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Newspaper

Massillon Independent

Location

Massillon, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1906

Page

3

Boni Lack Support in French Assembly Over Morocco Affair

In the French chamber of deputies Boni faced rejection as fellow members left the room when he spoke against the government in the Morocco issue. They then voted 56 to 518 against his position. Separately, Marsillon seeks $80,000 to buy Sippo valley land for a park, with $13,000 already subscribed including a $5,000 gift and two $1,000 gifts. The Smithsonian plans to use telegraphone devices to preserve Native American dialects and songs, preserving rare sounds for future study.

Count Boni Chamber of Deputies Morocco J. J. Wise Sippo Mansillon Marsillon North America Smithsonian Institute

President Roosevelt and the Brownsville Affair

Secretary Taft's report on the Brownsville incident defends Roosevelt, clarifying that the battalion members were discharged without honor for the good of the service. The piece questions crime concealment and notes further information will be presented to the Senate, yet it doubts errors in Roosevelt's stance.

Taft Brownsville Roosevelt United States Army Senate

The Haltzly Company Ends Pact Amid Lost Teas

A folded verse fragment references the Haltzly Company as a halted venture tied to Yake Rocky Mountain Tea. The speaker notes the plea came too late and claims an end to the affair due to lack of luck and vigor among people.

Conquer the Plains To Teach Crops Fit for Dry Climates

A Kansas City Star excerpt describes dry farming advocates winning converts among western farmers and the U.S. government funding plans. Professor E C Chilcott of Brookings will lead experiments across a vast plains zone from Canada to Texas to prove crop rotation, soil physics, and moisture conservation can yield high corn oats barley and wheat.

Great Plains Colorado Nebraska Kansas United States Kansas City Star C. Chilcott Brookings S. D Janes Wilson Chilcott Brookings Experiment Station Canada Texas Rocky Mountains West Plains M.A. Carleton Washington

St Louis Man Proposes Schooling Underage Workers

Nineteenth century philanthropist X C Nelson of St. Louis offers to fund sending children under fourteen back to school. He would pay each child half their former wage while women's clubs cover the other half. Nelson reports seven eligible cases and notes weekly payments averaging about 42 dollars.

St. Louis X. C. Nelson Nelson Kansas City Star

Boat To End War Says Holland With Disabling Submarine

John P. Holland of Newark declares a new submarine design will disable warships without killing. In a Newark La Salle Society lecture he insists the craft aims for disarmament over annihilation and could spare thousands of lives by crippling targets rather than destroying them.

Holland John P. Holland Newark la Salle Society New York Herald

Healing class opens at Emmanuel church Boston

Over 200 people from Back Bay joined the healing class at Emmanuel Episcopal church in Boston for its first session held last Sunday. The Rev Worcester and Mc Comb announced a modified confessional method to hear nervous disorder descriptions, with treatment to begin. The class will meet weekly.

Emmanuel Episcopal Church Boston New York Back Bay Messrs Worcester McComb

Herring’s Remarkable Career and Ashes Cremation Plan

The London Saturday Review lauds George Herring as a turf commission agent financier and philanthropist whose life ends. His will leaves generous charities and directs his ashes to lie under a sundial at Hlaven a charitable home for aged people he founded.

George Herring London Saturday Review Hlaven

Cold Weather on the Farm A Rural Snapshot

A Chicago News verse about winter on the farm contrasts frigid lake scenes and bare trees with a farmer’s meal upgrade. A landscape of declining city folk visits, hearty breakfast fare, and the farmer’s homespun humor ends with the outsize appetite of sirloin steaks and batter cakes.

Assault on Columbus Mayor Sparks Court House Brawl

Mayor Sadger of Columbus was assaulted in the courthouse corridors by Charles Miller, a strike committee chairman, after stern measures to quell iron molders riots. Sadger was hurt but not seriously. Miller was arrested.

Columbus Associated Press Sadger Charles Miller Badger Court House Miller

Northern Ohio Traction workers get voluntary 10 percent raise

The Canton Akron and New Philadelphia division announces a voluntary 10 percent wage increase effective January 1. New scale starts at 19.5 to 23 cents per hour across six month, one year, two year, and three year steps. About forty Massillon employees will benefit. Company aims uniform future pay across lines. Also reports electric package business to operate independently beginning next year.

Canton, Akron and New Philadelphia Northern Osio Traction and Light Company Massillon

Bribery Probe Under Way Over Civil War Monument Plan

Attorney General Hilts began an investigation into bribery charges connected with plans to erect a Civil War monument on the state house grounds to honor victims of the Suitara steamboat disaster. Governor Harris leads the probe as contractors are accused of offering money stock and positions.

