Cantonion Banker? City Bonds and Tax Limits Critique
City finances expert James Cameron argues Canton's treasury troubles reflect mismanagement not bankruptcy. He notes cities should not issue bonds for salaries and urges government reform, citing Nashville's bankruptcy petition and court outcome.
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Canton
James Cameron
Municipal Investige
Examiner
New York
Insylvania State Capitol
Cameron
W. L. Caldwell
Clevelanday
Nashville
Tenn
Supreme Court
Recruiting Of fice In Canton Delayed As Regiment Prepares To Move
The hth regiment under Col Edward Vollrath is expected to leave for the border next week as requisitions for supplies are drawn and distributed by the regional quartermaster. Officers are urged to finalize personal equipment as inspectors near completion. a final inspection is slated Friday. Cantonians keep up drill while awaiting orders, with a big regimental field day planned for Saturday at the camp and Company C set to enter events.
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Lumbus
Hth
Der
Edward Vollrath
Holiday market strike shifts hours for Canton grocers
Canton housewives face IT marketing mornings on Wednesdays after a council meeting of about 70 grocers and teachers. They vote to close business every Wednesday afternoon for the year. The move follows a community picnic and contention that grocers and butchers bear longer hours than other basics. Early openings and late closings were cited as burdens.
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Canton
Outing and Ad Specials Highlight August Listings
Elise Gehman Co. advertises Louisville Orot event on Saturday night August 12 with two dollars worth of fun for 85c. Builders' Outing at Silver Lake on Wednesday August 16 with trains 7:30 to 8:00 am and return 5:00 and 10:00 pm. Tickets five cents adults forty five cents children. Also mentions phos acid at sixteen dollars per ton and Holsworths Store promotions.
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Elise Gehman & Co
Silver Lake
Big Builders’ Exchange
Travis B. & O
Office Builders’ Exchange
Ady
Canton Temperatures Rise After Rain Then Warm Again
Canton enjoyed mild weather with a 66F low pressure late Friday and no 90s. A rain shower occurred early Friday morning followed by a rising barometer. At 7 AM it was 72F, 9 AM 77F, and 2 PM 86F ahead of a warmer afternoon.
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Canton
Green Paint Calf Tragedy on Market Ave Farm
A three act pastoral tragedy unfolds Friday morning on a Market Avenue Extension farm when two sign painters from Coyle Sign Co leave grass green paint cans on a barn. A cow and calf consume the paint, the calf dies, and the farmer forces payment of 25 dollars to the painters.
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Coyle Sign Co
Probation Officer Shortage Prompts Court Action
Judge Day denies Pontius habeas corpus challenges as to lack of probation officer and timing of sentence. Mayor Stolberg favors funding a probation officer and ordinance-enforcement officers but cites no funds. Pontius had been ordered to serve 30 days in the workhouse for intoxicated driving with suspended sentence, rearrested for parole violation, and seeks appeal.
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Day
Leonard Pontius
Pontius
Stolberg
Court of Appeals
Quinn
Uncle Sam Plans Atlantic War Game Off Cape Hatteras
The Atlantic fleet under Admiral Mayo will land troops and establish a base between Cape Hatteras and Eastport Maine as part of a naval war game starting August 20. Rear Admiral Helm leads the defending flotilla while Rear Admiral Knight oversees as observer aboard the Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Atlantic
Mayo
Cape Hatteras
Eastport
Maine
Helm
Knight
Naval War College
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Benson
Naval Operations
Arlington
Glasses by Walter H Double aid your sight
Advert shows reliable eyewear from jeweler Walter H Double fitting glasses well. Also ads note Summer suits and home goods from local stores plus a library table sale and framed pictures as part of a closing out stock at Canton area shops.
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Walter H. Double
Hall Mark
Tuscarawasst E
Will Prove It on Your Car Rayfield Carburetor Ad
The Rayfield carburetor promises smoother running and greatly increased mileage. A thirty day free trial is offered with no charge to remove if unsatisfied. Advertises Young Auto Supply Co at 128 Cleveland Ave NW.
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Young Auto Supply Co
Cleveland-av NW
Ady
Saturday Candy Special and Spring Coats Ad At Stores
A Saturday candy special advertises Maple Pecan Fudge at 36c per pound and a 25c per pound Saturday price at Gold berg's. An advt promotes a spring coats and suits sale at Spring Holzwarth Store with a brief notice of an advertisement.
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Spring-Holzworth
Goldberg’s
Spring-Holzwarth
Advt
They Do Say She'll Marry an Earl
Miss Patricia Burke daughter of the late John Humphrey Burke of Los Angeles is reported engaged to the Earl of Cottenham in London. Her past engagements include Marquis de Fuensanta of Seville and Prince Ludovico Pignatelli D Aragon. Sir Charles Edward Pepys, fourth Earl of Cottenham since 1881, is her current fiancé. Lady Cottenham, his late wife, died at Elvenden Priory in 1913.
