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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
DRINK and GRIEF
Caused Death Of Well Known
News Writer - Died in
the lnflrmary.

Findlay, o., June 11.-One of the
most eccentric and best-known news
writer's of the state died at the ooun-
ty infirmary here last night in this
person of Orren II. Ballard. He was
one of Coxey's aides in the memorable
march to Washington.
This was when Ballard had thrown
ambition to the winds after the death
Of his wife, the daughter of Colonel
Brown, formerly of Steubenville, who
was a prominent figure in the Schley-
Sampson controversy. He was a
fluent orator, but strong drink and
grief undermined his talent.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
WOMAN HELD UP
After Leaving Canton Akron
Car--Man Loses a Suit
Of Clothes.

Akron o., June 11.-Soon after she
had alighted from a Canton-Akron car
near her home in Uniontown late last
night, Miss Alice Menson was held ur
on lonely road by masked nan anG
robbed Of $12.
She reported the matter to Charles
Palmer and he went with her to tel
ephone station to notify the Akron
officers. While they were in the sta
ton suit Of clothes valued at $2s
was taken from Palmers buggy out.
side.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
TWO BOYS
lynched For Murder
Age Did Not Save
The m From Mob.

(News-Democrat Leased Wire Service)
Charlotte. N. c.. June 1.-Two
negro boys, 13 and 16 years old, were
lynched near here early this morning
for the murder of young white
woman.
The boys were Harrison and Gil.
lespie, aged 16 and 13, who murdered
Miss Nellie Benson, in cornfield.
The elder boy was dragged up to a
tree limb with a rope. The younger
boy was made to jump off the limb.
AS they hung, the bodies were filed
with, bullets.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
TWENTY-FIVE ARE
KNOWN TO Be DEAD
Each Report Adds TO the LIst.-
Property Loss Will Reach
81 Many Millions - Wires
Down, News Hold Up. .

(News-Democrat Leased Wire Service)
Bloomington, ILL.,, June 11.-A ter
rife storm struck this city at IL
o'clock last night and did $25O,OO0
damage in the city and probably as
much more in the country and vii
lagos, news from which is slow in COM
ing in because wires Of every descrip-
ton are down. After day Of extreme
heat the ste rm broke at IL o'clock.
Those who were awake took refuge in
cellars and vaults and many in uptown
district flats were forced to the streets
by unroofing of their dwellings and in
pouring OF water.
At Merna, ten miles north of this
city, three persons were killed and
20 injured, The dead are: Annie
Kelly, Lena Cahagin, and Mrs. Edward
Martin.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
COLUMBUS HAS A
MURDER MYSTERY
Dead Woman Found In Park
Suspicion Likely to Fasten
Upon Two Young Men.

(Ncws-Democrat Leased Wire Seryice)
Columbus. June 1.-THE body of q
well dressed unknown woman was
found in Franklin park this morning
with her overskirt drawn up so as to
conceal her face. She Is thought to
have been murdered, - r4t.sn
An abandoned automobile found
near the body is owned by a young
blood of the town. He claims II
broke down and he left it there. The
neighbors claim they saw an automo-
bile with two men and a woman in II
and that the woman was finally left
in the park.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
A REAL FRIEND.

I suffered from dyspepsia and indi-
gestion for fifteen years." says w. T.
Sturdevant, of Merry Oaks. N. C. "Af-
ter had tried many doctors and medi-
cines to no avail one of my friends
persuaded me to try Kodol. 1t gave
immediate relief. l can eat almost
anything want now and my digestion
dol" Don't try to cure stomach troub-
lie by dieting, That only further weak
ems the system. You need wholesome
Strengthening food. Kodel enables
you to assimilafe what you eat by d.
gesting 1t without the stomachs aid.
Fishers drug store. Shanafelt's drug
store, Miller's drug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
BURIED
Beneath q Falling WALL
Eight Men Hurt,
Two Fatally.

