February library and city statistics rise on gains and losses
The February report shows four fires with total loss of 33600 and 21000 insured, library circulation 4687 daily 208 up 13 percent, arrests 17 with intoxication and saloon violations, a single building permit issued to E Pocock for a 20 by 54 foot Richville avenue structure at 2500 dollars, post office receipts up notably especially money orders, and 0.87 inch rainfall versus 3.33 inches a year ago with most precipitation as snow.
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West Main Street
McClymonds Public Library
Seaman
E. Pocock
Richville Avenue
Pocock
Koons
Money Order Department
Massillon Water Supply Company
Canal Fulton Bridge affair shifts blame in county case
Prosecuting Attorney Day gains affidavits from Cleveland experts who affirm the plans by Surveyor Hoover were correct. Architect George Hammond testifies the Hoover drawings are safe with adequate abutments and walls. Expert Diamond estimates stonework at 1 380 perches totaling about 88 588 25, with brick substitution reducing costs. Trial schedule outlines next steps before Judge McCarty, with legal teams named. A separate settlement ends the Carrie Ite case against Canton-Massillon Electric Railway and Cleveland Valley Railway, terms undisclosed.
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Canton
Canal Fulton
Hoover
Day
Cleveland
Illovver
George F. Hammond
J. 8. Hoover
Diammond
Charles W. Pratt
Wilbur J. Watson
Jiammond
Sie
McCarty
John C. Welty
Taylor & Stewart
Watson
Carrie Ite
Canton-Massillon Electric Railway Company
Cleveland & Valley Railway
Elizabeth Ertle
Massillon Divorce Petition Alleges Cruelty and Bigamy
A Massillon case filed by Catherine Ertle through Welty and Albaugh seeks divorce from Frank Fk Ertle now in jail on arson charges. The petition claims years of cruelty and an April 1898 attempt on her life, plus a May 1899 fire-attempt at their home. It alleges Frank cohabits with Tillie Andrews in Muncie Indiana and seeks a court restraining order on property. a temporary injunction was granted. Alice Wagner alias Elsie Holland faced arson charges in Wheeling and Morgantown, waived reading, pleaded not guilty, and was bound over for a preliminary hearing next Tuesday. she remained jailed without bond when unable to post.
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Massillon
Welty & Albaugh
Frank Fk. Ertle
Frank
Tillie Andrews
Muncie
Ind
Catherine Ertle
Alice Wagner
Wheeling
Morgantown
W. Va
Elsie Holland
Bowman
W. J. Piero
Miners Won Coal After Scales Promise
Robert Lege of East Greenville, president of the United Mine Workers sub-district, met J. J. Green, Stark mine superintendent, over miners at Stark mine not receiving fire coal under the joint agreement. Green said lack of scales caused the delay but pledged coal from cars after March 4, a solution accepted.
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Robert Lege
East Greenville
United Mine Workers of America
J. J. Green
Stark
Green
Tuscarawas Township Treasurer Declines Re Election Bid
A note from W. HL Fatenp announces he will not seek reelection as Tuscarawas Township treasurer this spring. He thanks supporters for past loyalty and declines any candidacy for office this season.
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Tuscarawas Township
W. HL Fatenp
American Forces Withdrawn From China With Small Legation Guard
Washington reports say American forces will be withdrawn from China except a small legation guard. Chaffee will succeed MacArthur in the Philippines. China Russia talks may spark trouble as negotiations continue amid civil and military concerns.
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China
Legation
Chaffee
MacArthur
Philippines
Russia
Four Killed in Freight Trains Collision at Lenoir City
A Southern Railway wreck near Knoxville early today left four trainmen dead and others injured. The report mentions Prof Ivison of Lonaconing Maryland suffering long standing stomach illness and claims a testimonial for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Source cites CG. W. Cupples and Ryder & Snyder as local contacts.
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Knoxville
Associated Press
Lenoir City
Tenn
Southern Railway
Prof
Ivison
Lonaconing
Mal
CG. W. Cupples
Tremont
Ryder & Snyder
East Main St
Troops Withdrawn from Pekin to Manila Ordered
General Chaffee to leave Pekin with a reduced American force while one company of infantry and one troop of cavalry remain under Wint or Robertson. Chaffee will go to Manila to take command in the Philippines as MacArthur departs. Pending ice clearance on the Pei river, no full withdrawal before spring.
