Canton City Leaders Outline Hopes for 1925 Plans
City officials and chamber leaders pledge to raise revenue, improve streets and water works, add traffic signals, and expand parks and facilities. They target a strong school system, vocational training, and building campaigns while pursuing bond and tax measures to finance growth. Commissioners anticipate road work, new tuberculosis hospital, sewer, and franchise projects, with industry showing robust employment and construction activity.
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Canton
Cantonian's
National Guard
Chamber of Commerce
Canton’s Big Year Ends with 1924 Growth and Plans
Canton ends 1924 with record growth across population and business. New construction and expanded schools reflect a city on the move as 1925 promises continued progress, including a planned garage and motor car facilities along major streets. Local figures highlight increased wealth and civic ambition.
Canton Daily News Event Notice
Program begins at 10 on Friday with a dress observance of the year. A time and location are given for attendees.
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Canton Daily News
David Offman Jr First Canton Newborn of 1925
David Offman Jr born at 2 06 a m is cited as Canton 1925 first baby. Parents Mr and Mrs David Offman live at 3210 3rd St NW.
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David Offman, Jr
Canton
David Offman
3Rd St
Sergeant Kills Private's Wife in Michigan Shooting
In Mount Clemens Michigan on January 1 Staff Sergeant Joseph Ryan of Selfridge Field shot and killed Imogene Campbell Trombley 17 wife of a soldier. Ryan then shot himself and is in a dying condition. The motive is unknown. The couple had not been living together.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Imogene Campbell Trombley
Joseph Ryan
Selfridge Field
Ryan
Thombley
Third Party Call Issued For Progressive Convention in Chicago
William H. Johnston announced the formal call for the annual convention of the conference for progressive political action in Chicago on February 21. The meeting aims to decide on creating a new third party and invites all La Follette Wheeler supporters, labor groups, farmers, and progressive parties to send delegates. The American Federation of Labor and railroad brotherhoods participate, though both oppose a new party. The Socialist party has said it will send delegates.
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Washington
Conference For Progressive Political Action
Chicago
William H. Johnston
United States
Johnston
Railroad Brotherhoods
American Federation of Labor
Socialist Party
Labor
Farmers
Cooperative Societies
Cleveland
Robert M la Follette
United Mine Workers
Rade Eouity Central Labor
Ers
la Fole-Wheeler
Two Killed and Four Wounded in New Year Violence
Chicago greeted 1925 with bloodshed as two men died and two women and two men were seriously wounded by stray bullets during celebrations. Prohibition warnings were ignored and hotels and cafes displayed open liquor despite police raids.
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Chicago
Prohibition
Rumors From Jur Room Advertisers Boost Rentals
Classified ad tips show including price and reasons why rooms will appeal to tenants. Mrs. Keitel’s Daily News notice demonstrated immediate results after adding price and details. Call Hemlock 3500 for help crafting effective room for rent ads.
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Hemlock
Water Bootlegger Admits Crime and Gets Caution
Dayton Colorado reports William Parler, 16, a colored youth and water bootlegger, admitted trading a gallon bottle for a nickel plated watch. He allegedly pushed the cork down the bottle neck, and fled when the customer found water. The court gave him a severe lecture and released him.
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Dayton, CO
William Parler
Williams
Niles Man Shot as New Year Riots Spark Fears
Jan 1. Farl Jones local streetcar conductor is in a hospital after being shot in the stomach during New Year eve clashes between Klan and anti Klan groups. A fiery cross appeared near the hall where dancing occurred as shots were fired at marchers. Police and Sheriff deputies confronted the unrest but order was restored by dawn.
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Niles
Farl Jones
Kian
Milan
Jones
Thomas
Farmers Back Gasoline Tax Plan In Ohio Legislature
A bill for a two cent gasoline tax is being drafted for introduction in the Ohio legislature by Rep. John T. Brown of Champaignco. Backers say rural groups support it and revenue would fund state highway improvements, with some funds redirected from counties and townships to road work. C A Dyer notes strong automobile club backing despite opposition from some city interests.
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Columbus
John T. Brown
Champaigneco
Ohio State Grande
C. A. Dyer
Farm Bureau Federation
Srange
Dyer
Hoover Sees Prosperous 1925 for World and U.S.
In a New Year message from Washington, Hoover predicts universal peace and rising living standards in 1925, backed by Mellon Labor Davis and Work. He notes higher real wages, farm price recovery, and expanding construction and road transport, with railways efficient and roads growing as new transport systems.
