Massillon State Hospital expands amid swelling patients
The Massillon state hospital faces continued crowding until new buildings finish. Nash cottage infirmary rises with foundations laid and brickwork shaping the structure. Cottage F and duplicates A B C and others follow, built by Evans with patients aiding excavations. A new road to the superintendent’s residence is cut, gravelled for direct access. Baseball grounds are prepared for winter and a new sewer runs beside cottage C at fifteen feet depth.
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Massillon State Hospital
Nash Cottage
Evans
Columbus
McKinley Hall
Massillon
Cottage C
Oberlin Installed as County Auditor in Canton
Michael W. Oberlin of Massillon assumed a three year term as county auditor after last November’s election. He bonded for 5000 with Bankers Surety Company, approved by Prosecutor Day, and was installed by county commissioners. Wilbur Reed remains deputy, with Nettie Piero and Christie Jones as clerks.
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Canton
Michael W. Oberlin
Massillon
Wm. M. Reed
Oberlin
Bankers’ Surety Company
Robert H. Day
Wilbur Q O. Reed
Nettie Piero
Christie Jones
Reed
Canton Probate Court Denies Guardian for Massillon Man
In probate court in Canton on October 20 the hearing on a guardianship for Jonathan Holben an elderly Massillon area resident was held before Probate Judge Aungst. He refused the application and did not appoint a guardian. Holben is described as well to do with a farm near Massillon and an interest in the Burgener block in Canton. Attorneys R A Pinn for petitioners and W H Smith for Holben appeared.
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Canton
Jonathan Holben
Massillon
Aungst
Holden
Burgener Block
R. A. Pinn
W. H. Smith
Holben
Arrest of Alonzo Steiner on burglary charge
Alonzo Steiner, about 23, was arrested yesterday by Marshal Keplinger at Na Navarre at the request of New Philadelphia authorities. He has resided here for years and recently worked in other towns.
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Navarre
Philadelphia
Alonzo Steiner
Keplinger
Steiner
Obituary: Mrs Elizabeth Head of Canal Fulton Dies at 94
Mrs Elizabeth Head aged 94 of Canal Fulton died Monday at 3 am after long illness. A Stark county resident for fifty years she was well known in the county and is survived by twelve children. Funeral set for Wednesday at 1 pm. Note: an advertising line for Winslow’s Soothing Syrup teething aid appears in the text.
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Elizabeth Head
Canal Fulton
Stark County
The President's Physician Dr Lung the Fighting Surgeon
The President's physician George A Lung of the navy earns praise as the fighting surgeon known for calmness under fire. He aided American forces at Apia in 1899 guiding bluejackets through ambush, led wounded care, and later served as brigade surgeon in China. His Cavite plague work earned high praise from superiors.
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Lung
Roosevelt
George A. Lung
Navy
Apia
Samoa
Lang
Vailele
New York World
F. ¥. Landsdale
Monaghan
Landsdale
Dr. Lung
Philadelphia
Edwin White
Dr. Lang
White
China
Manila
Insular Board of Health
Cavite
Electrical discovery shows lightning can miss water
Physicist John Trowbridge of Harvard University reports that a high voltage battery produced a seven foot electric spark that consistently jumped to nearby objects rather than striking water. He argues that above a million volts atmospheric resistance lessens, causing discharges to travel through air and strike adjacent objects.
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John Trowbridge
Starvard University
Boston
New York Times
Rare ears grown for boy in Bowling Green Ohio
A boy eight years old born without ears gained a set of ears through a celebrated plastic operation near Toledo. Physicians had refused elsewhere, but local doctors secured consent and completed the procedure in two hours, restoring visible ears on Burt gell Roe whose inner ear was intact.
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Bowling Green
Toledo
Burtgell Roe
New York Herald
Mascagni's Recreation Revealed by Wife in New York
Mme Mascagni describes her husband as vigorous and Virile, living a strict routine in New York. He works daily at the Metropolitan, directs the Pesaro conservatory, and enjoys home life with children, friends, and games, while smoking up to a dozen Tuscan cigars a day.
