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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
7
A new royal court tonight at Bucking house palace showcases the reemergence of elegant dress amid war years. The king and queen oversee modest guidelines for both ladies and gentlemen with modeled gowns and a strict three hundred word dress schedule for officers.
Found guilty Wednesday when arraigned in police court, Mike Babick of Wooster was fined $500 and costs for violation of the federal prohibition act. Police report a still in operation at his home late Tuesday. The police court will deal more severely in such cases in the future.
The article notes cotton production and flour milling as major industries in China with American machinery and methods dominating. It discusses the high cost of court dress, noting black silk hose and plain court shoes, and mentions newspapers weighing royal dress guidance as a June 24 court event approaches.
Mrs A E Tabor returns from New York while Ak ro n visitors include Mr and Mrs Harvey Martz. Several property purchases mark the week with Sidney Roher buying two Wetner lots and others purchasing homes on Portage and East Maplest. A W E fancy work club met, and marriages include Harold Domer and Mina Duerr in Navarre with a Michigan motor trip planned.
Miss Alicia Bimeler and J. Frank Harriman wed in Indianapolis on May 29 and will reside in Oklahoma City. Alicia is a nurse graduate from Union Hospital Dover. Harriman is a Hale and Wayne traveling salesman from San Antonio. The couple traveled home to spend a week with relatives. Other local activity includes Mr. and Mrs. William Schilling returning from Indiana, and various residents shopping in Massillon Canton and Mineral City with planned two week trip visiting Niagara Falls New York City Atlantic City Washington and Gettysburg.
Miss Esther Gibson, who has been teaching in Solon, returned home earlier this week. Carl R. Ryan spent a week in Dalton on his return from Indiana Dental College in Indianapolis. He
Akron summer employment plans noted. Canton visitors Mr and Mrs Stuck visited Mrs Edith Stuck. Miss Zella Groff opened an office at Hotel Central. Alliance weekend guests Mrs Gladys Gibson. Etta Wertz aged seventy five died at her son's home near East Greenville. Funeral Thursday at Presbyterian church. Jotham Rees family visited Brewster friends. Kekard family from Akron visiting Dalton kin. Rev William Hoover of St Louis visiting in Dalton area. Joe Johnson and son Ray of Akron guests last week. Wilbert Lehman and wife welcomed a son born Sunday.
The editor recalls promises to buy land near Canton for under 200 dollars per acre. The current 322 acre tract is offered at 307 dollars per acre, a high price for the eastern half of the farm with frontage on the N. O. T. line and easy highway access.
The tract mile north of North Canton sold in April for $200 per acre and is described as equal to the Shaub estate in all material respects. The text questions a supposed 2 acres of spruce and hemlock timber and hints the claim may be a fabrication or misperception by a committee of 15.
An old note on bedbugs describes many regional names and their bloodsucking nature. It touts a chemical called Pesky Devils Quietus P. D. Q as a cure, claiming one 35e package treats a million pests and eggs without harming bedding. Sold by local druggists Roth and Hugs and Union Drug Co.
The county considered a $15,000 bonus for a two acre timber tract noting no other site offers similar attraction. Twenty acres are swampy and unsuitable for farming, so the northeastern corner away from highways is best, reducing the chance the site will be chosen to protect Canton's water supply.
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