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Massillon Independent

Location

Massillon, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1902

Page

5

Local Happenings Highlight Massillon News

Local items note births, visitors, and marriages including a daughter born to Mr and Mrs George Mana ger. Guests Isaac Bachtel of Chicago and Miss Nettie Morgan Fredericksburg visit Massillon. The Penn Iron and Coal plans new furnaces, and a Spanish war veterans group forms in Alliance. A fatal injury to Samuel Miller at Sippo is reported, plus various court, church, and social notices.

George Manager Prospect Street Isaac Bachtel Chicago Eliza Bachtel East Main Street Joseph J Miller East South Street Alliance Samuel Miller Sippo Samuel R. Bachtel Massillon Bachtel Pittsburg Nicholas Reichel Mary Reedel St. Barbara’s Catholic West Brookfield J. B. Alten Joseph Roedel Barbara Reichel Penn Iron and Coal Company Canal Dover Cleveland Willard Bayliss Edwin Bayliss Celeste Chamberlain Kaukanna Wis

Two Percent on Checking and Four Percent on Savings

Pittsburg Trust Company invites postal banking by mail with 2 percent on checking, 4 percent on savings deposits, compounded semi annually. Capital and profits exceed $6 million, deposits over $10 million. Free two hundred year calendar with mail banking offer. 323 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.

Pittsburg Trust Company Fourth Ave Pittsburg

Republicans Plan Armory Rally Hear Kennedy Daugherty

The Republican central committee set a meeting at the Armory for next Friday evening with speakers James Kennedy of Youngstown for Congress and Henry M. Daugherty of Columbus. T. Harvey Smith will chair. a long list of vice presidents was announced.

Republican Central Committee Armory James Kennedy Youngstown Congress Henry M. Daugherty Columbus T. Harvey Smith Z. T. Baltzly John Ellis H. Ammerman L. A. Koons Harry T. Beatty L. Cecil J. Freeman M. English H. Waite C. C. Miller M. Elsass C. O. Heggem Daniel Hemperly William Smith Judson Farrell W.S. Brown Joseph Remley OC. M. Russell L. L. Volkmer Charles Jarvis James Grant William Simpson Horace Fasnacht Gust Breckel Henry Oebler William Shafer Fred Fricker Henry Bowers H. A. Croxton James Hunt William Johns E. A. Jones O. Daro F. Humberger D. S. Souers

Obituary notices for Zetta Rambo Elizabeth Urschel and Barbara Mizer

Mrs Zetta Rambo died at 70 at the family home near Massillon after a three month illness due to dropsy. Surviving nine children, funeral at St Marys church Friday at 9 under Rev Kaempker. Mrs Elizabeth Urschel aged 73 died at home on State street from brain disease. Survived by husband Peter and three children. funeral at St Marys church Wednesday at 8:30 with Rev Kaempker. Ladies Altar Society to assist. interment in St Marys cemetery. Barbara Mizer, patient at Massillon State Hospital, died Tuesday after transfer from Columbus institution. origin Tuscarawas County. details unavailable. Funeral home note at end for job printing services.

Elizabeth Urschel St. Mary’s Catholic Church Ladies’ Guild Peter Schneider Philip Peters Gabriel Knab Charles Lenard Alois Seiler Charles Smith Edward Youngflesh Massillon Bridge Company Zetta Rambo Massillon Akron Street St. Mary’s Church H. V. Kaempker Peter Urschel State Street Ladies’ Altar Society St. Mary’ Church St. Mary’s Cemetery Barbara Mizer Massillon State Hospital Massillon Hospital Columbus Institution Tuscaraway County

Doukhabour Army Marches Through Yorkton Canada

In Yorkton, 1600 Doukhabours from a Russian peasant sect arrived on the outskirts led by their chief. They sing as they enter, seek to convert people for Jesus, decline shelter for women and children, and continue marching while many abandon their villages. One child died, and 400 more are exiled from town with 600 remaining villagers on the move.

Winnipeg Man Coxey Canadian Northwest Yorkton Jesus

Meyer v Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad trial in common pleas

Rosetta Meyer sues Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad for 5000 damages over a December 1901 accident in Center street. She claims her milk wagon was struck, her horse separated, she was thrown 75 feet, breaking her left collar bone and injuring her elbow and nerves. Jury seated after two hours. Also notes Republican meeting at city hall with Luther Day and James J. Grant speaking.

Canton Rosetta Meyer Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company Harter Common Pleas Court Center Street Republican League Luther Day W. Kh. Day James J. Grant

Case of Rev J B Transute Versus Afri can Methodist Church

The case over a $450 salary and services allegedly due from Rev J B Transute to the African Methodist church was heard in Justice Paul's court with continuances asked for by both sides. Settlement efforts were set to continue Thursday, or a jury trial would follow. The item ends with an unrelated ad line for Rocky Mountain Tea.

J. BE African Methodist Church Justice Paul Jocents T. Baltzly

Cleveland Lorain & Wheeling railroad posts record earnings

Following the annual meeting, figures show the earnings of the Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling line for the fiscal year reaching a historic high. Gross earnings $2,602,588, net $1,116,730, freight and passenger shifts noted. Passenger counts fell while freight tonnage rose.

Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad

Reciprocity Treaty Nears Congress Submission

Washington reports indicate President Palma returned the draft reciprocity treaty to Congress with no approval. Cuban objections focus on US demands for duty concessions from 10 to 40 percent for US goods, in exchange for a 20 percent cut on Cuban sugar and tobacco. State Department officials believe the dispute is numerical, not principal, and a settlement is expected.

Washington Havana Palma Congress United States Cuba State Department

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