Man dragged along tracks after foot crushed by freight
William Wendling of 111 West Tremont Street was crushed when a wheel passed over his right instep after he alighted from a Pennsylvania freight near a bridge works. He crawled for an hour to reach the bridge office, enduring bleeding, near misses as a second train passed. He sought work in Canton and Pittsburgh before returning home to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wendling
West Tremont Street
Canton
Pennsylvania Railway
Wendling
Bridge Company
Drs. Cuthbertson, Reed
Irene Hardy
Mr. Wendling
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railway
Pittsburg
A Queer Mistake Hits West Tremont Grocer Property
Wayne Matthews, owner of a West Tremont Street grocery and property in Alliance, received a decennial land appraisal stating his lot and building are worth 240 dollars, with the house listed at 140. He notes no building exists on the lot for about a year and questions how the error occurred whether the appraiser visited the premises or used older tax duplicates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Matthews
West Tremont Street
Allianee
Matthews
Congregation to hear land dispute and new schoolhouse plans
Engineers dispute land boundaries at the St John Evangelical church 8 by 166 feet strip at the south end adds to property per Hammond’s engineer while City Engineer Borton disputes claim. The building committee seeks instruction as a new schoolhouse construction hinges on 495 square feet. Also includes medical ads for One Minute Cough Cure Foley’s Kidney Cure Slusser’s Headache Tablets and Slusser Pharmacy promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Evangelical Church
Hammond
Borton
Public Auction of Sippo Massillon Area Home and Lands
Bamudel Zigler will sell at public auction the home with eight acres, a nine room house, bank barn 85 by 50 feet, a well and good orchard. The property lies at Sippo four miles west of Massillon. Auction date is Saturday in August at 1 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sippo
Massillon
Seka
Bamudel Zigler
Lost in the Mails Hurting Massillon Firms
Massillon firms report missing mail between Massillon and Columbus and Cleveland. The Schuster Brewing Company lost a package with articles of incorporation for the secretary of state, and the Savings and Banking Company reported the disappearance of valuable papers between Massillon and Cleveland. Canton also faces several losses on the route, with minor incidents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon
Columbus
Cleveland
Schuster Brewing Company
The
Savings and Banking Company
Here
Canton
Luther League Convention Ends With Avalon Next
The seventh annual Luther League convention of the joint Ohio synod adjourned at 10:30 AM after four questions were debated. Delegates vote against young people voting on study courses, allow choice from pastor lists, discourage fundraising fetes, and limit women’s church roles. Next meeting scheduled for Avalon Pennsylvania in July 1901 with missions funding approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalon
League
Luther League
Joint Synod of
Ohio
St. Paul's Church
Massillon
St. Paul's
Central League
Alvst
H. J. Schuh
Allegheny
L. H. Barry
Independent
W. H. Lehman
Columbiana
H. J. Lehuh
Massillon Tables Impress at Grand Rapids Furniture Show
Manager J F Arnold and salesman W E Ziegler of Ohio Table Company returned from Grand Rapids where the exhibit drew broad praise. About 48 tables were sold by Arnold on the third day. orders for thousands of dollars poured in and he expected 95000 dollars more in six months. Two salesmen stayed to run the remaining display for the week. The exposition drew 871 furniture buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Arnold
W. E. Ziegler
Ohio Table Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Massillon Company
Arnold
Banner Salve Promises Quick Healing for All Ailments
An advertisement touts Banner Salve as a universal remedy for bumps bruises sprains burns wounds tetter and eczema claiming rapid cures and world class healing from this medicine.
