Fire devastates Tremont street fair booth row
A Friday fire at the Tremont street midway booth row caused about $8,060 in damage with $4,130 insured. C M Whitman clothier’s southside booth suffered $450 loss, Miss Laura Whitman was present, and fire spread rapidly aided by combustible draperies and a faulty water supply. Firefighters arrived late, electric wiring blamed, and many booths sustained smoke and water damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Whitman, Clothier
Whitman
Tremont Street
Mill Street
Ritter Brothers
Baltzly
Benedict
Siebald
Doll
Archer
Business College
Shans
Women’s Booth
Suhr & Zepp
Allman
Bammerlin Brothers
Volkmer
Weller
Falke
Seguer
Laura Whitman
C. M. Whitman
Miss Whitman
W. H. Stansbury
Mr. Stansbury
A. J. Miller
C. Franz
Hill Street
Central
H.C. Foltz
Rollins
Midway
W. H. Allman
J.T. Porter
Jeffries-Fitzsimmons
Archer Booth
Siebold Booth
T. Baltzly
W. D. Benedict
C. Siebold
George W. Doll
L. L. Volkmer
F. Weiler
Street Fair Association
Fletcher
Special Service for Deaf Mutes at St Timothy's Church
A special service for deaf mutes will be held at St Timothy's Church on Friday September 22 at 7 30 PM. Evening prayer and sermon by Rev Cassius M Roberts will be interpreted by Rev A W Mann for the deaf worshipers. The sermon traces deaf mute education and church work in the United States using sign language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Timothy’s Church
Cassius M. Roberts
A. W
Kidney Cure Relief Reported by Morgantown Reader
A. R. Bass of Morgantown Indiana reports kidney disease pain and frequent night awakenings. After using Foley's Kidney Cure for three bottles he states he is entirely cured. Rider and Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Bass
Morgantown
Ind
Foley
Rider & Snyder
Democratic Mass Convention Set for Canton September 16
Stark county Democrats plan a mass convention in the Jefferson club rooms Canton on September 16 1899 to elect delegates to the senatorial convention in Canton September 28 1899. Also notes land appraisers expense reports via state and county officials and local civic events including a Stark County Physicians outing and a Massillon probate action.
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Cantos
Reed
Orginal
Stark County
Jefferson Club
Canton
M. A. Fisher
Columbus
Eighth
New York
Stark County Physicians’ Outing Club
Meyer’s Lake
Richardson
Massillon State Hospital
Louis S. Buttermore
Massillon
HospitalPatients at Fair With 103 Patients
State hospital patients attend a postpones fair this afternoon numbered 103 with 40 women led by Assistant Superintendent Clark and numerous attendants. They enjoy the animal show as press time arrives, blending with ordinary sightseers while remaining largely unrecognized as patients.
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State Hospital
Clark
Fainted at the Fair Near Myers Schoolhouse
John Wilson, 60, living near Myers school house, fainted Friday evening at 8 30 in front of the Jeffries Fitzsimmons tent. John Shaidnagle and bystanders aided him until he recovered. He attributed the incident to exertion from the walk.
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John Wilson
Myer
Jeffries-Fitzsimmons
John Shaidnagle
Wooster Reader Praises Massillon Fair Magnitude
A Wooster man lauds the Massillon fair after visiting the exhibition on Wednesday. The note highlights the event's size and calls readers' attention to a scheduled visit by France physicians at the Hotel Conrad in Massillon on Saturday September 16 for free confidential consultations. The sale of One Minute Cough Cure is promoted with a testimonial from Helen McHenry of Bismarck North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ketler
Wooster
France
Conrad
Massillon
Helen McHenry
Bismark
N. D
Rider & Snyder
Ten New Engines for Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
The Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad ordered ten new consolidation engines from the Pittsburgh Locomotive Works. Weighing about 115 tons, these freight engines will pull the heaviest trains with ease and reflect a shift to modern ore and coal routes. Plans reportedly include new passenger coaches and fast engines to modernize passenger service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Pitta‘burg Locomotive Works
Cleveland
Fast Freight Service To Massillon From Cleveland
Massillon merchants gain faster freight with a new Cleveland to Massillon fast freight starting Monday. The daily Cleveland departure transfers at Navarre to the Toledo division and arrives in Massillon overnight. A special car handles less than carload consignments improving morning delivery. The arrangement boosts local commerce and efficiency.
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Massillon
Cleveland
Toledo
Navarre
Massilion
Express
Special Officer Injured on Duty and Gondola Danger
Ex marshal Fred Paul, longtime special officer, suffered a severe foot injury when a heavy plank fell on it while on duty. He also narrowly avoided being drawn into gondola gears, but an engineer pulled him away from the dangerous rotating bars. A separate testimonial touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles, credited by Conrad Stange of Pierz Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Paul
Frederick Paul
Mr. Paul
DeWitt
Conrad Stange
Pierz, Minn
Rider & Snyder
E. E. Turner
Compton
DeWite
Rhbhie
Massillon Lecture Courseopens with De Parrys Sylvia
The Massillon Lecture Course Association begins a seven-entertainment season with De Parry's Sylvia in three acts on September 15 at the Armory. Subsequent talks include Dr. McCarr on Shine in Labor, Dr. DeWitt Miller on Is the Republic Sufficient Unto Itself, poet F Emerson Brooks, Rev. Father Nugent on The Philosophy of Civilization, Dr. T Dinsmore on The Wonderful Structure, and Dr. A A Willets on Moonshine. Tickets at Barnaby's Saturday, season price 1 dollar, reserved seats 50 cents extra. Rules from last year apply, sale dates to be announced.
