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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
5
Local items report moves and visits fromEdward Young and L Holcomb, Yale and Western Reserve students visiting Massillon, and many locals spending holidays with family across Pennsylvania and Ohio. A fatal glove cleaning accident, several meetings and community events, and upcoming shows and lodge activities are noted along with civic updates.
Stark county residents are invited to buy tickets for the Republican League McKinley birthday banquet on January 27. Tickets cost ten dollars and are limited. applications accepted until January 1, 1903, via the invitations committee led by E. A. Bowman, H. B. Webber, and Judge M. B. Aungat. General Corbin Chaffee and Young were invited to ensure army representation.
In Stanwood and East Greenville districts, Christmas preparations, concerts, and church events fill the season. A Wyandotte-like cantata, numerous solos, and band performances mark festive gatherings led by local bands and tutors. Community members attend sermons, dances, and oyster suppers amid news of injuries and upcoming nuptials.
Mrs Maria Strauss aged 54 dies of dropsy at her home 58 Weber Street on Sunday afternoon. She leaves a husband and three step-children. Funeral from St Pauls Church Tuesday at 1 pm. Itn the well spring of joy. The center around which happy home life centers. Rocky Mountain Tea. That great family remedy that makes home happy. %. T. Baltzly.
Combined capital and surplus of six million dollars backs deposit protections at four percent on time deposits with a one hundred dollar withdrawal notice, and two percent on checking accounts. Interest compounds semi annually. Total deposits reach ten million dollars. Mail banking promoted from 423 Fourth Ave Pittsburg Pennsylvania with a free two year calendar.
George Hornberger 18, an employee at Massillon Iron and Steel, was killed instantly at 6 am while adjusting a crane chain. He stepped back into a beam as the crane moved, becoming crushed between the crane and a girder. He had worked two weeks. burial planned in Danville, Pennsylvania.
The Republican ticket lists D S Sauere as a candidate for the new public service board. Democrats expect Councilman Peter Smith and Thomas Korns to seek seats. Smith's candidacy is likely but not officially announced. The rising importance of the city solicitor’s salary may bring several candidates forward soon.
Allentown Pennsylvania December 24 Reverend Abraham R Horne died unexpectedly yesterday of heart failure while Zeidersville event participants and Levamei on their way home. In Chicago Minnesota former United States Senator Dwight M Sabin died suddenly early yesterday morning in his apartments at the Auditorium annex.
W K Russell as trustee for English capitalists closed a deal yesterday to buy oil leases from Arnee of Kerr Speac Jones Ker Klauser Van Cleve and Augiate Oil Co. The 6590 acre tract has 273 producing wells and a daily output of about 60 barrels. The price agreed is 550000 dollars.
Most of the crew from schooners Frank A. Palmer and Sonia B. Crary, sunk near Thatchers Island last Wednesday, are improving rapidly. Wynnice Carlson from the Palmer left the relief hospital, and others are expected to depart soon except Captain Paite and Somerville.
The Thomas report arrives from San Francisco noting a new cholera outbreak in Manila with daily casualty tallies. Army officials warn the surge is unchecked in southern provinces as death rates rise and the epidemic spreads through the region.
The list shows prices for grain hay straw per ton and various feeds including corn new, oats new, clover seed, Timothy seed, rye and barley, flax, wool grades, bran and middlings per 100 pounds, plus fruits, potatoes, white beans, butter and eggs.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions Market parcels Pry Mas and Want Wool. Readable parts identify a market listing or price query but lack full details, dates, or entities to confirm a complete event or outcome.
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