Site Chosen for New City Hall at Main and Buchtel
The city selects the northeast corner of Main Street and Buchtel Avenue for the new City Hall with a planned purchase of 17000 dollars in three parcels. Miller, Glatthar, and Bseh properties would yield 109 feet by 138 feet, central to Akron’s southward growth. Council and Public Grounds committees favor the sale, with cautious public sentiment. sale of the old City Hall site to fetch 15000 dollars is under consideration as an eyesore removal and city image improvement.
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Ren
Maist and Buchtel
Miller
Glatthar
Bseh
Cornelimean
Olagin
Richtel
Ais
Akron
Fieture Phi
Old City Hall
Cornell
Houser
School Clerkship May Be Made Broader
The resignation of Clerk Fred Shiver, of the Board of Education, was read and accepted at the adjourned meeting Monday night and a committee was formed to study expanding the clerkship roles. The plan envisions hiring a clerk with mechanical knowledge and bookkeeping ability, possibly elevating the post. Shiver’s resignation takes effect July 1, and the board regrets the loss while maintaining friendly relations.
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Fred Shiver
Board of Education
James
Politi
Messrs. James
Rockwell
Findlay
J.T
Flower and Buddoes
Shirer
Kingsbury
New City Directory Announces Akron Population Rise
The Akron city directory will be delivered soon. It will match last year’s size and binding but printed in machine type for clarity. Canvass suggests population has risen into the thousands with a figure well over 50,000 residents.
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New
Akron
Wstlate
Directory
Democrats Nominated in Summit County Political Roundup
Report from Akron noting Democratic Heket nominees and party selections in Summit county, with comments on Republican contenders. Mentions on M A fund subscriptions, civil service exam results, stock market mood after a coal strike rumor, and a call for better staff for the Poor Director Joseph Kendall.
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Col
John
Bloomfield
Summit County
Great Western
Quaker Outs Co
Joseph Kendall
Not Quite Right Harvest Contest Ends In Tragedy
Wichita May 17 Wheat contest on Woolsey farm Pratt county drew many harvesters. Jas Woolsey offered his 19 year old daughter as prize control over entrants. Rodway of Illinois won after three days of hard work cutting 100 acres of wheat and exhausting workers. The case ended with the daughter implicated in the dispute and the farmer's troubles mounting.
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Wichita
Jas. Woolsey
William Rodway
Ilinois
Anna Woolsey
Pratt
Woolsey
Pratt County
Rodway
City ordinance pauses to fix sewer district boundaries
Council paused action Monday evening to fix boundary fines for sewer districts 3 and 5. The districts have long existed but were overlooked in the city sewer system. The ordinance also incorporates newly annexed Akron territory.
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Akron
Police Ventions and Duty Restarts Highlight Dispatch
The police begin to like their ventions with officers assigned to ten uses each. Officer McConnell was the first to 60 and has returned to duty. Officer Henry Looseh left on leave, while Officer Loosely will spend most of the time in the city.
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Oficer McConnell
Abd Ottiver
Henry Looseh
Monty
Oficar
Fees Demand Spurs Squires After June Weddings
After fourteen days, a spell is broken as Ada Denny and Lewis Miezard wed before Squire L Nash. The couple marked the first June ceremony to seek the office fee increase, while ministers’ influence waned. Squires hope the new fees will bring a stream of marriages to their jurisdiction.
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Squire L. Nash
Ada Denny
Lewis Miezard
Clie
Committees Set Budget for School Board Projects
Committees of the School Board prepared a list of needs after a joint session with the Parent and other committees. The largest item is 903 dollars for the High Court project, with Miller School slated to cost 60 dollars. The budget limits total spending to 5,000 dollars this summer, with work starting soon.
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Pradpntind
Attack by dog locks teeth on Lloyd in Sharon
In Sharon on June 17 Wilhlems Lloyd was bitten on the arm by a dog that clamped tight, dragging him until Mire O'Trara intervened by grabbing the animal's throat and forcing it to release. Lloyd may seek treatment at the Pasteur Institute as the dog is watched for hydrophobia symptoms.
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Sharon
Wilhems Lloyd
Baldog
Lloyd
O'Trara
Pasteur Institute
Busy Days Ahead at Buchlel College Professorship Watch
No change in Buchlel College professorship for Natural Sciences with several applications this week and a favored candidate arriving from New York. No economics chair selection yet, likely by a few days. some current faculty may absorb the duties. Seniors’ dinners, public rhetoric exercises, and art exhibition fill the campus from Friday to midweek as preparations for upcoming events unfold.
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Buchlel College
Natural Sciences
New York
Chiteh
Profesor
Maria Parsons
Old Maid's Kitchen
Church
Puchtel Academy
Olin
Miss Sanford
Crouse Gymnssin
Ashton
Ehventige
Annual college commencement and events at Chinmaron
Contest prize promises forty dollars to the winner with twenty to the ender. Contestants include Arthur Warner with The Last Lynching at Chinmaron and others excerpts from All of Old Vincennes Yale Verna Mins Adile Miller and Her First Appearance. Commencement kicks off with morning exercises, promenade and dance, banquet at Barberton Inn, and address by Dr Johns Bascom of Williams College titled The Free Jubilant Element in Education. Degrees awarded to Lyle D. Cook, Lenathez Parshall, Anni B. Sehveninger, Allon A. Thomas, Ivan E. Waller, Edna Mo. Wekard, Meade Chamberlain, William J. Trachsel, Harry W. Cook, Park Kolbe, Ralph Myers. Alumni meeting at Buchtleball, president’s reception to follow.
