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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1913
Page
4
Rome report details Italy's new Milan museum devoted to theater and opera. Eight salons present operatic portraits and instruments, comedy and tragedy artifacts, Greek and Roman theater antiques, stage scenery, Scala theater models, dance costumes, and a theater literature library with manuscripts.
Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen and companions completed a Greenland expedition. They proved the so called Peary channel does not exist and mapped a region linking Greenland with Peary land while discovering new Christian land. The 1910 voyage on the schooner Motor from Copenhagen followed by Freuchen aided the sledge crossing of the icefields.
In Phoenix two 12 year old students Steven Adderton and Harry Smith handed a three foot gopher snake to their teacher Mrs Edna F Nichols. She reported the incident leading to police action and the board of education recommending their arrest.
The report notes 160000 teachers in Germany with only 29000 women among them and salary scales ranging from 300 to 590 dollars yearly.
A bronze equestrian statue of Kit Carson was unveiled in Trinidad on the Historic Santa Fe Trail. The event marked the dedication of Kit Carson Park, a gift from former Mayor Taylor. Sculptors Augustus Lukeman and Frederick G. Roth created the statue, with expert praise for its faithful Carson likeness and the horse’s wiry mustang presentation.
NEW LONDON IN June 7 That two can live as cheaply as one is a cruel jest and that is currency as fact in past years has been the cause of much unpleasantness and many divorcees is the opinion of Mr and Mrs William Howe who last Thursday celebrated their sixty eighth anniversary. A bridegroom must realize that he has two to provide for instead of one said Howe when asked to give from his long experience for the benefit of the wooers of today He must work harder than he did when he was alone His wife should be thoroughly conversant with his financial affairs and should be taken into full partnership in every business matter. Men and women of today are too free with men and women other than their wives and husbands It was not so in our young days Young women must learn to cook and sew before they contemplate marriage said Mrs Howe The wife must remember there are no perfect men or women They must expect to overlook faults in their husbands as they expect their husbands to overlook their faults Howe is 189 years of age and his wife is a year younger They take an active interest in passing events They were married in New Philadelphia Ohio and came to Iowa in 1852 and reared four children on their pioneer farm.
During an early morning service at St Patrick's Cathedral in Harrisburg a few days old girl was found in a rear pew wrapped in a blanket with a note asking that she be baptized Margaret Mary Vincent and placed in a Catholic home.
Miss Evelyn Provost cousin to Mrs. John Jacob Astor says New York men are the most ill mannered in the world. She notes women walking alone attract stares and are often followed by men whose vanity assumes attention is welcome.
Jane Miss Helen Frick daughter of Henry Clay Frick runs a 150 acre farm four miles from Pride's Crossing Massachusetts hosting 30 wage earning girls for two week sessions. Men are banned except gardener and minister. Frick supports welfare work with Frances Dixon and her brother Childs Frick aiding mercy trips.
Vera Lane fourteen was accidentally shot by her brother Jewell Lane in Glasgow Kentucky. The Lane family has seen three daughters die suddenly in the last year with a prior dress fire death and a later heart failure death.
London reports a fashion shift as the eyebrow or toothbrush moustache becomes popular. The trend, once seen in France and Austria, spreads to England with a modest, subtle upper lip mark replacing longer, dramatic styles.
A newsboy witnesses a man scale a wall and sparks reveal an alliance between London police and thieves. Burglars targeted homes left unoccupied by vacationing owners, police aided thieves, and many arrests followed, with immunity described as widespread.
Winnipeg reports a 16 mile tunnel through Kicking Horse Pass in the Rockies costing 14 080 000 dollars. It aims to eliminate a four percent grade and shorten the haul by five miles. Completion is projected in seven years with no start date set.
A 28 year old Nebraska judgment against Jacob Smith, deceased, revived to collect from his widow Hattie Smith who obtained a divorce with a 2128.18 judgment. Including interest it now exceeds 6000 dollars. The plaintiff married after divorce. argues he never faced Nebraska jurisdiction for collection. Hat pins may be altered and repainted by a new simple machine for millinery and jewelry shops.
Berlin faces a rising irreligion rate with 120000 nonbelievers, up from 60000, as the government adds income tax for the chance of heaven. A weather bureau for aerial navigation is planned to forecast winds and prevent Zeppelin accidents. A ham sandwich sparked a parliamentary clash in Alsace Lorraine. Swiss exports show women as major customers for lingerie and textiles, while cheese and chocolate trade also remain strong. A courtesy travel trend notes train car seats and polite manners amid economic strains.
The article marks the fiftieth anniversary of emancipation noting advances for African Americans. It cites growth in schooling, teachers, colleges, professional and mercantile work, farm ownership, and business, with figures on enrollment, property value, and occupations, while contrasting with earlier conditions.
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