Succeeds the Late Josiah Clutz on Workhouse Board
Peter Smith of Massillon was elected Stark county workhouse director by the county commissioners, succeeding the late Josiah Clutz. The Canton base ball team was defeated by the Cuban Giants. The Republican congressional convention to nominate a candidate for the Lisbon vacancy will be held at Salem with date adjustments to accommodate Elks reunions. Meyers lake water loss puzzles owners as leaks and deep wells are investigated.
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Canton
R. W. Taylor
Lisbon
Salem
Congressional
the Elks
Columbians
Judge Fawcett
Congressional Committee
Robert W. Taylor
Peter Smith
Massillon
Stark County
Smith
Josiah Clutz
Meyers Lake
Obituary notices from an early Massillon paper
Obituaries for Miss Anna Crichton of this city aged 39, died at Canton infirmary of paralysis. Funeral at 44 Front Street residence with Newman Cemetery interment. Edith Barney Tilghman de La Roziere dies in Paris edition notice. wife of Marquis Carlet de La Roziere, aged about one year. Mrs. Nelson High of Massillon area, Barperton, WV funeral Tuesday. Letter from Monongah, WV, 1900, about Gall Cure Powder orders.
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Anna Crichton
Canton Infirmary
Miss Crichton
Maryland
T. C. Miller
Front Street
Newman Cemetery
Conrad
Edith Barney Tilghman
Paris
New York Herald
de la
Nelson High
Massillon
Barperton
Siberian Natives Endure Extreme Cold Without Notice
A traveler describes how Siberian natives endure 18 degrees Fahrenheit below zero with bare hands for long tasks and sleep in fur coats loosely draped over bare bodies. He contrasts their tolerance with his own fingers freezing while striking a light. The camp fires burn low yet sleepers rest undisturbed.
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Siberia
Gladstone's Catch on Money Division in Commons
In a debate on electoral qualifications Mr Gladstone asks how many members can divide a large sum by a smaller one and concludes it cannot be done. The House laughs as a member shouts six hundred fifty eight, proving the point that you cannot multiply money by money. The chancellor of the exchequer is among those who share the surprising ignorance.
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Mr. Gladstone
House of Commons
Exchequer
How to Form the Reading Habit Advice from Mabie
A compact guide advises organizing reading into consistent, reachable steps. Plan in advance which books to read and start with a small, steady set in a field of interest, avoiding overly ambitious schemes that deter progress.
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Ube
Hamilton W. Mabie
Ladies’ Home Journal
Poker Game Rivalry in Colby Sparks Western Tensions
In Colby Kansas a poker game reveals a tense clash among county officials. The Logan county sheriff repeatedly loses to the Elia county treasurer, while Hills county’s one eyed treasurer fumbles cards. After a large pot changes hands the sheriff warns rivals to stop raising cards or risk losing his other eye.
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Kansas
Thumnes
Colby
Logan County
Elia County
Hills County
Kansas City Journal
Ancient seals guarded secrets through ages of seal and myth
Ancient Assyrians carved seals in moist clay and on gems to bar entry, using intaglio engraving on chests and doors. They used a hippogriff as a private mark in letters. Centuries later Greeks and Romans adopted similar secrecy devices.
Beard of Health Not Desired at Health Food Shop
A Chicago News quip portrays a ribbon clerk asking about the beard at a shop and a lace clerk replying they serve only health food. The exchange ends with the customer deciding not to visit, joking about not seeking “the beard of health.”
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Chicago News
A Matter of Ears Turbulent Exchange
A Tit Bits humorous exchange portrays a tourist mockingly quizzing an Irish peasant. The Irishman retorts with regional slang about ears and size, delivering a witty come back that highlights cultural caricatures in playful banter.
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O’brien
Helping Him Along in Print Dialogue
A brief New York Times excerpt features a guarded exchange where a speaker questions whether a father would offer personal violence if asked, while another notes uncertainty about possible actions if no timely appeal is made. The tone hints at tension and potential coercion in a family dispute.
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New York Times
Parrot Causes Vase Disaster in Columbus Home
In a Columbus tale from the Ohio State Journal, Mrs. A visits Mrs. B to see a parrot named Polly. While admiring a mantel vase, Polly shouts drop it and the vase shatters, exposing a comic moment as Mrs. B walks in and Polly proclaims You're it.
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Columbus
Polly
Mrs. A
Mrs. B
Ohio State Journal
How Vaccine Virus Is Obtained From Cow to Quill
A historical account explains how vaccine virus is produced by inoculating a cow, allowing a sore to form, and collecting vaccine matter after about a week. The material is used to coat goose quills, with each abrasion yielding enough virus to coat thousands of points for shipment.
