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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1925
Page
4
A vivid fragmentary poem recalling a caravan journey along a brown road through an Eastern town. Peddlers wander solo or in bands as glimpses of sails and sea appear, while caravans head to market and ships depart in glory to Rome. The piece questions Christ’s patience as he waits at home.
The article notes that wireless tech has merged telegraph and telephone into one utility system and predicts motion pictures will soon broadcast by wireless. It contrasts government economy claims with rising actual costs and cites Marconi as the pioneer whose work evolved into modern radiograms and home entertainment via radio.
A British report on Bimini argues alcohol losses have doomed its tourist draw, calling the port a white elephant yet noting Gun Cay as the real liquor hub. The piece counters the bootlegger myth, notes reformist viewpoints on crime and society, and reflects on how unemployment and income gaps influence behavior.
A brief devotional note highlights the fruit of the Spirit as love joy peace longsuffering kindness goodness faithfulness meekness temperance and the assertion that there is no law against these virtues.
The article examines Samuel B Morse as a discoverer not an inventor for the telegraph. It notes early telegraphic statements, the challenge to his inventor claim, and his credit to the source of all invention, likening Morse to Franklin in recognizing discovery over invention.
Ex speaker of the house Joseph Cannon in his nineties has joined the St James Methodist Church in Danville Illinois. The longtime public figure known for his progressive era influence and controversial rulings has attended the church for years and cites his late wife’s membership as a factor. He recently stated he is really through with politics.
A reader signing as Hungry criticizes the editorial on crime and blame. He describes long-term unemployment, reliance on charity, and a weekly food budget of 50 cents. He says hunger tempts theft but states he has resisted and hopes to continue doing so.
New York letter reports unrest at the Algonquin Round Table as playwrights critics and columnists clash amid vanity and satire. Highlights include the Abie and Kosher Kitty Kelly dramas and a baroness’s hotel window incident as the city keeps its eye on theater and gossip.
A belated country pedestrian may glimpse a glowing glowworm beetle as a bright spot in a ditch or bank. The female launches a lamp to attract her winged mate, who arrives looking like a small beetle. The insect uses an electric battery like glow lamp resistance, but the juice generation remains partly mysterious.
A poem where a fool tells a king that while the ruler may command life and death, time will outlast both and the state will endure beyond the king’s demise. The fool affirms God made both, but mortality will prevail while the state renews itself.
Will Rogers narrates a joke involving D. W. Griffith and a film scene with a Razor chase between a tall and short Black man. The tale ends praising a man who knows how to meet the enemy taktically, invoking a Senegambian reference.
A thirty year old veteran, praised for wartime feats, discusses postwar readjustment. He notes job scarcity, widespread reintegration difficulty, and a three to four year period of economic paralysis while the world rebuilds. He expresses faith in eventual progress and personal resilience.
A collage of tiny items notes daily quirks and social trends. References include family vacations, women entering all business branches, weather effects on crops, labor federation politics, leisure activities, reading aloud habits, and coal industry profits across several papers.
Canton Bus Terminal Manager J I Thomas says the Better Business Bureau will recognize the Canton Greater Bun Schedule as official. He states he alone handles the project with solicitors Bennet Whitmer and Neely under his supervision and that BBB involvement is optional for members.
Current Opinion argues against judging living reputations by harsh rebukes in posthumous memoirs. It notes W. E. Gladstone and Lord Randolph Churchill faced protests from their sons, but argues such criticisms fail to alter the fathers’ legacy and should be ignored as scandalmongering.
The piece argues diet can prevent ulcers like those that felled Napoleon, citing Mussolini’s age and fast eating. It notes sport figures like McGraw discussing players’ meals and reports the idlehour Vanderbilt estate on Long Island selling for foreclosure at $528,000 from a $7,000,000 value, as an example of wealth losing value.
The British decision to pay a subsidy to the coal industry to avert a strike drew mixed verdicts in U.S. papers. Some praised the move as a necessary but precarious expedient, while others warned it postpones deeper economic problems and risks broader political fallout. Critics questioned long term viability and potential tax burdens.
Discovery of the 1586 tombstone at Cracow Jewish cemetery confirms the burial place of Rabbi Eliezer ben El Maha Askenasi a famed medieval cabalist and poet who served as rabbi in Egypt and later lived in Cyprus Italy and Poland The dig prompted thousands of Jews to visit the grave and archaeologist Freylich uncovered the inscription verifying the resting place
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