Special Services and Resignation at Local Churches
The Rev. O E Hall longtime Baptist pastor resigns after four years amid congregation’s surprise and plans to leave Massillon by November 1. The Wesley M E church marks the fifth anniversary of Rev S K Mahon with a program detailing church histories and several societies. Sixty eight boys and girls received first communion at St Josephs church alongside a large, decorated ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Hall
The
Baptist Church
Michael Vollmayer
St. Joseph’s Church
Owen McGlinchey
Edward Powers
Richard Castle
Henry Snyder
James Bracy
Howard Schrader
Ralph Ertle
Louis Myers
Willard Eber
Arthur Murphy
Karl Schott
Melville Flynn
John Morgan
Edward Hayden
Leo Eckstein
Owen Carver
Joseph Fenton
Leo Hermann
Paul Converse
Karl Dalskey
William Leahy
Howard Hoch
Joseph Murry
Raymond Portmann
Frank Wantz
Harry Hisenbrei
Charles Ginther
Walter Braun
John Beiter
Gustav Bechtel
Jerome Senn
George Grojean
Charles Luckner
Jerome Gannon
Ernest Selsch
John Charlton
Thomas Hagan
Emmet Moore
Louis Stark
George Schworm
Howard Clementz
Elsie Kessel
Florence Boron
Helen Haffner
Helen Haag
Emma Barthelemy
Grace Kessel
Mabel Rossmann
Margaret Bantz
Ruth Volkmer
Theresa Mayers
Gertrude Kerrigan
Malima Boylan
Jennie Gannon
Mary Stark
Lucile Marx
Flora Murphy
Eva Kramer
Helen Bartel
Blanche Deeser
Lily Finger
Gertrude Tully
Florence Miller
Mary North
Mildred Robin
Helen Rohr
Agnes Larkin
Hazel Pflug
Ruth Kern
Hall
Massill
Wesley M. E
K. Mahon
E. P. McConnaughy
L. C. Spidie
Epworth League
Manley
Newton Fetter
Ladies’ Aid Society
Woman’s Missionary Society
L C. Spidie
County Seat News Highlights Local Legal and Civic Notices
Canton reports a quiet week with Frank Yingling Jr and James A McLoughlin filing to quiet title over 28.35 acres in Perry township from Helena Yingling’s 1879 will, while Car ton union school district moves 5000 dollars from the tuition fund to the contingent fund. City officials Hughes and Lane present, and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and Daughters of America plan a Meyer's Lake picnic on January 2 with officials Upham presiding.
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Canton
Frank Yingling, Jr
Frank Yingling
James A. McLoughlin
Common Preas
John Yingling
Helena Yingling
Perry Township
Board of Education
Carton Union School District
Ambler
Common Pleas Court
Hughes
W. G. Lane
Junior Order of the United American Mechanics and Daughters of America
Meyer's Lake
C. C. Upham
Juniors and Daughters of America
Stark County
Maud Isn’t 5 and 30 Too Old to Hope for Change
An advertising teaser extols later life vitality with Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea, promising blooms at age 60. The short promo urges readers to try the tea or tablets at 35 cents, signed Z. T. Baltzly.
Obituaries for Sophia Lehman and James Wood
Sophia Lehman aged 3 died at the state hospital from senile dementia after being admitted from Wayne county five years ago. Funeral held at a Mennonite church near Applecreek. James Wood aged about 50 died in Akron hospital of diabetes. He was an ex mine worker, associated with Ralph Wainwright, to be buried Massillon cemetery. Funeral arranged by Herbert Sheldon of Cleveland for the Midvale Goshen Coal Company. Wood formerly lived in Massillon and was unmarried.
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Sophia Lehman
State Hospital
Lepran
Wayne County
Orrville
Applecreek
James Wood
Akron
Ralph Wainwright
Massillon
Wainwright
Doylestown
Herbert Sheldon
Cleveland
Midvale-Goshen Coal Company
Wood
Burglar Hides Under Bed Then Flees Toward Swamp
A burglar hid under a bed in the Culler home on Jarvis avenue after church Sunday. He fled toward the swamp east of the Wheeling & Lake Erie tracks, possibly boarding a passing freight train. Three revolvers, a watch, and silverware were taken. later fragments of silverware were recovered. Police searched the area for hours with no success.
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Adam Culler
Culler
Jarvis Avenue
Columbian Heights
Wheeling & Lake Erie Terminal
Botoner
Bamberger
Consider This Outing To Famous Seashore Resorts
A Pennsylvania Lines seashore excursion on Thursday, August 17th, offers rapid trips to Atlantic City Cape May and eight other Atlantic coast resorts. The mid August timing aligns with peak season, promising sea air health benefits and large crowds as 40,000 promenade the boardwalk and 100,000 bathers enjoy fashionable seaside hours. Special low fares apply, with full information available from local ticket agents.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Atlantic City
Cape May
Atlantic Coast
Pennsylvania
Torpedo Boat Maker H Ereshoff Builds Fast Launch Den
Bridgeport Connecticut reports Charles Frederick Herreshoff designs a 35 foot motor launch named the Den poised to be the fastest of its size and a precursor to a fleet of torpedo boats for major navies. The craft features an 80 horsepower two crank motor with doubled combustion, aims for 30 to 35 miles per hour, and will debut with secrecy before racing season.
