1902
Page
2
Senator Hale extols the Dingley act noting increased revenue and prosperity. Congress members arriving in Washington show limited desire for tariff revision, while Southern Manufacturing Record warns against tinkering that could harm domestic industries reliant on iron, coal, lumber, wool, and sugar.
The Toledo Blade argues over the Panama route with Colombia, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, noting a 99 year lease proposal and higher offers than we will pay. It urges patience, dignity, and that the canal cross Panama is the best path, while resisting coercion of Colombia and avoiding entanglement with rival routes.
The report estimates 208 Republicans and 178 Democrats will sit in the next House, a 30 vote GOP majority. It notes the elimination of third parties from the chamber, predicting a two-party system for now and favorable prospects for Republicans in the 1904 cycle. The piece also touches on canal politics with Colombia resisting ceding canal territory to the United States.
The St Mary's church Young Ladies Sodality bazaar in North Mill street closed with record crowds and sold out chinaware, embroidery, toys and more. Winners included Joseph Snyder Jr for a Ladies hat, Lewis Ramberger for a pudding set, Elmira Ertle for a dinner set, O A Weinrich for a picture, and several boys and girls drawing footballs and dolls. Financial result about $7000.
A fragment mentions ham shoulder with Laird and initials HW MW, implying an item or reference in a historical listing or notice. Further readable details are not provided to determine full context or event.
A spring and lever based automatic switching mechanism, invented by David J. Sullivan of Saginaw, aims to prevent accidents from open switches. The device automatically closes switches, locks the tongue, and resets after trains pass, functioning along main to branch lines and capping operator errors. Demonstrated on Pere Marquette line in Saginaw, with claims of world-wide patent protection and strong components, though some railroad engineers express caution.
Washington dispatch to the New York Tribune reports a weary diplomat from the diplomatic corps musing over bears and eloquence. He wonders why Roosevelt would not go to Manchuria to find a bear big enough to please the president, while noting no invitation has been extended by Count Cassini.
A four story brick clubhouse with basement will rise on Cinnon Street New York in memory of a son of Mrs. B S Potter Duke of Bishop Potter. The Reward Clark club will feature toned reception rooms five floors tall a roof garden and a front of brick limestone and granite at an estimated cost of 859000.
Ohio Congressman General Grosvenor recounts a prophetic Washington vision naming Joseph Cannon as Speaker. He foresees Cannon pounding the desk while Dalzell leads a rule fight and other familiar figures like Babcock Payne and Sherman occupy their noted roles. He claims only Cannon sits in the chair.
Orange New Jersey faces coal famine with daily small supplies far short of demand. A bowling alley proprietor heated his home by burning burned tenpins, once varnished and cracked, which burned fiercely like coal. He claims the improvised fuel will last well into winter.
Sergeant John Daly confronts two returning soldiers who repay a long debt from the Philippines with a Filipino charm and a five dollar gold piece. The scene unfolds at the Thirty-fifth Street station in New York as the corporal and sergeant present the items and remind Daly of a prior “hard suck story” that led to the loan.
A New York specialist explains Mrs. Eliza Cunningham’s condition resembles lockjaw but stems from a nervous habit after an early fright. Sight of a cat triggers hysterics and jaw stiffness, but the expert says the present trouble will pass, tracing to childhood fright and habitual response.
A Philadelphia firm seeks Roosevelt consent to publish a deluxe edition of his writings. Roosevelt stalls then agrees after a tense chase, using a linen cuff as a contract pad. Royalties are huge, with a projected million dollar edition within nine months. Also recounted is Roosevelts turkey hunt at Bull Run, and a plan to lay automobile tracks in New York. A Berlin bequest funds coeducation offering women entry to two departments at least.
Florence Burns, once accused and later cleared of murdering her Brooklyn sweetheart Walter Brooka, wed Charles W. Willderich, son of late Lt. Col. A Willderich of the U S Army. Willderich, who died in 1894, faced a prior arrest for passing bad checks with Mabel Strong of Cleveland, who died soon after from consumption.
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