Municipalities Oppose Jones Law And Martinique Aid Spark Debate
The piece notes state and city efforts against the Jones law and lauds the Roosevelt administration for swift relief to Martinique disaster survivors. It comments on Portuguese immigration, rail safety enforcement, and then shifts to health bathing advice, wheat harvest labor needs, and Ohio politics, ending with a Denver tale of hair theft a suitor committed to prove its truth.
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Massillon
State Department
Martinique
European interest turns to science for West Indies disaster clues
European dispatches note public curiosity leans to science for an explanation of the Martinique calamity. Prof John Milne cites a Japanese eruption pattern, while agriculture reports warn that the seventeen year cicada will swarm this summer. Locusts threaten forests orchards and fields across the northeast and midwest, with eggs already developing for seventeen years.
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France
Europe
West Indies
Martinique
John Milne
Mount Pelee
Japan
Department of Agriculture
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Fight Chinch Bug Control Methods From Wooster Experiment Station
Director Thorne releases a circular detailing methods to exterminate chinch bugs in wheat and nearby crops. It notes outbreaks across the state, the fungus-infection approach, and several cultural and chemical controls including millet strips, trench barriers with tar, and kerosene emulsion spray for infected fields and outer corn.
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Thorne
Wooster Agricultural Experiment Station
Olio
Pennsylvania Anthracite Strike Begins After Long Negotiations
About 145000 coal workers across Pennsylvania’s anthracite region began a strike for higher wages and shorter hours. All 357 mines halted. Local unions elected delegates for a Hazelton convention to decide on a permanent strike if concessions are not granted. President Mitchell coordinated with district leaders as preparations spread.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hazelton
Scranton
Mine Workers Union
Mitchell
Massillon Brick plant strike halts work over day rates
Thirty eight Massillon Brick Company workers demand higher pay with kiln men seeking two dollars daily and other staff at one fifty to one seventy five. A committee met company chiefs Segner and Evans but they were away, leaving no settlement. The plant remains shut and workers insist on guaranteed gains before returning. Local officials pursue freight talks in Pittsburgh and plans to form a sand company to supply quarry material, signaling possible resumption soon.
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Massillon Brick Company
Massillon
BE. W. Segner
R. W. Evans
Messrs
Messrs. Seegner
Evans
H. F Pocock
W. J. Mullins
Wooster
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Deri
J. T. Holt
Newcastle
C. W. Kisling
Holt
Pocock
They Never Depress Clinic Headache Wafers Ad
Advertisement promises headache relief with Clinic Headache Wafers that act on nerves and heart, preventing low spirits. Claims safety for children and invalids, with a price of 10 cents at all druggists.
Spring Repairs Begin on Perry Township Highways
Roadwork under Roadmaster Stern starts in Perry Township with spring repairs due by June 15. After completion, plans for permanent repairs on some sections will proceed, possibly the Richville road from Massillon. A foot of gravel will be laid and maintained until solidified. workers repair potholes and culverts under Stern with assistants in charge of sections.
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Perry Township
Richville
Massillon
Stern
Men Recover Watches Linked to Navarre Robbery
Ex mayor John G. Warwick and Philip Loew of Navarre recovered three watches found under the Warmington culvert mid way between the city and Navarre. They located John Berg and Henry Grugel at the Milleronian hotel and said the watches would be claimed by rightful owners. The Massillon bartender described three suspicious men who went to Navarre after midnight, noting evil conduct and lack of police response.
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John G. Warwick
Philip Loew
Navarre
Massillon
John Berg
Henry Grugel
Milleronian
Successful Applicants List of Teachers Who Passed Exam
Stark county school teachers examination yields a long list of successful applicants. Names span multiple towns including Canton Alliance Malvern Massillon Minerva North Lawrence and New Berlin, with many entries such as John Bowman Seth Ellis Owen Evans Walter Glass and J R Monahan.
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Stark County School
John Bowman
Pierce
D.C. Cooper
New Berlin
Seth Ellis
Wilmot
Owen J. Evans
Oval City
E. W. Fickes
Magnolia
W. H. Seiger
Malvern
Walter Glass
Alliance
John Good
Dalton
W. A. Haines
Minerva
W. W. Hayman
Myers
C. T. Kirkbride
North Benton
Osnaburg
W. J. Wise
James G. Wise
J. L. Cope
Beach City
Ida L. Anthony
Adelaide M. Beck
Clementine Binkley
Artie M. Binkley
Ruth Housley
Laura R. Kline
Sarah Naysmith
Flora Schneider
Teresa B. Smith
Canton
Agnes Blankenhorn
Wavarree
Zella Duvall
Mary Danner
Advertised Letters at Massillon Post Office May 13 182
List of unclaimed letters includes ladies and men such as Baker Mrs Cora Graige Mrs Ed. Baum Mrs Egginschhwiler Mrs F Brannon Mrs dane Exner Mrs Brannen Mrs Joseph Sharp Miss Lizzle Ackerman Wm Miner J H Batsford Neil Orrville Berwick CR Plot John Gach Emil Porter D Crawford Davi Roberts Ross Crofut A C Rogers Everett Evkroate Jas Smith Fred Hisb Frank Smits B French V A Swiehe M G Hay Mir. Thompson J R McMullins Ellsworth Weaver H M Persona will pres say advertised. Also ad mentions Rocky Mountain Tea by Madison Medicine Co. 4% T Baltaly.
