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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
8
Neighbors recount a fatal shooting by Roach in a Connotional street house. J O Berg and Willie Berg describe the confrontation, shots fired inside and outside, Ruth Schatvman wounded, Mrs Roach fleeing, and a lynch hunt until Roach was cornered and captured.
Dozens of valuable pet dogs and cats are being mysteriously poisoned in fashionable districts of Buffalo. The city notes several cases with no clear suspect or motive as authorities investigate the incidents.
Thousands gathered around the Schatzman house as Roach was taken away by police after a triple murder. The crowd speculated on his motives, and the family mourned inside while a lone doctor enforced strict access. The city filled with rumor and grief as the tragedy unfolded.
Delavan Wisconsin June 6 Deaf blind and speechless with one leg Miss Anna Johnson Wisconsin’s Helen Keller prepares for graduation from the state school for the deaf. She has learned to hear, speak and write papers on history and literature and will deliver the convocation address next Tuesday.
Police theorize pirates abducted Mrs. Alonzo Housman after her rowboat was found off Sheepshead Bay. Detectives search Plum Beach shacks near the bay colony for clues to her disappearance.
Clinton New Jersey June 6 Governor Fielder opened the State reformatory for women promising new methods that save rather than condemn prisoners and guide them to useful lives after release. Rear Admiral William H Saunders whose naval career ended after reaching retirement age also graduated from the U S Naval Academy in 1872.
Edmond Ok June 6 Vernon C Crabt, youngest graduate in the class, was chosen as class father by his peers and named class valedictorian at the State Normal School.
Realty transfers list multiple partial and full lot sales across Canton Alliance and Beach City. Transactions include Charles Ho Wallace to Mary Harrison parcel parts 12915 12918 Canton for 1 dollar and Ferdinand Brucker to Alice Von Kanel part 231 Masailion for 1 dollar.
Gelett Burgess prints twelve Maxims of Methuselah in American Magazine. Readable snippets mock moral precepts on household life and social behavior. The piece includes quips about cooking smells, flirtation, theater exits, and a New Jersey inventor of a vented stew pan.
The New York aldermanic graft investigating committee recommends dismissal of the millionaire police commissioner for not being fit to rule the department. Mayor Gaynor will decide.
In Harper's Young People a father explains to Jack that the Sahara desert resembles a vast shore yet lacks a sea, framing a childlike view of vast sand and silence. The exchange captures curiosity about distant landscapes through simple comparison.
The program features three reels of The Prisoner of Zenda with James K. Hackett and Daniel Frohman Co, plus Selig two reels Kidnapping Watcher and Lubin The Right of War. Also shown are Pathe The Tricks of the Trade, Vitagraph The Athletic Meet at Queens Club, Scenes at Los Palmas, Love and War in Mexico, The Lady and the Mouse, The Prospector, Counsellor Bob, and Biograph comedies with photos of all ladies.
The listing notes three reels for The Tomb of Flames and two reels for A Shadow of the Past among other items. The brief catalog indicates varying film lengths without specifying dates or venues.
In Peterborough county court Lord Huntley defends a $410 coal supply claim. He says Lady Huntley earns between $5,600 and $40,000 a year and that he has only what she gave him. Judgment was deferred.
The Canton Business College will graduate 121 members at the annual exercises to be held Friday evening June 16 in Ava. Graduates completed courses in stenography bookkeeping shorthand and typing with timelines from five months to a year. Dr. Walter Mensel of Penn will deliver the address.
Vera Bonner Springs and two boys, Verne and Harvey Lehr, are praised by the school board for their punctual attendance. The report notes two harsh winters in which six pupils braved heavy snow to reach class. Erastus A. Plummer of Figmona Me. is cited as the leading postmaster in the state, appointed by Lincoln in 1864.
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