Stark Electric Hikes Fare On 88 Mile Line
The Stark Electric Co based in Alliance is among 14 Ohio railroads approved by the Public Utilities Commission for fare increases on interurban service effective August 1. The 2 1/2 to 3 cent per mile rise applies to passengers from Saline through Alliance to similar routes, affecting 88 miles of line. The commission noted the increases reflect financial need and did not grant boosts to 40 roads lacking shown earnings.
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Stark Electric Co
Alliance
Stark
Limavnie
Veana
Warren
H.C. Koehler
Josie
Cld
Olen Sa
Stark Electric
Ragany
Les
Lone Lake Shore Electric
Weestern & Columba Stern
Cleveland
Painesville
Stern
Toledo
Fostoria & Findlay
Ho Electric
Sandusky
Norwalk
Mansfeld
Bowling Greens
Ohio
Fosa & Fremont
Tifa
Fostoria
Commission
British Club Hosts Visiting Rotary Leader in Canton
Meaders of Canton Massidon Al and New Phil labs plan a dinner and program honoring Andrew Home-Morton, president of the British Association of Rotary clubs. The event features a musical program, American songs, and addresses on industrial plant actions. Home-Morton will visit Bounty and be escorted by local clubs. attendees include the British and Detroit sessions from Cleveland and county hosts.
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Morton
Canton
Cleveland
Ted
Akron
TeaTherir Special at 78 Sa and Sen 200 Hathee Ave
A brief notice announces a special offer priced at 78 dollars at the venue on Hathee Avenue with a focus on savings. Details are sparse but the sale highlights a fixed price event.
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Sen
Hathee Ave S
Hoover praises sacrifices fueling Allied food relief
In a letter to President Wilson, Hoover credits Americans for delivering 844,600,000 extra pounds of meat and fats and 85,000,000 bushels of cereals to the Allies since June 1 1917. He notes total food shipments to allies, Belgian relief, and Red Cross reached 1.4 billion dollars and 3,011,100,900 pounds of meats and fats and 340,800,000 bushels of cereals in the fiscal year.
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Washington
U. P
America
United States
Wilson
Hoovier
Germany
Red Cross
Hoover
Xiang Hoover
Shoeauerife
Point Hess de Rentent Credit
Poorman Chosen As Starkco Food Chief
Mayor Poorman elected chairman of the Starkco Food Administration to replace H R Witter. He has begun directing county food investigations and will soon set aside three streets as war markets to conserve surplus crops. Poorman has served on the county food committee since taking office.
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C. E. Poorman
Starkco Food Administration
H.R. Witter
Poorman
Starkco Food Committee
Lithuanians Defeat Soviets in Geneva Report
A terse Geneva dispatch notes Lithuanians defeating Bolsheviks in a clash near the Dvina region. The report mentions a large force marching toward Lausanne amid disorderly retreat as the exchange of fire continues.
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Geneva
Feveta End Capterioe
Lausanne
Angry Youth Drops Rock on Streetcar
Simon L. Silverstein, 1001 Av. pl NW, was arrested Thursday after allegedly throwing a rock at a Cleveland Avenue northbound streetcar when denied a desired stop. He was released on bond awaiting trial. Also noting a Friday I.O.O.F. meeting and Saturday Canton Storage Co. auction.
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Simon L. Silverstein
Dai Scanlon
Iverstein
Silverstein
Battle Lines Hold Amid Stubborn German Onslaught
The fourth day of fighting finds German efforts to envelop halted as American and French forces steadfastly defend a widening front. Mezy to La Chapelle Monthodon regions see heavy casualties with several thousand German dead reported. American and French units continue to push back and contain advances while prisoners and combat actions mount along a 20 mile front south of the Marne. Sergeant J P Brown captures 159 prisoners after cutting through a trench with his rifle. reports of continued brigade actions along Mezy, St Agnan, Comblizy, and Le Mesnil Le Hutier.
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Rhein
Rom
Mezy
Jargonnes
Merv
Conde Wood
St. Agnan Chappelle-Monthodon
Marne
Meay
St. Agnan
la Chap le-Monthodon
Comblizy
le Mesnil-Le Huttier
Ward
le Mesnil
Huttier
Campagne
C. P
J.P. Brown
French Convent Gifts Fuel Red Cross Shop Opening
A Canton Red Cross shop aims for a July 25 opening with a large donation drive. Nuns from a French convent sent infant clothing and various dresses, while volunteers repair and repurpose furniture and textiles. Donations can be picked up by special Red Cross trucks. the event includes a July 25 ceremony with flags and a parade.
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Red Cross St
Red Cross
Ars
J. Hh. Himes
Ed Crow
Stark Co
Stark County Milk Prodit Association
Louisville Sal
Adv
County Bureaus Not Formed United War Drive Focus Shifts
RM Hughes president of Miami University spoke in Canton naming no need for new county bureaus as war effort already organized. He urged broader education on wartime goals, linking Canton Woman's Club to Massillon and possibly All Ohio towns under a county war chest drive with Y M C A liaison.
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Council For National Defense
Canton
Massillon
RM Hughes
Miami University
Columbus
Hughes
Canton Woman's
Mra J. Mr. Mat
Stark
Alee
Jevery
United States
Defense Council
Revetery Lundy
Stolberg and Others Listed in Overdue Ammunition Train Sale
Names from the 308th Motor Supply Train and 136th Machine Gun Battalion are among bidders in a public auction of household goods and merchandise. The sale is set for Saturday at 1:50 p.m. with items from area soldiers and their families.
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Fergie
Sith
Donald Graham
Tal Forman Rebillot
Macaeceae
Pultonia MW
Norman
Nineteenth-st
W. F. Starn
J.P. Jimmly
Wea
William Hablitael
Beach City
Sorman Rebiliot, Co. i
A. J. Rebillot
Marketag
Brest C. Shea
Americans and French Hit Huns North of the Marne
American and French forces drive on the 25 mile front north of the Marne in a major counter offensive. Advances reach up to three kilometers in three hours with towns like Courcamps Givray and Belleau falling. ports and lines of supply disrupted as troops push toward Fontenoy and Soissons.
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Marne
Soissons
Cabli
CI V Thiers
Fontenoy
Thelow
Torey
Belleau
Givray
German Drive Presses Toward Mountain of Rheims
Paris July 18 Allied reports say the German offensive in the Marne region shifts to heavy blows aimed at the forest of the Mountain of Rheims. The assault seeks to split the Rheims Epernay highway and divide forces. Casualty estimates for the first two days of fighting in the Marne area run as high as 60,000.
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Rheims
John United
Paris
Rheims-Epernay
Ameriea
Marne
Fourteen German Planes Brought Down in Air Ministry Report
London report states fourteen German aircraft were destroyed on Tuesday corection and nine British planes were lost. Gen Pershing’s note says American forces hold the south bank of the Maine river after repelling near Chateau-Thierry with enemy thrusts completely broken up.
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London
Air Ministry
HMNS
Washington
U.P
Maine
Pershing
Chateau-Thierry
Povershing
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Brady
Canton Storage Co
Liberty Plane
France
Pershin
Mery
la Chappelle-Monthodon
St. Agnans
Bureau OF Defense
Workers County
Stolberg
Federal Motor Trucks
Canton Motor Car Coach
Canton Storage Co. Mate
Aucuum Sale
U. S
Epernay Highway
Chateau
Thierry
Champagne
St Mile
HW. Ingersoll
Ohio Milk Product Association
Fat Empire Hall
Louisville
al Milk
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