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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1925
Page
6
A veteran engineer warns motorists to stop and verify clear crossings, arguing drivers cause most grade crossing accidents. He notes 9725 deaths last year and calls for safety campaigns, saying bells and signals are inadequate without driver caution.
A brief devotional note cites 1 John 4 18 about perfect love casting out fear, emphasizing faith over anxiety. It presents a spiritual reflection on courage through love in daily life.
The article argues that choosing an ambassador to Japan is a rare, high-stakes task and not a political prize. It stresses the need for a candidate with proven wisdom, tact, and restraint to avoid stirring tensions and to preserve future friendship between the United States and Japan. It cites the Japan Far East situation and cautions against missteps by any future envoy.
G B Wortendyke of the Baltimore and Ohio explains the engineer’s perspective on auto crossing hazards. He notes personal danger derailment risk and the immense force of trains, stressing the need to reduce crossroad accidents as railroads push safety campaigns nationwide.
The Izaak Walton League of America promotes wildlife and waterway conservation and fights stream pollution. With membership nearing one million, it appeals to broad citizenship beyond anglers and aims to improve health standards and environmental conditions nationwide.
A columnist debunks prophecies about the demise of the country fair and related entertainments. The piece argues forecasts of horses replacing autos, steam lines yielding to electric rails, and fairs dying were unfounded, noting continued resilience of fairs, circuses, parades, and carnivals amid changing times.
The passage argues that while street carnivals may disappear, the county fair remains essential. It suggests someday the poor and false prophet may vanish or reform, but the county fair will persist as a foundational community institution.
A Jersey City man defied vaccination efforts to stop a smallpox outbreak and was removed to an isolation hospital. His wife and four children were vaccinated without contracting the disease. An editorial comments on complacency toward vaccination and urges cooperation with health authorities.
In a New York diary piece C O McIntyre recounts mornings at Grand Central, a Long Beach trip, and evenings with his wife. He notes Dorothy Antel the Sunshine Girl facing a steel jacket and a bed of pain, and observes loneliness in the city with shut ins, cafes, and hotel Bible snatches.
A compact meditation on parenting discipline and balance. It argues that stern guidance, though painful, fosters long term good, contrasting quick indulgence with lasting care. The poem emphasizes courage to say no and to temper love with prudent limits.
A poem by Helen Welshimer imagines a dreamland where happiness endures and rainbows stay bright. The speaker longs for a hidden lane to Arcady, a merry, elfin path that remains elusive and distant beyond stars.
Will Rogers recounts a tale told by impresario Charles Wagner about Sam Jones the preacher and a racey encounter with a shouty compliment from an old Negro woman. Rogers taunts local editors and jokes about touring to give lectures this fall.
A collage of quips and brief items from multiple papers includes weather and travel quips, a New Jersey dirigible base move to California, warnings about tin can disposal, a joke on coal and youth, a riff on Beethoven and Wagner, a transparent shotgun joke, and a Coney Island garage safe robbery.
A columnist argues that hard work alone does not guarantee success and that innate ability sets limits. He praises education that builds thought and self sacrifice, notes range limits in talents, and says persistent effort can improve mediocre minds leading to solid, lasting prosperity.
Three Bethlehem Steel vice presidents resign to spare thousands of workers a wage reduction, saving the company about 75 000 dollars yearly. The piece argues the move signals no wage cut and mocks the idea of a two cent per day sacrifice being labeled tremendous.
Sargent’s posthumous sale in London draws praise and questions. Critics note high prices for late works and early sketches, sparking debate on value and timing. The event is deemed a landmark proving Sargent’s lasting master status and public appetite for art after death.
Berlin Aug 17 The Stinnes liquidation continues as the group sells over 5 million dollars of shares in the Deutsche Luxembourg Coat and Iron Company. The shares equal more than one sixth of its capital and were bought by a group of American financiers. Stinnes also disposes of shipping interests in Hamburg while the Russian State has taken control of the Rhenish Weer phaitan electric works, most shares once held by Stinnes.
Berlin court faced a historic appeal claiming the judge slept through the trial. The higher court ruled a sentence cannot be annulled solely for the defendant’s lack of mental presence during the proceedings.
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