Memorial exercises honor dead brethren across fraternal orders
Memorial services were held Sunday across the Knights of Pythias Knights of the Maccabees and Odd Fellows in Massillon and nearby areas. Graves at Massillon cemetery West Brookfield and St Josephs and St Marys were decorated by members and Rathbone Sisters. Speakers included Thomas H Turner Canton Rev Dr J I Wilson and Ernest Merrell with a ritual focus on fellowship and service.
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Pythias
The
Maccabees
Thomas H. Turner
Odd Fellowsa
North Lawrence
J. I. Wilson
Knights of Pythias
Knights of the Maccabees
Perry Lodge
Castle Hall
Charles Brownawell
Canton
Knights of Pything
Rathbone Sisters
West Brookfield
A. H. Jones
John Myers
Rathbone
Daniel Kitchen
Massillon
Chas. Wentzel
John Lew
J. B. Wendling
Lewis Stilkey
J. B. Thompson
Isaac Ulman
H. J. Rearick
Charles H. Wagner
Wm. Richards
M. F. Prescott
A. Bachtel
Robert S. Warwick
W. C. Earle
Henry Huber
al. Preyer
John Coleman
Wm. C. Poe
W. C. Russell
Wm. Schworm
KR. Phillips
Joseph Donnelly
John Bell
Stark
Peter Scheidecker
Massillon Fort
Ernest Merrell
William Fuchs
William Poe
Henry Hub
ODD Fellows
Nort Lawrener
Name Chase Misuse Warns Public Against Imitations
A newspaper alert warns that imitators use the name Chase to trick buyers away from Dr. A. W. Chase products. It cautions to check the initials A. W. Chase on boxes and to buy genuine Nerve Pills and Receipts from Buffalo or local dealers.
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Chase
Birds of Prey
A. W. Chase
Dr. Chase
A. W
Perry Township Board Names Teachers for District
Perry township board met Monday and selected teachers for all districts except Nos 2, 7, and 9. Names include J. McFarren for No 2, C Smith for No 4 and 5, L C Spidle for No 5, John Banker for No 6, A McLaughlin for No 8, D W Walters for No 9, Mabel Huch for No 9, and Mary Frederick for No 10. E O Reed is reengaged as music teacher. Term begins in September.
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Board of Education
Perry Township
Pan American Exposition shines in Niagara Falls display
Ex-city solicitor O E Young praises the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo, deeming its electrical exhibit superior to Chicago's Columbian fair. He urges a two hour nightly viewing, notes the cleaner Midway, Buffalo streetcar service, reasonable hotel rates, and Niagara power as key. Massillonians plan a July or August trip with a general fund and treasurer, debating chartering a car versus water travel.
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O. E. Young
Buffalo
Chicago
Niagara Falls
NOT OPPOSED TO UNIONS MARK DAVID STATEMENT
Mark David of L Adler Brothers & Company in Rochester says his firm is not opposed to unions but prefers direct dealings with workers. He notes twenty Rochester clothing manufacturers do not recognize unions and claims his firm pays about fifty percent more in wages than union demands to show goodwill.
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Mark David
L. Adler Brothers & Company
Rochester
Masillon
Mr. David
Terrence V. Powderly
David
Winter naturist and Lake of Fire in Bahamas described
A New York Sun reader recalls a winter trip to Nassau. He details a phosphorescent lake near Wa terloo estate, where a dimly lit boat ride reveals glowing water that looks like blue smoke. Divers and fish vanish into the eerie, luminous waters amid quiet shores.
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Bahamas
Nassau
Waterloo
New York Sun
The First Millionaire and the Vulture Hopkins
A compact note recalling the first millionaires and citing the name John Hopkins, once nicknamed Vulture Hopkins for his acquisitive methods. It references his wealth at death, about 1.5 million dollars in 1732, and situates the idea among figures like Croesus and Midas.
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Solomon
Croesus
Midas
Pope
Hopkins
John Hopkins
New York
He Is Not The Man Taken Before The Stahl Women
Na varre residents pressed for A Gepford arrest as police hunting ended with the Stahl women testifying he could not be the burglars. Gepford was released. Frank Morrisey and Frank Hamilton each faced 30 days in the workhouse and $35 fines for stealing Keating’s clothes after drinking his whiskey. Miller sought disguise with scissors to change his luck, but mayor Wise found no evidence and noted possible mental weakness after a Chicago accident. Jones fined James Johnson $5 and costs for assault and battery. Keller reported a horse overdriven by a hired rider. an humane investigation proceeds. Klick Gallatin mortgage case settled with property repayment. Scharles recovered silverware looted from his West Brookfield home, traced to Mrs. Kessler’s boarding house. Burglars were spotted near a soap factory storage area Sunday night.
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Charles Miller
Peter Morgan
Wise
Chicago
William Jones
James Johnson
Johnson
A. Keller
Clay Street
Klick-Gallatin
Klick
Gallatin
A. Kessler
Kept tally on f l d i n t h e n o r t h e r n f i b o f i c t i o n a d o r n a t h e d a i l y s p e e c h
An amateur cynic tests daily truth by a pocket counting machine, tallying lies told in a morning, noting nine false starts at the door and many more in the office. He concludes the average person lies habitually while a brother in law, a doctor, argues honesty could unset all standards.
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Baronne Street
Smithson
Jones
Boggs
Borgs
Phat
Porody
New Orleans Times Democrat
John B Lonas Visits City with Sonnets And Poems
Smoke town poet John B Lonas names why he will not write an ode on smallpox after J McKee fails to develop a thorough case. He notes poetry emerges by itself and lists several recent works including Teall My Country The Bird's Nest on the Floor The Country Hermit Literary To Lovers of War Pat Mulligan's Advice and Elegy of Henry Lonas.
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John B. Lonas
Smoketown
J. McKee
Mr. Lonas
Teall
Pat Mulligan
Henry Lonas
Chinese Era Began In 2697 B C With Yan’S Calendar
The Chinese era starts in 2697 B C upon Emperor Yan’s accession. He devised a calendar dividing the year into 365 days with an extra day every fourth year to keep the calendar aligned with seasons.
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Yan
Parlor talk and masked threat at Kenhurst club
A young man recalls embarrassment with Tom in company at a Kenhurst club party when a masked assailant with a revolver suggests a solution. In a separate note, Egyptian obelisks are pictured with two wheeled vehicle figures resembling velocipedes, highlighting early modern contrasts.
Goess Back to Austria from Local Steel Plant Farewell
Michael Korwatyz tired of toil at the steel plant and life in this country. He left Saturday night for Austria. The thirty or more Slavs of the city gathered to bid him farewell and loaded him with presents and messages for families in Austria.
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Michael Korwatyz
Austria
Klorwats
Tragic Lightning Strike Kills Boy in West Tremont Street
Seven year old Leo Turenne Getz, son of a police officer, was instantly killed when lightning struck an outbuilding at his West Tremont Street home Monday afternoon where he sat with another boy who escaped injury.
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Leo
Turenne Getz
West Tremont Street
Young Getz
The Professors Wooing
A German professor, long a bachelor, falls for a flaxen haired girl. He spots her darning stockings, then asks to "darn my stockings only" in a faux proposal. She immediately understands and agrees, and the plan succeeds in a humorous engagement tale from Youth's Companion.
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Gretchen
Fraulein
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