Local Happenings in Massillon and Nearby Areas
Mrs. Alex Simm visited her parents in Wooster Friday. J C F Putman returned home from the East. Miss Olive Smith and Miss Margaret Yroth spent Friday in Wheeling. George Shilling fined 25 and costs for fishing with a dipnet. Mr and Mrs Clark Simms of Akron visited Massillon friends Friday. S S Shilling of Wooster visiting L P Slusser in Wellman street. Mrs Leo Liehtenwalter convalescent after illness. Charles E Strobel and family of Akron visiting parents in East Oak street. Neininger baseball team played Burd's hall. about sixty couples attended. Leaders of Eeworth League for June named. Mrs Edward Strobel visiting family in Massillon. John McBride of Columbus visiting. Viv McBride now editor of Miners and Operator. Boxwell commencement for Perry township on June 6 at 7 pm. Harmonia band concert at the park. Imperial band concert at Canal Fulton. Miller high scorer in Massillon gun club events. Horse ran away with Benedict's furniture wagon. no injuries but harness and wagon damaged. Harry Griswold reports ward three totals: horses 220, cows 564, mule 2,182, carriages 4,825, wagons and goods 30,615, watches 1,570, pianos and organs 5,735, merchandise 76,495, machinery 52,380, money 45,423, credits 31,050, bonds 87,500. total 249,405. dogs 53. new buildings 52.
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Alex Simm
Wooster
J.C.F. Putman
Olive Smith
Margaret ‘Yroth
Wheeling
George Shilling
Squire Sibila
Clark Simms
Akron
Massillon
S. S. Shilling
L. P. Slusser
Wellman Street
Leo Liehtenwalter
Charles E. Strobel
East Oak Street
Neininger
Burd’s Hall
Eeworth League
M. KE
Nora Leifer
Burdette Kramer
H. P. Parks
Oscar Reynolds
T. Harvey Smith
Edward Strobel
Chicago
Francis Strobel
Hast Oak Street
John McBride
Columbus
Viv. McBride
United Mine Workers of America
Minersand
Boxwell
Perry Township
School House No. 5
Sterns
Harmonia Band
Park
Puegner
Imperial Band
Canal Falcon
Benedict
Main Street
Main
East Street
Harry Griswold
Third Ward
Memorial Day Observed and Local Sports in Navarre
Memorial Day rituals took place at Navarre with a 10 o'clock parade led by the Navarre band and local officials and students visiting Catholic, G.A.R. and Union cemeteries for wreaths. J. H. Thomas presided, E. A. Richardson spoke, and the Navarre baseball club beat Waco 11 to 9 in a close game. The town awaits a Massillon Glass Works visit and a new school building contract to be let Monday evening.
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Navarre
Navarre Band
J. H Thomas
E. A. Richardson
Tatheran
Union
Thomas
Richardson
Navarre Baseball Club
Waco
Massillon Glass Works
Half a Century Wedding Anniversary in Massillon
Friday marked the 60th anniversary of Mr and Mrs Tibia Miller born in East Suo Street Massillon. They hosted five children and grandchildren at home with a noon dinner and gifts including a solid oak rocking chair. The couple married May 30 1852 in West Brookfield and honeymooned in Akron. They have lived in Massillon 60 years and Mr Miller continues as a moulder at Russell Co foundry after 46 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibia Miller
East Suo. Street
E. Oberlin
Marion Coleman
John Boutson
Albert
Willam Miller
Massillon
Miller
Rusell Works
John Howard
Obituary notices for Adam Bender and Elton Grant in Stark county
Adam Bender farmer of western Stark county dies at home at about 83. He leaves two brothers and siblings, funeral at family residence Sunday at 1 PM, Massillon cemetery interment. Elton Grant of Beach City dies at 68 at his son Elton Grant’s Fort farm home. Widower with eight children. cause inflammatory rheumatism. Funeral from Elton’s residence Friday morning, then to Beach City for interment.
