Local Happenings and community notes mix of visits and events
A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Charles Schramm includes visits by Miss Myrtle Leighley of Hartville to Massillon and Navarre and Mrs Edwin Baillie of Pittsburg visiting Mrs J M Walker. Local events include church ice cream festival lawn fete and a dry election in Scio Ohio.
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Charles Schramm
Myrtle Leighley
Hartville
Massillon
Navarre
Edwin Baillie
Pittsburg
J. M. Walker
Cedar Street
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Richville Reformed Church
Scio
Abraham Mortland
Alliance
Mahoning River
L M. Taggart
Chicago
George Chapman
Hattie M. Welker
Fostoria
Wentz
Welker W. Wentz
J. F. Pocock
E. E. Fox
Robert H. Folger
Prospect and
Chestnut Streets
Massillon Dalton & Wooster Electric Railway Franchise Granted
Canton officials grant a 25 year franchise to Massillon Dalton & Wooster Electric Railway Company. Construction must start by October 1, 1902 and be ready for operation by October 1, 1903 from Wooster street Massillon to the Wayne county line. T. Harvey Smith is company president and plans first to reach Dalton then extend to Wooster. The county will receive 25 dollars per mile per year after ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Massillon
Ocober
Wooster
MORE FURNACES CLOSED
Youngstown reports 24 hour period adds five stackers to the strike including furnaces from National Steel Niles, Andrews Hitchcock Hubbard Sharon and Sharpsville. Independent firms will not benefit as the steel corporation bears the cost and rejects an eight hour demand or any compromise.
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Youngstown
National Steel
Niles
Andrews & Hitchcock Company
Hubbard
National Steel Company
Sharon
Sharpsville
Sharon Steel Company
Ohio Steel Company
National
Newca
Rioters Attack Delivery Wagons in Chicago Clash
In Chicago on June 4 a mob at Harrison and State streets assaulted wagon drivers and clashed with police. Officers were forced to retreat after the crowd tore their clubs away and many strikers were injured. Business on State street halted for hours as missiles flew and a car was smashed.
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Chicago
Harrison
State Streets
State Street
St Louis Strike Turmoil Turns Violent at Granite City
Twenty five black workers from St Louis arrived to fill moulding jobs at a Granite City steel plant but were confronted by strikers. Betl was knocked unconscious and fired into the crowd, wounding three white men, with one likely to die. The mob then surged into the plant.
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St. Louis
Granite City
Betl
Peoples Building and Loan Company’s Tenth Year Declared 5 Per Cent Dividend
The Peoples Building and Loan Company closed its tenth year with a 5 percent annual dividend and assets near 500000. Loans totaled 165000 for the year ending June 1, with 75000 in the first half and 30000 in the second half. Daniel Hemperly was reelected president, and J A Shoemaker reappointed as director along with new director George W Kinne replacing ill health retiree C B Allman. Other directors include F H Snyder J W Foltz A W Smith Prof BE A Jones William Schrock and R W McCaughey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Building and Loan Company
Daniel Hemperly
J. A. Shoemaker
George W. Kinne
C. B. Allman
F. H. Snyder
J. W. Foltz
A. W. Smith
Prof. BE
A. Jones
William Schrock
R W. McCaughey
Frank H. Snyder
R. W. McCaughey
Jacob Wetter
J. E. Johns
Dearth of Ministers Spurs Akron Lutheran Mission
The Rev L H Barry of Akron and the Rev L J Meyer of Canton began organizing a Lutheran mission in Akron amid a dearth of ministers. Akron already has four Lutheran churches and faces a growing need as more churches rise. The church requires about eight years training for ordination and fewer young men study for the ministry than in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Barry
Akron
L. J. Meyer
Canton
Ada
Minor troubles fade as coal strike bears on
Wilkesbarre reports no major developments in the anthracite miners strike. Workers push for more engineers and pump runners while operators hold loyal men. scattered demonstrations occur in Miners and Plymouth with crowds taunting departing workers. Temporary housing and colored cooks are noted for strikers’ quarters.
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Wilkesbarre
Plymouth
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A. M. E. Zion Church
Thomas Dayton
William Dayton
J. M. Reese
Stanwood
New York
England
Charles V. Hammersmith
Clara Miller
McClymonds Public Library
Hermine Dieterich
Russell Plant
Warwick
Clapper
Wiannah Lossler
Sonnhalter
New Berlin
Bell
Adam Bender
N. E. Moffit
John Kiefer
Daniel Fisher
A. Y. Gordon
Daniel McFarren
H.H. Snyder
Mr. Jacobs
John Scott
Cherry Street
John Snyder
Edward Blaumeiser
John Fidler
Flora Roger
Edward A. Youngblood
St. Mary’s Church
North Erie Street
West State Street
St. Augustine’s Catholic Church
I. F. Horstmann
Cleveland
P. Graham
Shelby
E D. Williams
Macon City
James Woolley
Williams
Macon County
Upper Sandusky
Pennsylvania
Crestline
Boxwell
Perry Township
Center District No. 5
Massilon
Richville
George Krrchbaum
John Reed
Ft. Wayne
Cassius M. Roberts
Church of the Savior
Philadelphia
Church Universal
Ohio
Z. T. Baltzly
Company
Massillon Men
T. Harvey Smith
Dalton
Independent
Peoples Loan Company
Couris
Stark County
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