(News-Democrat Leased Wire Service)
PateIs son, N. j., June 1.-THE south
wall of the Ball building which re-
mained standing after the recent big
fire, fell this morning, and buried eight
men. All were injured, two fatally.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
WOMEN WERE COSTUMED
AS HEBREW AND SYRIAN
Carried Shoe Strings, Suspenders and Pathetic
Stories For the Benefit Of the MassiIlon
Presbyterian Church,.

gar folk" telling pathetic stories OF
the adversely they had encountered
and entreating those present to pur-
chase their wares by arousing their
sympathies.
Some Of the women even went down
on their hands and knees to pros
pective purchasers. A German band
Of six pieces added humor to the occa-
sion. !.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
WAS WASTING AWAY.

The following letter from Robert r
Watts. of Salem. Mo-, is instructive.
IL have been troubled with kidney
disease for the last FIVE years. ! lost
flesh and never felt we'll and doc
tored with leading physicians and
tried all remedies suggested without
pletely cured me and am now sour
and we'll" Roth = Hug.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
FILTHY TEMPLES IN INDIA.

Sacred COWS often defile Indian tenn
pies, but worse yet is body that's
polluted by constipation. Don't per-
nit it, Cleanse your system with DR.,
Kings New Life Pills and avoid un-
told misery. They give lively livers
active bowels, good digestion, fine ap-
petite. Only 25c at the Durbin &
Wright Co.'S drug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
METHODISTS
Obtain Control OF Lakeside'

SotdIO SoutToI OF GSkeSt0c'
Sandusky. O., June 1.-THE formal
transfer of Lakeside. the great Meth
odist resort, from the Lakeside COM
pany to the Lakeside Campmeeting
association, will be made in few
days, Judge Buckland has granted the
order of sale. and in accordance with
the law 1t will be advertised. The
campmeeting association has raised
the money necessary to make the pur-
chase and has bought up outstanding
bonds and other obligations.
The transfer will place the resort in
the direct control OF the Methodist
church.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
READY TO YIELD.

-'I used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
for piles, and found 1t certain cure,''
says s. r. Meredith, Willow Grove,
Del. Operations unnecessary to cure
piles! They always yield to DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. Cures skin dis
eases, all kinds of wounds. Accept no
counterfeits. Fishers drug store
Shanafelts drug store. Miller's drug
store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
ILLINOIS SWEPT BY
DISASTROUS STORM
MASSILLON is VISITED
WITH SHOWER OF TOADS
Humane Pedestrians, theStory Says, Refused to
Go to Postoffice For Fear Of Crushing
Them Under Foot,

Plum street was literally covered with
the little hoppers.
The sidewalk on the west side was
so thickly covered that many Of the
more humane pedestrians would not
go to the postoffice for fear Of stepping
on the toads.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
(Staf Specially

Massillon. June 11.-For about ten
minutes this morning hundreds of
toads fell from the heavens. The
toad shower was limited to North
street, which from Main street to
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
The ROOSEvELTS
En- Route To Oyster Bay.

En- Route To Oyster Bay.
News Democrat Leased Wire Servlce)
New York, June 1.-THE United
States dispatch boat Dolphin. which
anchored in the bay last night with
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and four OF
her children on board left today for
the presidents home at Oyster Bay.
where the mistress Of the white house
will remain until July 4.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13

Chronic bronchial troubles and sum-
mer coughs can be quickly relieved
and cured by Foley's Honey and Tar.
Roth & Hug.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
STAMPING GROUND

Chosen BY Mystic Shriners.
(News-Democrat Leased Wire Service)
San Francisco. June 1.-The visit
ing Mystic Shriners voted to hold their
next imperial council July 10, 1908, at
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13

Peoria, Ill, June 1.-THE worst
storm In this section since 1855 ragged
from shortly after 10 o'clock last night
until 2:3O O'Clock this morning
Seven lives are known to have been
lost and untold damage was done to
buildings, crops and railways.
Pekin, ILL.,, June 11.-At KensingtoH,
eight miles south of Pekin, three per-
sons were killed and two fatally in
jured by the cyclone. The dead are:
Mrs. Thomas Murray and infant and
Willie McE,lwee; fatally injured
Patsy Mc)Slwee and wife. The entire
east end of Kingston was swept away
and a score or more were badly in
Jured.
Trenton, ILL.,. June 11.--Violent wind
storms unroofed buildings, uprooted
trees and damaged fences and out
houses in this vicinity last night. Re-
ports from the interior points are that
the storm ragged with still greater
severity all through southern Illinois
Chicago. ILL.,, June 11.-Illinois was
swept by severe electrical storm
about midnight. The telegraph and
telephone wires were made useless and
no communication could be had with
any point in the central part of the
state. The railroad dispatchers report
their wires useless and wild rulnora
are circulated Of terrible destruction
wrought by the storm in the the cen.
trail part of the state.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13
Mercury and Potash
ONLY SERVE AS A MASK FOR
CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON

