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Massillon Independent

Location

Massillon, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1891

Page

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Whirlwind of Local Notes In Last Edition

A collage of names towns and events fills the page from Wooster to Canton and Bolivar. Personal visits hospital news transit talks and concerts mix with canal bill delay and spring travel plans including EU rope tours and Meg Merriles at Buchers April 16.

St. John’s Church W.E.L. Warwick Europe National Association of Millers A. J. Quest W. A. Boutson, Jr Grace Overhold Miss Frick Wooster Kate Webb Miss Webb Marie F. Latimer Fane Lab Bolivar Minnie Pritsch Cleveland Senator Howell Columbus Mme. Jananeshek Bucher’s Meg Merriles Johns John G. Manne Helena Siusser Canton Jane Beatty E. L. Folger May Annie Smith Berea Stubbs Mary McCullough Massillon Benjamin Knoxville Canal Dover Mattie Collins West Washington Street Emma Albrecht Alvina Robinson Medina Sentine

Move Plans Question Prompts Space Allocation

Readers are asked if they plan to relocate, with emphasis on trimming space and adjusting layouts. The notice hints at quick decisions for those considering a move and reorganizing personal spaces.

The Doctor in the Case About Old Physician Eberwein

The Independent publishes a portrait sketch of Dr. B Inhardt Eberwein, the elderly physician linked to a recent alleged quackery case and the death of Young Albert Davis. He claims German training and a Hamburg hospital stint, with a snowy white beard once noted as unique in Ohio.

Pr. B.inhardt Eberwein Croner Abert Davis Eberwein Wurzberg University Germany Hamburg Ohio

City Building Ideas for a Police Department Design

Architect D W King outlines a practical police station concept aimed at Massillon. He argues large cities need well equipped forces and better planning, detailing precinct divisions, platoon structure, and supervisory roles while presenting a design suited for a smaller city on a fifty unit lot.

D. W. King Massillon King City of New York

Prison Block Design With Lighted Cells and Officer Quarters

The text outlines a brick fronted prison block with side light space for air, a central porch lamp, and a desk room for complaints, bonds, and roll calls. It describes captain and sergeant quarters, a roundsman room, toilets, stairs, and a two story cell block with iron grilles, all finished in yellow pine and light oak with varnish. The planned cost is given as one to (unknown).

Major Loeffler Recalls Narrow Escape From City Confidence Scam

In a New York City tale, Major Loeffler describes a morning at Madison Square Garden when a suave stranger lured him into a counterfeit horse deal. He followed to a private stable on First Street, witnessed a staged sale, and exposed the counterfeit notes, narrowly escaping with caution.

Loeffler Mansillon Jay Hayseed City of New York Metropolis Madison Square Garden Ohio Grand Army of Sharks Wilkes First Street Mr. Slick Massachusetts Ean Solomon

Chicago syndicate eyes Canton brick firms deal

Agents representing Chicago capitalists toured Canton brick plants Canton Williams and Royal and discussed a possible purchase of streets paying brick works. No deal yet, price unnamed. Reports claim a county treasury examiner report delay due to alleged $11 000 surplus, likely clerical error. Delays also linked to city clerk deposit figures.

Canton Merch Chicago Canton, Williams and Royal Brick Companies Strees

Theatrical Designer Oscar Cobb Visits Magsillon Talk

Oscar Cobb, noted theatre designer and builder, toured the city last night and moved on to Canton. He favors including an opera house in a proposed city hall for Magsillon, arguing public amusements can be provided with little extra cost within a large public building. He notes Cobb has built over forty opera houses in the state and warns a stand‑alone theater would demand too large an investment.

Oscar Cobb Canton Mr. Cobb Magsillon

Pony breaks leg and is shot near Union hotel

A pony belonging to John Sends at Yvat's store escaped while a new bridle was being fitted. It ran west on Main street to the Union hotel before being stopped. The old bridle tangled, fracturing the right fore leg at the lower joint, and the animal was shot.

John Sends Yvat’s Main Street Union Hotel

Sunday Dinner Offers Fresh Produce and Groceries

The notice lists New Beers rhubarb spinach lettuce onions cucumbers radishes carrots parsley porpoises and onions with a full poultry line and butter at A J Wire 37 E Main St. It highlights West Side Variety Bazaar as home to a large assortment of children’s tricycles wagons wheelbarrows and cars and mentions Spangler Co. offerings including hats boys Derby and Stanley Touring styles priced around 2 000, and boy’s sailor collars.

Spangler, & CO East Main St A. J. Wire Main Street West Side

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