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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1925
Page
4
A modern federal prison in West Virginia costing about 2 000 005 dollars will house women prisoners and function as a reform home. It will feature cottage groups under matrons, individual rooms, trades training, and no high walls or guards, seeking to reduce crime and set a model for other states.
A 1925 Canton Daily News column by Rob T. T. Smale surveys Senate power over federal appointments, clashes with the treasury and prohibition chiefs, and the era's politicized reforms. It recounts Johnson of California’s refusal to confirm a judge, a Milwaukee war worker recalling victory at the Weather Bureau, and a Supreme Court justice nearly arrested in a burglary incident, all illustrating political meddling, authority, and scandal.
City proposes improved transportation facilities and traffic regulations, soft water for Canton, smoke nuisance abatement, enlarged parks and playgrounds, a program of highway improvement, and continued development of public schools.
The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33 27
The piece cites Rev. Gardiner Tucker of St John’s Mobile urging that marriage advice from the pulpit draws large crowds. It argues sermons on love for home and country inspire engagement and suggests tailoring messages to matrimonial interest to fill pews.
The federal government begins establishing what is expected to be the world’s most advanced model prison. Officials and the public monitor progress as a new era in corrections unfolds.
Industry experts returning from England Germany France and Italy report Europe shifting from luxury view to mass motor travel. They predict tariff and sound taxation will expand US plant capacity and boost prosperity as Europe prepares to ride. Henry Ford is noted for similar forward looking ideas.
A St Louis judge warns spectators who applaud verdicts as a danger to respect for law. The piece notes that public outbursts reflect a view of law as an enemy and risk encouraging arrogance when guilty defendants are acquitted.
A St. Louis judge warns that jail threats should be used to curb courtroom applause. The piece defends the core of law as fair and impartial despite miscarriages and selective eligibility.
A column of whimsical notes discusses a 2000 year old pen found in Kish and similar curiosities. It mentions a Canton post office look alike, tales of Cinderella, Dayton horse shoe contests, a Missouri hearse theft, wax dolls, rising divorces, Paris phosphorescent hosiery, Trotsky on Babel, Noah’s ark ants, and heart disease fatalities tied to baseball season end.
In a New York letter C O McIntyre notes limited high earners amid seven million residents while average pay lingers under 20 dollars a week. He sketches urban ironies from vaudeville breakdowns to a window watcher, taxi tips, grand central telegram gags, and aging beauty Bettina facing blindness.
The German government research ship Meteor arrived in Capetown and reported discoveries of wide scientific importance. Scientists traced warm sea currents from the northern Atlantic to the equator region where surface currents reemerge, noting a food layer guiding whales and fish. The expedition plans fourteen crossings to study Atlantic fish movements across 360 stations.
A poetic reminiscence filled with images of fairy tale figures elves and knights. The piece contemplates faded love lost summers and memories returning like ghosts to a trysting place under a red fire and moonlit visions.
A Canton Aug. 15 forum letter criticizes suburban living, taxes, and local governance. It notes wage and service raises under Mayor Ball, questioning out-of-city residency of educators, real estate schemes, and a court house toilet access dispute amid regional shopping patterns.
A scientist finds earthworms make musical sounds and would suit listening to an earthworm orchestra. The next Virginia governor will be a Byrd, per papers. Rubber cargo ships speeding to New York stumble on the home stretch. Coolidge enters a quiet third year, routine intact. The $2 bill remains as good as a dollar bill. Rigid law enforcement might curb imagined crime waves. An American novelist notes no flappers in Europe, perhaps explaining matters there. A spinster’s pickiness is justified if she was particular. Plutocrats struggle to live with wives versus those waiting for Saturday pay. The school of experience traps with long terms and high tuition. The wife may wear out her second fall hat before leaves change. Senators doubt Charlie Dawes’ fiddling and wonder if he has more than one string.
Canton Daily News notes a circular by The Cy Foundation led by Dr G W Kernodle of Washington proposing community centers in each public school district. The plan envisions fireproof schoolhouses and halls, circulating libraries, and government supervised aid for educational aids including motion pictures, lantern slides, and radio.
H. E. W reports on a plan calling for a Centennial of Smithson’s Will and a Greater Smithsonian Institution. The proposal would fund a permanent exposition, public school foundation, and national education departments, with films, radio, gardens, galleries, and a center south of the Capitol, aiming for a 1946 dedication.
An editorial argues leisure grows with machinery and vows the remedy is busier lives. It urges schools to teach the useful and the useless alike by fostering adults’ education, leadership, and wholesome leisure activities beyond work.
State health department issues a public health ukase to improve hot dog stands. Officials urge sanitation at roadside eateries and mushroom shacks along main lines of automobile traffic. Cooperation of local health officers is requested to ensure safer food and facilities for picnics and city outings.
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