Maine Fiddler Mellie Dunham: New York's Curious Hero
Mellie Dunham, famed Maine fiddler, becomes national talk after being invited to Detroit by Henry Ford and touring New York. He comments on New York’s “damn foolishness” with a philosophical shrug, preferring life on the bleak Maine farm and finding New Yorkers more interested in him than he in them. Emma, his wife, accompanies him as media attention grows.
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Robert T. Swall
Canton Daily News
New York
United States
Red” Grange
Mejlie Dunham
Maine
Mellie
Mine Tree
Menry Ford
Detroit
Dearborn
Melille
Sighta
Mellie Ia
Millie
Emma
Calvin Coolidge
Five Die In Fast 14th Street Tenement Fire
Five persons burned to death in a five story tenement on Fast 14th street near the East River in New York City. The blaze began at 3 a.m. and was raging at 6 a.m. Neighbors and cafes aided displaced tenants in underclothes. Fire officials suspect incendiary origin.
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New York
Pec
Fast 14Th St
14Th St
Church Class Dinner Draws 800 Plus Attendees
The Loyal Men's class of First Christian church hosted a Dutch dinner with sauerkraut wieners mince pie and more in the church dining room. Herbert Blue gave a German speech on Glorifying the Dutch while Rev P H Welshimer spoke. a 15 piece old time orchestra and the Richland quartet performed throughout the evening along with Bert Stock's orchestra and an organ grinder.
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Loyal Men's Class
First Christian Church
Herbert Blue
P. H. Welshimer
Richland
Clarence Hieh
Roy Golledge
Kid Kirkland
Wilbur Swans
Bert Stock
Christmas Seal Sale Brings In 287 Dollars In Canton
A foreigner admires a stamp booth as Canton conducts its Christmas seal sale to fund tuberculosis care and a fresh air camp. Thirteen booths in banks and public buildings reported totals with the George D. Harter bank booth leading at 46.66 dollars, followed by the First National Bank booth at 44 dollars.
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Canton
George D. Harter Bank
Temple Sisters
Mra
Willam Erlinger
Samuel Raven
First National Tank Booth
Ty Mra
J. F. Friedman
George Erlinger
Radio may solve Vatican problems in modern age
Rome reports hints that radio and aviation could settle the papal sovereignty dispute with Italy. The Vatican accepts Hammond’s transmission set for study as talks resume, seeking territorial rights and extraterritorial guarantees via international agreement and future encyclicals sent by wireless.
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Vatican
Holy See
Baum Chosen New Head At Canton Traffic Club
W A Baum traffic manager of Timken Roller Bearing Co was elected president of the Canton Traffic Club at its sixth annual meeting in the Courtland hotel. Other officers named include Frank A Smith LPD Elis and J Crampton. Guest officials from major railroads attended along with Akron Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh representatives.
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W. A. Baum
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton Traffic Club
Courtland Hotel
Frank A. Smith
Wheeling and Lake Erie
L. PD. Elis
United Iron and Metal Co
United Alloy Steel Corporation
F. 8. Sweaney
Central Steel of
Massillon
R. B. Robinson
George H. Leggett
A. J. Burns
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Wheelinge
Lake Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wm. T. Kuhns
Canton Chamber of Commerce
William McKinley
McKinley
Norman Allan Imrie
New York
Imrie
Trinity Quartet
Bauman Orchestra
Helper Thrown From Truck Dies in Cincinnati Crash
Alois Schindler, 25, died from injuries after being thrown headfirst from a truck belonging to the American Oil Pump and Tank Co. He was a helper on the vehicle when another auto rammed it and sped away. Schindler was taken to the General Hospital.
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Cincinnati
Alois Schindler
American Oil Pump and Tank Co
Schindler
General Hospital
Bond Reduced for Forfeited Bond Case
Bond of Steve Lonear, forfeited months ago after arrest on liquor law charges, was reduced from 1200 to 200 by Judge EF. Ww. Diehl on Monday afternoon. Under court order, bondsmen must pay 200. Lonear disappeared from his Columbia Heights barber shop while out on bond awaiting trial.
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Steve Lonear
EF. Ww. Diehl
Lonear
Columbia Heights
Autos Collide on South Wriest Street in Massillon
P C Mc Craken and Clyde Moora drove cars that collided on South Wriest Monday in Massillon. McCraken's vehicle sustained a damaged fender.
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Massillon
Massillon policemen chase robbers after local heist
Three Massillon officers pursue two men after a holdup at Victory service station. Fred Clark, attendant, is robbed of about 200 dollars. watch returned after being kept as a keepsake. John Gephart robbed of 400.22 dollars in a Canton Massillon roadster incident.
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Massillon
Deco
Steubenville
Fred Clark
Victory
Clark
John H. Gephart
Canton-Massillon
Gephart
Dr Manchester retires from Canton Ministers head role
Dr C B Manchester longtime Canton Ministerial Association president resigns after 12 years. Rev W S Chapman elected vice president and Rev Hildebrand named secretary treasurer. The group meets biweekly to discuss local religious affairs.
