State Finance Committee Probes Eyman Plan at Massillon Hospital
State House Finance Committee visited Massillon to review Dr Eyman s plea for 300 000 in two 1903 construction projects and 150 000 for future buildings plus 17 600 for adjoining land. They backed a 21 000 repairs fund and discussed milk cost savings, while noting limited resources and pledging liberal support for hospitals' needs. The delegation included William H Craft C W Metzger and others, and the visit featured a Cuban Spy play in McKinley hall for the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House Committee On Finance
Massillon
Pennsylvania Railroad
H. ©. Eyman
William H. Craft
Eyman
State Board
C. W. Metzger
Drunkards Directory Causes Anxiety Among Drinkers
Salvation Army Captain Crawford reports a fifteen name list in a tipsy directory used to aid men in abandoning drink. The directory remains confidential, sparking curiosity and fear among drinkers, while new officers are to be commissioned at the barracks this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Salvation Army
Boyd
Cleveland
Kate Urban
William Urban
Carrie McCotlam
Fire at Earl Farm Destroys Outbuildings Near Town
Fire at George Earl's west of town destroyed a carriage house, corn crib with 500 bushels, hog pen, and hen house. The barn was saved after farm hands and quarry workers battled the blaze. Four carriages survived but farming tools burned. Mrs Earl lost twenty five chickens. Insurance partially covered total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Earl
Earl
Wetter
Concert at First M. E. Church by Ithaca Conservatory pupils
The concert Tuesday evening at the First M. E. church features a company of Ithaca Conservatory of Music pupils including a soprano, elocutionist, pianist and violinist. The varied programme will show cases of vocal and instrumental talent from the conservatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca Conservatory of Music
Deaths in Massillon Area Highlight Local Notables
The mass Massillon community reports multiple obituaries. Theophilus C. Ackeret a longtime pharmacist born in Mt. Eaton died after lung trouble age 50 leaving a wife and son Herbert. Funeral at 62 South Erie Street officiated by Rev J F L Clokey. Evelyn Schnierle wife of Engineman Harry Schnierle died of consumption. Simon P Snyder an elderly Massillon resident died aged 87 with funeral at Presbyterian church. John Lumack aged about 59 died after Canton hospital stay. body to Massillon home then Millersburg for interment. An eighteen month old child of Reuben Ewing died from convulsions in the Stone block.
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Theophilus C. Ackerd
Mr. Ackeret
Mt. Eaton
Massillon
Z T. Baltzly
TL. A. McCuen
Ackeret
Herbert Ackeret
Wilhelmina Korthener
Knights of Pythias
Order of Amoerigan Mechanics
Erie Street
FL Clokey
Evelyn Schnierle
Harry Sehmerle
EL Digel
Simon P. Snyder
Dalton
Marel
Presbyterian Church
John Lumiage
John Luntack
Canton Hospital
James Brownsberger
Charles Street
Brownberger
J. E. Digel
Millersburgz
Lumack
Reuben Ewing
Jealousy His Ruin in Russian War Secrets Case
St. Petersburg dispatch reports Colonel Grin, a Russian officer sentenced to death for sharing military secrets with Germany, has confessed. About sixty people were arrested in Warsaw related to the trial, which investigators say began after his wife betrayed him for paying attention to another woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Grin
Germany
Warsaw
Itas
Citizens Help Jailer Rally as Mob Fails at Jail
In Owenton Kentucky at 2 a.m. a mob attacked the jail and seized the key from the jailer to take William Fields a black inmate. Citizens resisted and the mob retreated without freeing him.
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Owenton
William Fields
Cambridge Wins in Oxford Cambridge Boat Race
Putney England March 22 Cambridge won the Oxford Cambridge university boat race by eight lengths. The undersigned will sell at public sale on his farm 2 miles east of Massillon on car line Tuesday March 28 two horses fifteen head of cattle and all farm implements Leonard Hess.
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Putney
England
Oxford
Massillon
JAIL FOR CONTEMPT IN NUGENT CASE
Louisville March 22 Judge Evans committed W T Nugent to jail indefinitely under a US Supreme Court mandate. Nugent allegedly sold goods of his father totaling 14000 dollars and refused to pay creditors when ordered, triggering contempt. The US Court of Appeals reversed Evans, but the Supreme Court sustained him.
