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Newspaper

Massillon Independent

Location

Massillon, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1902

Page

4

Local Happenings In New Philadelphia and Nearby

Local items report registrations at Hotel Sailor, visits from residents including Arthur Kaley returning from Boston and A A Taylor leaving for Toledo. News covers study club meeting, school heating work, a public school exam, a private girls school opening, a burglary at a gun shop, a cake walk for Robert Keller, O U A M initiations, Labor Day picnic notes, horticultural society date change, and upcoming Sol Marcosson concert among other city happenings.

W. D. Bosworth New Philadelphia Arthur N. Kaley Boston A. A. Taylor Toledo A.G. Tomiinson Chicago Massillon Times Morris Levi Main Erie Streets Jacob Levi Eliza Bachtel J. H. Boyce Boyce New Oak Park Labor Assembly Stark County Horticultural Society Fairmount Children’s Home Mount Union Margaret Rockhill Sol Marcosson Armory Howard Marcosson Charles King William T. Mathews North Mill Street J. E. Digel St. John’s Church Tobias Schott Leonard Smith Philip Geis Christ Lucius J. D. Wetter Jack Pinkle Adele Brown Pedro South Mill Street Jarhous Buffalo Agnes Feeney Norwalk Misa Josephine Sibila

Cigar Nipper Prize Awarded at Luncheon

Cigar Nipper by Leo Falke notes the consolation prize went to Miss Feeney. At 11 o'clock sixteen covers were laid and luncheon served.

Leo Falke Miss Feeney

Shooting Out the Lights at a New Mexico Camp

A former ranchman recalls frontier sport in Benton New Mexico where Bill Wells and companions fired on a chandelier and wall lamps in a crowded bar gambling room. Despite 25 to 30 shots the lamps survived, the ceiling and roof bore many holes, and the room darkened briefly before lighting returned. The incident ended with Wells and associates leaving with friends, no glass broken.

Benton Stake Plain New Mexseo Bill Wells Wells Heamuez New Orleans Times

Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Local Resident in 1900

Mrs. Emanuel Swier of 35 Richville Ave. testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured her husband’s kidney trouble after overtaxed use of his back. Foster Milburn Co. publishes the ad stating 50 cents per box and urges taking no substitute. Also a testimonial from Thomas G. Price praising Gall Cure Powder for horse and mule care with readiness to order again.

Emanuel Swier Richville Ave Dean Swier Baltzly’s Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y United States Dean's Monongah W. Va A. A. Slusser Thomas G. Price

Curing Coughs and Colds with Old Time Remedies

An advertisement extols Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup as preventing and curing coughs colds bronchitis sore throat and croup and claims Monarch pain relief and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as remedies for pulmonary troubles in a late 19th or early 20th century tone.

Wood Monarch Thomas

Hovel Postal Scheme for Trolley Mail Returns

Baltimore postal expert George B. McAllister urges use of city streetcar lines for mail collection. He envisions exposed drop openings on car sides, vertical flush mail drops, and transfers at intersections to connect with post offices. The plan aims to speed posting, reduce boarding delays, and keep corner boxes in use while shifting mail along electric routes across urban areas.

George B. McAllister Baltimore Washington St. Louis Post-Dispatch McAllister Pittsburg Hhis Sin Lrakes Notormen

Chiefs Fire Expert Hale Tapped For London Reform Visit

George C. Hale former Kansas City fire chief receives a London invitation to advise on reorganizing English fire fighting. The letter from Horace Faulkener of the British Fire Brigades union sets up discussions with English officials in New York. Hale’s KC team has twice beaten European departments in world competitions despite his recent ouster over politics.

Ansas George C. Hale Kansas City Fire Department London Cleveland Plain Dealer Horace Faulkener British Fire Brigades Union Hale New York Kansas City Crystal Palace Europe

Charmed With Alfonso King of Spain Praised by American Woman

Miss Agnes B Wilson of Manhattan praised Alfonso XIII after meeting him in Madrid during the flower festival. She described him as sensible charming and dignified publicly yet childlike at the festival. She observed his affectionate conduct toward his mother the queen and his evident wish to be a good king.

Spain Alfonso XIII New York Agnes B. Wilson Manhattan Madrid Miss Wilson

Jews in Palestine and a cold winter forecast

The article reports Israel Zangwill arguing that if Christians buy Palestine for Jews it would fulfill Christ s mission and reconcile his teachings with peace. It also notes a London writer warning against such a purchase. Separately bee keepers warn of a severe winter as honey stores are being packed away while Colorado reports a light honey crop.

Zangwill Sayalis Holy Land Israel Zangwill London St. Louis Globe-Democrat Palestine Christ Denver Times Colorado

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