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Adam Bender
Stark County
Bender
Massillon
B. EF. Grant
Beach City
Elton Grant
Fort Farm
Sotdlock
Women and Kidney Trouble Explain Cure Story
A historic ad-like notice claims kidney and bladder issues affect both women and men, describing symptoms from frequent urination to bed wetting and general mis misery. It promotes Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer Co as the remedy, offering samples and a pamphlet from Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Business American Art Ainslees view on imagination in enterprise
Hutchins Hapgood argues in Ainslee's that American business blends imagination with commerce. He contrasts American risk and genius with European frugality, claiming large outlays fuel progress, cheaper production, and benefits for the public, while small scale thrift signals decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchins Hapgood
Ainslee’s
Ag Bucon
Night Reveals Luminous Water Buffalo Painting in Japanese Temple
In Washington a famed Japanese painting in the legation area shows a hidden nocturnal glow. A masterful phosphorescent pigment, once secret, makes a grazing water buffalo visible only after nightfall. The painting resides in a Buddhist temple and fuels local superstition.
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Washington
Legation
Europe
America
Jaysan
Japan
Washington Post
Quirky Sharks Battle Whales and Porpoises
The thrasher shark uses an unusually long tail as a weapon while swordfish join to attack whales. In counter, porpoises surround and lash sharks with their flukes to kill them, highlighting a dramatic cycle of predation among marine giants.
Making Him Cheerful
A Chicago Post excerpt describes a disciplined mother telling Willie to appear cheerful for dinner guests. She warns that after guests arrive she will deliver the worst whipping, insisting he must look bright and pleasant for the visitors.
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Willie
Chicago Post
A Bad Case of Bees and Lips, Plain Dealer Quip
A Cleveland Plain Dealer humor item notes bees visiting 3 000 000 blossoms to make a pound of honey and jokingly says one trip to the speaker s sweetheart s lips would suffice. The gag blends bee labor with a playful romantic twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Not Too Liberal Parody Exchange Cited
A New York Weekly line parodies liberal parishioners and a stingy fastor with the remark that wealth seldom ensures happiness but often buys a convincing imitation, as noted in the Somerville Journal.
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Fastor
New York Weekly
Somerville Journal
Sacred Chinese writing burned in furnace sparks street debate
A Philadelphia note describes Chinese waste paper as sacred, with hieroglyphic documents incinerated in a Chinatown furnace under priestly care. The ashes are shipped to sea by the Chinese Merchants' company as the public views white newspapers used for wrapping with horror. Quemsn collects the waste paper from Chinatown stores, delivering sacks to the furnace attendant for burning twice weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Race Street
Chinese Merchants’ Company
Quemsn
Chinatown
Philadelphia
Proposal Laughs Through a Nervous Moment
A young man aiming to propose abandons archaic verse for a theatrical line but stumbles. The woman, Mary, calmly responds yes, noting her familiarity with men and that her father will be pleased, per the New York Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halidon
Yonder Castle
Mary
George
New York Herald
Sacking Poisonous Wounds
A historical note details the belief in sucking wounds as the best immediate remedy for snake bites. It cites African cupping tools and ancient practices, including Catos expedition using snake charmers called psylli who performed rites over bitten men, with efficacy attributed to wound suction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Cato
Electric centipeds illuminate by day at dull insects parade
The London Times describes the least attractive luminous insects as electric centipeds. Black crawling creatures with many legs resemble serpents' skeletons in miniature. They move snakelike, leaving a bright phosphoric trail behind, yet they most often appear in daytime when their illumination is not visible.
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London Times
Not Reduced to That. A Bicycle Talk in Columbus
Gottlieb Schneider and Louie Plitzheimer converse in Columbus as they discuss a new bicycle and its value. The exchange hints at modest interest and prior pawnshop involvement, reflecting local voices and everyday concerns in the State Journal segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottlieb Schneider
Louie Plitzheimer
Parrot and Cage Jest in City Letter Excerpt
A brief humor exchange centers on a parrot and its cage with a witty line about preferring the cage because it can talk. The quotation underscores playful banter and charm in everyday objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Statesman
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