Fourth at Home As Massillon Celebrates with Rockets
Massillon divided on the Fourth as crowds gathered around Yingling hill and city park for a rocket display raising several hundred dollars in fireworks. The Sons of Herman and Tampany Hall held picnics in Yingling grove and the new grove, with Crystal Spring and Massillon Marine bands supplying music. The rolling mill team won both morning and afternoon baseball games, 11–0 and 10–4, amid reports of uneven player condition. A city-wide fireworks show followed with a military band, though some pieces disappointed.
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Massillon
Yingling’s Hill
Herman
Yingling Grove
Tampany Hall
New Grove
Markels
Findlays
Mace
C. Stotfer
Daniel Cochran
Emmet Manrer
Tavo
Anna Bair
Grace Folk
Lizzie Bridenstein
Lizzie Pondhy
Martin Ray
Enos Tyson
Prise
C. Stofer
Stroup
Vaughn
Mrs. Byson
Price
Officers of Benefit Association Plan July Excursion and Picnic
Russel & Cos Employes' Mutual Benefit Association board met on Monday July 1 and decided to move their annual excursion and picnic from August to July. A committee will pick the date and place and give due notice when chosen. W. P. Fox, Secretary.
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Russel & Cos Employes’ Mutual Benefit Association
W. P. Fox
Children injured in fireworks and accidents at local quarry and streets
Multiple reports detail youths near Burt and Stone Quarry Hill sustaining gunshot and firecracker injuries. Wampoul damaged his hand. Dalabatin and Lleweilyn suffered dislocations and hand injuries from explosions. Burn victims include Nickerson and Snyder with eye injuries. Kriver and others seek medical care. A stranger caused a startling disruption at Dr. Culbertson’s door amid the incidents.
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Wampoul
Warthorst & Company
D. &. Gardner
Edward Kriver
Muskingon Street
Dr. Pumphrey
Culbertson
Nickerson
Pumphrey
Dalabatin
Dr. Culbertson
Stone Quarry Hill
Lleweilyn
Culbert
Kvn Snyder
Abi
Reed
Herbert Morgan
Wood Street
Hattery
Lee Snyde
Woman Confesses to Purse Theft on Train
Mrs Wilhelmina Avery a Polish woman from Cleveland was arrested in Massillon after Mrs J C Poland of Dennison claimed her purse containing 351 was stolen on a C L W train. Avery confessed after two hours and said she had passed the money to her daughter and discarded the purse. Mayor fined her 320 and costs. Five boys were arrested for shooting fireworks during the eve of the Fourth. mayor reprimanded and discharged them.
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Wilhelmina Avery
Cleveland
Massillon
Ertle
J. C. Poland
Dennison
James Flannagan
Canton
Emerick
Harderoyve
Welock
President McKinley Arrives at County Seat Home
Counted crowds gathered at the station as President and Mrs. McKinley arrived by the Pennsylvania road. Mrs. McKinley appeared in good spirits and the party was driven to the North Market Street home with no formal reception. Real estate transfers in Massillon and surrounding townships include transfers of single lots and parcels between residents and local companies, with prices ranging from $1.00 to $1,400.
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Castor
Massillon Resident David E Kirkland Stricken With Paralysis
A Massillon figure, David E. Kirkland, was stricken with paralysis at his Norwalk home and lies in critical condition. He is famed for helping discover and support William McKinley’s early political career in Stark County. The piece notes his long local prominence and a recent visit from his daughter and nephew.
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David E. Kirkland
Norwalk
Cleveland Plain Dealers
Kirkland
McKinley
Massillon
Stark County
Congress
William McKinley
Canton
William Swihart
W. HH. Kirkland
President McKinley to Return Home This Saturday
Canton July 3. White House servants have prepared the McKinleys North Market Street residence for their return from Washington on Friday. The President plans to stay in Canton until September 1. Also reported: the drowned man Fred Lefrink’s body sent to Cleveland for burial. coroner undecided, witnesses say he leaped into the lake in personal crisis. Garfield Bowers of Massillon enlists in the regular army and sails to Vancouver to join the 28th Infantry bound for the Philippines. Lodgens arrested on suspicion, believed to be one of two men involved in the Navarre murder of Christian Stahl, a noted crook.
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Canton
White House
North Market Street
McKinley
Washington
Fred Lefrink
Cleveland
Garfield Bowers
Massillon
Vancouver
Twenty-Eighth Infantry
Philippines
Lodgens
Christian Stahl
Navarre
Hodgens Shaved Here Then Taken to Navarre Trial
A. Hodgens, arrested in Canton on suspicion of involvement with the Stahl murder, was brought to Navarre Saturday morning. He appeared before the Stahl sisters and was shaved to verify identity. The sisters said Hodgens did not resemble the suspects, and he was discharged. Prosecuting Attorney Day, Attorney Upham, and two officers escorted Hodgens to Navarre. They stopped briefly in Canton to allow the shaving.