Mysterious Death Near Warwick After Night of Inquiries
A 45-year-old well dressed man, seen asking how to reach Massillon, was found dead near Warwick with a rope about his neck and a bullet wound. A .32 caliber revolver lay nearby, with one live chamber. Authorities in Doylestown pursue leads while theories split between suicide and foul play. Ferried to Doylestown for identification, the man's identity remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Doylestown
Here
Massillon
Hardgrove
Squire Fraze
Tamron
Barberton
Sterling
Canton Massillon Electric Railway to Rebuild Lines
Officials await the first batch of material for Massillon line reconstruction. The shipment, expected today or tomorrow, includes regulation railway frog crossings to reduce jolts at steam intersection points. Track widening to standard gauge will start in about three weeks with welded seven inch girder rails, new ties, and a Y track at North Mill Street Main intersection to improve interurban operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton-Massillon Electric Railway
Massillon
Electric
North
Mill Street
Conrad
Main
Canton
Pensions Board Examines Six Applicants in Massillon Meeting
Massillon district board of examiners for pensions, including Drs. A. P. L. Pease H. B. Garrigues and A. B. Campbell, held a Wednesday session. Six applicants were examined, four claiming disabilities from malarial poisoning during the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon
Forty More Patients Arrive for Massillon State Hospital
About forty patients from the Toledo state hospital arrived Thursday afternoon in a special car attached to the Pennsylvania passenger train. Special street cars took the patients to the Massillon state hospital, where they will reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo State Hospital
Pennsylvania
Massillon State Hospital
Schuster Brewing Company Files Papers of Incorporation
The Schuster Brewing Company of this city filed papers of incorporation with the secretary of state. Capitalization is $100,000. J. W. Schuster serves as president and Frederick Kuefer as vice president. other officers are family members. Reorganization aims to enlarge the plant and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuster Brewing Company
J. W. Schuster
Frederick Kuefer
Schuster
War in China and faiths clash over prophecy and duty
The article reports on religious figures and a local man John Connors amid debate over China war. Mrs. Guinn of Allegheny interprets the conflict as biblical prophecy and a world blessing, while Dr. Groff cites Biblical doom and prophecy of Jeremiah. Connors opposes US troops, arguing citizens should not fight abroad and war profiteers should bear arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
John O'Connor
Christ
F. Z. Groff
Satan
Lord
China
Townsfolk Told Road Will Be Built by Electric Railway
A. E. Townsend of the Barberton Doylestown Massillon Electric Railway Company asserts the Doylestown line will be built on schedule, despite no franchise fully completed yet. He is in New York negotiating capital and expects funding on his return to secure construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Townsend
Doylestown
Barberton
New York
Margaret R Murphy Obituary of Infant Child Murphy
Margaret R Murphy six weeks old, child of Mr and Mrs Henry Murphy of 94 South Mill Street, died of cholera infantum at 8 o clock Saturday morning. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret R. Murphy
Henry Murphy
South Mill Street
Prince Tuan Defeated as Boxers Revolt Breaks Out
A Daily Express report from Shanghai states Prince Tuan led loyalists in a multi hour battle outside Pekin last Sunday. Prince Tuan was killed and Prince Luan deserted. Li Hung Chang expects legation reach Tientsin by Sunday. eighteen missionaries killed at Tung Chau as churches burned.