Columbus Bec Associated Press Hilts State Commission State House Suitara Harris

Street Car Wreck Near East Liverpool Tragedy

A car on the East Liverpool Traction line derailed at the Jethro trestle approach this morning and plunged 25 feet down an embankment. One man was killed instantly and several passengers were seriously injured, per Associated Press reports.

East Liverpool, O Associated Press East Liverpool Traction Company Jethro Treatle

Obituary for Mrs Barbara Heck at 59 in Massillon

Barbara Heck aged 59 died at home 606 North Mill Street at 4 30 Saturday afternoon death due to apoplexy Funeral from St Marys church Monday morning Rev Michael Vollmayer officiating Survived by three sons George Thomas and John Heck and daughters Mrs Anna Mong and Mrs Clara Kracker all of Massillon Interment in St Marys Cemetery The ad for Dr Thomas Electric Oil is unrelated scannable text

Barbara Heck North Mill Street St. Mary’s Church Michael Vollmayer George Thomas John Heck Anna Mong Clara Kracker Massillon St. Mary’s Cemetery

Public Sale Notices and Advertisements Mix

Public sale announced at premises 14 miles west of Canal Fulton on Warwick road selling farming implements and household goods on Tuesday December 11 with real estate of 36 acres including a bank barn a comfortable house fruit trees and running water. Also various advertisements for Doan's Pills Laxative Bromocine and Cure-alls plus a skin ointment and railway train notes appear in the same page.

Canal Fulton Warwick Road Leillon

Pittsburg Rail Yardmen Won Middle Scale Wages

Pittsburg officials of the railroads centering in Pittsburg announce they have granted yardmen the middle scale of wages, a cent less than the Chicago scale, averting a threatened general strike in the district.

Pittsburg Associated Press Chicago

The Human Body Explained in Everyday Terms

A compact lay summary of the human body describing bones about 206, voluntary muscles, vast blood vessels including arteries, red and white blood cells, thousands of nerves in the brain and spine, sympathetic nerves, skin covering about fifteen square feet, porous ventilation, skin glands around 2,500,000, and 2,500 pores per square inch, with daily washing to prevent clogging.

Deception of Wild Birds and Their Self Preservation

The passage notes that fat birds can look thinner by compressing features, and owls can assume any position. In zoological collections, birds ignore crowds, awaiting food and staying safe. Wild plumage shows a bloom absent in captivity, likened to a grape’s bloom.

The Real Test at the Cobbler for a Man’s Daring Task

A Somerville Journal item outlines a man who hesitates to carry his wife’s shoes to the cobbler and have them tapped without tying them, wrapped in paper. The odd domestic moment frames a humorous moral trial about restraint and propriety.

Somerville Journal

Indestructible toys meet scrap heap in witty exchange

Husband asks what happened to the indestructible items last week. Wife replies they are out on the scrap heap, along with the indestructible kitchen utensils. Lile.

Dainty heart pincushion craft for Christmas gifts

A compact guide shows how to make a heart shaped pin cushion with needlebook features using scraps of silk and material. It describes cutting four cardboard hearts, sewing pieces, adding ribbon straps for nail files and scissors, and layering white flannel hearts inside. Also includes directions for a coconut shell string holder with velvet ribbon.

The Sunshine in Your Time Brightens a Home

The Sun Ray in the Hose urges readers to be a source of cheerfulness and brightness today and always. It compares cheeriness to a brook's musical ripple, noting it creates a lively atmosphere, separate from affection, and cheers dull homes.

Oyster Dressing with Onions and Cream

Slow cook onion in butter until soft then simmer oysters in liquor. Mix dry mustard and flour with cream to form a paste, add beaten yolk and more cream, then fold into the onion and oyster mix. Cook slowly five minutes, beat in ketchup and vinegar, season with salt, and serve garnished with lemon slices.

New tunnel system uses reinforced concrete walls

A proposed tunnel method replaces cast iron with reinforced concrete walls for the Ilostings shield. The lining uses molded segment blocks, rotary hoist, hydraulic jacks, waterproof joints, and steel beams braced by longitudinal bars, with a cement coating and smooth interior. First cost is moderate.

Chicago Kew

New Glassmaking Process by Fourcianlt of Belgium

A new glassmaking method from Belgium combines plate glass finishing by rolling with traditional blown glass. Molten glass is drawn upward through seventeen pairs of rollers, with thickness controlled by roller gap. The result is smooth, fat, and beautifully polished glass.

Fourcianlt Belgium

Swallows Seen 140 Miles From Land On Sargasso Quest

Report details five American swallows observed far from continents during Prince of Monacs voyage aboard Princess Alice. Birds used the ship as headquarters four times before vanishing, with no gulls or petrels at that distance.

Strallows Sargasso Sea Prince of

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