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Hodgens
Stahl Sisters
Navarre
A. Hodgens
Canton
Suapecion
Stahl
Tripped and fell injures Mrs James Patterson
Mrs James Patterson of Patch southwest of the city tripped Thursday evening and fractured her collarbone in a fall. Age 52 the injury is serious. Dr Pumphrey reduced the fracture.
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James Patterson
Yu'elock
Patterson
Pumphrey
Double Track Plan Grows on Cleveland Line
Massillon and Cleveland line to serve as second track toward Warwick with possible use of Warwick to Sterling stretch. C L W aims partial double tracking by year end with tunnels at Uhrichsville and bridges widened for extra track. Engineering trips advance switch extensions as B&O and Pennsylvania routes coordinate.
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Massillon
Cleveland
Warwick
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling
Pennsylvania
Massillon & Cleveland Railway
Sterling
Engineering Corps
Uhrichsville
New York Central
Pittsburg
Luke Erie
Twenty international Christian Endeavor convention opens
The twentieth international convention of the Christian Endeavor society begins in Crovis Hall and runs to Wednesday night. Delegations from Canada Europe and the Pacific islands attend. Ohio society officials are reelected. A boycott of the Ohio state fair on Sunday is debated. Local ads for patent medicines and salves appear among the notices.
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Crovis Hall
Associated Press
Christian Endeavor Society
Uati
Delvantes
Jamal
Justuess
Oreat
Robert Johnson
London
Ont
Canada
Califoria
China
Japan
India
Hawaii
Samoa
New York
Massachusetts
Europe
Ohio State
Society of Christian Endeavor
Freer
France
Clara Williams
Mabel Fortune
BE. PL Mill
GT. Fox
Hamilton Comity
Ohio
Large Gathering at Cincinnati Convention and Political Moves
A large Christian Endeavor convention in Cincinnati draws officials into review. President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley depart for Canton with a White House party while Postmaster General Smith plans to curb second class periodicals. The Secret Service investigates a San Francisco mint theft with cashier Cole and chief clerk Dimimion suspended in the probe.
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Wasuinetos
Associated Press
McKinley
Canton
Cartelyou
P. M. Rixey
White House
Olympia
Hungary
Washington
Buffalo Exposition
Smith
Cass
Lo Hiaudie
Muyry
Secret
Willie Dle
San Francisco
Tyles
Mint
Roberts
San Franciscus
Cole
Dimimion
Myers Sues the Elks for 330000 Damages
Allen Myers, once a statewide Democratic figure, filed a U S district court suit seeking 330,000 against the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He claims illegal expulsion by the Minneapolis grand lodge and asserts authorship of the vital gong used in all Elks lodges, alleging misappropriation without his consent.
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Coremses
Associated | Press
J]allen
Myers
United States District Court
Sun
Benevolent
Order of Elks of
United States
Grand Lodge
Minneapolis
Plainti
Elke
al. G. Field
Grand Lodge of
Ohio
District of Columbia
Cincinnati Lodge
Elk
Cincinnati Jodge
William G. Meyers
Cincinnnati Lodge
Elks’ Court of Appeals
Surrender of General Bellarmine Reported at Lewaspi
A brief AP item states General Bellarmine surrendered last Thursday to Colonel Wirh of the invading forces at Lewaspi. The capitulation included two officers, three hundred arms, fifteen guns, and three thousand rounds of ammunition.
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Manina
Bar Associated Press
Olieit
Gener
Bellarmine
Lewaspi
Hursday
Wirh
Sisdh
Knights of Pythias officers face investment inquiry
An Associated Press report states seven former Knights of Pythias officers are under investigation for alleged unwise investments. The board of control heard evidence and will report to the supreme lodge convention by July 10, detailing the inquiry’s findings and potential outcomes.
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Chiragy, Diy
Associated Press
Knights of Pythias
Board of Control
Supreme Joule
Massillon Man Dies by Carbolic Acid Drinking
James Coyle of Akron, visiting Massillon with his brother Frank Coyle, drank carbolic acid at his Akron home and died. The 80 year old leaves a wife and two children. Friends recall him as the merriest member of a party of pleasure seekers who toured local resorts. Frank Coyle, a Massillon bartender living at 60 West Main Street, accompanied by John Corl of Akron, was in Massillon five weeks, employed by L. Walectt.
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Coyie
Massillon
Frank Coyle
West Main Street
James Coyie
Akron
James Coyle
UG Bowers Street
Matey
Coyle
Dartender
Shanons
Union
Mazzilion
L. Walectt
Inspector's Report on Workshop Conditions and Safety
The annual inspectorate summary through November 15 2000 notes limited teen labor and rising accidents. It records 120 deaths or injuries, 1 805 people deprived of support, 1 090 factories inspected, and checks across bakeries mercantile establishments and public buildings including schools colleges hotels churches and tenement blocks.
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Nash
Knaub
New Zealand
Kuan
Ice in hot Manila sparks puzzled locals in odd tale
A traveler Albert Senfis recalls witnessing ice melt instantly in Manila as locals misinterpret the event. He notes natives think the ice sinks or vanishes underground, while insisting they lack knowledge of ice and water concepts.
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Filippinos
Albert Senfis
Manila
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