City Mayor Eyes Fourth of July Celebration Plans
Mayor Wise urged a patriotic Fourth of July in the city costing about 125 dollars for pyrotechnics and cannon demonstrations. He starts a subscription drive to fund it and envisions a canal sham battle and a homegrown cannons display to draw visitors and keep residents at home. He also proposed a two day Labor Day event with speeches and athletic contests to showcase local talent.
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Wise
Chile
Mwutch
Payl
Camnacers
Ohio Canal
Brades
Labor Assembly
Castros, D Liggett Die in Stark County Home
D Liggett, once a Stark County clothing dealer since 1875, died at his Cleveland home last Saturday. He operated a Canal Fulton store before moving to Massillon. A member of Elioth lodge in Canal Fulton, his funeral will be held there. The old Central Music Hall building burned, with losses in the thousands, likely incendiary. Wissmiar vs Postal Telegraph ruled for $62.50. Reservoir bids exceeded expectations. no award. White House aides prepare McKinley residence for the July Fourth return. Judge McCarty praised jurors after May term adjourned. Mayor orders police to curb horse speeds. Prohibition nominating a Massillon man for county auditor. Real estate transfers list numerous ward plots and sums.
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D. Liggett
Cleveland
Liggett
Stark County
Center County
Pansal
Canal Fulton
Toso
Elioth Lodge
Canal Fullion
Witeh
Thestre Conmique
Central Music Hall
Wissmiar
The
Postal Telegraph Company
Massillon Bridge Company
Canton Bridge Company
White House
McKinley
North Market Street
McCarty
Common Pleas
Robertson
Chas. B. Heckman
Massillon
Joseph Rabstock
Margaret Rabstock
Thomas Burd
John A. Shoemaker
W. A. Pietzeker
James Perritt
Second Ward
Mary
Grahill
Howard Rimmerman
Third Ward
Anna S. Shufelt
R.J. Pumphrey
Nellie B. Dennison
John A. Seiler
d-Hacre
Fourth Ward
Joseph Shisler
John W. Smith
Sugarcreek Township
Joseph Roger
John Jacobs
Tuscarawas Township
W. D. Jones
John Featheringham
Property Transfers In Tuscarawas And Navarre Areas
Day and Lynch transfer 150 acres in Tuscarawas Township to David Y Roebuck for 6500 dollars. Joseph Agnes sells lots 7 and Sin Navarre to Veronica Uhl for 450 dollars. Veronica Uhl conveys lots 7 and 8 Navarre to Michael Wagner with no consideration stated. Samuel Albright sells lots 258 and 259 in Canal Fulton for 1300 dollars. L Jfarter heirs transfer 478 to 100 acres in Lawrence township to B B G Krause Co.
Geibel case and city crimes headline local peace talk scene
The Geibels listen to Mayor Wise and part as a loving couple after a peacemaker talk. Bradley Vanshall, captain of the canal barge M Burns, was arrested for assault on John Frye and jailed unable to post 500 bond. Frye lies seriously injured. A vest and silver watch were stolen from Charles Huth’s North Mill street home. Olivia Lenhart sues for non support. Henry Lenhart posts 800 bond after a preliminary hearing.
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Geibels
Joseph Huth
Mrs. Lenhart
Bradley Vanshall
M. Burns
Navarre
Ertle
John Frye
Vanshall
Wise
Frye
Charles Huth
North Mill Street
Olivia Lenhart
Broom Street
Sibila
Henry Lenhart
Lenhart
Common Pleas Court
YIELD MORE TAXES City board finalizes valuations after 25 days
The city board of equalization ended a 25 day session with a net valuation increase of 46 510 yielding about 1 300 in taxes and a net gain to the people just under 800. Most trips were on foot with only one carriage ride. The board’s expenses were lighter than past years. The additions to valuations by ward are detailed with personal property and new structures rising while some reductions were applied in wards one through four. President Godfrey Maier and others served on the board, with John B Wert as deputy auditor.
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City Board of Equalization
Godfrey Maier
Edward Gleitsman
Henry Wetter
A. H. Boeingen
Henry Vogt
John Gow
John B. Wert
First Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Fourth of July Rates on Cleveland Line Excursions
Excursion tickets offered at a single fare for round trips on the Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling Railway. Sale from all stations within 200 miles July 4 through July 4, with return by July 5. Special trips to Columbus via Pennsylvania Lines July 8 and 9 for the State Democratic Convention. tickets via Pennsylvania Lines good for return by July 15. Read the want columns daily.
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Cleveland
Lorain & Wheeling
Ohio
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Salylith
The Bleeding Cure and Curious Cupping Tale
A historical essay contrasts ancient cupping with modern surgery, recounting Washington’s bleeding on the eve of the Republic and a New York barber’s cupping practice. It notes a German barber offering spring and fall cupping, describing cups, incisions, and the ritual as a lingering relic of old medicine. It ends with short, unrelated vignettes on a shy child and Jeremiah Mason.
Women and Dreams in Everyday Belief
A Baltimore American note on educated women who cling to dreambooks and superstition. It recounts a shy, intelligent woman who fears dreams of infants after consulting a dreambook, despite insisting she is not superstitious, and shows how friends mock her until she reveals her anxiety.
Paying the Landlord and the Cartoonist Feud in New York
A New York apartment house owner who declined a cartoonist’s decoration changes paid a heavy price in comic strip satire. The owner, famed for long whiskers, is repeatedly drawn as villain and countryman as the artist teases him weekly. To retaliate, the proprietor plans to bill the cartoonist for modeling services.
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Fifth Avenue
Lgures
Agnin
New York Sun
Disheartening Clergy Moment Spoofed in Humorous Exchange
A Scots minister, not a popular preacher, humorously weathered a praise moment as a poor woman tells him she likes the day of his sermon. He responds with surprise and gratitude, noting such praise is rare. The exchange reflects wry critique of clerical reputation.
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Ilampshire
Mason
Women and Dreams
Fredonta
T. Balizly
Doe Wah Jack
Round Oak
Estair
D. Beckwith
Beckurth
A.J. Paul
Jeo Et. EE
Degeeal
Main St
Monarch
James R
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Doll’s Hats Shirt Store
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S. Eric St .Chester
Edwin
Dwight “ George
Johnson
Akron St
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Woodland Ave
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