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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1899
Page
2
The pamphlet notes that weekly editions began in 1868 and the daily foundation followed in 1887, with semi weekly editions started in 1898. It highlights the progression of the newspaper’s publication history and its long-standing heritage.
The December 1 1899 report notes Senator Hoar missed a key point in the President's message amid debate in the cloak room. The state department weighs issuing a neutrality proclamation as Britain and the South African Republic are at war, with the U S unlikely to act until others initiate.
Debs exposes hardship as New England workers face wage changes. Notices show Pepperell and Laconia mills in Biddeford Maine boosting pay 10 percent on December 18, York mill Lacoonnevt also raising, Waterville Maine restoring old 15 percent cut, and Hookset New Hampshire 10 percent on December 18. Amoskeag Manchester plans 10 percent rise December 18 for 8000 workers, with Armory and Stark mills following. China Webster Pembroke mills in New Hampshire up 10 percent, Lawrence Massachusetts mills including Atlantic Arlington Pemberton Everett announce 15 percent on December 15, Pemberton delayed to January 1. Methuen Taunton Pawtucket also report increases.
A reader echoes John A. Kasson on expansion as central to American character. He traces Massillon’s growth from pioneer roots and notes later generations seek opportunity beyond the Mississippi, with Alaska or foreign lands offering new frontiers for development by the nation’s leaders and patrons.
Henry K Dulabahn describes in a letter from the Philippines how his unit captured a fort after marching from camp on the 7th and fighting October 18 to 20. He details climbing ladders, taking 150 prisoners, and notes friendly locals, good climate, clean water, and pests.
What a well known railroad man and president of Lima thinks of Foley’s Kidney Cure. Geo. H. Hansan, engineer and EB WRR Rider Snyder, says one bottle relieved his backache. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers purify the blood and invigorate the system, and Chas W Cupples Rider Snyder endorse.
An advertisement asserts many suffer kidney problems unseen and offers Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy. It describes a home test with water sediment, claims relief for back pain bladder and urinary issues, and advertises 50c and 1 dollar bottle sizes plus free sample and booklet by mail from Kilmer Swamp Root Co of Binghamton New York.
Eugene V Debs spoke for two hours at Bucher’s Opera House on Looking Forward but failed to spell out how his utopian socialist reforms would be achieved. He described a jungle of greedy workers and praised a future where machines and industry are owned by all, while warning of factory shutdowns and hunger amid rising strikes. The Massillon crowd, invited by the Trades and Labor Assembly, applauded the vision yet debated methods, with Debs touring to Springfield the next day.
A cablegram from the war department reports General Young clashing with Aguinaldo's guard near Cerventes for four hours. Insurgents suffered heavy losses while American casualties were one killed and six wounded. Cerventes lies fifty miles south of Vigan and locals welcome the Americans as they push toward San Jose south of Bangued.
Philadelphia dispatch reports that over two hundred ships will be needed to carry iron and copper cargoes bound for the port next year. Spain and other Mediterranean sources have supplied about two hundred thousand tons for shipment to Philadelphia, in addition to Cuban mine consignments.
Boston December 9. New England cotton manufacturers welcome Augusta Georgia operators planned wage increase of ten percent for employees. By January 1 there will be about one hundred forty thousand cotton operatives in the South earning higher wages, signaling broader adoption by Southern mills.
A local notice promotes Morrow's Kid-ne-aids with testimonials from Ohio residents including Mrs. M J Suydam of Linwood Street Norwalk. The ad claims relief from rheumatism kidney trouble and backache and notes the tablets are yellow and cost fifty cents a bottle. Manufactured by John Morrow & Co Springfield Ohio. Also mentions fancy embroidered night shirts for sale at Doll's hat store.
John Haag, blacksmith at 24 BE Charles St, says kidney pain and backache troubled him for months. After using Doan's Kidney Pills from a local drugstore, he improved quickly and has not felt the pain since. He urges others with kidney issues to try the remedy, 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name.
The ad extols Grain-O as a delicious nourishing drink to replace coffee. It claims easy digestion, strengthened nerves, and no stimulants, suitable for children and adults, priced about the same as coffee.
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