State official backs Canton sewage plant upgrade plan
Ww H Dittoe chief engineer of the state health department found Canton’s current disposal plant wholly incapable of meeting needs and recommended a new plant. He discussed the case with Dr Frank Dahlinden and William Frankham and will present the findings to the state board of health likely next week.
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Ww. H. Dittoe
State Health Department
Canton
State Board of Health
Dittoe
Frank DaHinden
William Frankham
Board of Health
Dittee
City Health Board
State Board
Court Awards Woman Decree in Divorce Suit
Mrs H Gould Brokaw wins a divorce decree after referee William Wadham recommended verdict, citing her husband's misconduct and counterclaim defeat. The Brokaws are prominent in New York society, with three women named in the petition, one now remarried.
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Brokaw
New York
Sulzer Served With Notices Of Removal
Governor accepts impeachment articles charging high crimes and misdemeanors in Albany chamber as Sulzer faces removal. Crowded session includes Patrick E. McCabe delivering papers from the Senate clerk before seven Court of Appeals judges who will sit as the final impeachment court.
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Patrick E. McCabe
Senate
Court of Appeals
Judges May Name 2 High Salaried Men
A new law allows Stark County common pleas judges to appoint two jury commissioners who also serve as assignment clerks at salaries up to 2200 dollars each. Attorney General Hogan ruled the law in force, ousting the old jury commission, though judges may still decide the necessity of creating the offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Kirk
Hogan
Stark
Common Pleas
Prosecutor May Demand Evidence in County Tax Dispute
Prosecutor Pontius says he may act to compel disclosure of information from County Commissioner Brissel about alleged untaxed personal property valued at 25 million dollars. The board of review initially planned to request Brissel’s information but later backtracked, while Brissel insists he can prove the untaxed assets. The dispute could be referred to the state tax commission in Columbus.
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Pontius
Board of Review
Brissel
Informa
Tion
Joseph Dusmoulin
State Tax Commission
Columbus
Woman Divorced Over Fried Bread Pan Filth Claim
Eugene Byers of near Bolivar was granted a divorce by Judge Ake after testifying his wife washed her feet in a bread pan and baked bread in it. He said she kept a dirty house and caused illness with false stories about his children. alimony of 100 dollars was ordered for the wife.
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Eugene
Byers
Bolivar
Ake
Common Pleas
Trains Collide on Dayton Side Track
West bound passenger train and Big Four freight collide at Finlayst crossing in Dayton Ohio. Fireman Grover Dierhieser breaks an arm jumping to safety. Passengers thrown from seats but no injuries reported.
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United Press
Dayton, O
Finlayst Crossing
Grover Dierhieser
Local Weather And Park Ride Advert
Brief weather note and a promotional blurb for Meyers Lake Park. Loop the loop ride runs daily at 4:30 and 7:45 p m this week. Start early to avoid the crowd and see the death defying ride. Ad space date 11 12 13 14 15 16.
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Meyers Lake Park
G A Band Opens Outdoor Concert on Market Avenue
The Grand Army band performed a classical and popular program from the McKinley hotel balcony to a large open air audience on Market Avenue. The event drew a crowded crowd and may lead to more summer concerts by the group. Also notes list Canton Ohio teacher exams Aug 22 23 1913 at the high school and new fast trains to Cleveland.
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Market Av
Grand Army
McKinley Hotel
Canton
Ohio
Board of Examiners
Advt
Woman Divorced Last Thursday Weds Gabriel Beck
Myrtle Beck, a colored woman, obtained a marriage license on Thursday and married Gabriel Beck with Rev. Lee officiating. The note follows a line about the Weaver siblings meeting after forty years at their old family homestead in Waterville, Maine.
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Myrtle Beck
Gabriel Beck
Rev. Lee
Henry
Elizabeth Weaver
Waldboro, Me
Waterville
State law ignored and man falls eight stories at Renkert Building
Mrs. Florence W Witt testifies in common pleas court that her husband deserted her and married Bessie FE Emshoff in Frankfort Indiana. She says the couple is living there and she seeks divorce so the husband may care for his second wife. Further testimony to come.
