Local Happenings in Massillon This Week
Independent investigators report on events and arrivals across Massillon. Notable items include engagements, visitors from Cleveland and Toledo, a Canton gun club victory, a fatal brain fever, a two year old's death, Camp Tritt memories, a Buffalo Bill parade incident, a charity entertainment for the Women’s Cemetery Association, a high school picnic, and a telephone fire scare near West High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavanaugh
Olive Ratliff
Warren
T. J. Reed
Meyer's Lake
Kenneth
Elton Rice
McLain Street
Estelle Reel
Cheyenne, Wy
Minnie Kuhn
Reel
Fred Schanfffer
Dr. Hardy
Massillon
Canton
Meyer’s Lake
James Hunt
David Reed
Ray Markel
Wade Chance
New York
Chance
Carnegie Music Hall
William J. Oberlin
C. B. Allman
Jacob Snyder
Wm. Sonnhalter
Geo. Snyder
W. B. Humberger
C. M. Bartraff
James R. Dann
Milwaukee
Chicago
Edgewater
Jarvis
Marjorie
John Dunn
Gambier
William Zepp
Buffalo Bill
McKinley
D. S.yardner
J. J. Sullivan
Cleveland
Col. Sullivan
Bushnell
James Gallagher
Doylestown
Gallagher
Mr. Gee. Kettering
May
Miss
United States Army
Reed
E. Evans
Justus
Women’s Cemetery Association
Stanton Fox
Howells Mining Company
3. B. Thompson
Louia Shauf
Louis Shanf
W. R. Lipps
Jeasie Moatz
Akron
Anna Thomas
Rochester
N. Y
New
Philadelphia Advocate
West Fair Street
D. B. Ludwick
West High Street
Ludwick
Dave Stine
Death by Own Action or Hidden Hand Rumors Loom
Loot, July 16 rumor surrounds Harmon Weidner Wheeling & Lake Erie railway night telegraph operator who died in the depot. Some say he hanged himself with overalls, others suspect foul play due to a $6,000 inheritance and threats. townsfolk remain unsettled while no clear cause emerges. Further notes include a lawsuit by Wm. C. Wright for injuries from a wreck, land sale at Navarre, a Dalton wedding, and local notices from East Greenville and Genoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Weidner
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Harmon
Norwalk
Wm. C. Wright
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Railroad Company
Limestone
Wright
Navarre
White Swan
Beck Heirs
Wesley Mumaw
John Zinsmaster
Mary Zinsmaster
Rosa Lind
Christian Endeavor
Washington
Alf, Lenhard
Welshfield
East Greenville
Sadie Hartman
Hast Greenville
Pleasant View
Barron
Buchwalter
Straight Ticket at Missouri Convention Shapes Incomplete Delegates
Gov Stone arrives to counter anti Bryan forces as Taubeneck meets with rivals. Telegrams favor straight ticket from Rhode Island Connecticut Michigan and Texas. Silver wing calls for resignations or new silver and Populist candidates. Coxey Browne reconciled with Coxey appointing grand marshal of the commonweal. Vincent leaves Coxey paper to reduce costs. Mrs Coxey confirms nothing firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Louis
Gov. Stone
Missouri
Bryan
Taubeneck
Chicago
Mississippi
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Michigan
Texas
J. H. Turner
Sewell
Carl Browne
Spencer Fire devastates Spencer town in Medina county
In Spencer, Medina county, a blaze roared through R Brown's meat market and spread to nine buildings, wiping out a cluster of shops. Firefighters battled the flames as residents watched the western village gradually burn away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doll
Myers & Manger
Leo Hesa
Spencer
Medina County
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Ohio
R. Brown
West Brookfield
H. R. Gwinner
Lutheran Church
Charlie Walter
Mellie McAllister
Florence Irene Robins
Princeton
Miss Robins
Alliance
Mt. Union College
Exton
Pigeon Run
Daily Mail
Reese Phillips
Youngstown
Thomas Findley
Uarichsville
Albert Smith
David Owens
Mary Thomas
Cleveland
William McFarren
Katie Christman
John Beal
Samuel Evrit
William Kipfer
Wm. Styier
Lodi
John Evrit
Fire Chief Burkle Witnesses Pocket Picking Case
William Miller and John Satorius were bound over to common pleas court in $800 each after a preliminary hearing. Errett Davis testified that Miller pocketed a purse and passed it to Satorius during Buffalo Bill show crowds, with Burkle confirming the theft. The victim identified the purse, a small worn item with seven cents. Satorius gave a Toledo address that does not exist, leading to questions about residency allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkle
William Miller
John Satorius
Schott
Common Pleas Court
O. E. Young
Willison
Errett Davis
Andrew Burkle
Buffalo Bill
East Main Street
Miller
Satorins
Main
Erie
Truitt
Catharine Youngblood
Cleveland Avenue
Toledo
Young
Markets Demand Goat Butter and Early Harvest Prices
The market report notes demand for good butter and fresh rolls rare this harvest season. It lists prices for peaches, pears, potatoes, onions, apples, and beans, with some market figures for grain, butter, eggs, lard, and cheese. It also advertises rail travel and a D. & C. Line brochure, plus patent medicines and tonics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massilion
Maseillon
Lavi
Ghain
Chicago
Toledo
Associated Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wored
Frank Worth
Fred Graybill
A.R. Chapman
Painesville
Corns
J. E Corns
C. A. Schmettau
Milo Bush
Wilmot
Florence Matthews
West Tremont Street
Flora Shriver Cross
Henry Shriver
Frederick M. Fast
Grace McBlain
Geneva
Roseman & Deihm
Dalton
Oarville
Bert Angus
Lizzie Fitzgerald
W. & L. E. Railway Company
Orrville
Angus
West Leranxox
Samuel Brown
G. A. Dodez
Genoa
Greca
D. Doll
Singing Society
Waco
Governor Stone
Coxey
Browne
J S. Coxey
Missouri River
California
Union Pacific
Overland Limited
James D. Welsh
Carew
Cincinnati
Detroit
Mackinac
Upper Lake
A.A. Schantz
G. P.A
Mich
DeWitt
Z.T. Baltzly
G. B. Fulton
M. Neal
Goheen Manufacturing Company
Dexagon Co
VAA
Ren Frphives
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