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Massillon
Baker
Cora Graige
Ed. Baum
Egginschhwiler
F. Brannon
Dane Exner
Brannen
Joseph Sharp
Lizzle
Davi Roberts
Ross Crofut
A. C. Rogers
Everett Evkroate
Jas, Smith
Fred Hisb
Frank Smits
B. French
V. A. Swiehe
M.G. Hay
Mir. Thompson
Lew
Clark PF. Thornton
J. R. McMullins
Ellsworth
Weaver
H. M
Louis A. Koons
P.M
Report of the Grand Jury in Massillon Case Load
The Massillon grand jury reported after six days and twenty three cases reviewed. Twenty one true bills were found and nine ignored. Indictments include murder in the first degree and grand larceny. Jurors praised for work. jail conditions praised but improvements urged.
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Canton
Grand Jury
Ambler
Henry Suhr
Massillon
Sarah Robinson
Charles Schaffert
Charles Fogel
Leo Guignari
John Yoerns
Charles Menke
Same
George Wright
Harry Little
Emma Baker
Frederick Deiterick
John Lewis
Edward Conklin
George van Dyke
Clarence Martin
Edgar Umstead
Robert H. Day
Walter McNair
Canton Nurses Graduate at Aultman Hospital Training School
About one thousand people gathered in Canton on May 14 to witness the graduation of five nurses from the Aultman hospital training school. Principal addresses were given by Judge Henry W. Harter, Dr H E P Morrow, and Superintendent Alice Montgomery. Graduates include Martha Hawkins of Massillon Sara Johnson of Sparta Hannah Howard of Findlay Emily Turnbull of Canton and Elsie Yoder of Barberton.
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Canton
Aultman Hospital Training School
Henry W. Harter
Aultrian Hospital Association
HE. P. Morrow
Alice Montgomery
Martha Hawkins
Massillon
Sara Johnson
Sparta
Hannah Howard
Findlay
Emily Turnbull
Elsie Yoder
Barberton
Two Oil Fields In Massillon Setup Prospects Rise
L P Schimke returns from Van Wert where a new Massillon oil company is forming to operate in the local fields. He reports the first well doing well and others promising. W A Allbaugh arrived from Evans City Pa saying the Massillon Development Company well shot Monday and is a fine producer, likely many barrels a day.
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L. P. Schimke
van Wert
Massillon
Schimke
W. A. Allbaugh
Evans City
Massillon Development Company
Stolen Watch Sought After Four Years in Massillon
A Lockport, Ohio man sought Acting Mayor Sibila to recover a solid gold watch reportedly stolen four years ago. He claims the watch is at C. J. Duncan's jewelry shop, currently owned by a well known young Massillonian, and the case is under investigation. Eight Bells will close the Armory for the season on Wednesday May 21.
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Denver
Col
Eva Osborn
Ralph Lawrence
Misa Osborn
Lawrence
Miss Osborn
Lockport
Sibila
C. J. Duncan
Charity School Year Ends With Program and Refreshments
The Charity Batch school closed its scholastic year Friday with a program of music reading and recitations followed by refreshments. Miss Florence Harper, teacher in charge, has returned home to New Cumberland. The school added a new globe and well mounted maps among recent acquisitions.
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Florence Harper
New Cumberland
Bill Through Appropriation For Hospital Expansion
Dr H G Eyman returned from Columbus as Massillon state hospital trustees approve a 175000 building appropriation. Five cottages and one infirmary to be started after plans and bids. farm land funded from 1903. Salary caps set, superintendent reduced from 2800 to 2500, assistants up to 1200. Eyman pleased with enacted grants and minor cuts elsewhere.
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H. GC. Eyman
Columbus
Massillon State Hospital
Eyman
Eymann
Memorial Day Plans By Hart Post G A R Committee
Memorial Day arrangements set by the Hart Post G A R committee include officers for the day such as president of the day William Humberger and chief marshal J C Haring. Reverend J F Clokey to serve as chaplain and Rev L H Stewart to deliver the Memorial Day address at the First M E church auditorium.
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R. B. Crawford
D. S. Gardner
QO. C. Volkmer
Hart Post
Oficers
William B. Humberger
J.C. Haring
J. F. Clokey
Jacob J. Wise
G. L. Albrecht
IL. G Graves
J. W. Foltz
Fo Ochler
J. G. Hissong
Peter Scharles
William Weaver
Joseph Rimmele
W. B. Martin
J. J. Wise
E. A. Jones
Francis Strobel
K. Mahon
M. E. Church
L. H. Stewart
Paxton Matriarch Mrs Susan Paxton Dies In Navarre
Mr and Mrs Rasselas Paxton of this city mourn the death of Mrs Susan Paxton wife of Thomas Paxton in Navarre. Mrs Paxton died Sunday. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 o'clock.
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Susan Paxton
Rasselas Paxton
Navarre
Thomas Paxton
Paxton
Our Locomotives and Hostetter's Bitters Ad
Our locomotives sent to France are praised as very satisfactory and mark the first shipment of an order for fifty. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is extolled as a standard remedy for stomach liver and bowel issues. It claims to cure dyspepsia indigestion constipation flatulency and malaria fever and ague. Our private stamp is on the bottle neck.
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France
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