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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
4
Paris dispatch reports American coal exports to Marseilles now on a four scale, projecting 100000 tons for the year, with last year’s France totals under 170000. Other notes cover Sunday nurseries, Maryland election law trials, Carrie Nation’s temperance clash, and a New Jersey mosquito setback.
The Dayton conflict over reinstating four Cash Register workers pits unions against management as 2200 employees face idle time. J H W Patterson offers to reopen shops with force except the four disputed men. A separate account celebrates a dramatic City of Erie versus Tashmoo race covering 96 miles with a 45 second margin. Cleveland and Detroit pride in their steamers while lake traffic gains benefit regionally.
Secretary Hitchcock reported strong West Coast approval of national expansion and open door policies. He noted California’s abundant fruit and goods, cheering reception for the President, and widespread belief that development in the Philippines and Orient will spark a new era for the West.
A comparison links the early laid submarine cable across the English Channel with the introduction of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. The ad touts the Bitters as a universal remedy for dyspepsia, indigestion, flatulence, constipation, biliousness, nervousness and insomnia, claiming it strengthens the system and promotes sound sleep.
Inquiry into Mrs. L. Pease of Lawrence Kansas notes seven years bedridden by kidney liver troubles and nervous debility but credits three bottles of Electric Bitters with restoring mobility and vigor. Also promoted are DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for skin ailments and a claimed pile cure by Rider & Snyder with Chas. W Cupples at 139 Tremont Street.
Over fifty years the product has been used for children teething to soothe gums and ease pain. It is advertised as a cure for wind colic and diarrhea with a price of 25 cents per bottle.
Local transcriptions report Mrs. Anna Allman accusing neighbor William Zieleski of criminal slander in a dispute tied to untrue stories and a haunted-house figure, with John Saigot playing a key role. Separate cases involve two boys fined for damaging William Hartman’s wheat field and a man selling dime’s worth of hard cider to youths, while Mulligan Moriarty mocks city officials over drinking.
Massillon Typographical Union chose C B Arthur as president and E M Bechtel as vice president with C H Daniels as recording secretary N P Maier as financial secretary and George Higginbotham as treasurer and sergeant at arms C N Oatman on the executive committee along with Dibell and Arthur. Auditing committee includes Daniels Dibell and Cummings and label committee lists Dibell Cummings and Daniels. All officers serve six months and committees one year. A Jacksonville union note thanked Massillon for a $10 aid donation to fire sufferers. J H Fraley of Wooster joined the union now at nineteen members.
The Northern Ohio Traction Company planned a franchise to run from Akron over Front North and Erie streets but opposition in North Street halted the move. A massillon Wooster Mansfield line also advances with rights of way secured and an imminent franchise filing. councilmen favor granting to solid prospects but demand timetables to complete portions. Additional rail timetables and service shifts across Norwalk Toledo and Cleveland areas are noted with adjustments to freight runs and a new timetable.
A new time card will be issued next Sunday for the W E railroad with changes to both passenger and freight schedules. Two through trains to St Louis, Nos 1 and 4, will carry mail previously handled by Nos 1 and 6. Train No 4 departs at 10 10 AM instead of 9 50 AM, Train No 1 leaves Mag sul l on at 1 57 PM instead of 1 40 PM, and Train No 6 departs later in the day.
Price Hawley, a colored man at Massillon Iron and Steel, struck on the head by a crane chain and left with a stitched wound. Miss May Hayitt of Richville injured falling from a wagon with a leg fracture, treated by Dr Gangs. William Shively of Canton Massillon Electric Railway Co. injured when a coupling failed. collar bone broken. Also includes advertisements for One Minute Cough Cure and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Pilgrim Publishing Co notices.
Alfred Panyard of 67 West Main Street displays a flying machine he calls a balloon driven airship. The design features cigar shaped units with whiskers as propulsion and a regulating balloon touted as the key to success. He plans to patent the craft and seeks Massillon capital, aiming to finish before the Pan-American exposition to visit in the vessel named America.
Mrs W K Haviland of Armonk New York declares her daughter nearly died from whooping cough and bronchitis until Dr King's New Discovery saved her life. Her niece with advanced consumption recovered, showing the medicine's reputed efficacy for throat and lung diseases. Trial bottles free, 50c and 1.00 sizes. Baltzly guarantees.
This advertisement promotes a 4 percent annual return on investments from the Prudential Erost Company, with 4 percent interest compounded semiannually. It urges readers to save during prosperous times, accepts deposits from $1 and up by mail, and offers a promotional booklet. It also mentions Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with 26 cent price and free samples at local drugstores.
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