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Washington
Associated Press
Awasia
Pekin
Chaffee
Col. Wint
Robertson
Manila
MacArthur
Department of the Philippines
Russia
United States
Bundesrath
China
William
Great Britain
Germany
Rockhill
Conger
Robert Hart
War Department
Pei River
Cubans Act Rashly in Cuban Constitutional Scene
Havana reports Senor Capote, head of the Cuban constitutional convention, met Governor General Wood to discuss the US Senate vote. Delegates weigh whether to resume or dissolve as they await congress action on the amendment. Wood advised restraint and completion of electoral law.
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Havana
Associated Press
Senor Capote
General Wood
United States Senate
Wood
Congress
Senor Tamayo
Washington
Great powers urge China against special concessions
Advancing Li Jing Chang is urged by Great Britain Japan and Germany to oppose granting special concessions to any nationality in Manchuria as the Russo-Chinese convention awaits China ratification. British circles say the time has come for powers to prevent China’s rise while peace negotiations continue unsettled. A wheelman's tool bag also cites Dr Thomas Fidelt Ric Oil for injuries.
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Penix
Associated Press
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
China
Li Jing Chang
Manchuria
Interferin
Ait
DeWet Forces Grow as Boers Move in Orange Free State
London dispatch reports General DeWet has crossed the Orange River and evades British cordons with a 2500 strong force allied with Hertzog and Kritzinger. British scouts suffer heavy losses, while Botha's surrender remains unconfirmed despite sensational London coverage.
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London
Associated Press
DeWet
Orange River
Orange Free State
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Hertzog
Kritzinger
Botha
Reichstag Budget Committee Backs Armored Plate Works Plan
The reichstag budget committee approved a government funded project to build armor plate works at empire expense. The move would threaten Krupp, which has long supplied armor for German warships, with a major production shift.
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Berwis
Associated Press
Reichstag
Krupp Works
Lynch mob hangs accused miner near Camves Missouri
Dewey Smith, an African American miner who fatally shot Chester Stanley, a white miner, was captured and hanged from a tree by a mob near Camves, Missouri, after the crime.
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Ed Press
Dewey Smith
Chester Stanley
Roosevelt Starts for Washington with Family
Vice President elect Roosevelt and his wife with six children depart New York for Washington. Mrs Roosevelt and the children will return Tuesday while Roosevelt remains for the close of the executive session.
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New York
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Washington
Georgia judge Hope Polhill found dead in court house
Mace Ga March 2 By Associated Press Solicitor General Hope Polhill of this circuit of the superior court a prominent state figure was found dead in the courthouse this morning shot through the brain. Authorities believe he died by his own hand after turning on the gas.
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Mace, Ga
Associated
Natal ie colliery strike over unpaid wages
In Snamonin Pennsylvania twelve hundred miners at the Natalie colliery walked out demanding prompt payment of wages. The strike began on March 2 with Associated Press reporting.
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Snamonin, Pa
Associated Press
Natalie
Three boys jailed for pig iron theft near Canal Dover
Three youths Charles Vonberger Thor Neiderheiser and Edward Steuber from Beidler are jailed in county custody after night thefts of pig iron from an L and W siding near a shed. They sold the iron to a junk dealer for profit and face heavy fines and 20 to 15 days in jail. The note also warns against counterfeit De Witts Witch Hazel Salve and lists local vendors Chas W Cupples Rider Snyder.
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Canal Dover
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Lerain & Wheelin Railway
Warroad
Charles Vonberger
Thor Neiderheiser
Edward Steuber
New Beidler
Here
de Witts
de Witt
Chas W. Cupples
Tremont Street
Rider & Snyder
East
Main Street
Insurance Promises Cure for Ailments in Local Ad
A fragment advertises cheap insurance and mentions a product called Oley's Kidney Cure. It claims many have been insured against brig illnesses diabetes and other dangerous ailments via a small lump sum.
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Lotte
Oley
Rider & Snyder
Right Leg Broken At Warwick Mine Incident
Nicholas Stinger, a worker at the Warwick mine west of the city, fractured his right leg below the knee while bearing-in on Wednesday. He is married and lives on Wooster Street.
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Nicholas Stinger
Warwick
Mr. Stinger
Wooster Street
West Main Street Fatal Fall and Local Injuries
A 58 year old man, John Hintz, died from a fractured skull after slipping from a ladder while removing an awning on West Main Street. He remained conscious at first, but soon lost it while en route home. Other brief items note a carriage accident, a broken arm, and improving patients, with local names and addresses.
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West Main Street
John Hintz
Hintz
Herman R. Hintz
McCuen
North Mill Street
Rheinhart
Herman Hintz
W. B. Hall
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