Barberton Doylestown Massillon line talks fail to agree
Representatives of Barberton Doylestown Massillon electric railway project fail to reach terms with Canton Massillon officials. Townsend and Garver reject the Canton proposal as too costly, eyeing routes via Tremont or Main streets. A new route plan would move Massillon terminals and route cars through Canal Felton Crystal Spring and Mill Street toward West Brookfield and East Greenville. Negotiations hinge on a proposed interurban bill granting city entry and probate court set compensation.
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Barberton, Doylestown & Massillon Company
Canton- Massillon Company
A. BE. Townsend
Doylestown
W. A. Garver
Canal Dover
Barberton, Doylestown & Massillon Electric Railway Company
W. A. Lynch
Canton
Carton-Massillon Electric Railway Company
Messrs. Townsend
Garver
Canton-Massillon Company
Massillon
Messrs
Townsend and
Tuller
Franklin County
Main Street
Canton Massillon Company
Tremont Street
North Lawrence
Canal Felton
Crystal Spring
Mill Street
Cherry
Erie
Main
West Brookfield
East Greenville
Townsend
West Tremont
Pennsylvania Railway
Gar
Sure of Appropriation for Massillon Hospital
Superintendent H C Eyman says Massillon hospital will receive the requested state funds after talks in Columbus with the house finance committee. A $55,000 assembly hall item was cut from the partial appropriation bill but will be included in the general bill, not yet introduced. The committee objected to marble wainscoting in the dining room, though the issue is now moot. Also reports from Center School District No 5 for January list 41 pupils with several students present every day. Police notes mention William Bennett's intoxication arrest and a separate drunkenness pickup at the C and W station. An advertisement promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin diseases.
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H. C. Eyman
State Hospital
Columbus
House
Eyman
Massillon Hospital
Nance
Massillon Asylum
Finance Committee
Masgsillon Hospital
McKinnon
Swain
Richardson
Massill Stoneware to Resume Operations Monday
Massill Stoneware Company will restart full operations on Monday after over a month’s suspension. The entire workforce returns, including several women in the sipping department who must be over eighteen. Rolling mill and laborers return as repairs finish. no operations since last Saturday.
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Massill On Stoneware
Striking Glass Carriers Organize to Seek Higher Wages
The Reed & Company glass works strike committee led by Charles Bittner formed after four West Oak Street meetings. They demanded a 15 cent per day raise, were refused, and plan another visit as talks note machinery may replace workers. The group adopted red ribbon badges amid mixed support from glassblowers.
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Reed & Company
West Oak Street
Charles Bittner
Ihat J
Teed & Co
Reed & Company Pays Off Strikers and Discharges Them
Striking workers at Reed & Company were summoned to the yard this afternoon, each receiving a payment envelope and a red ink discharge notice. David Reed says operations will continue, with bottles expected to be blown on Monday. Charles Bittner resigns as president of the strikers organization, saying the role was forced on him.
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Reed & Company
Ourse
David Reed
Charles Bittner
Morrow’s Kidney-oids Gain Popularity in Ohio
Advertisements claim Morrow’s Kidne-oids cure kidney trouble backache nervousness sleeplessness and debility in Ohio. A Fostoria reader reports relief and praise for the yellow tablets sold for fifty cents a box by John Morrow & Co. Springfield Ohio. Banner Salve touted as a cure for chapped hands cracked lips and rough skin by Rider & Snyder.
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Morrow
Ohio
L. Stock
West Tiffin Street
Fostaria
Seaman's Drug Store
John Morrow & Co
Chemiata
Springfield
Banner
Rider & Snyder
Massillon asylum funding stalled over assembly hall push
The state house finance committee refused to recommend a $55,000 appropriation for an assembly hall at the Massillon state hospital. Superintendent Hyman and trustees travel to Columbus to argue the case, defending per capita costs as lower than comparable asylums while critics cite $637,300 already spent and a 700 capacity need.
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Assembly Hall
House of State Representatives
Massillon State Hospital
Hyman
Columbus
Eyman
Massillon
Massillon Hospital
Elles
Board Delays Right of Way Decision for West Tremont Street
Barberton Doylestown Massillon Electric Railway access to West Tremont street school remains unresolved after a divided vote. The committee on buildings and grounds reported no report and will reconsider in two weeks. The board also approved Metcalf's grammar for seventh grade use and discussed library cabinet funding.
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Board of Education
Barberton, Doylestown & Massillon Electric Railway Company
Weh
West Tremont Street
Messrs
Johns
Conrad
West Tremont
Johns and
Humberger
Committee On
Jones
Metcalf
Harvey
McClymonds Public Library Association
Wayne County Man Sues for Breach of Promise
James McParren aged 60 veteran of the Rebellion files suit for breach of promise to marry against Ruth A. Bashford 58 a well to do resident of a Dalton area farm. He says engagement began December 1899 and the marriage was to occur January 18 1900 at Massillon seeking six thousand dollars damages.
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Wooster
Pittsburg
James McParren
Ruth A. Bashford
Suffering Patients and Hypochondriacs at Massillon Hospital
The Massillon state hospital plans to move fifty Columbus institution patients next week, with Dr. Russell from Mt. Vernon unable to attend. Cleveland patients will transfer Friday. Medical talks on hemorrhages and blood circulation preceded the February 22 masquerade ball, a much anticipated event. The institution houses 208 female and 178 male patients, with increasing male admissions and lingering concerns about feigned insanity.
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Massillon State Hospital
Columbus Institution
Russell
Mt. Vernon
Cleveland
Kyman
Massillon
Trial set for Henderson murder case in Canton
A special venire of thirty six jurors was drawn for the Henderson murder trial slated to begin February 26. Henderson will be moved from the penitentiary around February 1. Atlee Pomerene was appointed to assist Prosecutor Day with defense by George K Baldwin and J J Grant. The list includes Dell Rickard Alliance and many others from Canton, Massillon, Paris and surrounding townships.
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Canton
Henderson
Penitentiary
Atlee Pomerene
Day
George K. Baldwin
J.J. Grant
Dell Rickard
Alliance
David Wallace
John A. Essig
Jackson Township
George Cross
Henry Snyder
Everett E Mubiey
Massillon
Drake Coal Company
Furding & Harris
Common Pleas
Naonie B. Scheenler
Simeon Scheckler
J. W. Johnson
Plainwal ‘Company
Evan Wallace
John Flinn
Edward Mclain
Robertson
Mary
Reinoehl
Tuscarawas Township
John McIintosh
Perry Township
Haley Held Up by Four Armed Men Near Quarry
John Haley a Coxey's quarry laborer returning from Massillon was robbed by four armed men near a gravel pit two miles north of the city. He carried 30 cents with no other valuables. The assailants appear to be tramps likely from Crystal Spring recent gang expulsions.
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John Haley
Coxey's
Massillon
Haley
Crystal Spring
Important bills and precinct plans in Ohio legislature
Columbus dispatch notes Rep Snyder introduces a labor voting bill permitting two hours absence at general elections with pay protection. Metzger's Pike township two precincts bill clears final reading, Potock bills Stark county workhouse monthly reports and payments. Snyder to push Canton city government reform next week.
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Snyder
Pike Township
Pollock
Stark County
Ohio
General Assembly
State of
Metzger
Potock
Canton
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Harry Shriber
John Stern
Roy Wetzel
William Bennett
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Hrile
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