Clarendon Grade School bids exceed budget plan
The Clarendonay district board cannot award the grade school contract as bids top $84,888 for the general work plus $16,296 for heating and $8,766 for plumbing, totaling $28,950 beyond the $81,000 limit. Harmony proposes building only the shell and finishing several rooms to handle enrollment, with next steps uncertain and potential delays if partial work is pursued. Four speeders were fined ten dollars plus costs in police court.
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Board of Education
Clarendon Av
Geome
John ©. Harmony
Board of Delocation
Clarendonay
Harmony
Enlisted Boy Chosen as Mascot for Canton Unit
Allen D Ferrall ten son of Mr and Mrs 1 A Ferrall 712 8rd st NW was enlisted Thursday as official mascot of Co I Canton new infantry unit Enlistment papers were made out in regular form for the youngster and he is being measured for a uniform The lad is a fourth grade pupil at Northst School and son of H A Ferrall clerk of the city talking fund board He plans to attend camp this summer when Co L goes into training.
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Allen D. Ferrall
A. Ferrall
8Rd St
Co. I
Canton
Infantry
Northst School
H. A. Ferrall
City Alaking Fund Board
First Aid Class Forming to Meet Demand
Patriotically inclined young women are nearly equal to or exceed the number of young men enlisting for service. Red Cross nurse training draws many, prompting extra classes. The second first aid class will meet Friday at 7 30 p m in the city hall police court room. Dr J B Smock will instruct.
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Red Cross
J. B. Smock
British War Films At Odeon Showings
Two more reels of official British war pictures, shown at the Auditorium under Red Cross, will be shown at the Odeon today and Friday. Fourteen reels were made, eight shown at the Auditorium. The reels focus largely on the Somme battle with many scenes of actual fighting.
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Red Cross
Odeon
Somme
Bolender Seeks Divorce and Alimony in Petition
Nellie P Bolender petitions for divorce from Edward Polender and asks restoration of her maiden name Nellie P Roof. She seeks alimony, with Co C Curtis listed as her attorney.
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Edward Polender
Nellie P. Bolender
Nellie P. Roof
C. Curtis
State convention of United Commercial Travelers opens in New ark
The state convention of the United Commercial Travelers opened at New ark on Thursday with about twelve delegates from Canton attending. Thursday features include a parade and a big mardi gras and masque dance. The convention will run for three days.
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The
United Commercial Travelers
Newark
Canton
Canton theater manager donates baseball outfit for Company C
Major Harry Kertollette reports 34 of 49 applicants passed physicals for Company C with 15 rejected. Six men were accepted for the regular army, one rejected. Indications place Chillicothe as concentration camp for Ohio West Virginia troops, though not confirmed in Washington. Lieut Howard Boucher to inspect about 60 new recruits for Company L Saturday. Five men to be accepted for the 13th Ohio Infantry hospital corps. Minor details include Canton Odeon theater owner A H L Abrahms presenting the company with a full baseball outfit and plans to obtain boxing gloves. Enlistees Wednesday include Kenneth Lightfritz Paul Minelink Gregory Bosnick Christ Kanellis Walter Blythe Russell Miller and Company C members Farl Meritts Trimie Popa.
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Company C
Harry Kertolette
Dbertolette
Canton
Regular Army
Cleveland
Columbus Barracks
Chillicothe
Ohio- West Virginia
Thomas H. Barry
Chicago
Washington
Newton D. Baker
Howard Boucher
Company L
Boucher
Bertolette
Rbertolette
Canton Young Men
A. H L. Abrahms
Odeon Theater
H. W. Miner
Army
Kenneth Lightfritz
Paul Minelink
Gregory Bosnick
Christ Kanellis
Walter Blythe
Russell Miller
Farl Meritts
Trimie Popa
Plan Community Canning Mothers Day Observed
The Plain Center housekeepers club held a Mothers Day meeting at Mrs. Herbert Hill's home in Plain Center. Members shared remembrances of their mothers and heard papers on Famous Women of the Past and Women of the Present. A June 21 vegetable canning demonstration at Grove Hall schoolhouse will be led by Mra. Florence Willison of Ohio State University for the public.
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Plain Center
Housekeepers’ Club
Herbert Hill
W. B. Barr
Elmer Eckis
Theodore Freymark
Dorothy Eckis
Mary Barr
Grove Hall School House
Mra
Florence Willison
Ohio State University
Ed Williams to train as artillery officer at Fort Riley
Former Canton newspaper man Ed Williams now on the Denver Post editorial staff has been accepted for the officers training school and will proceed to Fort Riley Kansas for artillery corps training, per a letter received by relatives.