treatm
breaks full
Mercury Potash eupions
time they drive the poison back into the blood and
the tender tissues membranes finally breaking
most disgusting and destroying the flesh and bones
Potash radical
They have palliative but curative
like disease These drugs produce Rheumatism destroy
nation dyspepsia general
s. S. Specific Contagious Blood
for the peculiar virus that spreads quickly throughout the system
blood and injecting
S. S. S. destroys the and eliminates
IN (@ IN atom of poison from the blood it a
~ NN thorough and radical the disease
~ NJ time builds the general neath
contains minerals kind but a purely
vegetable remedy and offer 81 900 for proof to the
oWri about and physicians will ceeruy advise
without charge Our home book will be
desire it. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Atlanta, ca.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13

The supreme court has affirmed the
decision of the Stark county courts
in the case of the Farmers bank ct al,
against the Diebold Safe and Lock
company. The case will be reported,
Tho bank people lost in all the courts.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-13

All other patent medicines at these
prices to those who bring this adver-
| tisement with them.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28
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CHICKEN A La lARYLAND slBy Request)

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28
Ike coe<sn,n los Paecnf>
A GIRLS rEBT TO HER MOTHER

AN on of girls full Of fun and ready for good time
rs G b. but. oh. do such debt of gratitude mother
1or guidance and gentlemen callers
&c B. would only and think how much her mother
suffered for her. all ell probability she doing her
she would ecdiferently the
y ezEeriene1 have had coed callers bat don't
understand minute do think The attraction
Mother every confde She CHEEKY
word and nothing against in eT words she
they would II nght have
missed there had chat Say! she
s1c2' always make
point mother and if possible.
help them,
parlor back aud She girl cur,
tells anything m her. and having girl knows what to do
should feel INDIGNANT should hint that mothers
wanted and should Immediately What
wish thot would mother her. And
furthermore should hesitate ask her
who called mothers usually readers About
the wong the his pastl If girls would
simply shut down and refuse entirely have anything witt,
their credit Now, isn't that &C. T. by all keep
mother not with least the back pro for if anything
dcedi is said will be able Mother there
than C b.. but she won't roget her
mothers guardianship add that ergaped
married and thought mother watched
and with much be worth the watching; and
will married life better for the
touetfu of mother hope haven't said much
but heart and help Ii girls would only
Lavetl mothers confdanes! JEANNETTL
upon the list Bless steady heads
hundreds Of miles from "Jannete home and
,her State, letter in the key
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28

frankly does sound like amazed
The the article 1t the old onc-dd
read ten
So the preamble admirably
IS inmountable obstacle the publication
because the understands herself thoroughly
object
Right lere little
American children have been born Slurring the
of all the couples accused there that
has good One wife epeptic until be-
her and though
giving birth probable eieptc Another couple adore
but the husbands life been dssipad
ba father and thank God third
wife almost invalid She had child ago
when only weeks and whose birth nearly life
think her husband whose life she will
teratey for him or at best with
helpless scky little child? strong almost every
Those that have certainly the be
mothers We rnotherhoodno Women
the difference nowadays. the small family. think
desire for quality. quantity" II
shall make brief feeling allow.
FirstNo epi1eptic should
Second has his paon wrongs
in making her a wife.
hold and that
should anotier's LIE by joining cky body it.
We're onehundedh part much maintenance of
sound stocks he that bestowed
horses and would
average Of one hundred and twenty years.
Is the little town alluded representative American vase
this be true yield in quality well quantity
foreign imported parents
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28

