Canton Police Foil Noise Prank at Workhouse Night
Strange sounds and footsteps on a Stark County workhouse roof prompted a full security check Tuesday night. Canton officers searched buildings as guards doubled, uncovering no clear cause while speculation pointed to planned mischief by prisoners. Mayor Witmer countered auditor Perkins's budget critique as political byplay and urged a cooperative approach to bond-funded improvements.
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Stark Co
Canton Po
John Boyer
Boyer
Canton
Ned L. Perskins
County Budget Commission
Asone
Bloody Wednesday in Berlin as workers march
Berlin entered a tense day with about a quarter million laborers converging for a mass demonstration. Fears of further bloodshed grew as Chancellor Wirth faced assassination threats and police kept order during the peaceful morning before the 4 30 pm rally.
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Berlin
Rbers
Thal
Rcting
Wirth
Erzberger
Sleeves Boost for Undies as Lingerie Goes Stylish
New York Aug 31 The lingerie industry led by A S Iserson and Co. reports a shift to sleeves on nightgowns and undergarments. Designers say sleeved styles are practical for fall and winter and not a passing fad.
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New York
Iserson
A. S. Iserson
Com- Y
Moose Dance Hall Opens To Public In Sept 3 Ad
Weather shows Ohio partly cloudy and cooler, Erie tonight at 77 degrees. Moose Dance Hall invites public to opening on Saturday with special features and dancing next week on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday announced by Sam L. Fornes manager-advertiser.
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Imet
Ohio
Jaine Erie
Moose Dance Hall Son
Sam L. Fornes
Mgr
Suit Against Central Dry Goods Dismissed
Robert A. Dorsen filed suit in common pleas court challenging Central Dry Goods Co. over a Going Out of Business sale and competition with his leased department. Judge Day heard the temporary injunction request but the matter was amicably adjusted and the temporary restraining order dissolved.
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Robert A. Dorsen
Central Dry Goods Co
Common Pleas
Judge Day
Dorsen
Deny Villa Leads Revolt In Mexico
Reports that Francisco Villa started a new revolt with his old band were denied by authoritative quarters in Mexico City on August 31. Local ads mention Canton winter plans, an optical business handled by N. A. Jacobi, and a Canton Actual Business College fall term start. Bracelets advertised at $14.75 from Merritt's.
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Mexico City
Francisco Villa
Minimum Fines for Drunks Increased in Canton Court
Plain drunks appearing before Judge J A Bowman faced new minimum fines in Canton police court. First offenders pay 10 dollars and costs, second offenders 15 dollars and costs, third offenders 20 dollars and costs. Disturbing the peace by political speech attracts 25 dollars and costs plus possible workhouse time.
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Canton
J. A. Bowman
Ohio
Steel Price War Rages Between Trust and Independents
The Canton steel industry suffers from fierce price cutting between the steel corporation and independent mills. Prices are slashed widely across products from bars to plates with the Pittsburgh base disrupted. Wages in Canton run 27 cents per hour for common labor, three cents below the corporate schedule, while other independents elsewhere pay as low as 25 cents.
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Canton
Steel Corporation
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Midvale
One Corporation
Canton Independent Mills
250 Rural School Teachers at Institute
Approximately 250 teachers from 271 Stark County schools attended the 7th Starkee Teacher's Institute at the First Methodist church. Charles H. Lake. assistant superintendent of Cleveland public schools, opened with a talk on social inheritance as the main factor in education. Mrs. Anna J. McKinnon of Akron University spoke on English teaching and story telling. The program included devotional services by Rev. E. Manchester and a music program led by Delbert Roath. The institute runs through Friday with sessions and departmental meetings.
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Charles H. Lake
Cleveland Public Schools
Starkee Teacher's Institute
First Methodist Church
Lake
Riots and Fire Rage in Belfast
Belfast August 31 riot violence intensified with sniping and shooting across the city. Casualties rise with 14 dead and more than 20 wounded. police and military action brings some control as troops patrol Royal Avenue to protect citizens.
