Local Happenings and Social Notes from Massillon
The column lists births, visits, travels, and family events in Massillon and nearby areas. Notable items include a daughter born to Mr and Mrs George Falke, Theodore Jacobs visiting from Indianapolis, Florence Bowman visiting Clara Snyder, and a Massillon Show Print stenographer Miss Mabelle Boutson leaving for Buffalo. It also notes a June 1902 wedding, a Scott and Freeman family reunion planned at Nimisila Park Canton, and various local outings, exams, and a Labor Day baseball game plan among Canton and Massillon printers. An accident near Stanwood leaves Miss Lena McGinnis bruised but unharmed after a buggy overturns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Jacobs
Indianapolis
Massillon
Florence Bowman
Jelloway
Clara Snyder
South Mill Street
Edmund A. Jones
Muskoka Lakes
Canada
Albert J. Boerner
William Ertle
Washington, D. C
Newark
N. J
Frank Snyder
North Mill Street
New Brighton
Snyder
Margaret McGrugan
Mabelle Boutson
Massillon Show Print Company
Buffalo
Scott
Traas
Russell & Company
Electric Park
Lake Brady
Elmer L. Volkmer
Mary Matilda Grummel
Tiffin
Adam D. Volkmer
Canton
W. B. Martin
Aaron Graber
C. W. Cupples
Alpena
Mich
J. C. Lowe
Taussig
Perry Township
Magssillon
Stansbury
Lorain Stoner
L. P. Slusser
Topographical Union
N. P. Maier
Frank O’neal
George M. Higginbotham
William Kline
Frank Dibell
Trades and Labor Assembly
H. Daniels
Edward Bechtel
West Lebanon
Neiningers
Comites
Millport
Lena McGinnis
Patrick McGinnis
Stanwood
St. Joseph’s Church
Massillon Bridge Co. Wins San Francisco Steel Contract
The Massillon Bridge Company has been awarded the contract to produce the steel work for a government building on Mare Island near San Francisco. The project calls for about six hundred tons of steel. The company’s operations are now running steadily again as outstanding orders are being filled, though material remains limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon Bridge Company
Lee
Mares’ Island
San Francisco
Pulley Dispute After Mental Inquest Release
Charles Reinoehl, recently released from the state hospital as insane after an assault on S. Burd, visited the mayor to reclaim a heavy drilling pulley kept in the mayor’s private room. He now lives on a small farm near Nimisila with his wife, and remains charged with assault with intent to kill though arraignment is not possible while his mental status stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reinoehl
S. Burd
Reinoehl
Burd
Nimisila
Riots Rock Laneford and Shenandoah Miners Strike
Rioting broke out again in Laneford and Shenandoah as strikers blocked Lehigh Coal and Navigation and Reading Company mines. Armed men and gunfire reported but no injuries. Authorities struggled to restore order as Burgess Maloy ceded control to Sheriff Gombert without sending deputies despite appeals. Workers were turned back this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Laneford
Shenandoah
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Pheaderial Reading Company
Burgess Maloy
Gombert
Carbon County
Nervous Debility Replaced by Dr Chase Nerve Pills
Neighborhood testimonial from Massillon Ohio reads I was very nervous debilitated and miserable until I tried Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills sold at 50c a box. Mr Chas Huth notes renewed strength steadier nerves energy and life returning after using the medicine from E B Craig drug store. The ad urges caution about substitutes by druggists and warns of profit motives by Madison Medicine Co Rocky Mountain Tea. Z T Baltaly signs the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Huth
North Mill Street
Massillon
A. W. Chase
Craig
South Erie Street
Dr. A. W. Chase
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y
M. D
Pasbng Trust Company Banking by Mail Offer
Two percent on checking accounts and four percent on savings deposits at Pasbng Trust Company. Interest compounded semi annually. Capital, surplus and profits exceed six million dollars, deposits over ten million. Do all banking by mail. Send postal for two hundred year calendar free. 323 Fourth Ave Pittsburg Pa Read the Want Columns daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasbng Trust Company
Fourth Ave
Pittsburg
Mystery Disappearances Stir Summit Street Town
Mrs. William E. McLaughlin vanished Sunday night with her two children after a calm porch chat with her husband. She took her husband’s $100 salary check and headed toward Chicago to join a railroad worker named Notter. Earlier she had briefly left three months prior but returned after word from Chicago. Nearby, Mrs. Dieter and Joseph Decker left Orange street together for Michigan, with Dieter previously cited for neglecting two children. neighbors intervened when she vanished for three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Street
William E. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Chicago
Notter
Massillon
Orange Astreet
Dieter
Joseph Decker
Orange Street
Michigan Point
Decker
Michigan
Bell
Cleveland
Smallpox in Cleveland prompts health officials visit
Columbus July 30. Secretary Probst and Drs. Byron Stanton and D A Miller of the state board of health went to Cleveland to investigate a smallpox outbreak described as the state’s most serious. The issue centers on vaccination enforcement. City health officer Friedrich denies anti vaccination claims and says he will enforce the ordinance if supplied with vaccine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Probst
Byron Stanton
D. A. Miller
State Board of Health
Cleveland
Friedrich
St. Louis
Tetanus
New Jersey
Peninsula Inspector Hatch Visits City
