Local Happenings and Holiday News from Massillon
A Massillon column lists visiting relatives in town including C. C. Knode and son Ray in Columbus and Mrs. R. E. Smith with Miss Olive Smith in Norwalk. Births, marriages, illnesses, and funerals are noted among local families, with Christmas week events and church services highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Knode
Ray
Columbus
August Sturm
Navarre
Robert McKnight
Toledo
City
R. E. Smith
Olive Smith
Norwalk
Memorial windows for United Brethren church in West Tremont Street
The United Brethren church on West Tremont Street plans thirty memorial windows. The last window sold recently as an art firm prepares to install glass. Rev. James Jones leads revival services soon with assistants Rev. Komer of Barberton and Rev. O Slusser of Akron, noted evangelists in United Brethren circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
United Brethren
West Tremont Street
James Jones
Komer
Barberton
O. Slusser
Akron
United Brethren Church
Monopolies Feared Over Akron Gas Court Action
Judge Kohler appoints Harvey Musser as attorney for the court and for the receiver in all Akron Gas Company transactions to prevent plans for a city gas monopoly. The receiver denies any move to absorb the Akron Gas plant by Standard Oil, or any option by East Ohio Gas on the Walsh plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
J. A. Kohler
Harvey Musser
George A. Kohler
Akron Gas Company
Kohler
Standard Oil
East Ohio Gas Company
Walsh
Governor-elect to press Sunday saloon closures in Cincinnati
Unofficial dispatches from Cincinnati say the governor-elect will demand Sunday closing of saloons in Cincinnati and will use state power to remove mayors of large Ohio cities who fail to enforce the Sunday closing law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattison
Columbus
Cincinnati
Queen City
Marriages and deaths mark Christmas in nearby towns
In Wilmot Lula Hoak and A L Deal wed at the bride's home with Dr. Frick officiating while Chloe Robinette and John Buzzard wed the prior weekend. West Lebanon sees Andrew Budd pass after a lingering illness and Mrs Fred Mower laid to rest. Coal prices rise despite production costs as local residents debate miner pay. Numerous social events, holiday readings, and family visits color the season across Newman, Justus, Elton and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmot
Lula Hoak
A. L. Deal
Frick
Deal
Chloe Robinette
John Buzzard
J. B. Moyer
Methodist Sunday
J. B
West Lebanon
Andrew Budd
Fred Mower
Apple Creek
Ethel Snavely
Lady Friend
Westerville
Westerville, Are Spending the Holiday Vacation With Miss Snavely
Frank Gabie
Oberlin
McFarren
George Jones Wounded in Christmas Shooting at Dillonvale
George Jones a 30 year old coal miner formerly of East Greenville and now working in a Dillonvale mine was shot Christmas evening. His brother Reese left for Dillonvale to learn his condition as.massillon and East Greenville relatives awaited updates on the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville Snyder
Uhrichsville
Snyder
Alice Allman
East Main Street
Frederick J. Ritter
Summit County
Cuyahoga Falls
Catherine E. Lahm
Canton
James F. First
Cleveland
Lucy
Evelyn Beckley
Jewett
H. A. Beckley
Pike Street
Herbert
Lewis Rauber
W. F. Garry
Walford
N D
J. H. Rhine
Fi Ie
Plum Streets
Massillon
Henry Ream
Etta Moore
Kent Street
T. C. Peterson
George Walter
People’s Meat Market
Erie Street
Samuel Heinbach
Walter
Newman
Dee
Barbara Dehoff
Elmer
Urban Hill
Florence Peters
Anton Russ
Wooster
R. H. Ralston
William May
Viola Jenkins
Theophilus Jenkins
Akron
Aston-Jenkins
William Davis
Far West
Thomas B. Davis
West Main Street
David Davis
E. R. Roderick
Joseph D. Reese
Anderson
Daler
H. H. Anderson
A. L. Williams
Eva Dehoff
Justus
Justus A. B
M. A
Homer Boughman
William Kepfer
A. D. McFarren
Bert McFarren
Clinton McFarren
John Baskey
Elton
McFarren
Cullen
George and
Lee
George Krichbaum
Elton Henning
Washington Boughman
Will Brediger
M. E
William Opliger
Lorain
Harvey McFarren
Otterbein University
East Greenville
Reese Jones
Dillonvale
George Jones
Mapsillon
Jones
Reese
William Jones
Fast Greenville
Mr. Jones
Mas- Billon
Merchants Trust Company Fails In Memphis
Memphis reports the Merchants Trust Company closed its doors and a receiver was named. Felix T. Pope heads the bank with 200000 dollars in capital. Allied banks American Savings Bank and Merchants Savings also suspended. New York states the Merchants Trust owed depositors six hundred five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Associated Press
Merchants Trust Company
Felix T. Pope
American Savings Bank and Trust Company
Merchants Savings Bank
New York
Wreck on the Penny Causes Fire Fatality and Damage
Cincinnati dispatch reports fireman David Hall of Dayton crushed to death in a wreck on two Pennsylvania freight trains near Rendcomb Junction. Signal error triggered the collision. fire followed as engines welded together. It took two hours to recover Hall's body and passenger traffic was delayed for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Associated Press
David Hall
Dayton
Pennsylvania Road
Rendcombe Junction
Hall
Perry Township Business Premises and Bills Notice
The costs in the case involve a recently purchased business址 formerly run by George Hertle. The saloon 14 is located in Perry township outside the city limits. Please present bills. All outstanding bills against Perry township must be presented for payment no later than Thursday noon December 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hertle
Perry Township
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M. E. Mort
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John Kitt
Houston Street
Marjorie Gates
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St. Mary’s Cemetery
New Presbyterian Church
Edward Milan
Burd’s
Milan
Coshocton
Joan Milan
Brown Street
Nina Stansbury
Orrville
J. W. Stansbury
William D. Kay
F. Myers
Methodist Church
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Renera
Orrarhive
Ambridge
Kay
Ogg
Deneckenheed
Stark County Infirmary
Lene
Libbie Teeple
Edward Wood
Methodist
Smithville
Wayne County
Thomas Teeple
Akron Street
R. R. Bigger
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Wood
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North Teton Street
Thomas ‘F. Burns
Frank G. Peck
William W. Williamson
Ray Daffee
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U. B
Judge Kohler
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Youngstown, C
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Roca Paking
Pyork
Frank Nemeth
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Derby
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