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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1925
Page
6
A thirteen year old deaf mute girl runs away from an institution seeking home life, highlighting the value of home over institutional care. The piece contrasts home schooling, parental influence, and the limits of group living for children lacking speech or hearing, while noting broader social trends and the impact of kindness on appreciation.
President Coolidge used a Chicago Farm Bureau session to outline general farm relief ideas and administration aims while noting prior agency information. The event drew criticism for lacking farmer representation but reinforced links between agriculture and waterway transport in national policy discussions.
Poem depicts a cold wind and frost as tyrants, turning once beautiful landscapes and gardens into symbols of fear and ruin. The speaker notes panic, bare branches, and a harsh sky foretelling a cruel day, while persisting images of mothers, roses, and poppies convey fragility and loss. The verse reflects a somber winter mood.
The United States seeks an American understanding against the league amid tensions over the plebiscite on Alsace Lorraine. Riots at the American embassy in Peru follow Coolidge's ruling and border clashes appear as Peru and Chile blame each other. Public suspicion rises in South America as motives are questioned.
The Tribune contrasts a court allegedly failing to serve peace with another critique suggesting the court seeks to serve itself, reflecting a contentious view of judicial role in the Mosul dispute.
A city council meeting tonight should see the adoption of an ordinance to create a full time safety director post in Canton. The measure, supported by the council last week, would raise the salary from 1800 to 3000 dollars and aim to attract a highly capable leader to unify police and fire services.
Canton officials reveal a $60,000 1926 budget gap blamed on citizens for not approving bond issues. New state law requires elector approval for bonds as work continues. Three big city bond questions failed in November, leaving unfinished projects to be funded from other funds. A proposal to hire 26 more police is debated, with 25 officers at about $150 monthly totaling $47,000 annually. Council argues efficiency over quantity.
A Chicago editorial argues the United States erred by joining the Tanca Arica plebiscite dispute under Gen Pershing. It contends the persistence of isolationist policy harmed hemispheric relations, saddling Washington with a quarrel that the League of Nations would unlikely resolve.
The Chicago Tribune attacks the Permanent Court of International Justice ruling, arguing misinterpretation of the covenant. Leading jurists counter that earlier judgments matter and the court acted only to interpret a specific advisory question, not the American reservations, with the council required to act unanimously.
The piece argues Mussolini holds power by personal strength and national need. It asserts his enemies seek his removal while supporters see him as essential. It concludes Italians favor a strong bully over self rule, making deposing him difficult.
A poem by Helen Welshimer remembers childhood Christmas shopping. A woman recalls three siblings with pennies, the gilded door, and a memory of a coveted gift ring. The verse links past joy to present shoppers and old tales of love and time.
A humorous column mocks London fashion on a short skirt trend. Doctors warn of cold exposure as dresses reveal styling bravado and social consequences. The piece lampoons vanity with wry asides on fur coats and rolled hose.
A collection of witticisms and quips drawn from various papers. The items touch on work, law, peace prizes, impeachment, and crime with detached humor and social commentary. The pieces reflect on motives, public opinion, and personal virtue in testy, clever lines.
A reader recounts a cold day on a Pullman ride with frozen drafts and a 75 degree car. A lady coughing, heat tweaks, and careful foot placement are advised before suggesting a rule-based solution. It also notes eye education and aldehydes in moonshine as a brief aside.
A historic note recalls a Persian shah who wished to create a Persian Post Office after learning England's postal revenues exceeded Persia's. The tale highlights the missing pieces of commerce, power, and literacy needed to operate a mail system.
The New York diary notes encounters with H Roth in Gramercy Park and poet Braley, subway discomfort, and a satire on a Long Island health cult. It recalls Zip the What isit a spectacle on 14th Street, freak shows on 42nd, cabaret scene economics, and New Yorker social habits versus out-of-town visitors.
The Austrian matrimonial system clings to Canon Law as civil marriages are not allowed. Catholics may remarry if previous spouses are alive unless declared void by the Pope, a rarity. In 1919 Governor Sepp of Lower Austria began granting dispensations for second marriages, leading to about 6,000 such marriages in Austria, Vienna, and Carinthia.
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