Auto Dealers Attend Picnic at Meyers Lake Park
More than 150 auto dealers from Stark and Summit counties paraded from downtown to Meyers Lake Park for a cooperative picnic. Canton led with the most participants, Massillon and Alliance sent delegations, and a day of contests followed including slow-speed races for women, tug of war, and baseball. A large prize banner and an evening concert capped the event.
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Summit-cos
Meyers Lake Park
Stark-co
Akron
Canton
Auto Club
Passillon
Alliance
Massillon
A. H. Wilson
Baseball
Ummit
Stark
Aseball
Ring County
C. E. Tritt
Fiomolines
Summit Cos
Isillonians
Willysight Concert Co
Canton For Car Co
A. E. Mitzel
George Nnot
Malcolm Baird
Cloid Wager
M. E. Biery
Allice
Laker
Friends In Service List In Ohio Artillery Company
Five young men long-time friends have joined Company No. 1 Ohio Field Artillery. They are Russell and Iph Brenner at 911 Camden Ave SW and 204 Fourth Street NE, Herbert Huprich at 84% Market Ave SE, and Percy Girt at 1441 Bryan Ave SW. The men are at camp in Silver Creek where they will stay until the company departs for Alabama.
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Ohio
Canton Flag to Lead Memorial Hall Patriotic Celebration
Canton postmaster Kinnear Jelly sought Chamber of Commerce approval to display a large patriotic flag at Memorial Hall Saturday evening. The 54 by 1120 portion would accompany the tour date in Columbus for the event.
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Columbus
Kinnear
Jelly
Chamber of Comerce
Memorial Hall
Saturn
Ohio Weather Outlook and Local Notices
Forecast for Ohio calls for fair conditions on Friday with mild temperatures. An evening meeting is announced for Friday to discuss conventions and degree-related matters. An Adv. promotes Oriental Dancers by Heess & Co. and a Vision correction ad from Geo Double Co. highlights eye care offerings.
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Heess & Co
Foe Aviators Seek Pershing Camp in France
German airmen press to locate the American training camp in France but fail. Reports cite vivid air battles with 16 planes in one fight and 15 in another as French pilots repulse incursions near American cantonments.
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France
City Seeks War Exemption for Police and Firemen
Safety Director Kunkel said Canton will seek automatic exemptions for police and fire personnel due to the public need. Fire Chief Mesnar reported 18 of 53 firemen were selected for the draft. Closing Station No 6 would relocate five men to other stations. Officials warn draft would worsen already short staffs in both departments.
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Kunkel
Canton Board
Mesnar
Canton
Fire Department
Cantonian Injured By Car On Massillon Road
Roy Guest of 1311 Eighthst NW, member of the Hoover baseball team at New Berlin, was seriously hurt Thursday noon when struck by an eastbound car on Raffo road while returning to his automobile. He suffered a compound fracture of the left leg and right arm and was taken to Ingleside hospital by Whitticar's ambulance.
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Roy Guest
Hoover
New Berlin
Raffo Rd
Guest
Harter Farm
Whitticar
Ingleside Hospital
E. D. Brant
Utilities Commission Extends Coal Freight Rate Review
ANOTHER SUSPENDED COLUMBUS July 26 Another 30 days suspension relative to the rail roads proposal to increase coal freight rates fifteen cents a ton was ordered by the state utilities commission today This ruling gives the commission until Aug 30 to decide what increase will be allowed Notice Lily Lodge No 362 K of P All members who may join the colors either by draft enlistment must notify K of R 8 in writing as to date of enlistment name and number of company and possible location will be exempt from paying dues from July 1 1917 Geo Vance C of Co W Hildebrandt K R S Adv
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Lily Lodge No
K. of P
K. of
Geo. Vance, C
W. Hildebrandt
Adv
Preserve Your Food Ad Offers Reliable Refrigerator
Canton Home Furnishing Co advertises a reliable refrigerator for hot weather keeping food safe. Priced at 9.50 dollars and up.
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Canton Home Furnishing Co.—Adv
All Days are Overland Days Knights at Canton Auto
Canton Motor Car Co advertisement promotes Willys Knights and Overland cars with a call to read the want ads today.
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Willys Knights
Canton Motor Car Co.—Adv
Incendiary Attack Targeted Red Cross Headquarters in Harris Arcade
An electric iron set on a bare ironing board started a smoke filled fire in Red Cross bandage storage at Harris Arcade. Police guard the rooms as investigators probe the Monday night incident while nearby Canton Automobile Club rooms were entered by mistake. No motive or suspect yet disclosed.
