Local Happenings From Independent Investigators
Birth announcements echo community life with a son born to Mr and Mrs Samuel Weirich and another to Mr and Mrs Thomas McGuire. A Burglary charge against Jack Schaffert ends with discharge by Mayor Wise. Rural delivery starts February 15, Bancroft and Eaton post offices close. A Canton junk dealer faces hearing. Miss Kate Rob’s health fluctuates. parish council elections at St Marys. university fundraising tops 53 thousand dollars.
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Samuel Weirich
Thomas McGuire
George , Huston
Allegheny
Charles Shearer
Bankstreet
Massillon
Clarissa Jeffries
Methodist Home For
Yellow Springs
Daily Independent
Mattie Graybill
Wilmot
Melvin J. Fisher
Beech City
Charles Graybill
B. W. Sprinkle
Ladies’ Altar Society
St. Mary’s Church
B. ©. Portner
Elizabeth Sibila
John Fry
Lewis Dukes
Hancock County
Ada Normal University
Ada
Youngstown Iron Shect and Tube Company
Amalgamated Association
B. M. Noll
Canton
Jack’’ Schaffert
Charles Fogel
Wooster
Wayne County
E. P. Wise
Somerset
The
Christian Church
Cleveland
Cooley
Johnson
Knights of St. John
Philip Loew
Navarre
Loew
William C. Narrance
Lonudonville
Alliance
Narrance
Pennsylvania Road
Baskey
Justus
Jaspeh Crouse
Jacob Sibila
Tuscarawas Township
Justice Weiler
Crouse
Sibila
Obituary notices from Massillon area include Findley death
Jane Dougal Findley aged 70 died at home after a long illness. She was born in Ayrshire Scotland in 1831 and emigrated to America in 1840s. Survived by husband Archibald Findley one daughter and several relatives. Funeral from her home at 1 30 pm and service at 2 pm with interment at Newman cemetery. Also notices of August Bockhr Elizabeth Klein Augusta Hetrick and a medical ad for Chamberlains Cough Remedy.
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Jane Dougal Findley Newman
Jane Dougal
Archibald Findley
Ayrshire
Scotland
Archibald Windley
America
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Vicluite
Findley
Massillon Presbyterian Church
Home Baptist Church
Jaennette Street
John Pollock
North Lawrence
John Dungal
New Philadelphia
William Findlay
Newman Cemetery
George J. Schad
Louis Meuser
Marietta
Cleveland
Jacob Becker
Elizabeth Klein
Klein
Becker
Augusta Hetrick
Massillon State Hospital
County actions and local projects in Stark County
Stark County officials approved a $100 fireproof vault door and a five year lease for the northeast basement to the Canton-Massillon Electric Railway for $50 monthly. Tenants boarded on delinquent taxes saw 130 properties sold, with 15 percent extra due to redemptions. Hotel McKinley named for Harford House site, six stories and 150 to 200 rooms planned, with renovations and new plans by Guy Tilden.
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Canton
Diebold Safe and Lock Company
Northeast Court House
Canton-Massillon Electric Railway Company
Stark County Academy For Medicine
Mas Silo
Malvern
Marlboro
R. J. Pumphrey
Massillon
Ray Richardss
William Dailey
Robertson
Carnahan Tin Plate
Charles Arif
Pennsylvania
Lisbon
Richards
Dailey
Court House
Canton-Massillonlectric Railway Company
Canton-Massillon Electric Bailw Company
Aeteos
Stark County
J. Royal Snyder
McKinley
Harford House
Guy Tilden
Florel Saxton
Saxton
Invitations and Programs Spotlight at Independent Offices
Entertainment committees will find just what they want in these invitations and programmes from independent offices. Readable items include event schedules, program notes, and decorative inserts aimed at club and society gatherings.
Grass Fire Near Navarre Threatens Gasoline Store
A spark from a locomotive east of Navarre started a grass fire that burned for hours on Monday. Residents mobilized quickly, using clubs and blankets to halt the blaze as it neared the isolated gasoline house where street lighting fluid was stored. the storage was saved.
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Navarre
Scale Is Made in Massillon Bricklayers Union Row
The Massillon Bricklayers Union seeks fifty cent an hour scale for the coming season, noting last year’s 45 cents though many builders paid 50. Some prefer no eight hour day due to weather, while others push for it. The union may affiliate with the Trades Assembly if a national convention repeals a law restricting affiliations. Officials named include Clark Bernard president Ernest V Edwards vice president and Farr y Buck secretary.