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Washington
Commerce
Hoover
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Davis
Interior
China
Russia
America
United States
Ohio Building Association reports surge in home loans and payrolls
Ohio Building Association League surveys show over 49 000 new homes financed in 1924 by building and loan associations. The activity supports more than 200 000 workers and leads to predicted payouts exceeding 506 600 000 to depositors in 1925, says secretary James A. Devine.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Building Association League
James A. Devine
Roadhouse Owner Arrested in Harrisburg Raid
Frank Gladieux proprietor of a Harrisburg roadhouse was arrested by Sheriff’s deputies on a charge of possessing illicit whisky. A raid on the roadhouse recovered a small amount of whisky, three slot machines and two punch boards.
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Frank Gladieux
Harrisburg
Kirk
Cincinnati Air Mail Bid Seeks Cleveland Link
Senator Frank B Willis urged Postmaster General New to revive Cincinnati to Cleveland air mail plans linking southern Ohio to the transcontinental route. Officials noted the short 240 mile distance and Dayton emergency fields, but the plan faces cost and field requirements.
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Charles Fpf
Morris Daily News
Washington
Frank B. Willis
New
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cleveland
Congress
Wills
Dayton
Pittsburch Post-Weetinghouse to Air Notre Dame Title Fight
ADKA to furnish play by play on the Notre Dame vs. pop Warner and Knute Rockne football showdown in Pasadena. KDKA will broadcast every play from kickoff to final whistle, providing the first coast-to-coast radio coverage of the season with analysis of Warner versus Rockne and the Four Horsemen.
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Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Pop” Warner
Knute Rockne
Pasadena
California
Pittsburch
KDKA
Dempsey and
Firpo
Wiil
Warner
Rockne
Pit
State
the Post
Pittsbergh
Serviee
Rirckne
Murder of Rich Bachelor at Home on New Year’s Eve
Louis Buffolora a 44 year old Italian bachelor resident of 518 Thet BR was shot five times in the head and found dead near his home on New Year’s Eve about 8 30 by a woman en route to a grocery at 800 Lafayette SE. The body was found in front of 811 Lafayette Street.
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Louis Buffolora
Lafayette
New Year Murders Mark Ongoing Violent Toll
Manton records reflect a pattern of New Year murders. Two years ago Jose Fernandez Ferry killed Mia Dan Rich and her two children in Penn pl NE and is serving a life sentence. One year ago Ruth Hunter was killed west of Canton, still unsolved.
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Manton
Jose Fernandez Ferry
Mia
Dan Rich
Penn Pl NE
Ruth Hunter
Canton
Murder at 800 Lafayette Ave SE Shocks City
Police report a man murdered in Lafayette Avenue SE with five shots. The victim, a grocery store proprietor, was found with $76 in his pockets and a bullet nearby. Detectives traced a suspect, Buffalora, a local worker with properties in the area and Italy, though no motive or threats were found. The body was taken to Spiker's funeral parlors for viewing.
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Lafayette Ar
Kh. J. Commer
Lafayette Av &E
Buffalora
Italy
Buffolora
Bullodora
Chipper
United Alloy Steel
Goshorn and
Herdlicka
Trump
Beazel
John Miller
Lafayette At
Spiker
T. H. Shorb
Ruthenberg to Serve Sentence in Michigan Case
Charles Ruthenberg, convicted of violating the Michigan sedition act, had a further stay denied by the state supreme court. Judge White of the Berrien court will sentence him next Monday in Benton Harbor after a 1922 raid on a Communist Party convention near Bridgeman Herrene.
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Lansing
Mich
Charles &. Ruthenberg
Michigan Syndicatem Aot
State Supreme Court
Charles FB. White
Berrien Court
Ruthenberge
Benton Harbor
White
Ruthenberg
Supreme Court
Communist of America Party
Bridgeman
Herrenco
Tacks Latimer Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Xenia Ohio January 1 C W Tacks Latimer was found guilty by a jury of second degree murder in the shooting death of Charlies Mackrodt a former fellow worker The jury deliberated about three hours and recommended life imprisonment with parole possible Latimer and Mackrodt were police department employees of the Pennsylvania railroad in Xenia the day before Thanksgiving
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Xenia
C. W. “Tacks
Latimer
Charlies Mackrodt
Mackrodt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Enforcement of Dry Law Puzzle as Year Dawns
Washington dispatch reviews the likely year ahead for prohibition enforcement. Congress wrestles with Rum Row off New Jersey and Long Island coasts and limited inland results. Officials warn sustained efforts and higher funding will be needed, backed by President Coolidge.
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Robert T. Small
Canton Daily News
Washington
Congress
House
Jersey
Long Island
Coast Guard Service
United States
Davy Jones
House Committee On Appropriations
James HE. Jones
Federal Prohibition
Burns Prove Fatal to Woman in Dayton
Mrs. Ots Cromes, 44, died at Miami Valley Hospital after being exposed to gasoline cleaning fluid in an accident shortly after 2 PM yesterday. Authorities investigated the incident as a fatal burn event with no further details disclosed.
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Dayton
Ots Cromes
Miami Vato
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