Massillon Street Fair To Feature Free Exhibits And Acts
The Massillon Business Men's Street Fair Association advances a no cost event on South Canal Street near Tremont. Acts include Cairo performers and the Japanese troupe, with high diving, cannon airdrops, parachute drops, and bands from surrounding towns vying for prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon Business Men's Street Fair Association
Canal Street
Tremont
Cairo
Wetter
Mill Streets
Canton
Alliance
Parnacott
Massillon
Wise
F. P. Drake
The
Fair Association
Mayor Wise
Massillon Soldier Louis Witt Missing Believed Wounded
Joy turns to grief as Louis Witt of Massillon's Eighth regiment fails to arrive home with others. He is reported in a Bridgeport Connecticut hospital with recovery considered doubtful. His mother, sister and local relatives rush East to learn his fate and relay messages. Scratching, itching piles and croup remedies are advertised in the same column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis G. Witt
Eighth Regiment
Massillon
Death May Claim the Last of the Carrollton Volunteers
R N Taylor III, son of Common Pleas Judge Taylor of Carrollton, lies critically ill with typhoid fever. The piece notes Taylor served in the Eighth Ohio and mentions three Carrollton youths who enlisted. none returned alive, underscoring slim chances of recovery for Mr. Taylor amidst wartime loss.
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R. N. Taylor III
Carrollton Volunteers
R. Norwood Taylor
Carrollton
Common Pleas
Taylor
KR. N. Taylor
Stark County
Bat
Ohio
Mr. Taylor
East Ohio Gas Company eyes Massillon franchise deal
A Massillon meeting between the board of trade special committee and city council advanced East Ohio Gas Company plans to lay a 100 mile pipeline from Wetzel county West Virginia. The firm seeks a non exclusive franchise, bonds, curbline gas, free meters, and rates from 25 to 30 cents per thousand cubic feet with gas for both homes and factories.
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Board of Trade
East Ohio Gas Company
Willison
Massillon
J. C. McDowell
McDowell
Canton
Akron
Wetzel County
West Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Youngstown
Toledo
Larger Districts Wanted An Important Question for M E Conference
The East Ohio conference at Barnesville will consider trimming eight presiding elder districts to six. Proposed divisions include Cleveland covering Cuyahoga Geauga and Lake. Canton with Summit Portage Stark and part Mahoning. Cambridge with Morrow Belmont and part. Steubenville for Carroll Jefferson and part Columbiana. Uhrichsville with Guernsey Tuscarawas and part Harrison. Warren with Ashtabula Trumbull and part Mahoning. Support grows as term limits near for Holtz and Osborne. Cholera infantanium alert ends with endorsement of Dr Fowler’s extract of Wild Strawberry.
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East Ohio
The
Methodist Church
Barneaville
Cleveland
Cuyshoga
Geauga and
Lake Counties
Canton
Summit
Portage
Stark
Mahoning
Cambridge
Morrow
Noble
Belmont
Steubenville
Carroll
Jefferson
Columbiana
Uhrnchaville
Guernsey
Tuscarawas
Harrison
Warren
Ashtabula
Trumbull
Holtz
D. C. Osborne
Barnesville
Goodsell
Alliance Review
Adieu to the Hautes Alpes a travelogue vignette
A travelogue from August records a stay in Tallard and Gap France detailing Café Lombard meals, a grand ruined chateau, an elderly guide, and local life. The writer recalls crowds at the cafe, regimental bands, and farewell scenes with neighbors, priests, and landlords in a vivid portrait of 19th century provincial charms.
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Manezmizs
Hautes Alpes
France
Durance
Marseilles
Tallard
Postes Et Telegraphes
Cafe Lombard
Dominges
Monsieur Et Dame
Tallard Lall
Gap
Embrun
Vicomte Tallard
William
Provence
Vicomte
Knights of
Baux
Slater
Sander
Mr Ratchford Leaves for Indianapolis on Thursday Morning
M Ratchford departs for Indianapolis to await official notification of his appointment to the industrial commission. He expects forthcoming government communications at his headquarters and plans to continue leading the miners union, with Vice President Mitchell handling duties. He seeks labor reform through legislation. The Massillon Bridge Company begins Columbian Heights foot bridge work, spanning 600 feet from canal east bank to Tuscarawas river, using iron and wood.
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Dianapolis
M. D. Ratchford
Indianapolis
Industrial Commission
McKinley
Miners’ Union
Mitchell
Columbian Heights
Massillon Bridge Company
Tuscarawas River
Washmerton
Associated Press
Miles
War Department
Army Headquarters
Secretary of War
Meiklejohn
Alger
Atkinson
Georgia
Corbin
McKinley Proposes Commission for War DepartmentInquiry
President McKinley invites Ameri ta Major General Schofield and ex-Senator John B. Gordon of Georgia to join a commission to probe the war department. The inquiry will examine the commissary quartermaster and medical branches and sickness in the field during the recent war with Spain. The telegram seeks Gordon's acceptance and notes the aim to detail causes and treatment of illnesses in the camps.
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Washmerton
Associated Press
McKinley
War Department
Amerita
Schofield
John B. Gordon
Georgia
Gordon
Spain
Reynolds
Commission
Empress of Austria Assassinated in Geneva Hotel
Account of the assassination of the empress of Austria by an Italian anarchist at the Hotel Beurivage in Geneva with details on the stab wound and immediate aftermath. The empress died after being carried to the hotel. initial reports describe the attack and her inability to regain consciousness.
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Miles
Candia
Geneva
Switzerland
Associated Press
Empress of
Austria
Beurivage
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Auguste
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Vienna
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