Charles A. Hatch superintendent of the division of the Ohio canal made a local inspection yesterday. He was recently appointed to succeed W. M. Hillabilde. Hatch was accompanied by Mrs. Hatch, Mrs. Wilhelm, and Miss Beers, and the party joined at the Hotel Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Hatch
Peninsula
Ohio Canal
Mr. Hatch
W. M. Hillabidle
Hatch
Wilhelm
Miss Beers
Conrad
Crystal Spring Fire Destroys Trasky Residence
Fire wiped out Frederick Trasky home on Tuesday morning at 2:30. The family was rescued from windows as flames consumed the house. The blaze, believed to have started by a lamp explosion, caused insurance covered loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Spring
Frederick Trasky
Decision Against Johnson in Cleveland Tax Mandamus
Judge Phillips ruled Mayor Johnson cannot overrule the state board of tax revision, which kept the $18,000,000 increase off the tax duplicate after the city board of equalization raised taxes on five major local corporations. The decision ends mandamus efforts to place the increase on the duplicate, with an appeal likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Phillips
Common Pleas Court
Johnson
State Board of Tax Revision
William Crawford Cleared Of Murder In Hill Death
Canton July 30. Vincent Hill death mystery near Barnes House cleared as William Crawford once held on murder charge is bound over to grand jury after confession of taking $25 from Hill’s pocket. Shirt found at barber shop linked to suspect. Crawford admitted visiting room with hotel companions after body found. he maintains innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Vincent Hill
Barnett House
William Crawford
Crawford
Philip Heidrich
Tuscarawas Street
Mr. Heidrich
Cairo
Hill
Marshal Bour
McCloud
Prosecutor Day
Heidrich
Robertson
Day
Americans Killed in Mindoro Massacre Reported
Washington reports that Mindoro natives killed four American soldiers and mutilated their bodies as boats were found adrift. Trials of twenty three natives begin, with a partial confession detailing the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Cuba
Congress
Manila
War Department
Mindoro
Brage
Dysert Bay
Cattle Free Trade Aimed for Cuba and Barbed Wire
Government notes presidential message to Cuban congress proposing tariff cuts on live stock and barbed wire for one year to spur cattle growth. Details focus on breeding stock exemptions, import origin proofs, and farm commitments amid broad economic estimates for Cuba's undeveloped pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department of State
Jersey
Guernsey
Devon
Durham
Hereford
Puerto Rico
Argentine Republic
Toothache Remedies Through Ages and Saints
The piece recalls how toothache troubled people from ancient minds to medieval devout, noting prayers and patience as human responses. It cites St Augustine and Southey on prayer easing pain, and ages of belief in patron saints St Apollonia and St Blaize for relief, with relics and candles in Cornwall said to cure toothache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dentel
St. Augustine
Southey
John Wesley
Apollonia
Philip
St. Blaize
St. Blazey
Cornwall
Chambers’ Journal
Goughs Quick Wit Defends Prohibition Lecture
A John B. Gough tour in the West aimed to rally converts to prohibition. hecklers followed the speaker, hoping to derail him with questions about corn and whiskey. Gough retorted that if prohibition came, they would "raise more hogs" as a practical answer to corn and grain surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Gough
West
Topeka
Xan
Temperance
Gough
Suurty
Philadelphia Times
Tender Birthday Gift From Friend Adds Tears to Mamma’s Day
A New York Commercial Advertiser note recalls a birthday scene where Ted’s mother receives a ten dollar bill with a heartfelt note. The writer buys sentiment over gifts, recalling bygone days as tears fall while Seth consolingly asks if the money is good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Seth Ted
Mamma
New York Commercial Advertiser
Proctor's Finest Speech Noted Four Word Retort
The Chicago Inter Ocean recalls Senator Proctor of Vermont delivering his finest speech consisting of four words in response to Senator Ifoar's jab. He quipped that no man in Vermont may vote unless he has made $5,000 in trade with Massachusetts people, and concluded with the remark And we all vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor
Senator Proctor
Vermont
Ifoar
Green Mountain
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Joke Exchange Between Husbands and Wives Cited
A Detroit Free Press quip features Gusher and Henpeck bantering about marital kindness and the familiar line I never got married. The joke plays on the old chestnut about married happiness versus bachelorhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
How It Happened Mrs Nexdore Concert Piece
Mrs Nexdore recounts her daughter practicing a new concert piece last night. Mrs Pepprey confirms she could not get away, describing the scene in brief Philadelphia Press dialogue style.
Not Ready to Arbitrate in Street Altercation
Bystander urges arbitration during a scuffle as a felon on top vows to block the rival’s eye. The exchange captures a tense moment before authorities intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
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Independen
George Falke
George Selway
Flushing
R. B. Dimon
Norwalk
Sandusky
Bridge Company
Sault On
Madison Medicine Co
Z. T. Baltaly
Summit
Orange
Boarder
Fred
Trasky
State Board
WM. Crawford
Filippino
Palma Recom
Monongah
W. Va
A. A. Slusser
G. Price
Australia
New Zealand
Newsparr
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