Burton City Social News and Local Movements
Aug 20 reports Wenger shipping poultry and eggs while the Sickman reunion drew crowds at Canton fairgrounds. Attendees from Burton City included Shaffer, Shenk, Rehm families, Weygandt, Shenk and Shearer sisters, plus Mrs Spindler and others visiting Massillon. Also notes Findlay Minks leaving railroading for a Lawrence coal mine and J Culp of Akron home on vacation. Burton City band to hold a festival next Saturday. locals invited. Webb Hughes returns from four weeks with the 8th Regiment before resuming duty in Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenger
Canton Fair
John Shaffer
John
Charles Shenk
George Rehm
Andrew Rehm
Cliff Weygandt
Ida Shenk
Clara Shearer
J. W. Spindler
D. Wenger
E. E. Koons
Massillon
Wm. Wenger
Findlay Minks
Lawrence
James Culp
Akron
Jacob Maxwell
Webb Hughes
8Th Regiment
Stark County Agricultural Society Plans Early Fair Schedule
The society met in the court house to set the fair for September 4 to 7, three weeks earlier than usual. Secretary Lehman announced invitations from Secretary Wilson and President McKinley, both to attend on September 6 with Wilson speaking from the grand stand. A reception committee was named and a sprinkling cart bought to reduce dust, with special attractions slated for each evening.
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Stark County Agricultural Society
Court House
Lehman
Wilson
Agricultural Department
McKinley
E. C. Elson
Waynesburg
S. A. Conrad
Masaillon
John KR. Poyser
Canton
Excursions to Detroit via C A C Railway
The Knights of Pythias Biennial Conclave offers excursion tickets to Detroit Michigan via C A C Railway from August 25 to 28. For return limits train schedules and details, contact the C A C Railway ticket agents.
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Detroit
C., A. & C. Railway
Knights of Pythias
Detroit Michigan
A. & C. Railway
Dalton Board of Education Tuition Notice
The Dalton Board of Education says pupils meeting Roxwell law requirements may enter Dalton schools after tuition payment per the course of study. The board will not collect from townships. pupils pay first and reclaim from their township. Foreign tuition must be upfront and a clerk's certificate of payment is required before admission.
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Dalton Board of Education
Roxwell
Dalton Schools
J. M. Anguns
W. C. Scort
De Witt's Little Early Risers Promote Surprise Benefit
Advertorial style note touts De Witt's Little Early Risers pills as surprising in benefit, attributed to F F Pope. The brief claims their use yields notable relief and ease.
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de Witt
F.f.h.pope
Pungent Paragraphs and Quick Quips Across Newspapers
A collection of light magazine snippets from various papers. Jokes about elopement via auto and hay rack, a borderer praising night stillness, faith healers, a lawyer urged for speed, a playful kiss interruption, a self made man in critique, and price jokes from druggists.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Boston Transcript
Kansas City Journal
Baltimore
Winged Ant Swarms and Their Aftermath
The article explains that young large black ants shed their wings to move on with legs, nest in decaying timber near barns or low houses, and swarm on fair sunny mornings. Winged ants detach wings on ground, hens and blackbirds chase them, and locals claim the wings are poisonous.
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Boston Globe
The Khedive of Egypt a Life of High Energy and Taste
The Khedive Abbas II is described as highly educated and industrious with a talent for languages. He governs from Abdin and Ras el Tin while living at Koubbeh, runs farms and cotton plantations, and maintains a private band of 50 musicians. His official income is £100,000 yearly, and he is a monogamist and strict Mahometan who abstains from wine and tobacco.
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Cairo
Prince Mehemet
Haxius
Geneva
Theresianum
Vienna
Khedive Tewfik
Egypt
Abbas
London Chronicle
Abdin
Ras-el-Tin
Alexandria
Koubbeh
Montazah
Nile Valley
Helen
Boy cites Bible and fists in family tale
A Philadelphia Bulletin piece recounts a father and son clash over a street fight with neighbor Jimmy Jones. The boy recalls turning the other cheek as taught in scripture but ends up striking back after getting punched, while the son notes the foe has equal Sunday school lessons.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Jimmy Jones
Pop
A Mother Credits Life-Saving Medicine For Daughter
A Liberty R F mother recounts her eight children and recalls her daughter’s near fatal dysentery last summer. She praises Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for saving the child and urges other mothers to use it. Sold by F F H Pope.
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Chamberlain
Geo. F. Burdick
Liberty, R. 1
F. F. H. Pope
Dalton Cider Press Announces Weekly Operations
The Dalton Cider Press will operate on Tuesday and Wednesday each week until further notice. A. E. Sauder signs the notice.
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the Dalton Cider Press
A. E. Sauder
Electric Bitters touted as cure for scrofula and skin diseases
Dr D Cargile of Wasita says four bottles of Electric Bitters cured a long running scrofula outbreak on a woman’s head and face. Advertises the remedy as a blood purifier for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers and boils. Also notes One Minute Cough Cure for coughs and colds. Sold by Pope.
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Cargile
Washita
Pope
The Appetite of a Goat Promised Health by Dr King Pills
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a remedy for poor digestion and liver issues. It claims the pills restore appetite, digestion, and regularity, promoting health and energy. Sold at Pope's drug store.
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Dr. King
Gie
Pope’s Drug Store
Miraculous Cure Promoted by Local Health Advertiser
A man from Manchester Indiana recounts near death from measles and lung trouble before using Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption which he credits with a complete cure. Multiple ads warn against counterfeit Witch Hazel Salve and urge use of DeWitt’s or LeWitt’s products.
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W. A. Hines
Manchester
Dr. King
Pope’s
DeWitt
Bigsby’s island trip ends in a legal threat
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Bigsby took a special rate excursion to the Thousand Islands and returned threatening to sue the railroad company. He reportedly could count only 883 islands, a detail that sparked the dispute and potential court action.
Man Cures Fistula Self With Bucklen’s Salve
Kenick Hamilton of West Jefferson, Ohio, after 18 months with a rectal fistula was told by doctors he would die without a costly operation. He treated himself with Bucklen's Arnica Salve, five boxes of which healed the condition. A 23 cent price tag and Pope druggist noted.
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Kenick Hamilton
West Jefferson
Pope
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Alton
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Webeter
Letionary
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Massillon, Ohio
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Main Street
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