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Arthur Warner
Chinmaron
Lawrence Abtille
Vincennes
Mins
Adi VY Starkweather
Yale
Adile Miller
AL Wi Oelock
Awb. Chureh
Crome Gyninnwili
Chueh
Cindy
Trim Feew Uf
Barberton Inn
Cronke Gymnasium
Johns Bascom
Williams College
Lyle D. Cook
L4ntia
Lenathez Parshall
Anni B. Sehveninger
Allon A. Thomas
Ivan E. Waller
Edna Mo. Wekard
Meade Chamberlain
William J Trachsel
Harry WW. Cook
Park Kolbe
Rtalph
Buchtelball
Hanna denies 1804 presidential candidacy
Florence Alm June 17 Senator M A Hanna of Ohio replies to Col Cutter Smith saying he deeply appreciates the compliment but insists he is not a candidate for the 1804 presidential nomination. The statement clarifies his position amid the suggestion and reflects cautious political intent.
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Florence
Alm
M. A. Hanna
Oho
Cutter Smith
Col. Smith
Constable Cummins Resignation Likely to Sturgeon
The resignation of Constable P. J. Cummins was accepted by Cornell on Monday evening. A successor is expected to be appointed at the adjourned meeting tonight, with Mr Wy Sturgeon the likely appointee.
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P. J. Cummins
Cornell
Wy Sturgeon
Next Concert by Eighth Regiment Band at Hop Park
The next free hand concert by the Eighth Regiment band will be at Hop Park Mast Akron on Thursday evening June Ww. It will begin at 8 o'clock and feature selections of patriotic music. Previous concerts drew larger crowds than expected, proving very popular.
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Te Eighth Regiment
Hop Park
Mast Akron
Commander Booth-Tucker to Speak in Akron Visit
Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salvation Army arrives from China tomorrow noon for a first Akron visit. He will stay with Mr Baldwin and others, with a large audience expected at the First M E Church. Weather forecast fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday.
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Booth
Tucker
Akron
Balvation Air
Mr. E. Church
Hesdas Wvening
Chinago
Alam
Mander
OM Akion
Ate Dt AL Baldwin
Moet Markepst
Wilgo
Reciprocity Plan Debated in Senate Committee Meeting
Washington January 17 Republican members of the Senate committee on foreign relations narrowly agreed to accept a substitute tariff bill for Cuba reciprocity with the island. A conference of Republican Senators was scheduled to study its terms as debate culminated in the bill’s publication.
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Washington
Senate
Calun
Spooner
Cote
Republic of Cubs
Cuba
Pan
United
United States
Jealousy Sparks Double Crime in Columbus
June 17. A fourth crime in two weeks shocks Columbus as Harry W Bragg private of Company F Twentieth Infantry shoots and kills Tibbetts, a Chicago-born cook, then fatally wounds himself. Tibbetts’ husband, also a private, was dishonorably discharged weeks earlier. Bragg, infatuated, killed Tibbetts near barrier grounds and then shot himself as soldiers closed in. Bragg had served in the Philippines with the Thirty-fourth US Volunteers and reenlisted in the Twentieth.
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Columbus
Harry W. Bragg
Twentieth Thired States Infantry
Tinele Pibbets
Barrierie Grounds
Bragg
Pelican
Wis
Philippines
Thirty
United States Volunteers
Wwentieth
San Francisco
Jacob Wept His Way Out of Police Court
Jacob Bote wept in Police court after being arraigned for intoxication and pleaded to be allowed to live in the country. The mayor noted prior arrests for intoxication and ordered a $2 fine and 30 days in the work house unless he leaves Akron immediately and promises not to return. He fled Mill Street in a record-breaking sprint, cap in hand, as the judgment was pronounced.
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Jacob
Jacob Bote
Olliver Taylor
Aacob
Akron
Mill St
Great Anti Fat Treatment Found by Mr Seybold
A historic note reports Mr Seybold, the fat Board of City Commissioners member, shed about twenty pounds after assuming office. It credits long walks as a factor, with others joking that the board’s recent energy and activity spurred the change.
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Mr. Seybold
Board of City Commissioners
Seybold
Wilton
Sesh
Wildes
Houser
Carpenters Union Elects Members and Expels One
The Carpenters union held its reading morning and evening session Monday with a majority of members present. Two laborers were admitted on card from other unions of the Brotherhood. Committees reported progress and one man was expelled for violation of trade rules. The order resolved to attend church.
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Carpenters’ Union
In a body in the near future
No members reported out of work in the near future scenario.
Akron & Barberton Belt Railway Co Franchise Sought in Akron
An ordinance granting a franchise to the Akron and Barberton Belt Railway Co to lay tracks in Akron was presented to Council Monday evening. It will be considered again at an adjourned meeting this evening.
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Akron & Barberton
Ling Stailway Co
Akron
Gounell
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