Thousands Attend Canton Community Picnic Amid National Strike Talk
A huge crowd at Meyers Lake joined the Canton Retail Merchants Association picnic while national machinist talks loom of an eight hour day and a major strike. Officials and speakers from Canton and nearby cities attended with hundreds more arriving by car as stores closed for the day and a busy program of games and sports unfolded.
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Meyers Lake
Ance Farmers
Stark Co
Retail Merchants’ Association
Lake Park
W. R. Zollinger
K E. J. Heffelman
H. P. Miller
Ravenna
8. W. Bush
Columbus
A. P. Sandles
F. L. Allen
Burton
Ohio
C. H. Pleich
Alliance Champer Xregene
The
County Horticultural Society
Louisville
First Christian Church
Lewis H. Deckard
County Farmers’ Committee
Governor orders Georgia lynching investigation
Atlanta Aug 18 Gov Nat Harris returns from Fitzgerald to start an inquiry into the lynching of Leo M Frank. The coroner will hold an inquest as Mrs Frank travels to New York. Harris vows to uncover and prosecute those responsible while prison authorities are urged to justify security calls.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Milledgeville
Marietta
Hut
Frank
Brooklyn
Nat Harris
Fitzgerald
Georgia
Harris
New York
Dannemiller Coffee and Home Furnishings Ad Roundup
A collage of late notices promotes Dannemiller’s Royal Blend coffee praised for its fine flavor. Also advertised are a 55 inch plank top and 14x48 mirror in a colonial golden oak Canton Home Furnishings display, a 850 Buffet at $32.50, and Hungarian music offerings next to the McKinley Hotel venue, open until 11 p.m.
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Hungaria
Hunt
McKinley Hotel
Dannemiller
Frank's Last Message To His Father
The final letter from Leo M. Frank, written hours before his lynching by a Georgia mob, reaches his Brooklyn father. He writes of improving wounds and hope for recovery, while Mrs. Rudolph Frank mourns. Funeral rites will be Jewish with burial at Cypress Hill. police prepare for large crowds at the home.
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New York
Leo M. Frank
Frank
Brooklyn
Milledgeville
Rudolph Frank
Cypress Hill Cemetery
Overlands first because Overlands last advertisement
Canton Motor Car Co offers a library table for 13.50 with a 22x48 inch plank top large drawer and magazine shelf in a fume finish. Canton Home Furnish ing Co advertises the Red Tag Special and other furnishings.
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Canton Motor Car Co
Advt
Canton Home Furnishing Co
Bible student admits theft at Flory store
D G Gordon, former Phillips Bible Institute student, held in Canton city jail after detective report to A B Flory revealed Gordon was short at least 280 dollars in a Flory store at Tuscarawas east of which he was manager. He confessed taking 400 dollars to pay an old debt and has a wife and two children in Canada. He came to Canton from Canada after leaving Bible school to join Flory's employ.
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D. G. Gordon
Phillips Bible Institute
A. B. Flory
Gordon
Flory
Tuscatawasst
Canton
Canada
Bible School
Richards
Great Fortress of Kovno Falls to German Forces
Berlin reports Kovno the Niemen river fortress at the northern end of Russia’s second line fell to German storming last night. German troops captured vast war booty including more than 400 cannon and other matériel amid desperate Russian resistance.
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Litsman
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War Office
General Staff
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von Mackensen
Bug
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Leopold of Bavaria
Kamionka
von Scholtz
von Gallwitz
Bielstok
Bielsk
Koyno
Lomza
von Falcke
Teutonic
von Hindenburg
County Budget Seeks Half‑Mill Tax Increase
The county commissioners propose raising the tax rate by about one half mill to cover a budget gap of 119000 dollars beyond last year. To stay within the one percent limit, local and school rates may be cut where totals exceed the cap. last year’s surplus in the bridge fund reduces available lopping room. The proposed budget rises from 370700 to 489800 dollars, reflecting limited adjustments and the bridge fund shortfall.
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Emer
Brass Bed Outfit Red Tag Special at Canton Home Furnishing Co
Continuation note indicates a Canton ad for a $37.50 brass bed outfit including a 2 inch continuous post bed seven fillers high grade felt mattress steel fabric spring with a $27.50 price tag and red tag sale marks.
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Canton Home Furnishing Co
Cold Wave Triggers Furnaces as Canton Grips Cold August Night
A late summer cold wave drives furnace use in Canton homes as residents report a 59 degree night. Coats and sweaters appear in public while bedding is dragged from storage. The same low was reached on August 9 10 and 14 marking unusually chilly August weather.
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Canton
Hurricane Toll Reported At Least 50 Dead In Two Day Storm
Temple Texas reports a Texas paper edition claiming at least 50 lives lost in the two day hurricane. Houston remains cut off from the outside world for two days as communication is disrupted.
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Texas
Texas City
Morgans Point
LaPorte
Houston Chronicle
Temple
Houston
Galveston
The
Chronicle
U. S
U.S
Plan to Equip Dental Clinic in Canton Schools
The Canton auxiliary National Mouth Hygiene association plans to equip a dental clinic at McKinley school. Harvard Co. donated a chair engine and cabinet. Weber Co. and Lee Smith and Sons Co. supplied minor items. Work starts after school opens on Sept. 7 with four hours of service each morning and afternoon.
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Board of Governors of
Canton Auxiliary
National Month Hygiene Association
McKinley
Harvard Co
Weber Co
Lee- Smith and Sons Co
Pittsburgh
Board of Governors
830 Extension Table for 822.50 Colonial Style Plank Top
Canton Home Furnishing Co ad promotes a 54 inch golden oak finish extension table with big red tag. Glasses lens duplication service offered by Geo. Double Co. opticians at 130 Market Ave. Walter H. Double Jeweler advertises eyewear shop at 123 125 Tuse in warning about kids eye health. Bo Ady.
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Canton Home Furnishing Co
Geo. Double Co
Mfg
Opticians
Walter H
Double Jeweler
Hall Mark
Bo—Ady
Democrats Back Witter in Tri county Liquor Board Fight
Democrats insist Fred Witter should remain the Stark County appointee to the three county liquor board as Stark Wayne and Summit crave control. A plan favors Witter with Wayne County trading for other board posts while Stark County solidifies Witter’s Stark designation despite pressure from Republicans.
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Wayne
Tri-County Liquor Board
W. E. Moulton
Stark Co
Fred Witter
Wayne Counties
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Wayne-co
Witter
Summit
Stark-co
Little Wayne-co
Repub
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