REPLY sc B. concerning cher mother and her male callers
he attitude have taken in this gratifying
shows adon the ho term) sound sense and heartily
with particular
IS years. and in that length of time has
chances phases Of character fact
al ages neither tm backward all to be lady
demeanor and truhfully that this day rely
mothers good judgment associates fully much when
a And when gentleman caller of mine objects
aer henceforh object to him. Perhaps think
mother forward wish do that but will allow
oblivion
like other half Somehow do feel complete unless she
have brothers hence mother has been
Za-:oa well as guardian
ini the lady would 90 we'll TO be the
past" She viii gain neither her ones respect
him in the face of opposition. The idea of reforming
may sound well in novel but somehow fails
rule in real life have had little experience along that
i.1c, Gnd know whereof speak ]. NJ G.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28

skins used in making sausages and comes
in curious. sausa ge-iike shapes.
L!rnburger cheese. SO beloved by the
Germans originated in Belgium. 1t is ex-
tlaordinariIy rich being allowed to rpen
to putrefac ton. hence its horrifying odor
in unaccustomed nostrils. Some persons
have a saying: .Gorgonzola is a cheese
to swear by: Limburser to swear at
From Holland come the Edam and the
pineapple. both made in cleanly manner
and very popular. 1t is written in history
that the Dutch used their round. cannon
ball-li:c Edam cheeses to shoot out OF
their cannon when the Swedes were be-
siegins Amsterdam.
Cheeses come under three general heads
Whole milk, skim or sour milk, and
Whole milk and cream. The ripenins Of
cheese. upon which depends its flavor, is
due TO the action Of bacteria which are
ever present in milk. also in the rennet,
Which is used in the manufacture. Cheese
which has been improperly handled is apt
to accumulate deleterious bacteria Cheese
has great nutritive value 1t yields nearly
three times the amount of calotlc yielded
BY moderately lean beef.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28
IL 7loI,oedyi1o'1 <5xekasaae'
CARELEssNEss IN USING LAMPS
.-,...0uA
..-...-.,,-..uk

M other readers of
the
from lamp explosions?
half dozen lamps time
well oil both tortunaei
blowing down chimueys also keep large supply
end Of large kitchen, possible the
t'mayb viii
With all the in the papers
lamp hand. these
the use OF either orelecirics.
of quality dents
which by brands
M through the
Of When touched the oil
lamp hereely wrapped closely about the
blaze. followed
Both y the question explosion
For thirty have burned student lamps and and
the oil Breakfast be ready the
evil why. trembling
viii be called the snaches
him chance and
puncua or prudent woman
When something
be done.
explosions is the failure fill them When
intensely blows
the lamp pieces.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28
TO MAKE CHlLDREN's HAIR CURLY

the beneh OF those
str'eest alr have lovely Make the hair
Curl outing flannel
Let the child hold end Of inches top
curl Wind the hair around the
the Best
tanned from being left night
Ny daughter had the most
mothers despair few weeks Of doing according
nral curis.' - -
have snowy pattern for croeheted cap which
woud be glad send
E.
# By directions for manufacturing III
hood shall graceful
Corner INSPIRATIONS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28
A NEW RECIPE FOR CANNED CORN

Il still another letter worth the reading and the keeping:
have recipe canned which mother and have used
SUCCESSFULLY years:
Eis pnts pints of boil together min
pint table salt and boil Seal
glass and nd BY the setting quickly
with
haye=c aft much labor loss)
opened be soaked night in cold
heated in milk which should be seasoned
with -four rubbed in butter If properly
soned it is delicious.
very kindly the address c. c.
sodium sica On according his directions.
failure floors. fine thing the
endng dainty little that husband brought
had persisteniy refused menied
been expended upon without
now as good with the help of liquid glass Fl, G.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28
TO MAKE RUGS OUT OF OLD RAGS

