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Massillon Independent

Location

Massillon, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1902

Page

2

Ohio to tax big firms under new 75th General Assembly

Columbus May 12 report on the seventy-fifth Ohio General Assembly closing after a long session. Major laws cut across taxation, corporations, local option, and state governance. Willis Cole and Johnston bills shift taxes to corporations, extend excise coverage, and alter county finance. Proposals to amend the constitution include governor veto power and broader tax authority. Local canals debated as public parks. local option liquor law amended to allow petitioned elections with 40 percent threshold.

Columbus Seventy-fifth General Assembly Ohio United States Secretary of State Senate Conference Committee House Patterson Franklin County Jitseu Fairfield County Supreme Court Ninth Judicial District Common Pleas Cuyahoga County Fifth District Hosea Canal Commission Ohio Canal Boards of Health Board of Public Works The Tabor General Assembly Miami Wilberforce Boxwell

Prisoners Sentenced Before Judge Ambler In Canton

Several defendants faced Judge Ambler in common pleas court. Leo Guignard and John Yoerns, both 17, admitted guilt on separate indictments and were sent to Mansfield Reformatory with possible parole after a year for good behavior. Other arraignments included two men for assault and battery with bonds set at 200, and William Buss charged with non support being remanded after posting $500 bond.

Canton Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield Guignard Pennsylvania Railroad Company Alliance Yoerns Helen Gaskill George H. Clark Clark Reformatory Ambler George Wright Harry Little Elmer Baker James Neeley John Unkefer Minerva Robertson Neeley Unkefer William Buss May Grand Jury Akron Harvey Zaiser Buss Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Company Walter Kling Calvary Presbyterian Church Board of Trustees South End Athletic Club Cantons Mahaffey Park Sudnay Lucas Needham Limerick Brown Markel Charles J. Sprankle Gertrude Allen Masaillon

Absentminded Professor Seeks Engineer Son

In a humorous slice from the Norwegian Weekly Tyribans a rambling professor declares to his wife that he wants their son to become an engineer. He quickly remembers they have no son, then returns to his rocking chair as if nothing changed.

Tyribans

Quick Cure For Bee Stings From Vervain Leaves

A Ladies' Home Journal note prescribes immediate bee sting care. Pull the stinger, bruise vervain leaves, rub the wound, apply a crushed leaf plaster, and bind. Dried vervain can be steeped for use. The piece notes September gathering by southern nurses for winter.

Negro Nursea Ladies’ Home Journal

When a Man Weighs Less in High Barometer

A man weighs less when the barometer is high though air pressure on his body rises. Atmospheric pressure on an ordinary map is about fifteen tons, and the mercury rising from twenty-nine to thirty-one inches adds about one ton to the load he bears.

Doubtful Praise in a School Concert

In a Boston Transcript exchange Miss Uppersee notes wild audience reaction as her singing is repeated four times. Mrs Oldtimer recalls being made to repeat lessons similarly at school, reflecting on past theatrical and schoolroom performances.

Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know It

Thousands have kidney trouble and do not know it. How to learn if kidneys are unhealthy is explained. Fill a bottle with water, let stand 24 hours to reveal sediment that may stain linen, indicating kidney trouble. frequent urination or back pain also signals issues.

Kilmer Swamp Root Dr. Kilmer & Home of swamp-Root. Co Binghamton, N.Y

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