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Renkert
To Be Wife Of Consul General
Announcement of the engagement of M. Giacomo Farà Forni Italian consul general to Mrs Harry F Kingsley a Colony and Sleepy Hollow club member who splits her home between New York and Paris A October wedding is planned at Leghorn with return to New York in November The couple’s fiancée formerly Miss Annina Fabricotti had jewels worth 48000 missing from her home last March later recovered from a hidden safe compartment.
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Giacomo Fara
Forni
Harry F. Kingsley
Colony
Sleepy Hollow Clubs
Paris
Leghorn
New York
Doc Fox Falls to Death in False Floor Building Accident
Fay Fox, known as Doc, died after a false floor collapsed while workers attempted to reach an upper level at the Renkert building. He plunged from the eighth floor to the first, suffering numerous internal wounds and multiple broken bones before dying at the hospital. The incident followed lax safety measures as workers rushed to the scene and an eager crowd gathered.
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Fay Fox
Doc
Renkert
Fox
Board Fights On Choice Of Janitor
The Board of Education at a special meeting chose janitor candidate McCausland over the higher certified contenders John D. Shildts and William D. Riley, despite concerns over qualification and timing. Trustee Harmony criticized the process while noting he would not object to the winner. Continued on Page Three.
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Board of Education
New Cedarst
Civil Service Commission
Canton
John D. Shildts
Charles McCausland
William D. Riley
Yost
McCausland
Vendetta Returns to Canton After Century-Old Feud
A Sicilian vendetta resurges in Canton amid revived hostility between Francisco and Savita factions. Enrico Francisco is found murdered in Birmingham with a death warrant note. a box containing body parts is recovered, sparking an international alert as the Italian consul informs Enrico's mother in Sicily.
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Canton
Francisco
Savita
America
Tony Savita
John Pasquelli
Enrico Francisco
Birmingham
Ala
Enrico
Sicily
Lost Documents Recovered After Classified Ad
C Cherky and J Assad foreigners recover $4,000 lost papers after responding to a Daily News classified ad. Donald Rock of 129 Smith Ave SW helped arrange return. Readers urged to use the three day 25 cent or seven day 50 cent ads at The Daily News, 136 East Second St SE.
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C. Cherky
J. Assad
Daily News
Donald Rock
Smith
The
East Secondst
Lundy Chosen as New Head of Canton Y M C A
G E Lundy of Bristol Tennessee named general secretary of the Canton Y M C A to replace Dr McNelly who resigns. Lundy begins September 1 after four years as Bristol Y M C A secretary and a campaign for thirty five thousand dollars. He previously directed boys work in Chattanooga and is Iowa born with a wife and two children. McNelly will move to Cleveland September 1 as Cort Lyceum bureau office manager.
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G. E. Lundy
Bristol, Tenn
The
Canton Y. M. C. A
Dr. McNelly
Lundy
Canton
Bristol
Tenn
Four Drowned as Bridge Collapses Near Memphis
Four foreign laborers employed by the Frisco lines were instantly drowned when the western approach to the Mississippi River bridge gave way under high water and collapsed.
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Bridge
Memphis
Frisco
Mississippi River
Dougherty Aims to Clean Up Canton Liquor Board
Canton figures center on C A Dougherty republican and Fred Witter democrat for Stark county liquor license board seats after a state commission hearing with twenty candidates. Dougherty says his goal is to clean up Canton and Stark county, noting saloons compromise safety and town reputation.
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Columbus
Liquor License Board
Stark Ce
C. A. Dougherty
Fred Witter
State License Commission
Cox
Dougherty
Witter
Democratic Committee
Pomerone
Whitacre
Emil J. Kauffmann
John C. We
Cathon
Canton
Allen
State Board
Stark County Commission
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Sulzer
John Edwin Nevin
Albany
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Dayton
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Cleveland
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Florence W. Witt
Associated Charities
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Indiana
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Hubert Pontius
Bessie FE. Emshoff
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Frankfort, Ky
Harry D. Kingsley
Reedaville
Harmony
Mony
Antonio Savita
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