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Belfast
Royal Avenue
Chamber considers 12th Street NW extension plan
The chamber of commerce will study proposed extension of 12th street NW via a committee chaired by W. T. Kuhns. The action will follow the committee report. Also plans were made for an exhibit of Canton-made products in the chamber rooms using photo chronographs.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. T. Kuhns
Bet of Commerce
Turks abandon advanced posts as Kemal forces retreat
Report from the Turco-Greek front says Mustapha Kemal's nationalist troops flee from their positions while Constantinople reports King Constantine's forces counterattack and shift the battle at Kamari. A retail notice lists Hartman Wardrobe Trunks on sale with multiple price points.
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London
Mustapha Kemal
Constantinople
Constantine
Kamari
Willard Declares No Railroad Strike Likely
Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio says no strike will occur, citing worker loyalty and adherence to railway labor board decisions. He notes 66 000 employees, long tenure, savings funds, and home-loan support, arguing wage reductions align with falling living costs and Esch-Cummins act protections.
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Willard
James T Kolabbert
United Press
Baltimore, Md
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Railway Labor Board
Pattmore
Ohio
Halt Plan For Joint Funeral
Joint funeral services for English and American victims of the ZR-2 disaster have been abandoned with a possible joint memorial service at Westminster Abbey next week. Relatives seek rapid return of bodies, while the RAF plans extraordinary honors with airmen escorting each body to its home and to Plymouth for American victims.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Royal Air Force
Plymouth
Disillusioned Bride Tells Broadway Is One Way Street
Mrs Ethel Eddy wife of Ezra Burt ler Eddy files for divorce in New York charging him as a son of the idle rich and an idle rich son She warns women considering marriages to Broadway habitues that the bright eyes of a trusting wife cannot compete with the glare of Broadway's lights She is from a prominent Canadian family married in 1908 and has one son.
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New York
Ethel Eddy
Ezra Burtler Eddy
Broadway
Canada
Prison probers urge completion of London farm prison
The special senate investigating committee led by Senator Frank K. Norwood urges immediate completion of the London farm penitentiary. They deem Columbus’s current facility unsanitary and advocate transferring inmates to the new London prison to end the idle house conditions and improve work opportunities. Members include Senators A B K Cuthbert and James A. Reynolds.
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London
Senate
Frank K. Norwood
Canton
Norwood
Cleveland
Put-in-Bay
Columbus
London i
A. BK. Cuthbert
Premont
Jame A. Reynolda
Body of Sergeant Welsh Recovered From ZR-2 Wreck
The body of Mw George Welsh non commissioned officer who died when the ZR 2 sank in flames into the Humber last Wednesday was recovered from the river bed wedged among wreckage. A short advertisement and local notices follow including a Labor Day picnic at Meyers Lake and a store ad for Fisher Auto Supply Co.
Miners Clash as West Virginia Martial Law Looms
Miners refuse to heed President Harding and clash with Logan defenders at Blair mountain in Logan County. Deputy Sheriff John Gore killed. state forces and federal troops readied as martial law looms with a noon deadline to disperse.
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Wes
Virginia
Blair
Secretary of War
Mingo
Logan
Washington
Harding
West Virginia
War Weeks
Bandholts
Logan-co
Rieti
Logan-Boone
Blair Mountain
Chafin
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Camp Dix
N. J
Camp Sherman
Chilliecothe
County to build new tuberculosis hospital on 20 acre site
County commissioners bought a 20 acre Gans site near Fast Sparta for a tuberculosis hospital at $200 per acre, rejecting challenges by Dr A B Walker and attorney A M McCarty of the Starken Medical Society who threaten injunctions. They defend the site as best available, 10 miles from Canton, near railroad access, with good drainage and views, noting wind directions and lack of sewage impact.
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Gans
Fast Sparta
New County Tuberculosia Hospital
Homer V. Brisele
A. B. Walker
A. M. McCarty
Starken Medical Society
MacCarty
Frank Mooth
Aaid
M. Peters
Leland
State Board of Health
Canton
Medical Society
Peters
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