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Crouse
Sibila
William Martin
Sterling
Charles Martin
Clerks’ Union
Trades and Tabor
Samuel Levinson
Harry Howig
Curtis Smith
Canton Union
Alliance
Youngstown Council
Mahoning Gas Fuel Company
A. J. Biderman
West Tuscarawas Street
Canton
Florence Biderman
Walter F. Hinderer
Massillon
May Ohliger
James Gannon
Massillon Bricklayers’ Union
Wition
Bricklayers’ Union
Massillon Trades and Labor Assembly
Buck Toesday
Clark Bernard
Ernest V. Edwards
Tfarry Buck
Adbrasan Yant
Messrs. Stinberg
Coffman and
Brown
Road to be Extended to West Lebanon and beyond
The Pennsylvania lines secured control of the eastern end right of way of the Camp project with track laid to the West Lebanon coal field. A board resolution orders finishing traffic from Wooster and Apple Creek to West Lebanon and Mi nerva with work to begin in spring, per the Republican.
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Pennsylvania
H. B. Camp
West Lebanon
Republican
Food Authority
Board of Directors
Trafic
Wooster
Applecreek
Minerva
Wooster Republican
Change of Time for Trams Between Cleveland and Wheeling
The Cleveland Leader reports time changes for some DBattimore and Ola trams, mainly the Cleveland to Wheeling local service. Initial plans to sweep time changes are retracted, with no alterations to Washington service or Chicago connections. Changes depend on completing the Lodi to Lester cutoff, whose construction date remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dbattimore & Ola
Ja & W
Cleveland
Wheeling
Washington
Chicago
Lodi
Lester
Many Miltons for War Across the Century
An old plea notes U S war spending over the past century while broad crowds chase a universal cure for indigestion and nervousness. It extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the sole effective medicine and urges readers to seek its almanac for 1902 from local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hostetter
German doctor swindles family with fake cures and shows
A German doctor peddling a medicine for all ailments lured John Van Lear, his wife, and child into touring towns offering high salaries for entertainment and sales. The family performed acts and painted ads, but the doctor vanished with unpaid wages. Trustees transported the Van Lear family from Sherodsville to Barberton after no receipts or medicines remained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Lear
van Lear
Steuhenville
Barberton
Sherodsville
Excursions to Cincinnati via Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania Lines offers excursions to Cincinnati with tickets available for January 27 and January 2. Return validity extends to January 41. Deal ers in the Convention Union Association of Lumber will sell the tickets. For particulars consult Pennsylvania Lines agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Lines
Convention Union Association of Lumber Dealers
Pennesylvania Lines
Reduction in Army and Philippines policy named by Taft in interview
San Francisco report outlines Taft saying 15,000 soldiers will be enough for the Philippines. Within a year 5,000 native constabulary will be employed to patrol provinces and deter robbers. He sees no path to free trade, notes tariff cuts aiding island products, and mentions civil military harmony. Taft will be guest of honor at Union League Club reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Geercorner Taft
Philippines
Bingley
Pacific
Tie
Union League Club
Bergman Ordered to Serve Full One Year Prison Term
Scranton, Pa. court ruled Ader Bergman must serve a full one year term in prison with standard good behavior allowances after his conviction on multiple indictments. He claimed some charges violated state law and sought credit for time already served under a new law. The decision follows a petition to the superior court. Also mention of California Oregon excursions offered by Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line with daily routes and special tours from Chicago to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranten
Ader Ven
der Bergman
Bergman
Coner
Calfornia
Oregon
Chicago Union Pacific
North Western Line
Californi
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. C. Miller
Wise
Maragret Abell
California
Metta Mathie
Harry Buck
M. M. Troop
A. H. Rosenberry
Bancroft and
Eaton
Arthur Redman
Hackett
Orangeville
Ind
William Redman
Kate Rob
Overton
Massillon Hospital
CG. L. Halter
Frank Kohl
Joseph Schneider
Joseph Kettl
Chamberlain
B.S Craig
Z. T. Baltzly
Rider& Snyder
Stark County Academy of Medicine
Assembly
National Convention
Tain Law
Royal Baying Powder CO
William ST. New York
van Lears
Tainments
Taft
Superior Court
Conrad, Dangler & Brown
Clay St
Massillon, O
Bell Phone
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