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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1902
Page
2
Editorial notes mock Canton Roller for claims of neutrality while dismissing partisan talk as irrelevant. It discusses President Roosevelt, coal mine negotiations, tariffs, trusts, and the rising costs of electricity and communication, stressing the stakes of the Pennsylvania coal strike and labor organization progress.
Easley notes rising union membership over three years and improving union character. He cites joint pacts like American Newspaper Publishers Association with I T U and Printing Pressmen, Keefe hiring nonunion workers, shrinking nonunion prejudice in Iron Moulders, improving walking delegates, and leaders opposing contract breaches and sympathetic strikes.
The piece argues that today's daily newspaper, despite garish color and sensationalism, preserves unique first hand impressions that future historians will value. News summaries and periodical reports cannot replace the freshness of actual reports on the yellow pages of early journalism.
A Pop lar Science News note describes a compact device to measure plant evaporation. Two concentric cans with a water jacket set a stable temp, a float and lever translate plant moisture loss into vertical movement, allowing calculation of daily evaporation and quick comparison of plants for suitability to dry environments.
Canton, Oct. 4. Ephraim Sprankle, William Volk mann, Paul D. Rider, and B. Frank Mercer named jury commission for Stark county under the Sept 30 1902 act making the law general. They serve till May 4 1908, sworn by Judge Harter, to pick 300 names for the jury wheel. Questions arise over juror payment and legality of grand jury indictments due to the switch from the old special law.
The South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station unveils Dried Potatoes a new product. Potatoes are boiled peeled and evaporated in a cannery to keep for years. Rehydrated in warm water for an hour they are ready to eat. The method promises to preserve a major crop for farmers and enable economical shipment to distant markets.
The United States shows 187 ice manufacturing firms investing 38,204,054 dollars with products valued at 13,874,513 dollars. The industry began in 1866 and gained commercial importance only in the last 15 to 20 years, initially rising in the southern states where natural ice is scarce.
Old shoes are not waste but are reused by second hand dealers who resell them to poorer classes. In France rag dealers buy discarded shoes in bulk, send them to factories where they are processed into paste and transformed into imitation leather. This material is used for decorative signs, wallpaper, trunk coverings and similar items.
Washington estimates place crowds for the G A R encampment at not less than 400000. Roosevelt will view fireworks at the monument ground with a special box. Seven thousand regulars including coast artillery and the Fighting Ninth arrive, plus district militia. An escort will precede the Naval Veterans parade and a grand review follows.
Master Lee Wolf, son of Tony Wolf, is very ill. William and Sarah Higginbottom return from Chicago. Mr. Higginbottom to Allegheny for work on the Pennsylvania railroad. John Hodgson regains use of his eye after mining injury. James Ketler injured by falling rock in mine. shoulder broken. Jones & John prepare an undertaker’s room. Coal vein found on Ezra Gesaman farm east of village by Jones and Bosely. Mrs. George Moffit of Cleveland visiting. John Morgan, United Mine Workers secretary treasurer, now able to move about after two months ill.
Executors of David Erb deceased announce a public sale on October 22, 1902 at 1 30 p m on the premises two and one half miles west of Massillon Ohio one half mile southwest of Brookfield and one quarter mile south of state road The 62 acre farm features two brick houses barn sheds wells orchard timber and fruit trees with an appraised value of 100 per acre Five hundred dollars down with balance in three equal payments due 1904 1905 and 1908 plus six percent interest On first mortgage security by the farm Henry J Erb and John B Erb executors
Excursion tickets from western stations to Boston available October 7 to 11 with a one fare round trip. Return validity until October 13, extendable to November 12 by deposit and 50 cent payment. Inquiries to nearest Ticket Agent or B N M Austin General Passenger Agent Chicago TL.
A local citizen openly endorses Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure, citing Mrs. Jacob Nolan of North Street near Mill who reports relief from kidney pain after using a partial dose and purchasing more at T. Baltzly’s drug store. Foster Milburn Co. is the U S sole agent. price 50 cents. Mr Slusser also touts Slusser's Headache and Neur- Talgia SURELESS for relief after prior failures.
Barbara Maier filed for divorce from Abraham Maier in the Court of Common Pleas Stark County Ohio on willful absence for over three years and alimony on the defendant real estate. Hearing set for October 2, 1902.
Tax information outlines due dates for first and second halves, delinquency consequences, and penalties for real and personal property. It covers tax sale timing, cross-year payments, and rules for proper full-year payments. The notice assigns responsibility to taxpayers and instructs on payment methods and office hours in Canton.
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