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C. BE
Manchester
Canton
First Methodist Church
Ile
Wiliam McKinley
Thfe
McKinley
W. R. Day
George Frease
Charles R. Miller
United States
Mrs. Manchester
Washington
William McKinney
Simpson Methodist
Hesio
Hildebrand
First United Presbyterian Church
Three Convicted on Day Charges in Local Court
Seven arraigned on liquor charges. three convicted, one dismissed, others granted continuances. Nick Vulcan fined 500 dollars for possessing illicit liquor found at his home. Lena Siwash fined 500 dollars for ownership of liquor. Robert Anderson pleaded guilty to two gallons and fined 100 dollars. Others faced Crabbe act violations. cases continued.
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Nick Vulcan
Lena Siwash
Margaret Heina
Man
Robert Anderson
Thompson Et SE
Frank Yost
Evan Young
Jack Moore
Congressmen to Talk Here at Metro Club Meeting
Congressman John McSweeney of Wooster will address an open Metro club meeting on Tuesday evening December 22 in the Schlabach building rooms. The event starts a winter series with national figures to speak, and Clarence Darrow may appear in Canton early next year.
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John McSweeney
Wooster
Metro Club
Schlabach Building
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Leopold- Loeb
Canton
Burglars Loot Home on Logan Street for $75
Burglars used a skeleton key to force a side door and ransack the residence of C. E. B. Johnson at 1414 Logan NW. Police report shows loot valued at 75 dollars including a diamond stick pin a ring and a revolver.
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C. E B. Johnson
Logan
Brooklyn Masons Start Big New Temple at Sycamore
Ground was broken for a $3,000,000 Masonic temple at Sycamore and Broadway, with Charles P. Taft turning the first spade. The building will cover 1.75 acres and must be under roof by January 1927, with about six months more to complete.
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Cincinnati
Masonic Temple
Sycamore
Broadway
Charles P. Taft
Death Notice Mrs. Elizabeth Keehn 82
Mrs. Elizabeth Keehn 82 died at her daughter’s home 217 4th St NW Monday evening from paralysis. Born in Bolivar and former Navarre resident, she leaves three daughters Mrs. George Ray Mrs. A C Miller and Mrs. Whitmire. three sons William Keehn Allen Keehn and Grover Keehn. nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral plans await Allen Keehn’s arrival from Salt Lake City.
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Elizabeth Keehn
H. R. Whitmire
4Th St
Keehn
Bolivar
Navarre
George Ray
A, CC, Miller
Whitmire
William Keehn
Boynton
Okla
Allen Keehn
Salt Lake City
Grover Keehn
Funeral services for Fd Croll postponed to Tuesday
Funeral services for Fd Croll will be held Tuesday evening at 7 30 at his home 1441 Wabashaw NE by the Odd Fellows Fraternal Order of Eagles and Army and Navy Union The body will be shipped to his former home in Philadelphia Wednesday for services to be conducted
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Fd Croll
Wabashaw
Odd Fellows
Order of Eagles
Army and Navy Union
Philadelphia
Funeral plans for George R. Roche announced
Tuneral services will be held at St. John's Catholic church Thursday at 9 with Rev. Clement Trieber in charge. Interment follows at St. John's cemetery. A Home private service by G. A. RR at 2 on Wednesday for his daughter’s residence at 1039 Arlington av SW. Canton court No. 57 Tribe of Ben Hur to perform ritual at 7:20 Wednesday evening.
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George R. Roche
St. John’s Catholic Church
Clement Trieber
St. John's Cemetery
G. A. RR
I. A. Robins
Arlington Av
Canton Court
Tribe of
Two Business Battles Now in Progress in Industry Strife
In New York dispatch by J C Royle two major conflicts unfold. Steel makers in Pittsburgh push steel framed dwelling construction while lumber interests oppose the shift. independent grocers unite to meet chain store price cutting, with the fiercest fight centered in California on milk products.
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J. C. Royle
Canton Daily News
New York
Pittsburgh
Pacific Coast
Independents’ Association
California
Incorportation Granted to Snyder's Tours and Thirteen Clubs
Canton reports two incorporations approved: Snyder's Special Service Tours Inc. with $25 000 capital and Associated Thirteen Clubs Inc. of Masgilion with $3 000 capital. Incorporators named include A Altee Ple, Snyder Emma Snyder Kenneth B Cope W H Snider and Alice A Quigley for the first and Napoleon Hill C F Lantzer William J Elliott Davis Plustrom and J B Cullen for the second.
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Canton
Snyder's
Special Service Tours Inc
Associated Thirteen Clubs Inc
Masgilion
Altee
Freeman and Jackson Sentenced to 10 to 25 Years
A. L. Freeman and Robert Jackson were sentenced by Judge E.R. Dieh to 10 to 25 years in the penitentiary after being convicted of robbing J. H. Winner, a meat market proprietor, at gunpoint. The incident was reported last week.
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A. L. Freeman
Robert Jackson
ER. W. Dieh
J. H. Winner
Young Lafollette Assigned to Senate Committees
Washington December 15 Young Joh Lafollette son of the late Wisconsin insurgent leader is named a full fledged Republican and assigned to the manufactures Indian affairs and mining committees by the Republican committee on committees He will receive Republican patronage as a member of the party.
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Washington
Joh Lafollette
Wisconsin
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