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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1925
Page
14
Canton reports belief in Marx Brothers appeal confirmed as a Negro actor known for a storm center performance joins a concert featuring spirituals. The event underscores ongoing fascination with stage comedy and race in entertainment.
Local rundown lists multiple cinema offerings and live musical acts. Keith Vanders performs in Models and Thrills with a Columbia barbeque feature, Percy Marmont and Mary Brian star in The Street of Forgotten Men, Reginald Denny appears in Show You the Town, and Al Amato leads a dance night with The California Ramblers at Moonlight Hall Room.
Canton readers watched the Marx Brothers evolve from I’ll Say She Is to The Cocoanuts with standing room crowds and rising ticket prices. Paul Robeson returns from England to tour in negro spirituals while local bands provide continuous music. The Lyceum presents The Parisienne along with Corellis and other acts, and Valentine features Street of Forgotten Men with Percy Marmont and Mary Hiian in lead roles.
Burlesque and musical extravaganza titled Models and Thrills comes to the Strand tonight. Producers Peek and Jarboe present a large chorus, principal comedians Cody Hurt Chas Marshall and Chas LaVine, with Marjorie Dale Evelyn Whitney Rae LeAnne and Evelyn Whitney as leading women. The Orpheum features Rugged Water a romantic drama set on a lighthouse and sinking ships amid New England coast dangers. Land O Dance offers a big program at the ballroom with a battle of music between Al J Amato and Berg Stock and others.
Reginald Denny rose to stardom via aerials and a debut as a handsome society prizefighter in The Teather Pusher series. His success led to feature productions while another actor replaced him in the serial.
Paris reports Premier Mussolini the Italian dictator faces an internal hemorrhage and plans to undergo surgery. Rival leaders debate temporary leadership as conferences unfold to govern Italy during his operation and recovery.
An advertisement promotes Hem Rod as a safe internal remedy for piles. It states internal stagnation causes piles and promises lasting relief without surgery. The ad cites Dr. Leonhardt and Roth and Hrug Drug Stores as sellers and urges immediate use.
Ohio Secretary of State Thad H. Brown argues traffic growth demands new road construction and super highways. He cites surging auto registrations from 1910 to 1925, notes Ohio holds a large share of US cars, and warns voter apathy weakens governance while urging local action on infrastructure.
A speech by Brown argues Americans fought for a just cause against autocrats and to protect working people and businesses. He cites an old Hebrew proverb about vision and urges leaving a record for future generations. The event featured Boy Scout attendance, leadership talks, and scouting phase pictures.
Mr and Mrs Perry host a free Charleston class at Moonlight Gardens each Friday night as part of the Molly Stark program. The session starts at 8 and lasts thirty minutes with new steps taught and a future Charleston contest planned. An extra Friday night program features the California Ramblers in a second week at the Gardens. A separate free dance class for children aged 6 to 12 runs Saturday from 2 to 4, with parents required for registration, opening at 1:30.
Bert Stock and his 10 piece dance and concert orchestra will be under the exclusive management of R J D Smith starting January 1. Smith, a veteran concert organizer, aims to build Stock’s group into a large statewide popular organization. They perform Thursday night at Land o Dance in a competitive program with a Chicago orchestra. Members include Bert Stock piano Donald Haggart saxophone and clarinet Gerald Ater violin William Baughman violin Robert Jones trumpet James Figley trumpet Roy Rehfus trombone Edward Jueneman sousaphone and piano Orik Whitmer banjo Elden Whitmer drums.
Community happenings include church leaders and civic figures visiting mayor Ball to discuss paving or cindering 10th at NE for churchgoers. Greek American and Hungarian Baptist groups plan meetings and events with the N B Y M C A. amid travels, marriages, illnesses, and social gatherings in Canton.
The Americanization classes at the Guild of the Little Flower 1029 Liberty SE are postponed to the first week after New Years. Some attendees are nearing citizenship. Boy Scout Troop 21 for Italian boys plans a Friday night meeting and new members apply to greatly increase the troop. Older Troop 21 scouts visited the cabin.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen host a chicken supper and joint officer installation at Moose Temple on Thursday night. Proceeds from the benefit dance go to Harley E. Fletcher, hospitalized in Miami with a broken back after an accident.
A local service directory known as Where You Can Find It In Canton promotes its advertising options in a result producing section. The text notes advertising can be purchased in this area though the cost is not specified in the available excerpt.
Dayton Ohio report states Pearl Shortill 68 is dead after a shooting at his home. Officers Perry Heywood 55 and Ted Sloan were wounded. Shortill allegedly threatened relatives over money and confronted police with a revolver. Frank Coloey 44, a molder, is mentioned as involved.
A bystander rushing to aid officers was mortally wounded by Shortill and died en route to hospital. Police Chief Wurstner Inspector Grunish and a reserve squad subdued the crazed man after a struggle. Shortill, once a US Army marksman and pistol instructor, was involved.
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