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Red Cross
Harris Arcade
Canton Automobile Club
Canton Heat Bakes City as Crops Thrive
Canton endures 90 degree heat with 70 degree low on Thursday as Weatherman Meyer notes record warmth. Farmers report corn and hay thriving despite heat with storms possible within two hours offering brief relief.
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Canton
Meyer
Senate to vote on Sheppard dry amendment next week
Washington July 26 leaders from all sides agreed to bring the Sheppard resolution to a Senate vote next Wednesday. The proposed constitutional dry amendment would be nullified unless ratified by three fourths of the states within six years, leaving the nation wet if 13 states resist ratification.
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Washington
Senate
Dancer Matahiri Guilty of Espionage by Court Martial
Paris reports dancer Marguerite Zolle known as Matahiri found guilty of espionage by a military court and sentenced to death. She was once married to a Dutch army officer and is now divorced.
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Paris
Marguerite Zolle
Matahiri
Bomb Explodes At Bismarck Hotel Entrance
A bomb exploded in the Berlin room entrance of the Bismarck Hotel in Chicago’s Loop early today. Glass shattered and walls suffered large holes as guests fled in night clothes.
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Chicago
Loop District
Berlin
Engagement Denied In Ohio Governor's Family
The reported engagement of Miss Helen Cox daughter of Governor Cox of Ohio and Thomas Dooley Jr. of St. Louis was denied today by Dooley family members in St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Helen Cox
Cox
Ohio
Thomas Dooley, Jr
Dooley
Put Cuckoo On Court House Clock Idea Draws Laughs
County commissioners wrestle with time zones for the court house clock. Leonard bids to remove hands for a cuckoo that calls both eastern and central time. Clerk Shick approves the plan and jokes about a cuckoo that could announce scores.
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Leonard
Court House
Bidwell
Ake
Shick
Tam
Playground Decision Leaves Hartford School In Limbo
The Hartford school board must cease activities by Aug. 1. J. C. Harmony, president, from Oklahoma City, urged retaining the playground. A protest meeting cited space adequacy and night noise. officials warned supervision may end if city funds are not provided.
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Hartford School
J. C. Harmony
Board of Education
Oklahoma City
Wednesdday
Moosic Moose Contest Leads Voters for Queen
The Wednesday tally in the Moose festival popularity contest shows Hazel Marsino leading with 4587 votes. Elizabeth Sonnhalter of Massillon is second with 2660 votes, while Josephine Smith trails in third with 1844 votes.
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Hazel Marsino
Elizabeth Sonnhalter
Massillon
Josephine Smith
Liberty Sures Bond For Man Charged With Concealed Weapon
Nick Krovokus was bound over from police court on a concealed weapon charge. His attorneys Braucher and Sterling filed habeas corpus and a bond application, both granted by Judge Ake, granting him temporary liberty.
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Nick Krovokus
Ake
Braucher & Sterling
Canal Fulton Declares Dry for Beal Law Election
Presiding judges of Canal Fulton precincts received election supplies from the election board on Thursday. The election will be held Saturday. The village is now dry.
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Canal Fulton
Election Board
Camera 10 Aids City Firemen Enforcing Clean Up
Fire Chief Mesnar announced the city will use Camera 10 to photograph sites where rubbish and debris create fire hazards. The photos will be used in court to support affidavits against offenders and secure convictions.
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Fire Department
Mesnar
No French ships sunk by German submarines last week
The admiralty announced that no French ships were sunk during the past week though six were attacked. In Rome, the admiralty stated two Italian steamships were sunk by U boats last week, and a small sailing ship was damaged but escaped.
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Paris
Admiralty
Rome
Judges Back Lulu in Art Case in New York
The court ruled that Lulu and a drawing titled La Chemise Discreet are works of art not objectionable. Adolph Peret, an art dealer, faced a court fight with the Society for the Prevention of Vice over selling the pieces.
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New York
Lulu
Society For the Prevention of Vice
Adolph Peret
Our Boys Begin Military Life In Canton After Call
Canton Company C soldiers march to drill in hot sun choosing a shady church yard for practice. Lieut. Stutzman leads the men while mascot Mugegsy the bull terrier is mustered into service. A private receives a pocket Bible from home and soldiers note 75 cent daily rations. A Sunday service is set for 10 30 at United Brethren Bible school. Moose lodge and Kennedy show plan to host troops at the upcoming festival in Tuscarawas street.
