Local Happenings in Massillon and Orrville
Births, visits, and social notes from Massillon and Orrville include a son for Mr and Mrs Peter Clark and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Harry Scott. News covers Christmas vacation dates, club events, canal work, weddings, funerals, concerts, and local travel plans for residents and visiting kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Clark
West Tremont Street
Canal Fulton
Ladies of the Eagles
John Moseman
Richard James
Ohio Canal
Massillon Plans Second Annual Banquet for Officials
The Special Committee of the Council outlines plans for Massillon’s second annual banquet at Hotel Conrad on January 2 1906 at 8 o’clock. The new and old councils meet earlier that evening with eight toasts planned by prominent officials including BE A Jones M D J H C Eyman C L Cronenbaugh Robert H Day Bernard Bell Charles Frantz and George W Kratsch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
BE. A. Jones
Massillon State Hospital
C. L. Cronebaugh
Massillon
Robert H. Day
Stark County
Bernard Bell
Charles Frantz
George W. Kratsch
Hotel Conrad
United States
Officials to pay own banquet plates, committee states
The committee notes the banquet is not funded by public money and that each official will cover his own plate. The statement was respectfully submitted by Martin B. Schultz, Frank G. Harrison, and Lee F. Graybill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin B. Schultz
Frank G. Harrison
Lee F. Graybill
Newman and Mt Eaton Glimpse Local Holiday Happenings
Community notes from Newman and Mt Eaton recount visits among East Greenville residents, a new home purchase with a blacksmith trade, church programs and a Christmas entertainment schedule. Reports cover school events, a Sunday school survey plan in Lawrence township, local illness, and a memorial petition against polygamy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman
John Anderson
East Greenville
H. M. Anderson
David Naysmith
Canton
James F. Miller
August Peters
New Berlin
Jacob
Annie Vetzer
James Jones
Massillon
Archibald Street
J. Booth
Wyner
Booth
A. L. Williams
Lawrence Township
Canal Fulton
Elmer E. Freed
Wilmot
H. B. Ebey
T. C. Peterson
Massilton
Gwynnie Rummins
Newmanites
MT. Eaton
Adolphus F. Finger
Robert Kennell
Toronto
Charles Schaffer
Leonora
North Street
R. A. Lucas
Nina Krister
Miss Farbhney
Cheyney
J. Yohn
Yohn
Pennsylvania
Clara Stutz
Eunice Westcott Brown
Mars
Mattie Cheyney Stauffer
United States
Canton Seeks Suspect in Canal Dover Murder
Canton police search for an Italian known as Cross eyed Jim wanted for the November 12 killing of Nicola Carcano in Canal Dover. He was in Canton soon after the murder but has not been heard from since. A $100 reward draws officer attention while the Salvation Army dinner for Canton’s poor children raises about 400. Captain Brandle led the visiting team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph S. Rounds
New York
A. J. Ricks
Rounds
James Nellis
Lincoln
Neb
Rochester
N. Y
F. L. Feller
Rebecca Schick
Reed Urban Church
Herbruck
Canton
Massillon
Bridgeport
Akron Street
Stark County Horticultural Society
County Infirmary
Harrison
James Brown
Dora Long
A. N. Kaley
Brown
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Orrville
Jesse Fidler
Flora Getz
Volkmar Street
L. H. Barry
George Rink
John P. Geis
Adolph Nill
Frank Buhmaier
Christian Hose
Benjamin Jlantzer
Mansillon
Salvation Army
Main
Erie
Ensign Butler
Army
Timothy A. Dunne
James Dunne
Cleveland Cathedral
Dunne
St. Mary’s Seminary
Baltimore
St. John’s Catholic Church
James K. Dann
Varia
London
Ida McKinley
Jim
Canal Dover
Nicola Carcano
Brandle
Soldier's death at Fort Porter shocks Canton friends
A detachment guard at the McKinley tomb near Fort Porter Buffalo N Y reports a death by own action. Friends in Canton say Brandle of Chillicothe had been ill and could not learn the reason behind the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Porter
Buffalo
N. Y
Canton
Brandle
Chillicothe
Massacreing Musselmans in Caucasia spreads to Tiflis
Constantinople December 20 dispatches report ongoing massacre of Musselmans by Armenians in Tiflis and across the Caucasus on December 18. Moslems hunted down without distinction. about two thousand Musselman families flee to nearby villages as Cossacks and troops plunder Batoum homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Associated Press
Tiflis
Caucasia
Batoum
Ferry Houses Burned In Rail Ferry Yard Fire
Fire destroyed the Delaware Lackawanna and Western ferry house and severely damaged the Jersey Central structure. A shed and some Erie railroad stock burned as crews fought flames started under the Lackawanna floor where painters worked. Loss estimated at 650000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Jersey Central
Erie Railroad
Lackawanna Ferry House
Duel in the Dark in Huntington Saloon
In Huntington Indiana a duel occurred in a dark saloon room early today resulting in gunfire. No further details on participants or injuries are provided in the brief dispatch. The Associated Press report continues with any ensuing investigations or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington, Ind
Associated Press
Policeman Charles Reilly Shot in Saloon Burglar Case
Policeman Charles Reilly and suspect Thomas Thompson were caught burglarizing a saloon. Reilly was shot through the lungs and likely to die, Thompson injured with a chin wound and a leg wound and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reilly
Thomas Thompson
Reilly
Thompson
Flattering rulers and a humorous imperial misfire
The piece recounts how rulers are flattered and cites Napoleon II as a worse shot than a friend, with a tale of a stag shot by an emperor and a hound’s whine. It then contrasts marital speech with pre marriage restraint, ending with a quip about love and voice control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canute
Napoleon Iit
Napoleon 1
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Maryland
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John Dunn
San Francisco
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C. M. Russel
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Japan
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Miss Hunt
S. A. Conrad
Honolulu
Charles Steese
C. J.brown
Marjory Gates
J. P. Burton
Miss Burton
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Cleveland
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Newark
N. J
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E. D. Russell
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Pacific Mail
Manchuria
Yokohama
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F. L. Baldwin
J. W. McClymond
Special Committee of
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The
Old and New Council
Gether
Christian Herald
Bible House
Memorial
Ohio
Miley
Shreve News
Washington
Navarre
John Biddle
A. H. Gans
Genoa
Kittie Moscopp
Nora Thompson
Fred Marchand
William Baker
John Moscopp
Peter Sterbe
John Hartzer
Malvern Road
William Miller
Ada Marchand
John Gephart
Klick Brothers
Sonnenberg
A. Kemp
Salem
Ore
Lydia Steiner
Peter Geiger
Old Mennonite Church
Jacob Nussbaum
Frederick Geiger
John Amstutz
Putnam County
Jacob Hostettle
Daniel Sommers
Kidron
Edna
Bertha Geiger
Allen County
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M.D
U. S. Navy
Napoleon
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