Ten Canton nurses volunteer for overseas Red Cross drive
Ten Canton nurses volunteered to join overseas service on the first day of the Canton chapter American Red Cross campaign to enlist one third of the city's nurses for war work. Miss Annette Greenough leads the drive as administers recruit calls, with later departures for France and training for replacements at home.
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Canton
Sammies
American Red Cross
J. S H. Himes
Red Cross
Annette Greenouch
France
W. C. Gorgas
United States
Army Medical
Hindenburg
Wilson
Lloyd George
Omaha World-Herald
Germany
England
Aisne
Washington
Two Fined for Animal Cruelty in Court
Two cruelty to animals cases were heard by Justice C. E. Heringer on Thursday. Each defendant received a five dollar fine. John F. Miller of Rowland Ave NE faced charges for neglecting five horses and an unsanitary stable. Vroginsky of Cherry Ave SE was charged with beating a cow with a stick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Heminger
John F. Miller
Rowland
Vroginsky
Cherry
Miller
Joseph Ityan
Ryan
Farnham Sues for Divorce Over Alleged Infidelity
Clyde Farnham filed for divorce from wife Claretta Farnham in common pleas court on Friday alleging unfaithfulness. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Morris and Geiger.
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Court of Common Pleas
Clyde Farnham
Claretta Farnham
Morris and Geiger
Drum From Civil War Aids Red Cross War Effort
A Civil War drum sold by Mrs. Joseph Lichtenwalter of North Canton raised 5.50 for the Canton Red Cross. The instrument will be sent to France to boost morale as it did in the Battlefields of the South.
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Joseph Lichtenwalter
North Canton
Canton
American Red Cross
France
South
Pryke Sues City for 1600 Over Wife Injury
Walter Pryke filed a suit against the city of Canton seeking 1600 for loss of services and medical expenses after his wife Elizabeth Pryke was injured by a gutter plate accident at Cherry-aw and Fourth st. He says two gutter plates were improperly laid causing detachment. his wife previously won 3000 in a city settlement. Thomas Turner represents the plaintiff and Walter Ruff the city.
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Walter Pryke
Canton
Court of Common Pleas
Elizabeth Pryke
Cherry-aw
Thomas F. Turner
Walter Ruff
Employ Daily News Want Ads to Do Your Selling
Classified notice urges readers to use the daily newspaper’s want ads for selling goods and services, highlighting ease and broad reach to attract buyers and clients.
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Daily News
Western Union to grant extra pay to Canton office staff
The Western Union Telegraph Company will distribute special payments to 18 Canton office employees on October 1, in addition to two earlier payments due July 1, 1918 and January 1, 1919. Eligible workers include five operators seven clerks and six messengers with rates based on annual earnings.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Canton
Edward L. McQuiston
The
Western Union
Program Arranged for Eighth Grade Commencement
The third annual commencement exercises for county eighth graders are prepared at the county school superintendent’s office. The ceremony takes place Saturday at 1 45 p.m. in the First Christian church where 435 diplomas will be awarded. President McMaster of Mt Union College will deliver the address.
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J. J. Armstrong
McMaster
Mt. Union College
Judge Kinkead Files as Republican Supreme Court Candidate
Judge R R Kinkead of Toledo sixth district appeals court filed his declaration with the secretary of state to run for the state supreme court as a Republican candidate in Columbus on June 7.
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Kinkead
Columbus
U. P
R. R. Kinkead
Toledo
Sixth District Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Canton Boys On Shows Program At Camp Gordon
Canton cadets from the Fifty-ninth company Fifth replacement regiment entertained fellow Camp Gordon GA soldiers in a vaudeville show. Private Mraz directed the act featuring Moots on sax, Morrey on clog, Reihl on violin, and Mraz also pianist with others including Lee Cunningham aka The Ragtime Kid and E Emmett Walsh composer of Long Boy. The Atlanta Georgian praised the performers saying they showed high ability and would appear again at the K of Chair.
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Canton
Camp Gordon
Harry C. Moots
Norwood- Moots Orchestra
Grover Morrey
Cleveland-av
Walter Reihl
John P. Mraz
Broaday
Fifth Replacement Regiment
Mraz
Atlanta Georgian
Lee Cunningham
Kid
E. Emmett Walsh
Disparate Age Reporting Detected in British Census Groups
The statement notes wilful misstatement of ages in the British census. It highlights disproportionately high figures for women in the groups aged 20 to 25 and 25 to 30.
Army plans to add 760000 troops with 20 new divisions
Washington dispatch reports the army general staff drafting plans to create more than twenty infantry divisions, adding about 700000 to the force beyond special purpose units. Regular cavalry may be disbanded with regiments reassigned, while twelve national army cavalry regiments stay dismounted. The June draft’s 400000 men progress to depot brigades for replacement roles or training before forming the new divisions by spring 1919.
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Washington
U. P
Army General Staff
Regular Army
National Army
Ohio Wheat and Fruit Prospects Report June 1917
Ohio announces June 1917 crop prospects with wheat at 108 percent of normal, oats 106 percent, rye 144 percent, corn 101 percent, and fruit prospects overall mixed. Apples 112 percent, berries 96 percent, cherries 34 percent, plums ? and pears 54 percent. notes wartime labor reductions and historical comparisons to a ten year average.
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Columbus
Ohio
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Annette Greenough
Army Nurse Corps
America
Army Medical Department
W. Pryke
City
Palm Beach
Che Hirschheimer Bros
Thrift
U. S
Telegraph Company
Army
J. W. Brown Piano CO
Great Britain
Young Auto Supply Company
Ave
Kioland
Naboth
Bulgaria
Turkey
Pershing
Crusaders
Leonardo
Ly Partizan
Funk & Wagnalls Company
NEI
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