Massillon Visitors and Orrville Local News Update
Massillon visitors and Orrville news dominate this period with personal visits, shop changes, real estate moves, and community events. Notable items include William Ralston of Cleveland visiting family, Joseph Arntz purchasing a Canal Fulton blacksmith shop, and the Bird-in-hand grocery stock sale to James A. Weidner who opens a saloon with the store.
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Findlay
Irene Prosser
Pittsburg
John Prosser
John Dodd
Salem
A. L. Williams
Canal Fulton Exchange Bank
Newman
Pollock
Meyer’s Lake
Evan Stanford
East Greenville
3. P. Baughman
Lecompton
Kan
George Williamson
Mr. Williamson
William Powell
John Myers
Utah
T. Harvey Smith
James A. Weidner
Summit Hill
Thomas Masters
Weidner
T. E. Masters
Orrville
James A. Hamilton
Buckeys Preas Association
Frankort-on-the-lake
Detroit
Harry Baumgardner
Wooster
J. C. Morris
National House
William Cline
Roanoke
Ind
Ira Boyer
Howard Mosely
Massillon
Gill Harter
Vera Cherry
Mansfield
Georgia Hamilton
Grace and
Carrie Hart
Minerva
Caroline Sheppard
James Hamilton, Jr
Sewickly
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
George Heki
Dayton
Kimmel
Soldiers
John Michel
Ashtabula County
Rrhive
Stanwood Band to Play at Cemetery Benefit
The Stanwood band will furnish music for a cemetery association event. No church services will be held until August 10 at 2 30 p m due to the pastor's absence. The Rev W S Adams and his wife have left for South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cemetery Association
Stanwood
Adama
Tere
Adams
South Dakota
Noted War Messenger and Jim Dunigan’s Civil War Feats
The late James J Dunigan a Western Union messenger, risked his life delivering dispatches in the Civil War era. At Governors Island in 1862 he crossed ice floes with John Youdale to hand a key order, narrowly escaping Confederate fire and carrying his wounded companion to safety.
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Janes J. Dunielson
James J. Dunigan
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
New York Herald
New York
Old Jim
Jim
Governors 8
John Youdale
Hattery
Governors Island
Youdale
Fslund
Yondale
Schwab to Build Mansion Rivaling Carnegie in New York
Charles M. Schwab, head of United States Steel, plans a new West Side residence in New York City. The mansion, costing about 2.5 million dollars on a 150 by 100 foot plot, will have four stories with Riverside Drive frontage and extensive grounds. Expected completion is by Christmas next year.
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Steel King
Carnegie
New York Palace
Andrew Carnegie
Upper Fifth Avenue
New York
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Schwab
City Bone
Steel Trust
Riverside Drive
West End Avenue
Seventy-Third
Seventy-fourth Streets
Bureau of Buildings
Percs M. Stewart
Young Steel King
Hudson
The First Skirmish After the Cloud Passes
A brief exchange between newlyweds Kitty and a partner from a New York Times piece shows them weighing whose opinion carries weight. Kitty reframes the disagreement as mutual when aligned and personal when not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty
New York Times
Fishers Boost Wisconsin Michigan News Rail Service
Advertisement notes the fishing season is active in Wisconsin and Michigan while promoting first class train service by Chicago and North Western Railway. It highlights summer tourist rates and a direct Chicago connection with linen from the south and east. Contact A. F. Cleve Hans at 234 Superior Street Cleveland for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Michigan
Chicago & North Western R'y
Chicago
A. F. Cleve- Hans
Superior Street
Cleveland
Porto Ricans Embrace English and Bootblack Trade Sparks Growth
Washington Post reports Dr. J W Fewkes notes American occupation brings a new Anglo-Saxon institution bootblacking spreads from New York child to Puerto Rican towns. Schools improve as children learn English and geography maps impressively. An island auto line from San Juan to Ponce, freight trailers, and many roads reshape transport. show bull carts fade away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
West Indies
J. W. Fewkes
Bureau of Ethnology
Washington Post
New York
San Juan
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Pittsburg
Ponce
Plan of New Warships With Thick Armor and Strong Batteries
The Navy Department plans four big warships named Louisiana Connecticut Tennessee and Washington. Displacement around 16 000 tons for battleships at 18 knots speed. Batteries include four 12 inch guns eight 8 inch guns twelve 7 inch guns and twenty three inch guns with many smaller weapons. Armor cruisers displaced about 14 500 tons at 22 knots with four 10 inch guns sixteen 6 inch and twenty two 3 inch guns plus smaller weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Washington
Louisiana
Connecticut
Tennessee
New York Press
Formosa Abandons the Pigtail After Rebels' Campaigns
The Japan Weekly Mail reports Formosa begins cutting the pigtail signaling the end of an outlaw life. Across districts, notices of removal spread as operations against rebels are described as influencing the change. Formosa has worn the pigtail for 300 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Japan Weekly Mail
Prairie Market Prices From Pittsburg on July Fifteenth
Wheat No 2 red 79c a bushel. Corn No 2 yellow shelled 72c. Ear corn 7c. Oats No 2 white 61c. Hay various grades from 9 to 15 dollars. Butter Elgin prints 24% 24 1/2c, dairy and cooking butters listed. Cheese full cream and Swiss prices. Eggs fresh 18c. Poultry live and dressed prices. Cattle ranges from 4 to 7.50 per hundredweight. Hogs 6 to 8. Lambs and sheep prices noted. calves 7 to 7.50. Weathered items show general commodity market values.
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Pittsburg
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York State
Wisconsin
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