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Company C
United Brethren Bible School
Cleveland-av
Fifth-st SW
War market to open in Canton city area
Canton plans a municipal war market on Fifth Street NW between Cleveland and Dewali within two weeks. A women’s committee and city officials outlined holding the market two to three mornings weekly with farmer and gardener sellers, supervised cleaning, and no middlemen to cut prices. If successful, more markets may follow.
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Canton
Fifth-st
Cleveland-av
Dewali-st
J. H. Bair
H. W. Smith
Woman's Committee
The
Council For National Defense
Witter
Starrett
Stolberg
Bair
Smith
$1000 Liberty Bond Offer For Bombing Berlin
Letter from Sigmond Saxe of New York City announces a $1000 Liberty bond reward to the first American aviator dropping a bomb on Berlin. He cites German heritage and notes Lusitania losses as motivation for the pledge.
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Canton Daily News
Canton
Ohio
Berlin
Germany
Lusitania
Sigmond Saxe
New York City
Petrie Process Co
Federal Trade Board urges price protections for wartime
Washington reported the Federal Trade Commission urged Congress to pass laws protecting the public from wartime price gouging. The commission cited a 300 percent flag price surge and new entrants seeking excess profits while efforts to fix prices 190 percent over former levels failed. Justice Department attention followed.
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Congress
Federal Trade Board
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Aily Trust
Department of Justice
Piano Prices Drop At Klein Heffelman Co Sale
Rising material and labor costs have pushed piano prices higher and longer waits, but Klein Heffelman Co offers unusually low prices now for new instruments, suggesting it may be years before similar discounts reappear.
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Klein & Heffelman Co
Adyvy
Canton Home Furnishing Co. Advertisement
Buy your outfit on easy terms with a liberal credit system. Four room outfits start upward from 245 dollars.
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Canton Home Furnishing Co
Adv
Russians and Germans clash as Kaiser watches front
Despatches from Petrograd report five women soldiers killed in action at the front amid German advances across the Sereth. Berlin claims heavy Russian losses with officers executed for disobedience. Kerensky and Kornilov take drastic steps to restore discipline as Stanislau falls back and the front faces a critical collapse.
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London
Sereth
Berlin
Vienna
Tarnopol
Buczacz
Carpathians
Lomnica
Galicia
Petrograd
Morning Post
Rusia
Officer to be Tried by Court Martial for Misconduct
First Lieut. Fred H. Coester of Company G Fifth Regiment Missouri National Guard faces a court martial in St. Louis for allegedly exceeding his official authority by sending notices to drafted men ordering them to report for examination. The trial follows military jurisdiction procedures.
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ST. Louis
Missouris National Guard
Fred H. Coester
Demand to intern mayor over pro German utterances
Chicago July 26 Serg Arthur Guy Embey author of Over the top demanded that Mayor Thompson be interned until the war ends. This joined a long list of attacks on the mayor for his pro German utterances.
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Chicago
Serg
Arthur Guy Embey
Thompson
Exceptional Showing of Summer Furniture Display
Shipment just received and on first floor at Canton Home Furnishing Co. See display and explore new summer furniture styles for the season.
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Canton Home Furnishing Co
Help Wanted Teamsters Yard Men and Truck Drivers
Crystal Park Lumber and Coal Company seeks teamsters yard men and truck drivers. Apply at the office or send credentials to the company. Prior experience preferred. Competitive wages and prospects for advancement.
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Crystal Park Lumber & Coal Co
Adyvy
Masonic Notice For Canton Lodge 60 Meeting
A special Communication of Canton Lodge No. 60 F A M will be held this Thursday evening at 6 oclock. Fellow Craft degree will be conferred. W P Beardsley Worshipful Master and C E Norris Secretary-Advise.
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Canton Lodge No. 60
W. P. Beardsley
W. M.j
E. Norris
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Iriends
Geo Double Co
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Pershing
Army Board
Dancer
Uncle Sam
Hartford
Liberty
Sammy
Co. C
Mugegsy
Miner
Fourth Ohio Ambulance Co
Moose Lodge
Con T. Kennedy
Tuscarawasst
CC. A. Witter
W. M. Mosley
Cleveland
Canton Boys
Kaiser
Kerensky
Bulletin
Stanislau
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