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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1902
Page
4
Births noted for Lipps Krish er and Suavely families. Werner named to Central Union Telephone list. Marriages include Edna Hendrickson and Charles Schlacher. Clergy, mining, and church events feature. deaths and illnesses cited. fire losses reported for a Columbus building. Community notices cover local visits, socials, and group meetings in Wayne and Stark counties.
Bearers of the ransom totaling 72500 dollars reached Demir Hissar in Roumelia on January 21 and rode into the mountains with a strong escort. Madame Tsilka recounts the capture by a 25-man Bulgarian band and describes a brutal murder to intimidate the missionaries.
Pekin notes report the dowager empress and her councilors weighing the hiring of eight eminent foreigners to lead reforms. Viceroy Yann Shi Kai urges foreign methods as essential, with missions to Pao-Ting-Fu and a plan to appoint specialists in international law finance military naval parliamentary and governmental affairs.
Columbus January 25 Governor Nash today received the resignations of Lesh Roash and Burns the remaining trustees of the Dayton insane asylum. The governor also pardoned William Baldwin of Pickaway county who was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for burglary of a chicken coop and stealing seven chickens. The pardon cites a circuit court ruling that there can be no burglary of a coop it must be a building.
Mrs. Mary Eyster 62 died at home in Richville from complications of disease. Survived by eight children including William Chicago and Dora Fohl Richville. Funeral at Richville Reform Church Sunday at 1 pm. burial in Richville cemetery. Roxanna Barbour 72 died at Massillon state hospital after two years as an inmate. Body sent to Akron. relatives in Akron. Ella Hossler infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Hossler died near the city. interment in St Josephs cemetery.
Medical authorities warn ptomaines in decomposed fish pose health risks and even death, urging live fish markets as in Germany. In a separate report a shark tooth fouled deep sea submarine cable at 330 fathoms, found embedded in the core despite protective sheathing.
An experimental violin instrument with a novel aluminium diaphragm and attached resonator debuted in London. The body remains unseen for sound yet supports the strings. vibrations travel through a rocking lever to a drumlike diaphragm, amplifying the tone and delivering a distinctive effect to listeners.
The text describes a device the Stroholin onator that purportedly augments and distributes tone into the surrounding air. It claims almost any tone quality can be achieved from a single instrument by changing the diaphragm, made of aluminum, which supposedly produces no metallic sound and yields rich mellow tones with minimal bow contact.
The Savings and Trust Company sold 326000 dollars of Canton Massillon Electric Railway bonds to J H Rollins Son of Boston. Proceeds will pay 200000 dollars of floating debt and fund overhead upgrades and new cars. The Canton Massillon Company is owned by the Northern Ohio Traction Company. E W Rollins and J R Nutt represented the buyers and sellers.
The state fish and game commission proposes a sweeping reform with district wardens replacing deputies, a $1 hunting fee, and broad enforcement powers. Open seasons are set for quail turkey and rabbits with limits, while foreign hunters pay a $2 license. Provisions include school readings, landowner permits, and probate license fees.
The new one story parsonage adjacent to the African M E Lion church is finished and occupied by Pastor and Mrs Transue. Transue built most of the structure with help from two carpenters and raised over 150 dollars from outside church donors.
Mrs H J Neher of 229 Wellman street says Dean's Kidney Pills cured her child with kidney related back pains after using a half pill twice daily. The testimonial notes the medicine was purchased at Rabzly's drug store Erie street opposite the opera house and urges readers to remember the name Dean's and avoid substitutes. For sale by Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents in the United States. 50 cents.
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