6 have made them after
N this fashions Cut the inches long and halt
wide Take and knitting needless Cast
many stitches viii make the desired width Turn and knit
stitch without
stitch, then the the thread kn stitch
the side other
the length then knit her
another bit the knit another stitch down the
knit back plain knitting and with the and stitches de-
scrbed the the The be made wide
the width the and ewe together
knitted side With bright color aisticaly arranged
should be lined
and rather stiff material. MRS. E.C.
Another Exchange directions
be published shortly with thanks both helping
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28
- ONE persons think they know a
"a big cheese when they see it; but
~ one who never looked upon the
mammoth cheese at the Worlds
Fair. In Chicago. does not

know what big cheese Is; for that
weighed $1,000 pounds, was twenty-eisht
feet in circumference and six feet high.
1t was made In Ontario. 1t is said Of
Americans that they taste of cheese.
while Europeans eat It.
Each country has its favorice cheese,
The Swiss make the Gruyere cheese.
known more generally In this country as
SchWcitzerkase. Il Is made OF goats milk
and is full of holes caused by the gases
in fermentation. The cheese is Initiated.
but never equaled. here. The typcal Eng
lish cheese is the Cheddar. first made
III the English town after which ii Is
named. II is very like American cream
cheese Cheshire is another favorite Eng
lish cheese. While the fashionable cheese
OF the day is Stilton, q cheese which de-
fies imitation. Sage cheese. first made
in England is now made the world over.
Its distinguishing characteristics is the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28
THE FASHION OF SMALL FAMILIES

Corner for Parents" is article by dporng the
slon of small families, and reply speak
frankly does sound like amazed
The the article. the old
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-05

and ala the little Jobs and errAnds required
OF them.
When she was about to die Mrs. Lincoln
called the children to her bedside. She WA
weak. and the children leaned over vhils
she gave her last message Placing her
feeble hand on little Abe's head. she told
him TO be kind and good to his father ane
siste-: 20 both she said: BE good 70 ons
another
The death was IN November. and the hus-
OF Undertaken and sexton. With his whip
saw he cut out the boards for the rude
coffin. nailed them together. and, placing
the. fTtil body IN Il. carried Il to q scantily-
covered knoll an eighth OF a mile away
from the cabin. Here he lowered her into
re grave and covered her over with the
clods moAstsned by the tears Of Abraham
Lincoln and his sister.
FUNERAL WITHOUT MINISTER.
No minister could be procured at the tins
~ perform The last rites. so when spring
u,da came The boy wrote to Elder Elkin.
who live near the family In Kentucky. ap-
psalirg 20 him 20 come and preach q
funeral sermon over his mothers grave. Tho
good man cheerfully complied with the re-
quest. though IL involved a Journey OF over
a hundred miles on horseback. An eyewit-
ness thus described the funeral sermon:
Is tn appointed day approached notice
was gwen the whole neighbOrhood. On .
brisht sabbath morning the settlers OF the
region gathered In. Some came In carts
or the rudest construction. their wheels
consisting OF sections Of the huge bcles OF
forest trees. and every other member the
product Of the Ak and auger: some came on
horseback. two or three upon a horse: 9TH
e-s came IN wagons drawn by oxen: ana
still others came on foot. About 200 per-
sons In all were assembled. Taking his
stand az the foot OF the grave. Parson FL
kin tfted his voice in prayer and sacred
song and then preached n sermon He spoke
or the precious Christian woman who had
gone with the warm praise which she de-
served. and held her I'D as a true example
% true wonianH0Od."
JCcle Redmond Grigsby, aged IS yearA
wEc - on the m OF Reception. II
also r~e;icrnt about the Lincoln family. al
though I'd was hts own brother who mar
ri4C Abes only sister. Il Is probable that
he has IN his possession The Chronicles
Of Reuben" one OF President Bineoln's
earlier writings At any rate. when last
seen in the early seventies he had H. ms
was a satire upou the marriage OF one or
the Griesby smiIy. and he. OF course. has
op Iniarcsf IN keeping Il nom the public
James Gentry. sr. another member OF
the Eccartiou Committee. aged 81. remem-
hers mach OF the Lincoln family. His father
founded The Hide town Of Gentryville. kept
fh4 village store. and Il was for him more
man any one else that Abe worked. The
were the wealthicst and most In
auenilal people OF the settlement. Mr.. Gen
try. IN speaking 70 the writer last week,
ia. Il well remember the day when the
LsncoIns started for Illinois. Nearly all the
,cighborhood was there to see them leave.
wagon was 4 primitive affair. Abe ana
his father made It. And I do NOT think
.he.e wars of-er two pounds OF iron In the
whole t-SE The first day they only vert
i've miles. as they had to hew their road
most OF the way