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Hoffman
Ed Williams
Canton
The
Denver Post
Fort Riley
Kansas
Alliance woman files divorce after alleged abuse and threats
Mary Pasi sues Giochino Pasi for divorce in Alliance alleging repeated insults she calls menagerie terms including cow and muskrat and other crude epithets. She accuses him of firing a shotgun at her ten years ago and threatening to drag her to the creek and drown her. Attorney Speidel represents her.
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Mary Pasi
Alliance
Giochino Pasi
1 Speidel
Chicago mayor faces backlash over refusals to invite Joffre and Liberty Loan canvassers
Critics label Mayor William Hale Thompson as overly self serving after he declined to invite Marshal Joffre and the French mission to Chicago and barred Liberty Loan canvassers from City Hall. A Chicago newspaper harshly condemns his conduct with the phrase Thompson Ueber Alles.
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William Hale Thompson
Marshal Joffre
Chicago
Liberty Loan
City Hall
Thompson Ueber Alles
G A R Veterans Hold Nimtsila Park Picnic
G A R veterans gathered in Nimtsila park for a Civil War era army camp day. Flags waved, veterans pitched horseshoes, played games, and exchanged camp life stories while women prepared a noon mess as guests from out of town joined the picnic.
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Nimtsila Park
Zollinger Store to Close for Liberty Bond Address
The W R Zollinger & Co store will close at 6 pm Thursday as John M Criley of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland speaks to the workforce on Liberty Loan bonds to boost purchases. A British bill to cut jurors at coroner inquests from twelve to seven highlights irregularities in the English system with royal courts using twelve jurors, country courts eight, and coroner seven.
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W. R. Zollinger & Co
John M. Criley
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Liberty Loan
Royal Courts of Justice
Weeks Replies To Charge By Buck Hill Patron Complaint
District superintendent C W Weeks defends his actions after patrons accused him of injustice toward a teacher and pupils. Weeks says he refused re election of an incompetent teacher and did not promote certain students due to lack of progress and failure to respond to supervision and newer methods.
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C. W. Weeks
Buck Hill
Weeks
Mission to Hold Picnic at Nimisila Park
The Charles Street Mission hosts its annual picnic on Wednesday June 13 at Nimisila park. Cars will shuttle children around town before the picnic at 1 pm and a supper at 5 pm. Tag day to raise funds is planned for Saturday June 16 with headquarters in the First Methodist Episcopal church basement under Rev. Harry Kimbal.
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Charles Street
Nimisila Park
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Harry Kimbal
Marriage Licenses in Canton and Nearby Cities
A list of marriage licenses includes Howard Lindeman a Canton machinist and Emma Hartline both of Canton, James Shane a Rochester clerk and Ethel Cozad of Alliance, Guy Wright a Logan traveling salesman and Ella Layton of Canton, Clayton Benjamin and Pearl Benjamin of Canton, John Killian an auto worker from Detroit with Therese Hechtel of Canton, and Roy Bair a Massillon mill worker with Arline Wiener of Massillon. Also listed are Clayton Benjamin and Pearl Benjamin connected with 230 2nd St SE, and Emma Hartline with 1343 Winestow. The notice notes Merman Frank a Port Washington school teacher with Helen Barr of Massillon. Daily News wants ads for selling.
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Howard Edward Lindeman
Canton
Emma Catherine Hartline
James Earnest Shane
Rochester
Ethel Dolores Cozad
Alliance
Guy Stanley Wright
Logan
Ella Layton
Clayton 8
Benjamin
Cook
Pearl May Benjamin
John Albert Killian
Detroit
Therese Hechtel
Clayton S. Benjamin
James Ernest Shane
Ethel Delores Cozad
al Hance
13Th-St SE
Winestow
Roy Orlando Bair
Arfield-Av SW
Arline Martha Wiener
Massillon
Merman
Frank
Port Washington
Helen L. Barr
Cigarette License Receipts Case Arraigns Merchants
Howard McCauley and Peter Lavies were arraigned in police court on charges of violating the cigaret law for failing to post license receipts where cigarets are sold. Both were found with licenses technically valid but receipts missing, due to a misunderstanding of the law. Judge Quinn imposed fines of 100 dollars and probation on good behavior.
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Howard McCauley
Peter Lavies
Ness
Hove
Quinn
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Clarendon
Sperders
H. I. Armstrong
H. W. Ringer
Samuel Glasser
A. L. Klever
Travelers AT Convention
Hoffman Oil & Refining Corporation
H. Hoffman & Co
Magee Hide
Pittsburgh
Hoffman OH & Refining Corporation
I. H. Hoffman & Co
Magee Ride
Yama
Uch Quality
Hobart M. Cable
Market Ave. S
William. Halet
G. A. R. Veterans
Daily News
the Central Power Co
Tuscarawas-St W. Opp
Court House
United States
First Trust & Savings Bank of
Ohio
Trust & Savings Bank of Canton
Savings Department
First Trust & Savings Bank of Canton
5Afety Strength Service
Frank Collins
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