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Signer Mascagni
New York
New York Times
Metropolitan Opera House
Savoy
Metropolitan
Apollinaris
Mme. Mascagni
Mascagni
Mme
Pesaro
America
Fun on Halloween Novel Feature For a Witch Night Party
A hoax style Halloween party idea from the New York Commercial Advertiser suggests inviting guests to pull candy. Guests wear large checked aprons, gather around a white oilcloth table, wash hands, and receive prepacked boxes with candy already pulled for them to eat, following Halloween charms.
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New York
California Doctor Doubles X Ray Intensity by Sparks
Dr. O. S. Barnum of Los Angeles reports a method to boost X ray tube efficiency by multiple spark gaps. He says the technique doubles penetration, increasing apparent tube resistance to twelve to fifteen inches, enabling fluoroscopic work in previously inaccessible regions.
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California
O. S. Barnum
Los Angeles
Cal
New York World
Coal Famine Notes Across Several States
Reports of coal shortages and thefts stretch from Rahway New Jersey to Toledo Ohio. A ton of coal was stolen from a house rented by Charles Melbourne before his wedding. Long Island coal prices show pine at 7 dollars a cord and oak at 10 dollars. Farmers burn fences in Utica while many seek improvised fuels. West Virginia coal shipments suffer from car shortages in Wheeling. A father and son in Paterson New Jersey were jailed for ten days after stealing lumber for fuel. In Orange New Jersey a moving family roved their coal supply in a furniture van. Maumee river supplies fuel in Toledo. Rochester New York church offers to share coal with the poor.
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Rahway
N. J
Charles Melbourne
Danger in Poison Ivy Know the Plant Simple Remedy
A New York Tribune note explains poison ivy, its two forms the shrub and vine, with three leaflets on the stem and scarlet autumn foliage. It warns some people react within twelve feet and offers a baking soda solution as a first aid home remedy: one pint water with a heaping teaspoon baking soda.
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New York Tribune
Artist Helped by Kind Connecticut Farmers
An artist touring Connecticut stops at a barn and works on a sketch on a wall. Two observers, the farmer and his wife, watch him. He realizes he lost his rubber eraser and asks for bread to use as a substitute. The farmer’s wife invites him into the kitchen for a hearty slice of bread with butter, stating she cares only that he is hungry and will be fed.
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Connecticut
Jis
Measles Visit Sparks Family Conversation
In a Harper's Bazar snippet, William Slimson Jr asks his mother if kindness to the sick matters. Mrs Slimson affirms, explaining she visited a neighbor’s sick child with Willie and hopes the practice continues.
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William Slmsoun, Jr
Swamp Root Promoted as Kidney Remedy in Paper Ad
An old newspaper ad extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a great kidney remedy promising rapid relief from pains aches and rheumatism caused by kidney trouble It claims kidneys purify blood and that most constitutional diseases begin with kidney trouble The ad invites readers to obtain a free sample by mail and to mention the paper when writing to Kilmer Co Binghamton NY
Homeseekers Excursions to the Great West and Northwest
Settlers move westward in large numbers with special low rates to points west and northwest this fall via the Chicago and North Western Railway. Ask ticket agents for details. Maps and printed matter free from A. F. Cleveland, 2384 Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Chicago & North- Western
Missouri River
A. F. Cleveland
Superior Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Hunters Rates to Wisconsin and Michigan Hunting Grounds
Reduced rates from Chicago to hunting and fishing grounds of Wisconsin and Michigan. Markets on sale from September 14 to November 6. Excellent train service. Sport best in many years. Descriptive booklet with game laws and details available from A. F. Cleveland, 234 Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
A. F
Cleveland
Superior Street
Ohio
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Orange
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Rochester
N. Y
Week
Wainwright
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Weat
the Arcade
GEN Travata Chemical CO
Sisterarille
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Northwest
Hunters’ Rates
Buffalo
City OF
Erie
United States
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Neni Fudy
Loave Buffon
Bukala
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Aclomfarits
Ki Ou Fede
Detroit
Nclbal
Montagary
Niger
Rey Clauvelants
Herman
Eieu
Jones & John
North Lawrence
Fay
Dave Aid Shit Store
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Edwin ‘ ‘ Dwight
George
Johnson & Clawne
Mel OL
Akron
Waechter St
East Oak Street
Woodland Ave
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Suy
Etiof OL. Cash
Eas
James R. Orar
GEO. R. Hankins
Department of Business
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Seto
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