Local Happenings in Massillon and Vicinity
J M Bostick to supervise Navarre schoolhouse addition. Epworth League leaders for May named. Finley Eggert recovering from log raising accident. Alliance doctors plan post June 1 telephony arrangement with Union. Joseph Oberlin near Sixteen improving after apoplexy. Daughters of Rebekah dance set for next Tuesday. Rosa D Erina to give concert in St Josephs church. May party at Massillon club offers whist and dancing. Lloyd Feather and Emma Cormany remarried. residence east of city. J J Bast buys Palmer hotel property to convert to livery stable. Clifford Ball eighteenth birthday surprise at 59 East North Street. Samuel Netaly peach trees issue clarified. rabbits not to blame. Beecher Hardgrove leaves Harford and Yohe for Conrad hotel. Miss Anna Lynch of Creighton visiting Massillon. father Rev Lynch still active at 88. Massillon residents compare meal costs with Pittsburg. Funeral of Mrs Magdalene Mathew held at St Marys. cremation/entombment noted. Mrs Margaret Mellon injured by banana peel. condition improving but serious. Young Ladies Sodality of St Marys elect officers. installation and meeting described.
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J. M. Bostick
Beon
Navarre
Epworth League
M. E. Church
Ida Stewart
George Kinne
Arthur Skeels
Emma Crooks
Ig Finley Eggert
Physicians
Alliance
Eir
Union
Joseph Oberlin
J. F. Gardner
Daughters of
Rebekah
Rosa D’erina
St Joseph's Church
Massillon Club
Ping Pony
Lloyd Feather
St. John’s Church
Feather
Emma Cormany
J. J. Bast
South Canal Street
Palmer Hotel
Frank Wealer
Bast
Beecher Hardgrove
Harford
Yohe
Canton
Conrad
Wardgrove
Anna Lynch
Creighton
William Yost
Plum ‘Street
Plum ‘Street, Is A Daughter of the Rev. Mr. Lynch, Pastor of the First M. E
Massillon
Magdalene Matahew
Millport
St. Mary's Church
H. V. Kaempker
Alton
West Brookfield
Hasel
Canal Fulton
Margaret Mellon
West Tremont Street
Sonnhalter Boos
Sarah Mellon
William Mellon
Cleveland
Adam Flammer
Kent
Young Ladies’ Sodality Club
Hess-Snyder ships furnaces to China amid Boxer era ties
The Hess-Snyder Company sent furnaces to Tianjin China via Massillon and New York. The recipient, Prof O G Clifford, long active in China’s education and defense of foreigners during the Boxer uprising, will see the cargo transit for months. Massillon mills also report flour shipments to the British Isles and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hess-Snyder Company
Tienstin
China
O. G. Clifford
Ohio
Massillon Sirect
New York
Ilusa-Spyder Company
Stockmen Oppose Trust in Defense of Inquiry
Denver May 3 Secretary Charles T. Martin of the National Live Stock Association warns there will be no coalition with the beef trust. Telegrams from Chicago urge leaders to block congressional investigations while stockmen vow to press the inquiry and resist packer pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Charles T. Martin
National Live Stock Association
Beef Trust
Chicago
Congress
Martin
National Association
Butter Trust
Mrs. Fred Schultz Dies After Long Illness
Martin B. Schultz received a telegram at noon Thursday announcing the death of his mother Mrs. Fred Schultz at Springfield. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at Dalton, the deceased’s former home, with Rev. W. G. Sheely of Seville officiating. Mrs. Schultz endured three years of illness and is survived by her husband and nine children, two of whom Martin B. Schultz and Mrs. T. A. Sturgis reside in Massillon.
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Fred Schultz
Martin B. Schultz
Springfield
Dalton
W. G. Sheely
Seville
Mra. Schultz
Mra.t. A. Sturgis
Massillon
Surrender of Insurgents Reported Across Islands
General Chaffee lists surrender details from April through May across Negros Mindanao Batangas and Leyte with hundreds of armed men officers and rifles surrendering at Santo Tomas Batangas Catbalogan Samar and other points. Mindoro and Laguna ports opened for trade May 1 while General Jacob Smiths court martial nears an expected acquittal.