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Leani Wal
Burying of Wives Purchases in Volga District
A London Chronicle report notes that in Kamyschin on the Volga region wives are bought rather than wed for many families. Prices for a well to do girl run from 110 to 20 rubles with higher sums in special cases. rural villages see as little as 5 rubles. Fathers and would-be grooms haggle long over the tidy price while a son's marriage may be thwarted if funds are unavailable.
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Russian Europe
Kamyschin
Volga
London Chronicle
Restoring ink on paper with diluted acids and safe acids
The article explains using spirits of salts diluted five to six times with water to remove ink spots from paper. It notes acids like oxalic, citric, or tartaric acid can be applied with minimal risk to the paper without damaging the printing. These acids remove ink without erasing printed text, suitable for restoring books with margins written upon.
How long to call a girl by her first name
A humorous exchange quoted from the Chicago Tribune features Miss Flyppe and Mr Spoonaimore as a youth asks how long a man should know a girl before using her first name. Miss Flyppe retorts that six months is long enough only if he is the right man.
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Miss Flyppe
Susie
Spoonaimore
Chicago Tribune
There goes a great genius says Atlanta Constitution
A Georgia citizen comments on a tall figure reading novels. The exchange contrasts genius with patient persistence, noting the person reads all the novels others write and that patience may define genius rather than raw brilliance.
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Georgia Citizen
Atlanta Constitution
Density and Rarity of Air Factoids
A 46 mile deep well would produce air density at bottom equal to mercury. A cubic inch at 4000 miles up would expand to fill a sphere 2 billion miles across.
Comic Exchange and Egg Cost Quip in Chicago News
A humorous dialogue notes one man’s fondness for jokes with a sharp remark about telling the same joke repeatedly. The piece then mentions a cost comparison where keeping a dog is as expensive as maintaining sixty hens and an 800 dozen eggs statement appears, reflecting period humor and rural economic references.
Customer Dictates Fit in Comic Shoe Shop Skit
A Chicago Post humor piece shows a shopper forcing a shoe clerk to fit a pair to the clerk’s preferences for the first minutes, then yielding to request a pair per the buyer’s specified plans, illustrating a test of patience and control in a retail exchange.
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Chicago Post
The Real Drummer and the traveling salesman creed
A Philadelphia Record quotation discusses how the term drummer has become linked to flashy dissipation. It argues that modern traveling salesmen must be strictly businesslike and many in the trade are religious, often joining churches during Sunday stops. It notes merchants are church pillars and a churchgoing drummer can impress more than a worldly one.
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Market Street
Philadelphia Record
The Manygos Teem Fruit Described by Wittsburg Correspondent
A Wittsburg Dispatch correspondent extols the Java Mangonen fruit, the manygos teen, noting it is highly perishable and only tastes in its native country. The piece describes an ornate purple shed with pink gauze, snow white sections each with a single seed, and compares the flavor to a mango grape or pineapple in a playful, arcane style.
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Java
Wittsburg Dispatch
Holland
Thie
A New England Parson Announces Loss of Church at Jones
A New England clergyman spoke to his congregation about the church at Jones being torn apart by a storm. He described it as a ship without a shepherd, urging faith amid the church’s adversity.
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New England
Jones
Mikerman’s Lack The Duke and Two Princes in Europe
A Town and Country quip notes Miss Specie who claims she fished a duke in Europe and jokes she hooked two princes who escaped as land was near. The witticism plays on romantic folly and European travel imagery.
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Mikerman
Miss Specie
Europe
Canal Fulton High School Class of 1902 Graduates
Canal Fulton Ohio June 12 The class of 1902 the twenty fourth in the history of Canal Fulton high school will be graduated this evening in the school hall. Amelia Hiser is valedictorian Florence M Clemens salutatorian and the rest of the class includes Edith Foltz Gertrude Brown Clara Enpert Louise Paul Alice Griffith William N Laviers and Oscar Whitmyer. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Rev D Berghalter of Dayton editor of Christian World at the Reformed church last Sunday morning. Sunday evening an educational meeting was held with addresses by Mr Berghalter and several resident ministers. The junior close of the high school held its exercises at the school hall Wednesday evening with vocal and instrumental music readings orations essays and two farces.
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Canal Fulton
Canal Fulton High School
Amelia Hiser
Florence M. Clemens
Edith Foltz
Gertrude Brown
Clara Enpert
Louise Paul
Alice Griffith
William N. Laviers
Oscar Whitmyer
Berghalter
Dayton
Christian World
The
Reformed Church
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