12 Jun 1914
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
1
City records reveal a 1913 council resolution directing the service department to prepare plans for underground conduits on business streets. Officials promised to place overhead telephone, light, or power wires underground, with underground wiring to be implemented as plans proceed.
City and county race items from the primary filing period with Whitacre as a Democratic governor candidate. Notes on undergrounding wires between McKinley and Walnut and city plans, engineer capacity, and council directives. Also mentions a $24.23 award to Ralph Longworth for an industrial injury at Fulton Pit Car & Manufacturing Co and a Canton meeting of the high school boys camp club at the Y.M.C.A.
A group of 30 boys and girls aged eight to 12 threaten to shut down the Strawberry market over pay. Producer George Mong of Osnaburg negotiates, offering one cent per quart. workers demand two cents. The dispute erupts into a half hour conference and settlement.
The forecast warns unsettled skies with hints of Saturday warmth. Klein & Heffelman announce decorations for Knights of Pythias events on June 14 with processions from Castle Hall to West Lawn Cemetery and services at Trinity Reformed Church. A trolley line accident left Charles Gloyd injured. arid remarks on local labor and strawberries offer a colorful slice of daily life.
A Chicago meeting of women's federation leaders faces a split over votes for women. One camp favors suffrage, another opposes delaying convention action. Officials warn forced endorsement could sway political machines and endanger lawmakers who oppose equality. The 400,000-member federation risked裂 disruption as factions pressed for or against action before the convention.
Mrs Grace Wilbur Trout, president of the Illinois Equal Suffrage association, campaigns for General Federation of Women's Clubs endorsement of suffrage. Mrs Z J Fitzpatrick, Georgia federation president, opposes mixing suffrage with federation politics, warning of dissension.
A survey by the City P T union and the board of education outlines a plan for improving Ward schools with interior painting, new toilets, slate blackboards, added rooms at South McKinley, and updated heating and plumbing. Retaining walls will be built at Summit Dueber Liberty and Washington.
Stark ce reports seventeen year locusts infesting large areas but few appear at Magnolia with no damage. At Minerva millions have settled in and caused extensive damage to smaller trees. Local notices advertise piano sales, kitchen sets, refrigerator deals, an ice cream festival at the court house lawn, and a summer stock show at Spanage Leather Shop.
Akron police face a sensational probe into a suspected plot to lure daughters of affluent families into a musical troupe. Two teen girls arrested report a Canton bound act and a Fremont departure with the Mack Carnival company. The Moorehead girl says she funded a trip for a companion who claimed an Akron family aunt awaited her in Canton. Her mother alleges manipulation by the other girl.
Rail dealers in north Michigan formally complain that railroads charge excessive and discriminatory rates on Christmas trees. They report rates have jumped 50 to 125 percent, prompting the Interstate Commerce Commission to review the issue.
United Press reports Toledo will host the 1915 Conclave of the United Commercial Travelers after Toledo, Youngstown, Dayton, and Akron delegates agreed on the selection. Three days of events are planned with a 60 chair eastern division from Chi easton. Whitacre arrives from Washington and visits his country home. he makes no campaign dealings that day. At Antioch College, Congressman S. D. Fess, president of Antioch, delivers the annual commencement address.
A suffrage banquet at the Courtland hotel marks the formal kickoff of Ohio's campaign led by International president Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and state president Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton. About 150 attendees, many suffragists, hear Catt compare conditions worldwide and outline plans for the movement’s summer push. The dining room glowed in yellow, suffrage banners displayed, and the event signals the movement’s momentum.
Alliance photographer L. E. Glasser mistook a glass of poison for water in a dark room on Thursday night. A physician arrived promptly and saved his life, preventing a deadly outcome from the pol on.
A local physician recalls a recent personal episode and urges physicians to support the civic body. He stresses fidelity and loyalty to the city and the duty to foster professional solidarity among members. Page continues with notes on refrigeration appliances and Saturday specials from Klein’s Quality Shop at 134 Tuscarawas Street West.
Senator Pomerene says its good move as advertising mixes with local notices. The Klein and Heffelman Co promotes fishing tackle and a complete line of cakes and pastries from The Pastry Shop at 112 Cleveland Ave NW. Moose Ladies Night, furniture reductions, and lawn mowers featured in department ads with garbled interjections.
Scranton Pennsylvania booster notices describe raising funds to attract new industries. Local ads promote Moose Club events and social nights while small business lines urge readers to use local services and theatres.
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