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Ted
Mittern
American and Plush Manufacturing Curls
Bridgeport
Conn
Charles Frederick Herreshoff
United States
Herreshoff Mortestly
Jannech
Tho
Cyinder
Herreshoff
International Power Company
Uit
Plant Sanitarium Brings Novel Treatment to Paris
Paris introduces a sanitarium for plants designed to protect exotic specimens from electric light and movement. The method keeps plants in moist houses with limited light exposure only a few hours daily to reduce stress during transfer.
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Paris
French physiologist warns tobacco harms hearing
M. Delfe identifies tobacco as deleterious to the auditory nerve and cautions moderation in use. He advises avoiding tobacco where deafness has begun or there is a family history of hearing troubles.
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M. Delfe
Caldwell Mayor Transforms Town With Liquor Ban
In Caldwell a previous council floundered amid festering taverns and moral decay until Mayor Cupp, sworn in under a new political spirit, led a bold bid to banish liquor. He invoked civic duty, prayer, and public resolve to curb vice, pushing through measures that removed alcohol from the town despite opposition. The move marked a turning point in local governance and temperance effort.
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Cal
Weus ii
Cnidswert
Lellevet
Cadiwei
Io A
Coyoye
Caldwell
Cupp
Roosevelt Meets German Turners At White House Visit
A Washington meeting recounts German turners visiting the White House during an informational tour. Simon Wolf arranged the introduction with President Roosevelt as Takahira and Mexican diplomats spoke nearby. The group was hurried through without a speech, prompting surprised remarks about the swift processing.
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Warners
White House
Washington
New York Times
Turners Dre
United States
Tuchemapolis
Simon Wolf
Roosevelt
Wessler
Turners
Takahira
Myla
Turner
Time Wars Between Trains End Time Itself
A Chicago Record-Herald poem by KE. Riser laments thePennsylvania and New York Central rail rivals who cut travel times to the limit. As schedules shrink and clocks lose meaning, society is urged to praise the rivals for erasing time and aging.
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Chicago
Record-Heral
Sioux Divorce Boom and White Man Tech Tales Rise
A late 19th century piece reports growing Sioux divorces in Chamberlin and Ococoina, noting lavish purchases by Indians on telephones and carriages. It contrasts tribal presence with settler fears, recounting episodes of display, wealth, and a changing social map on the Missouri frontiers.
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Cincintuiti Equirer
Chamberlin
Oncoma
Cheyenne River
Pierre Barbed
Tierre
Ranehhin
Roselad
Whurdota
Rosebud
Yanktop
John Hanley
Sioux Falls
United States
Ocacoina
Teurtos
Wap of the Air and the Rise of Air Current Studies
The London Globe notes early aviation pioneers exploring air currents and the development of flying machines. It mentions a 15,000 foot altitude system enabling useful results and calls for international coordination. Germany and Portugal begin similar experiments on warships and observatories, inviting broader government participation.
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Lisbon
Gomez and the Cuban Generalship A French officer challenged
A French officer visiting General Gomez’s Cuban camp demanded a commission of general. Gomez dismissed him, declaring Maximo Gomez the only general and asserting the French officer is a mere private. The adjutant escorted the Frenchman back to France as he was sent away.
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Gomez
Jene
Car
Theratign
Gaul
Anyieutenant
I Gomez
Saussier
Cuba
Masximo Gomez
Maximo Gomez
Army of Liberation
France
Prize Poem by a Woman at Lewis and Clark Exposition
The article covers A Lindsdes’s ballad on the event and awards for the best verse on “The Trail, the New York Past.” It notes the prize went to a misnamed winner, then recounts the poem’s lines about westward exploration, the Lewis and Clark trail, and Independence era imagery. It also recalls Paul Leland Haworth’s Harpers piece on the Real Fourth of July, citing John Adams’s letter and the vote date, and ends with delegates enduring heat and flies on July 4.
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A. Lindsdes
Lewis and Clark
Bali
Seane Ie Age TN
Fleischner
Tuartland
New York
Sholin Madeolas Graham
Portland
John Isa Didy
al AL Lindsley
Washington
Paul Leland Haworth
Harpers
John Adis
America
Great Britain
Thomas Jefferson
Veteran sergeant proposes Potomac bridge ceremony for Civil War veterans
Ambrose Hammond ex sergeant of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry writes to President Roosevelt proposing a ceremony for Civil War veterans. He suggests cutting up the old wooden bridge over the Potomac at Washington and distributing pieces to veterans. He claims a million northern soldiers crossed the bridge going to battle and thousands returned in 1965, calling it a grand sight.
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Ambrose Hiammond
Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Roosevelt
Hammond
Washington
Boston
Potomac
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Wesley M. E. Church
County Seat News
Yingling Estate
Herreshof
Ake
Essful
Rayer
Atown Council
Rafid
New York Central
Biows Indias
Tate Town
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