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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1925
Page
6
A scanned page lists newspaper stand pricing and daily content notes. It references city transportation plans, traffic regulation needs, water quality improvements, smoke nuisance abatement, street expansion and playgrounds. It also highlights school development and highway improvements.
A brief devotional note reflects on Psalm 19 14 urging guard of the lips and heart O Lord provide strength and guidance. The fragment praises inner uprightness and avoidance of presumptuous sin as a path to innocence and acceptable words and thoughts.
The Canton community notes a surge in police activity and public demand for honest enforcement after years of corruption involving police, city officials, and vice networks. Voters supported Mayor Swarts promising reform, signaling a potential economic and moral turnaround as citizens vow continued scrutiny and action.
A Senate debate raises concern over forming a commission for congressional investigation into the British East Indian rubber monopoly. Observers warn the project could attract bipartisan political appeal and entangle lawmakers in a risky inquiry.
The piece argues against a congressional investigation of a rubber monopoly and criticizes Hoover era oversight. It contrasts U S and British policy, warns against nationalizing cooperative marketing, and urges constructive action to increase rubber supply while noting rising heart disease and accidental deaths amid protests.
A profile of Nicholas Foraly a gambler once rich at thirty nine who fell to poverty after a New Orleans racing season fortune, his 1925 win, and subsequent losses from pari mutuel machines. He travels from fortune to debt with only a friend aiding him while his wife Mrs Herzig fights to salvage their finances.
The census bureau reports 1924 deaths reach 6 753 399 in the death registration area covering most populous regions. Heart disease rivals pneumonia and nephritis as leading killers with a death rate of 11.9 per thousand, down from 12.0 in 1923, while influenza deaths drop sharply.
Rollins College president Hamilton Holt and trustees sketch a reform program aiming for 400 boys and 300 girls, 75 professors for 700 pupils, outdoor recitations, sleeping porches, a budget system, and alumni funding to sustain a lean, idealist campus focused on knowledge and disciplined democracy.
A commemorative verse by Edgar A. Guest from 1925 celebrates resilient souls. It reflects on sorrow and strength, noting brave hearts endure storms and grief with gentleness and faith. The poem recalls bright memories and a hopeful marching song for the living.
A thief breaks in stealing blankets leaving a family shivering. Jokes and quips about the cold crime highlight the not so funny loss as residents cope with the chill and fear of theft.
A poetic piece by Helen Welshimer describes nature and dreams with rich imagery. The verses evoke fireflies bees violets rain and night beauty, linking color and emotion to youth and longing.
O C McIntyre chronicles Gotham's decline of the Murray Hill baths on 42nd street once a hub for social excess. He recalls gangsters like Bill Guldensuppe and Monk Eastman, rival crimes, and changing era as old landmarks vanish and violence shifts to new figures.
The Scanlon school, backed by the municipal tuberculosis sanitarium, conducted an intensive health drive with a parent questionnaire. Read responses reveal concerns about teeth, nutrition, habits, and child development, with professional guidance offered on constipation, orange juice for babies, and language delay.
Harry Hoch of Habourdin near Amiens completed a 30 day fast enclosed in a glass coffin on October 3. Surrounded by witnesses he consumed opium pills water and chemicals while motionless for four weeks. Hoch beat a 29 day record and plans to attempt a new record next year while Italian Mariatti contends a 43 day duration.
Editorial discussion centers on Cosmo Hamilton’s one minute novel concept and its limits for conveying life color and character. Some say the format aids public interest in books while others doubt its ability to communicate essence but agree brief stories may drive library use and cultural appetite.
An eclectic collage of headlines and quips from various papers notes coaches facing victory or resignation, odd editorials on sessions, weather musings, debt talks, curious crime captions, and social observations. The snippets hint at pressroom whimsy and public mood through brief, pointed lines.
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