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Louisville
Evans
W. T. Nugent
United States Supreme Court
Nugent
United States Court of Appeals
Senate approves protection bill for President and security guard
The Senate passed two measures including a war revenue tax repeal and a President protection bill. It provides death for attacks on the President or officials, up to twenty years for aiding or counseling killings, and ten years for threatening or advising murder. A regular army guard is to be detailed to guard the President with regulations on dress and equipment.
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Washington
Marcel
Senate
United States
Tillman
Patterson
Colorado
Fairbanks
Indiana
Attone
Secretary of War
Regular Army
Found Dead in Woods Near Ft. Recovery
Tony Purtscher, once a prominent Lima businessman, committed suicide last night. His body was found this morning in a woods near Ft. Recovery by two farmers, with a revolver nearby and a bullet wound to the head. He had disappeared yesterday and recently moved his home from Lima to Celina where he was involved in several enterprises. Authorities attributed no clear motive.
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Lima
Tony Purtscher
Purtscher
Celina
Paurtseher
Ft. Recovery
Mandarins Flee Rebels Seize Kam-Chon Arsenal
Hong Kong dispatch reports rebels capture Kam-Chon in Kwang Tung province with the garrison fleeing and appealing to Canton for reinforcements. Canton replies it cannot further deplete its own garrison. Also a classified ad seeks energetic men and women to represent Summit Supply Company in Akron Ohio.
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Hong Kong
Kam- Chon
Kwang Tung
Canton
Cahin
Summit Supply Company
Everett Block
Akron
Heir to Millions Claim Surfaces After Uncle's Death
Michael Heinz of East Greenville seeks a share of an inferred Australian estate after an uncle there, reportedly a sheep and cattle raiser, died without a will. Heinz, a Greenville miner with a large family, has hired attorney R A Pinn to prove his kinship claim to the possible million.
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Michael Heinz
East Greenville
Australia
Heing
Heinz
R. A. Pinn
Sears
House Passes Anti Gambling Bill in Columbus
A strong anti gambling bill was introduced in the Columbus House by Representative Farhart of Richland. It imposes fines up to 400 for operating taro or Set machines and makes possession prima facie evidence of wrongdoing. penalties include jail and a lien on real estate. The measure also seeks large funding for security and enforcement, while the dairy and food committee favors a related act to bolster feed laws and justice jurisdiction statewide.
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Columbus
Farhart
Richland
Equity
Metager
Stark
Hasan Pand
Attempt to wreck St James church shocks Zanesville
In Zanesville on Thursday evening an alleged plot aimed to blow up St James Episcopal church. Rector Frank W Bope discovered 11 gas jets and a lit gas stove after services, preventing a possible explosion. Earlier tampering with the organ is noted. anonymous letters urge him to drop the cathedral service drawing crowds.
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Zanesville
St. James Episcopal Church
Frank W. Bope
Topo
Bope
St. James Church
Fire save at Pettyville home as roof collapses
In Parkersburg West Virginia March 22 a Pettyville home owned by Baruch Stoops burned at 3 am. Will Shackford arrived to find six inmates unconscious and carried them to safety as the roof caved in just after the last inmate was rescued.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Baruch Stoops
Pettyville
Will Shackford
In His Prime at 65 Years recalls Cooper Chidester life
Cooper Chidester aged 96 recalls boy prime between 60 and 65 and aging milestones, working as a horseshoer and blacksmith into his 90s. He describes injuries from a Canon riot near Mt Eaton in 1846 and notes a long family history with five children, thirty grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. He lives at 4 Henry Street with his son Charles, remains active, and reflects on a lifetime of forge work and frontier experiences.
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Cooper Chidester
Charles Chidester
Henry Street
Towas
Be O
Thad
Chidester
Danny
Chardester
McFarren’s
Here
West
Lebanon
Mr. Chidester
Northumberland County
Massillan
iStl
Wayne County
Mt. Eaton
Henry
Blaze Near Navarre Turmoil Sparks Fire Near Farm
A blaze near Navarre ignited a large dry grass field beside the Jacobs farm after sparks from a railroad engine. The fire raced into surrounding woods, threatening crops but local farmers helped keep it in check.
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Navarre
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Dramatic Club
William McKinley Hall
Earl Farm
Ithaca Company
M. E. Church
Schnierle
Mob
Cambridge
Leonard Hess
Torious
Greenville
Metzger
Dean
Blaze
Wood
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