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Massillon Lecture Course Association
de Parry
Sylvia
Thomas McCarr
DeWitt Miller
F. Emerson Brooks
Father Nugent
T. Dinsmore
A A. Willets
Babney’s
Armory
Smoke town celebrities wander in German village peak
Joseph Wechter self described mayor of Smoke town tarried in a German village Thursday, wandered the Crystal Maze, called for help after an hour, fell from a camel, and danced at the Streets of Cairo gates before law took him in. Poet John B. Lonas visited the fair, planned a poem, and offered rhymed couplets about a big fair, an eater of the snake, and the Mystic Maze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wechter
Smoketown
Cairo
John B. Lonas
Wechter
Explosion at Coras Iron and Steel plant injures none
An explosion occurred at about 5 am when a gas valve at the Coras Iron and Steel Company plant blew out. Water to cooling the valve failed, sending heavy cast plates into the air. Finishing men were not working and escaped injury. Puddling department shut down but operations may resume tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coras Iron and Steel Company
Richardson in Washington on St Elizabeth asylum bid
Dr A B Richardson superintendent of Massillon asylum is in Washington to confer with the secretary of the interior and the St Elizabeth board. The superintendent post became vacant after Dr Godding's death last spring and Richardson has been offered the position.
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Washington
A. B. Richardson
Asylum For
Massillon
Secretary of the Interior
St. Elizabeth
Godding
Richardson
Eighth Regiment Appointments and Massillon Bottles Demand
Lawrence Stoehr reports continued strong demand for Massillon made bottles across Mexico and the West with factory operations to begin Monday. The item lists Eighth O N G appointments including regimental adjutant Lieutenant Wright of Akron and several captains and surgeons from Akron Canton Wooster Mansfield Shreve and Danville plus Rev Preist of Buchtel College Akron as chaplain. Also includes public testimonials praising Foley's Honey and Tar and Beecham's pills from local residents and dealers Rider & Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Stoehr
Reed & Company
Mexico
West
Massillon
M. Wright
Akron
Feederie
C. F. Fraze
Canton
A. B Peckinpaugh
Wooster
Wachter
Wadsworth
V. Smith
Stewart
Mansfield
H. B. Bertolett
Shreve
Preist
Buchtel College
Foley
Minerva Smith
Washington, Ave
Danville
Ul. Rider & Snyder
Dreyfus Found Guilty in Ten Year Sentence
Rennes reports the court verdict fixed Dreyfus’s punishment at ten years imprisonment with five to condemnation and two for acquittal. The announcement sparked loud cheers from army supporters as soldiers guarded streets and police restricted crowds around the Lycee and telegraph office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennes
Guiley
Dreyfus
Mo Demange
Carriere
Ine
Lycee
Frank
Corsica
Rebels Aggressive in Multiple Attacks Repulsed
Manila report says six hundred fifty rebels with one cannon attacked Santa Rita while other groups of about sixty men struck Ganga and San Antonio. All assaults were repulsed with no American casualties. Colonel Bell's regiment seized a rebel captain, lieutenant and six privates in a rear-attack attempt. A Visayas Filipino named Victoria Pama, a Hollo lawyer, joined the rebels.
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Manila
Associated Press
Santa Reta
Ganga
San Antonio
Bell
Filippino
Visayas Islands
Victoria Pama
Hollo
Colored Troops Form Two Regiments At Army Posts
An order issued today calls for two new regiments of colored troops with white field officers from the regular army and colored company officers who served in the war with Spain. They will be designated the Forty-eighth and Fortyninth. The Forty-eighth will form at Ft. Thomas Kentucky and the Forty-ninth at Jefferson Barracks Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasiixcton
Associated Press
Spain
Ft. Thomas
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Otis Orders Navy to Support Luzon Campaign
Washington dispatch reports General Otis instructed for broad naval support in the fall campaign to cooperate with the army in capturing and holding ports in the Philippines. Navy orders will direct operations to open Luzon railways from Dagupan and secure northern ports for military use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Otis
Luzon
Dagupan
Emperor’s snub ignored by anti Dreyfus journals
In a brief Associated Press item the Ber official organ reports Emperor’s statement on Dreyfus being overlooked. Other papers, including Joe Journal, describe the court’s response as minimal and compare it to Dreyfus's own assertions. A coffee-like Grain-O ad fragment extols its digestives and nerve benefits, noting it costs about the same as coffee.
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Pants
Associated Press
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Higgins
Budi
Yocum
County Seat News
Judge Day
South
Caxton
Wm. R. Day
Ste_phen
Rufus
Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
R. H. Wainwright
Fullermine No. 3
Caroline Kittinger
Maurice Smith
Willam J. Paul
Thomas Bosch
Maassillon
Bammerlin Bros
Association
Messrs
Massillon Fair
Frank E. Hess
F. R. Shepley
H. VY. Kramer
J. F. Hess
I. M. Taggart
W.L Bechtel
E. C. Segner
W.F. Breed
H. C. Diebhenn
L. J. Vogt
A. F. Portmanon
Mayor
W. & L. E. Company
L. E. Fast Freight
Dr. Richardson
L.S. Stoehr
Saae
G. H. Applegate
J. P
Clarksburg
N. J
Independent
Colored Troops
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