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Lonvoy
Daily Express Telegraphs
Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Pekin
Prince Luan
Sheng
Baron von Ketteler
Legations
Daily News
Li Hung Chang
Legation
Tientsin
Tung Chau
Edict Grants News On Ministers In China
Consul Fowler at Chefoo reports under advisement by admirals a dispatch from the Shan tung governor. The edict says ministers are well and provisions are being sent to the legations. He asks Fowler to forward the preliminary announcement to the naval commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Fowler
Cheefoo
Shantung
Russian Banker Reaches Shanghai After Pekin Flight
Shanghai reporter for Daily Mail says a Russian banker arrived in Loxpon on July 28, having left Pekin on July 7. He claimed legations were burned and all foreigners including ministers were murdered before that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpon
Associated Press
Daily Mail
Shanghai
Pekin
Dewet Offers Surrender to Return Troops Home
Capetown dispatch reports General Dewet offering to surrender his entire force if his men may go home. Lord Roberts demands an immediate conditional surrender as the crisis in the Cape forces continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpos
Associated Press
Capetown
Dewet
Lord Roberts
Hancock to sail Sunday for Nagasaki with troops
San Francisco July 28 The transport Hancock will sail Sunday morning for Nagasaki Japan carrying four batteries of the Third artillery five hundred marines and three hundred recruits for service in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Associated Press
Hancock
Nagasaki
Japan
Third Artillery
China
Five Streetcars Dynamited in St Louis
Five street cars were damaged by dynamite last night in St Louis with no injuries reported. The report ends with a drug advertisement claiming Foley's Kidney Cure and Slusser's Vegetable Liver Pills as remedies, noting tongue coating and liver health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Associated Press
Slusser
Foley's Kidney Cure for Women’s Ailments
Women suffer from so called female weaknesses due to kidney issues. Foley's Kidney Cure is presented as the needed remedy for most ailing women. Rider & Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Rider & Snyder
Take No Prisoners Spurred by Emperor's Bremen Speech
In Bremen July 28 the Associated Press reports Emperor William addressing troops bound for China. He vows no quarter and no prisoners if the enemy is engaged, urging weapons to ensure a thousand years of German dominance and to open the way for civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
Associated Press
Bremenhaven
China
William
Chinese ministers alive. Rockhill heads China mission
The Chinese minister met the secretary of state to affirm telegrams about ministers alive on the 24th. Commissioner Rockhill visits the state department for final instructions before proceeding to China to investigate and report to the President on the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washxeton
Associated Press
Rockhill
China
State Department
Rathbone Arrested in Havana Postal Scandal
Estes G. Rathbone was arrested at 1 o clock for complicity in recent stauds with the postal service. Four charges allege unlawful drawing of two five hundred dollar orders and paying private coachman and gardener from postal funds. He also faces drawing a per diem allowance when not entitled. Bond set at twenty five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Associated Press
Estes G. Rathbone
Stauds
Coal for Russia shipment from Pennsylvania to Cronstadt
The recent purchase of Pennsylvania soft coal for Cronstadt Russia was followed by the Hotasu being chartered to load 4000 tons for Gutujewsky. The coal is believed intended for railroad use as Russia faces a coal famine amid limited own output and imports, with more shipments anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Cronstadt
Russia
Hotasu
Gutujewsky
England
Germany
Three Contracts Awarded for Hospital Equipment
The state hospital board of trustees on Friday awarded Russell & Company the contract for a 150 horsepower stationary engine at 2000 dollars. Westinghouse of Pittsburg received a 110 kilowatt generator contract at 2860 dollars, and Heine Safety Boiler of St. Louis won the 300 horsepower water tub boiler for 5132 dollars. All board members present except Mc Mahon of Cambridge. the lowest bid won each contract. Some proposals rejected for bond and surety deficiencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hospital Board of Trustees
Russell & Company
Westinghouse Company
Pittsburg
Heine Safety Boiler Company
St. Louis
Mr. McMahon
Cambridge
Ayers Family Quarantined Over Diphtheria in Richville
Diphtheria forces quarantine on Samuel Ayers and his wife after they moved from the city to Richville. He is in serious condition. Additional contagious disease cases reported in the township eastern end. Massillon reports typhoid fever but few other contagious diseases. The board of health acts to prevent an epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayers
Samuel Ayers
Richville
Massillon
Remains Unclaimed in Warwick Death Inquiry
The body of a man found in Warwick after what is described as either murder or self harm remains unidentified and unclaimed. Remains will be held until Wednesday for further investigation with burial planned if no progress. Local residents with ties to Armstrong graveyard near Pigeon Run are urged to gather Friday at 1 pm to aid in cleaning the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardgrove
Doylestown
Warwick
Armstrong Graveyard
Pigeon Run
C. Snavel
Josiah Stansbury
Cookies Kriper
L. P. Susser
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Mr. Barton
Rider & Snyder and
C. W. Cupples
W. Tremont St
Slusser Pharmacy
Louisville
Massillon Firms
Grand Rapids Exposition
Toledo Hospital
Mrs. Guinn
Groff
the Independent
Army
Ider & Snyder
Women’s Rights
Rathbone
Coal For
Dr. Thomas
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