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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
2
Preliminary figures from the census bureau list Columbus Ohio at 237 031 in 1920, up 55 520 since 1910 or 30.6 percent. Other cities shown include Lawrence Massachusetts 94270, Jenkintown Pennsylvania 8366, Independence Missouri 11686, and Ashland Kentucky 14729 with notable increases.
Miss Grace Johnson of Savannahan SE reported her car stolen in Alliance Tuesday night while Spencer Brooks was robbed of $71.20 by a man who struck him with a blackjack after a demand for money. Sam Treis was fined and given 10 days suspended for impersonating an officer and taking $10 from Laura Alexander. Frank Bederlas was fined for carrying concealed weapons. Mohler Lumber Co of North Canton doubled capital stock from $50,000 to $100,000.
Miss Lola Hazlett visits Canton for the week. Mr and Mrs Harry Willis of Minerva spend Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Jake Lewis. Mr and Mrs Hart and son Donald of Newton Falls visit Art Nims. Mrs Charles Roshen of Pittsburgh spent Saturday in Alliance. Miss Emily Farber becomes clerk at Benfer and Black's replacing Blanche Eckes. Mr and Mrs William Colorado in Canton Monday. Mr and Mrs Paul Maddrell of Minerva visit parents Sunday. Mr and Mrs Edward Beans spend weekend with his mother Rosa Beans. Bankett family returns home from Pittsburg Friday night.
London reports Sir Jagadir Chunder Bose, a noted scientist, claims twenty years of experiments show plants have a nervous system like animals. He cites alcohol making vegetables drunk and a carrot under chloroform staggering, urging Veg etarians to rethink meatless diets amid calls for a Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Potherbs.
Mrs. burgh and her son Bobbie, ill two months at West Pennsylvania hospital, shows improvement. Emma and Bertie Fine attend Fimnefrock reunion at Nimisila park Canton. Mrs. Henry Eckenberger and Mrs. Bartel of East Lisbonst shop Canton. Mrs. Philip Hazlett spent Monday in Canton. Mr. and Mrs. William Wirebaugh shopped in Canton Monday. Mrs. Van Charlotte visits Cleveland. Mrs. John Reed of Carrollton visits daughter Mrs. William Wirebaugh. Rev. Sutter of North Canton preached at Lutheran church. Children day services planned at Reformed and Presbyterian churches Sunday. Roy Finefrock of Canal Fulton was in town Saturday.
A scientific writer notes gold abundance in seawater. He estimates one grain of gold per ton of sea water, with oceans containing about 300 million cubic miles and over four thousand million tons per cubic mile, yielding an estimated total gold of around ninety trillion tons in the sea.
Miss Nellie Ross of 1201 Second Street NW was seriously injured Wednesday morning after being struck by an automobile driven by Dan Gerell. She was pinned between Gerell’s car and a second parked vehicle. Gerell was arrested and held on reckless driving charges. The injured woman was taken home.
Massillon Trades and Labor Assembly suit to force City Auditor Crawford to certify referendum petitions on a water rate ordinance was dismissed by Common Pleas Judge Harvey C. Ake. No written demand to Solicitor Willison was shown, and the court found no mandamus path.
Professor Macelwane of St. Louis University predicts the Great Lakes will drop and water will cut a southern path to the St. Lawrence but assures this event will not occur for 37,000 years.
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