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Washington
Chaffee Sables
Rutio
Isio Negros
Morelli Luke
Isabelle
Negros
Rufino Delico
Croquietta
Mindanao
Col. Fernandes
Santo Tomas
Batangas
Ablaguas
Laguna
Mindoro
Jacob Smith
Manila
WAR VETERANS REUNION IN MARYSVILLE MAY 8 1902
Mexican war veterans plan a reunion in Marysville Ohio on May 8 1902 with headquarters at the Oakland hotel. A 1:30 p.m. business meeting at Grand Army hall includes badge issuance and free banquet tickets followed by a parade to city hall. The welcome address will be delivered by Hon. R L Woodburn with responses by Col A H Brown and Gov George Nash and Col W J Curry.
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Marysville
Oakland Hotel
Grand Army Hall
City Hall
R. L. Woodburn
A H. Brown
Bloomfield
Morrows County
George _ K. _Nash
Ant
W. J
Curry _wil
Ate
D. W. Henderson
Jas H. Smith
Sec’y
Labor Day Plans for Trades and Labor Assembly
The committee of arrangements for the Labor Day celebration will meet Sunday morning at 10 o'clock in the assembly halls. Members include J P Hollander Louis Wittemann Peter Smith H B Sibila Andrews Schwab Willardgrove John Evans Georges Wendling H Parna scott H A Musser Frank Devorak A P Howard N E P Maier J T Jenkins R S Hardgrove E Griffith Charles Kratz Frank Hicker Peter Ertle John Rearick Tommy Mulane William Shepley and Mrs John Tones.
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Trades and Labor Assembly
J. P.hollander
Louis Wittemann
Peter Smith
H. B. Sibila
Andrews Schwab
Willardgrove
John Evans
Georges Wendling
H. Parnascott
H. A.§.Musser
Frank Devorak
A. P. Howard
N.E P. Maier
J. T
London’s First Theaters The Theater and Curtain Origins
The first English playhouse, the Theater, built in 1576 by James Burbage, stood near Finsbury fields before the Curtain appeared in Moorsfield off Gloucester Street. Shakespearean works such as Romeo and Juliet played at the Theater, which later moved to Bankside to form the Globe, while the Curtain remained active into James I’s reign.
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London
England
Theater
James Burbage
Richard Burbage
Finsbury Fields
Llolywell Lane
Moorsfield
Gloucester Street
Bankside
Globe
James
Lippincott’s
Poor Old Lady Beaconsfield in High Society Satire
Lord Donald defends Lord Beaconsfield noting his wife’s decline and his consistent, respectful treatment. He condemns society for ridiculing the elderly lady, forcing the husband to endure public humiliation while hosts laughed openly at her in crowded rooms.
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Beaconsfield
Lord Donald
Lord Beaconsfield
Morality and Valor Cast in Firm Assertion
A terse quotation frames faith in integrity and strength, praising honesty as the strongest measure of character. The speaker elevates moral courage over mere wealth or force, aligning virtue with steadfast conviction.
Naval Officers In Irons After Rome Incident
The cruiser Chicago's five imprisoned officers were released after boarding the ship with the American consul and Ambassador Meyer. Captain Dayton ordered them put in irons. they defend they acted in self defense amid a hostile crowd and deny drinking. They left for Trieste, citing a room swarmed with insects in prison.
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Venius
Chicago
Meyer
Trieste
Dayton
Rome
John 8
Doddridge
Troops Side With People Amid Russian Unrest
In St. Petersburg and London reports, the peasant riots in Voronezh and Kharkoff regions are linked to student agitation. Secret presses issued forged czar proclamations urging land partition, while troops show reluctance to fire on protesters and eight hundred Sumy regiment members are punished for refusing orders. Labour trouble grows at Novorossisk as unrest spreads.
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St. Petersburg
Vorones
Kharkoff
Russia
Novorossisk
Black Sea
London
Reuters Telegram Company
Sumy
Moscow
Rebels hold Santo Domingo port and coast report
Port au Prince dispatch says Dominican revolutionists controlled the republic except Puerto Plata on the north coast and San Domingo on the south coast. Vice President Vasquez with substantial forces was reportedly expected to reach San Domingo before yesterday.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
Republic of Santo Domingo
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
Vasquez
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