May term adjourns as court ends sessions
The May term of common pleas court closes with adjournment after Judge Ambler opens civil docket. Sarah Robinson murder case to be tried next Monday July 14, while Marie Kelley case had been appealed to the court. State Bar Association session planned at Put-in-Bay with Judge Ambler and local attorneys taking part. All-Cuban Cantons defeat at Mahaffey park 9 to 5. Canton suffers ice famine as Artificial Ice Company capacity proves inadequate. Mrs Catherine M Biffle dies at her son's residence aged 83 members of St Johns Catholic church.
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Canton
Common Pleas Court
Ambler
Robertson
Marie Kelley
Marie
Put-in- Bay
W. A. Lynch
J. Fwing Brooks
Cantons
Mahaffey Park
Canillo
Pachon
Moran
Lucas
Needham
Artificial Ice Company
Congress Lake
Catherine M. Biffle
W. C. Biffle
St. John’s Catholic Church
Mr Silk Returns From Absence in Bankruptcy Filing
Max Silk a Cleveland opera house shoe dealer files a bankruptcy petition through attorney W E N Hemperly in U S court Cleveland. Liabilities near 3000 with assets unknown. Silk had been absent several days with store closed but plans to reopen with a partner.
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Max Silk
Opera House
W. E. N. Hemperly
United States
Cleveland
Mr. Silk
Wettest Month on Record in Massillon Water Report
Massillon Water Supply Company records show June as the wettest month of the year with total rainfall 5.61 inches. The heaviest day was June 7 at 1.11 inches, and June 29 brought 1.05 inches. June 1901 rainfall totaled 4.17 inches, with May following at 3.97 inches.
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Massillon Water Supply Company
Aguinaldo To Tour U S After Manila Departure
Aguinaldo plans a United States lecture tour after leaving Manila for San Francisco. He will join former secretary Sixto Lopez in Boston and then speak on conditions in the islands and advocate independence. The talks will be plain, not inflammatory, with host Fiske Warren likely arranging the Boston visit.
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Boston
Aguinaldo
United States
Manila
San Francisco
Sixto Lopez
Fiske Warren
Lopez
Massillon Not Lowest In Taxable Valuation List
Wellston shows population 8 045 and valuation 1 000 000 as the lowest ratio. Middletown, population 9 215, holds the highest valuation at 4 74 530. Massillon, population 11 944, valuation 4 184 380, is not the lowest. nearby cities Ironton Marion Marietta Ashburn Chillicothe Piqua Tiffin are listed with varied valuations.
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Seaman
Massillon
Middletown
Paul Sorg
Wellston
Ironton
Marion
Marietta
Ashtabula
Chillicothe
Piqua
Tiffin
Eight Hour Day Adopted by Coal Engineers
Union officers report smoothing of disputes over a twelve hour workday at a coal mine. Engineers working twelve hours earned pay for three, but the United Mine Workers required violators to turn over extra wages to the union. Since enforcement, all engineers in the district accept an eight hour day.
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United Mine Workers
Testimonial on A A Slasser Pill Remedy
A reader from Louisville Ohio dated March 24 1899 reports persistent backache liver biliousness relieved by A A Slasser pills calling them the best remedy ever used and expressing cheer.
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Louisville
A. A. Slasser
Submarine Adder Impresses Mann Family on Underwater Trip
Representative James R. Mann of Chicago and his twelve year old son tested the Adder, a new undersea craft near Washington, noting little motion and smooth operation. They describe the experience inside a nut shaped cabin with windows, electric lights, and a round hatch, comparing it to Captain Nemo’s Nautilus.
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Sam
Washington
Jules Verne
Chicago Record
Ierald
James R. Mann
Chicago
Marshallall
Papa
Cmp
Nemo
Mann
Mr. Mann
Sy Sulloway
Cable
Novel Milking Stool Sparks Farmyard Anecdote in London
A milking stool sent from England to an African farmer led to a comic incident when a stationed worker tried it. The first day the laborer returned bruised yet with an empty pail and quipped that the cow would not sit on it, saying Milk stop very nice massa.
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England
London Globe
Indian Necklace Link to Cheyenne Warpath Alleged Cruelty
The National Museum displays a necklace once given by Captain John G. Burke portraying Indian cruelty. It features a buckskin cord with beadwork and twelve severed fingers, three medicine bags, and arrowheads, tied around the neck, connected to a Cheyenne raid during Crook’s 1876 campaign.
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National Museum
John G. Burke
United States Army
Dorin Gener
Crook
Fourth Cavalry
St. C. Mackenzie
Baptiste Pouvier
Big Bat
Medicine Man
Necklace of miraculous power ends two century Cheyenne wars
The piece describes a legendary necklace once worn by enemies and captured by Cheyennes. It passed through Colonel Burse and a student of Innoreligions to the Nitiamed murscon, with tales of its history denied. The item supposedly calmed Cheyenne wars after a trade attempt failed. Washington Past.
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Pat Agaive
Burse
Washington
Calvinized Hats and Revelations in Boston Clergyman Tales
A Boston clergyman recalls Dr Ellis famed as a Unitarian minister and his white hat joke about Calvinized hats. The snippet includes a New York Tribune vignette and an Atchison Globe quip about staying awake through force of will.
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Boston
Ellis
Transcen
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Fifth St
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Bass
Buffalo
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Wimg
Ven Dairy Inc
Mencing
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Huffalo
Toledo
Detroit
Niagara Falls
W. F. Herman
Chichester
Chicherster
Lara
Tyree
Chembea Co
Madison Square
Palmer
L. D. Palmer
Glen Falls
N. Y
Miles
Dr. Miles
Dr. Mites Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
Weil VO
Price
Bolus Hat and Shirt Store
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First National Bank
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