McKinley lauded amid flood of congratulatory messages
Canton May 1 huge telegrams pour in for McKinley as friends mark his rising prospects while he remains modest. Judge Day says McKinley is nominated with thirty to forty votes to spare, and telegraph offices report messages arriving late into the night.
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McKinley House
William McKinley
Tilmore
Judge Day
McKinley
Telegraph Office
Marion Foster
Sol Ducomb
Mme
Patti
Miss Foster
Mary L. Pennock
Minerva
Ruth Foster
Kansas City
Executrix
Local Politics and Garfield Law Debated in Massillon
Letters dispute claims about John Mannweiler and political payments in Massillon. The Garfield law sets campaign spending based on past vote totals, with specifics for prosecuting attorney. Also reports on levies deemed too high, a carpet weaver robbed, and a postmaster appointment in progress.
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Canton News Democrat
C. C. Upham
J.B Summer
Upham
Fatal Runaway Wreck Kills Mrs Leibert Near Doviestown
A runaway horse near Doviestown on a Saturday afternoon caused Mrs. Peter Leibert to be thrown against a barb wire fence. She died from hemorrhage before aid arrived. Her husband, also in the carriage, was badly bruised but not seriously hurt.
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Doviestown
Peter Leibert
Here
Leibert
Canab Fautos
Grandma Keifer
Easton
West Brookfield
West BrookheLp
Emile Seimetz
Navarre
Louise
Lizzie Secimetz
Akron
Lucarda Homea
Dalton
Chas. Myers
John Koontz
Massillon
Edward Werner
Sonnhalter Bros
Ferdinand Richard
George Longgafelt
Newman
Frank Ertle
Christena Borell
Nora Kern
Young Ladies Sodality Society
St. Barbara’s Church
Mis
Doomed Armenia letter shows Massillon girl in peril at Ararat
Lucile Foreman, a Massillon native in Armenian mission work, writes from Ainrat about massacres, lack of passports, and a shattered hope for relief. She describes Turkish brutality, Russian inaction, and Christians forced to abandon work as emigration looms. The letter details Miss Pierce's departure, dangers near Marash and Zetoun, and the dire plight of villagers with dwindling tools and ruined vineyards. Foreman remains active amid chaos, balancing teaching duties and daily tasks while awaiting possible intervention.
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Massillon
Lucile Foreman
Armenia
Miss Foreman
J.S. Arnold
Charles London
Massillon High School
Prudential
Ainrat
Porte
Russia
Red Cross Society
Terrell
Miss Pierce
Shepard
Marash
Zetoun
Dr. Fuller
Togo
Dr Fuller
Aintab
Free America
Mr Stuck Is All Right Refutes Bach Claims
In a letter to The Independent Ed B Bach accused I J Stuck of injustice. The writer defends Stuck a long-time resident of Justus, stating his worth and integrity and noting Bach as an alleged fugitive from creditors.
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MR. Stuck
E. B. Bach
Ed B. Bach
I. J. Stuck
Justus
Bach
Stuck
Ike Mr. Stuck
Man Killed By Fast Train Near Columbiana
Aliance May 1. John Halverstadt general manager of the Columbiana Dairy Company at Columbiana was struck by an east bound fast Pennsylvania train while crossing tracks Thursday and killed instantly. He was 53, leaving a wife and five children.
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Alisance
John Halverstadt
Columbiana Dairy Company
Columbiana
Pennsylvania Company
Halverstadt
Methodism at Cleveland Conference Faces Woman Question
The twenty seventh quadrennial session of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church convenes in Cleveland with 540 delegates representing 3,000,000 members, 17,000 ministers and 15,000 probationers. The key debates include presiding elder influence, bishop numbers, tenure limits, and especially whether women may serve as delegates or members of the general conference.
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Canton
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D. ©. Osborne
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R. M. Freshwater
John A. Mansfield
W. F. Walworth
John M. Stull
Warren
J. D. Taylor
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Francia Asbury
Thomas Coke
New York
Freedman’s Aid
J M. Thoburn
William Taylor
America
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J. Hoover
Toledo Iowas Massilloy Mant Wait Four Years for Conference
In Dayton Ohio May 2 report notes failure to secure general conference for 1sv, west claiming it since 1581 so Toledo Indiana hosts next. Says first chance will be four years, mentions United Brethren meetings and seminary commencement and baccalaureate sermon in Dayton. Also reports shipment of a heavy power hammer to England and an advertisement for Wrights Celery Tonic.
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United Brethren In
Dayton
Dayton Theological Seminary
Massillon
Tiny Independent
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