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London
Patricia Burke
John Humphrey Burke
Los Angeles
Earl of Cottenham
California
Juan de Ropez de Ayala
Marquis de Fuensanta
Seville
Spain
Ferdinand de Bourbon
Ludovico Pignatelli D'Aragon
Katherine Duke
West Virginia
Charles Edward Pepys
England
Earl of
May Retaliate on Boycott Washington Budget Fight
Washington August 11 plans in the democratic revenue bill before the senate finances committee consider measures to meet the blacklisting of American firms by Britain and France. Democrats agreed to lay the revenue bill before the caucus authorizing the president to use measures against any country prohibiting solar product imports.
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Washington
Senate Finances Committee
Senate Democrats
Finance Committee
Democrats
Democratic Caucus
United States
New Tax Lists Ready For Osnaburg Canal Fulton
Tax Deputy George Hoover announced that pamphlets valuing real estate in Osnaburg and Canal Fulton villages are ready for mailing. A booklet will be prepared for each taxing district listing all district real estate values, with complete figures every four years and only value changes in intervening years.
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Osnaburg
Canal Fulton
George Hoover
Timken Excursion To Euclid Beach Sold Out
Government forecast for Ohio calls for showers this afternoon and tonight with cooler later. Tomorrow’s Timken excursion to Euclid Beach is fully booked with no tickets left. Passen ger and Ticket Agent notes the train capacity is sold out and advertises Wednesday Niagara Falls return trips via steamers with specific dates and prices.
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Ohio
Timken
Euclid Beach
Adv
Ady
Red Tag sale on porch rugs and oak buffet
Canton Home Furnishing Co advertises red tag sale prices with 15 to 20 percent discounts on porch rugs such as Crex rattania and grass. A 56 inch Fumed Oak Buffet is offered at 40 dollars, regular value 56, with four top drawers a large china space and linen drawers. Red Tag sale special. Canton
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Canton Home Furnishing Co
Crex
Advt
Boys Given Suspended Sentences for Burglary
Bud Jackson fifteen and William Lee sixteen both of Alliance received suspended sentences to Lancaster industrial school after confessing to robbing a residence in Alliance. They have returned the stolen goods. Irwin Slentz charged with stealing eight dollars from Nathan Shapiro testified he took one dollar but denied the remaining amount. His case was continued.
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Bud Jackson
William Lee
Alliance
Lancaster Industrial School
Krrchbaum
Irwin Slentz
10Th-St SM
Nathan Shapiro
10Th-St SE
Krichbaum
Attorney sues over farm option deal in Lawrence
Frank A. Snell of the C. A. Dougherty Co. filed suit Friday against Mary E. Stump of Lawrence to compel sale of her farm. He says she gave him an option but refused to complete the deal. Rice and Souers are his attorneys.
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Frank A. Snell
The
C. A. Dougherty Co
Mary KE. Stump
Lawrence To
Rice & Souers
Woman slashed by Italian man near W and L tracks
Mrs Minnie McCaffrey, 34, was slashed about the face and arms by Frank Palmer, an Italian, on Gthest NE near the W and L by tracks. Palmer was arrested after a brief pursuit. he claimed he drew the razor to scare her. She was taken to Mercy Hospital. police suspect a related motive tied to a rejected suitor. Palmer faces cutting to kill and maim charges and robbery counts, with bond set at 1000 dollars.
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Minnie McCaffrey
Frank Palmer
Palmer
Hartman and Gardner
Mercy Hospital
C.D
Karl Palmer
Mahoning Rd NE
Superiorav
Canton
McClaffrey
Halliwell
Cherry-ay NE
Iiva
Stark
Mengiaz
Western Union Head Visits Canton on Western Division Tour
C Gaunt, general manager of Western Union Telegraph Co western division, led a party of Chicago officials for a Canton inspection praising local business strength. They toured Ohio cities including Toledo Cleveland Youngstown Sandusky Akron and Canton before moving to Massillon and planned stops in Springfield Dayton Cincinnati and Columbus ahead of a return to Chicago.
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C. We. Gaunt
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Co
Western Division
Canton
Gaunt
Ohio
J. P. Edwards
A. R. McGrath
Syrian Finds Pocket Flag Doesn't Make Him Citizen
A Syrian applicant failed naturalization as Judge Day and examiner Shocksley approved 23 others. A pocket flag and inability to answer a basic Ohio question were cited. Several applicants were admitted, listing names and origins such as Austrian Swiss German Italian and Greek, with many from Austro-Hungarian backgrounds.
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R. H. Day
H. A. Shocksley
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
United States
Ohio
Frank Kerling
Brewster
Julius Stein
Josef Graach
Vay Ullant
Tralian
H Nm Fraly
Ady Flyers Promote Festival and Tire Bargains
A brief newspaper item notes a Louisville festival benefit at night with an orphanage fundraiser. In Canton, Young Auto Supply Co. advertises 5000 mile hand-made guaranteed tires with a deal: a new tire free if the current one fails to reach 2500 miles, located at 128 Cleveland av NW.
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Canton
Young Auto Supply Co
Cleveland Av
Ady
August Discount Sale at Klein & Heffelman Co
August sale offers 25 percent off, closing out hardware stock at cost and less. Klein & Heffelman Co advertises bargain stock, urging careful buyers to take advantage. Other ads promote opticians Geo. Double Co 13 Market Ave South and Spring-Holzworth dresses, Overland Days and Willys Knights at Canton Motor Car Co.
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Klein & Heffelman Co
Willys Knights
Canton Motor Car Co
Adv
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