17 Jan 1919
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
1
Reported totals show subscriptions approaching $200 000 with a strong push Monday night and Thursday evening. Campaigners note a surge in home subscriptions and high enthusiasm as the drive continues.
Fragmented text shows a city fund campaign with pledges and totals reported today including thousands and hundreds of thousands. Mentions a half million dollar city fund and house to house solicitor efforts in residential areas. Names and complete details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
A plan for compulsory health insurance and pension adjustments faced division among state officials. Robert Bee and corporate leaders from Columbus to Dayton prepared to present arguments urging or opposing the health insurance measure. The discussion centers on a state program to expand health coverage and reform pensions, with formalized proposals expected in February and political activity to follow.
A Sunday feature recalls an astonishing 1916 interview with The Tiger, highlighting high figures and strategic reasons behind Clemenceau's stance. The piece notes the era's striking numbers and the interview's publication context.
The Canton chapter names Miss Ruth Reynolds to lead the Junior Red Cross for a third year while the U S government declares the Junior Red Cross the perpetual main arm for health education. Officials cite ongoing school sanitation lessons and future focus on community well being.
London report from January 17 cites Exchange Telegraph saying Nicholas Le Dolshevik premier of Russia arrived in Barcelona Spain. Private telegrams in Madrid claimed confirmation though previous reports denied Lenin leaving Russia and recent gossip alleged arrest in Moscow for opposing Trotsky’s push to prolong terror. Dance hall listings and local ads follow.
Canton men in France were assigned to an early convoy. If the pace holds, they should sail within a week and reach America during the first week in February. Units from the Eighty-third division and Thirty-seventh division are listed for early convoy home with transport to Camp Sherman for demobilization.
Ed win C Dinwiddie says prohibition forces will aid global efforts to enforce the dry law. Distillers plan a major legal fight with 22 states threatening referendum challenges and court actions against ratification of constitutional amendments. President Wilson frames publicity as essential to peace efforts amid press delegations and official channels.
A French steamer sank with about five hundred lost as cables garbled names while reports cite Lloyds registration gaps. The Marine disaster highlights peril in the Messina Straits between Sicily and Italy, with mythic sea creatures cited in older nautical lore.
Berlin reports armistice extension while late dispatches from Treves claim new signs of agreement. The circulation notes a plan pledging 13.6 billion in reparations with seven and a half billion for indemnity and five billion for other damages, tied to control of German railways and forests as guarantee.
Official dispatch from Berlin reports Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, leaders of the Spartacists, killed after arrests at Wilmersdorf. A crowd pressed the motorcade and a breakdown near Tiergarten delayed departure as officers attempted to transfer them to custody.
Canton workers formerly in the Northern Ohio Traction Co return from Army service and are being reinstated to their old positions. Frank J. Conklin says 12 have already resumed their posts and about 40 more are soon to return. Preference given to veterans, who will be placed in the same lines of work they left, to retain experience and reduce re training.
Paris dispatches describe bloody clashes with heavy losses on both sides as Serbians allegedly attempt to abolish Montenegrin loyalty. Officials deny King Nicholas opposes Montenegro joining a Jugoslav state and call for a constituent assembly to define sovereignty.
Washington reports Peru’s strikes shutter Lima and Callao with railway workers, conductors, and motormen demanding higher pay. Electric streetcars halted, hotel staff joined the walkout while Cerro De Pasco copper and Moro Cacho mines are affected. Tempo newspaper reportedly closed by government order. The Havana situation remains unsettled.
G W Bates completes purchase of Goldberg's Market ay store at 213 Marketay N. The transfer at midnight Thursday aims to run both shops with added soda lunch service at the Marketay location and expanded space for candy making and ice cream. The deal covered all stock and the second floor factory area. lower floor to retail. L Schlosver handled the sale.
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