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Newspaper
Akron Daily Democrat
Location
Akron, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
1
Akron residents debate future City Hall location with calls for a 25 to 80 member business and citizen commission to avoid sectional prejudice. Proponents favor High Street near Quarry Street for accessibility to courts and government buildings, arguing a decisive, community driven choice protects the city’s welfare.
Honors for the young Roosevelt at the graduating exercises of a local academy. mentions Henryvelt and family members with ceremonial framing. The fragment references a Roosevelt child receiving praise in a school event and hints at family involvement and titles.
Community interviews in the South End reveal strong support for placing City Hall on Buchtel Avenue near Exchange and Main. Residents cite central location, direct road access to Mast Akron, and southward growth as reasons for preferring the Buchtel avenue site.
May 000 Bennet warns against spending 20000 on a site for a City Hall without a public vote. He argues the city already rents a suitable building and a high price for real estate is risky unless the hall will be built immediately, urging residents to have their say.
Commander BoothPucker of the Salvation Army lauds Ohio as the busiest pushingest state in the Union. He notes Akron's Adjutant Jaeger earns broad public approval while avoiding comment on moral conditions. He says Ohio has distributed workers to stations worldwide.
Local records show a rise in assets with meaningful gains in the Seventh ward. The note cites R1000 value added to building capacity in the current year, attributed to Asheanor H. Amer.
The document notes a duplicate shows a gain of 821,500 over last year. It lists the total taxable property at 115,500 dollars.
Samuel Stroll submits a damage claim of eight dollars and twenty cents after an accident on Geant Street resulting in a broken harness and lost shoes. The report notes a stumble into an unconnected newer trewel and asks for city action.
A petition is circulated this afternoon signed by citizens of Akron urging representatives to attend the council meeting Friday evening to express wishes on the proposed evolution of a site for City Hall.
Preparations are complete for a large parade linked to the cornerstone laying of the new St Bernard’s olives. Bishop Horstonton of Cleveland will attend with priests and Catholic societies from nearby areas as local police and Knights of St John units line the procession led by Chief Marshal John C. Weber and Commanderies from Akron and No 205.
Two women in a border town confess to shoplifting from merchants over several months. They allegedly concealed goods valued in the hundreds with husbands paying about 170 dollars for unaccounted items. The case names Graber and Wyss as saloon keepers.
Councilmember Jeremiah Amundson backs putting the new City Alii question to a public vote. He supports keeping the public building accessible and improving it, noting frequent congestion as people use the facility. He opposes removing it from the business district.
The court stenographer Collins left on Thursday for Hereford and Kagem at the summons of her mother’s illness. A wire reached Weidner that Collins was alive but unwell, with details unclear.
An unruly group frightened horses belonging to Jes Tinley of Springfield near Booth College on Thursday noon. A bystander intervened, halting the animals and sending people fleeing in all directions. The chaotic scene ended when Lay Fox restrained the horses.
New York June 1 Grand larceny charge filed against Thomas A Crawford a Leggett Co shipping clerk for stealing 7000 dollars worth of sugar from the wholesale firm. Samuel Auger driver and Thomas Crosby Auger associate arrested with Crawford for complicity. Detectives say sugar consigned to the firm was moved from the warehouse and sold elsewhere. Jacob Fried held for receiving stolen goods.
Rov Dr MT Fires of Springfer formerly pastor of Trinity Lutheran church will preach at Trinity Lutheran this evening. Services precede the holy communion.
A large crowd greeted Mr and Mrs TG Miles and Mr and Mrs Tl Manion as they returned from a trip to Wagland and the continent. A German band played while reporters and onlookers spoke with Sir Lucius, who wore a blue and white yachting cap and a double breasted coat. The homecoming included remarks about the coronation, wartime memories, and hopes for postwar peace, with guests and officials mingling amid festive praise and questions about future plans.
A violent dispute over a boundary fence in Sharon township Medina County escalated into a fight between Bramley and Smith. Bramley's son witnessed the set upon assault as a lynchpin in a broader feud linked to previous murders. William Bramley was arrested as the elder men lie seriously injured with potential death.
A Wednesday evening convention at Rev. Atwater’s home nominated Dr W Lyder as president with liberty to set his platform and elected J Walter Lyder as envoy to the coronation. The envoy was declined after the speech failed to win approval. The group endorsed locating a new City Hall on West Hill and supported placing the High School there. The hatchet comment mocked Cannation and the act credited to Washington as plagiarized. Active members included W Talbot Geo W Billow C Goodrich H J Stambaugh.
Randolph marks its 100th birthday with a reunion at the fair grounds drawing former residents and notable visitors from Akron. Attendees include W. E. Slahaugh and M. D. Buckman, with Hieber, Dickinson, and H. Wheeler connected to local industry. The Randolph colony in the city numbers about 50 and the village is described as a rural, well-kept community with several churches and two general stores. The township is famed for its potato yields per square foot, a point of local pride.
New York June 19 In accordance with recently announced plans all superannuated employees of the Metropolitan Street Railway and allied lines will gain from the new pension system. Notices posted in barns, shops and power houses direct eligible workers to apply to their employing officers. The system covers all men employed by any street railway line operated by the Metropolitan under $1200 a year in wages.
East Liverpool, D. Jill Edward Buchett confessed guilt after arrest yesterday for murder of John Drayer. Drayer died early yesterday after a brutal assault in the city’s lower section during a Saturday night attack by three men accompanying prayer and Mary Horn from Lammondeville. Buchett’s background includes Middletown and Akron connections and family ties to the East End.
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