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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1925
Page
4
In Romance Helen Hope Edwards daughter of the Huntington Wa. Va. Mat tress King, seeks a golf ball lost by her father and meets J Edmond Bradley of Boston Back Bay. They plan to marry on her father's New Hampshire estate.
Six hundred dollars in a labeled envelope marked Conscience was found in the Columbus courthouse anteroom. The county treasurer locked the money away as a suspected remains of a defrauding taxpayer.
In New York 165 Dorothy Perkins the 17 year old defendant in the Templeton murder case was made to re enact the shooting scene on the witness stand. Two assistants acted out roles for her father and the slain suitor Templeton as she repeated the sequence with the gun near her wrist.
The Mount Union college Senior Class held its Class Day exercises at Union Avenue M E church. Speakers elected recently delivered orations including valedictorian Livya Rose Alliance and salutatorian Letha Krabill Louisville. Harold R Williams Warren gave the English Classical oration and Miss Mildred McKenzie Beloit the class prophecy. Perc y Harris Canton read the class history. The June trustees meeting was held in the Lewis Memorial library. The conservatory of music will give a recital this evening at Union Avenue M E church.
A party organized from Alliance will depart July 11 under Wendell P. Prout of ALManee High School Industrial Arts. The itinerary includes Yellowstone National Park, Rocky Mountain Park, Estes Park, Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak, Salt Lake City and other sites, with a four and a half day stay at Yellowstone before returning July 25. Potential joiners should contact W. P. Prout.
Alliance firemen extinguished a blaze in a barn owned by J. M. Niuman on River and Walnutts Monday afternoon. About $500 in damage occurred as water had to be pumped from the Mahoning river. Firefighters saved a nearby house when pressure arrived.
Mrs Rosanna Hough, 82, of Orville died Sunday at her home in Smithville after a period of illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the home. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs Laura Markel of Smithville and Mrs Cleora Lessiter of Barberton, and four grandchildren.
Beech Grove notes an all day meeting of the Woman's Welsh club with plans for the national convention in Cleveland. Officers elected include President Mrs William Griffith and Vice President Mrs Sarah Richards. An ice cream festival at Sixteen school June 17 funds lighting for Sixteen Reformed church. Ohio Public Service Company extended an electric line to Elmwood Country Club from the Lincoln highway.
Wilmington traffic patrolman John Traynor stood on his beat in blistering sun until his shoes melted into the hot asphalt. He reported to the station barefoot after cutting the laces and leaving his shoes wedged in the road.
Dayton firm reports four day air travel test by Johnson Airplane Co. with over 1000 passengers and total weight 102026 pounds at a penny a pound. Youngest traveler was one year old Howard Curtis and oldest John Arndts of Philadelphia. Excursion joy rides used to boost aviation, as company announces 50 cents per mile cross country flights to any U S point.
The state building commission and a legislative committee meet to choose a site and architect for a new 4 million dollar state office building. The northeast corner of State and Third, opposite the post office and state house, is favored if bought for 1.5 million dollars, with remaining funds to go into the project.
Ohio Supreme Court denies Steve Nagy of Dayton the $1200 award from lower courts for eye injury. Court says the Industrial Commission acted legally in denying compensation since sight was not wholly lost when a piece of emery entered the eye while he worked for Superior Castings Co. of Dayton.
P Zemer of Fostoria Ohio died in a hospital in Asheville North Carolina on Monday He was a widely known educator and served as superintendent of the Mount Vernon schools for eight years until resigning due to ill health four years ago Since then he spent his winters in Asheville or Albuquerque New Mexico
Navarre June 16 funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Davis 91 at her daughter Mrs. Sadie Bailisa home on Tuesday at 2 p m Rev T J Roby officiated. Burial followed at Union Town cemetery Navarre.
Carter Leach a 19 year old flying instructor at Love Field died when his plane overturned and fell 500 feet Leach was thrown from the plane while a student flyer strapped in the machine escaped serious injury The accident occurred in Dallas Texas on June 16
Chief H. E. Morris will resign July 1 to oversee janitor work for Alliance public schools. His bid of 25 638 dollars won the blanket contract covering all district buildings, the first such award since bids were adopted. Morris served 16 years in city service, rising from fireman in 1910 to chief by 1921.
Dayton dispatch reports the National Retail Dry Goods Association controllers congress addressing store management personnel public relations and economic operating issues. attendees shared solutions from noted experiences and debated a long list of challenges facing retail businesses.
Three men died in a caisson accident during a building project in Chicago. Fire Captain William Sikora, 45, and two unidentified laborers were overcome by gas after drills struck a pocket. Sikora died while attempting rescues as others escaped to safety.
John M. VanFleet 65 assistant superintendent of the Senate office building collapsed and died in his Washington office. He leaves a son Dr H L VanFleet of Cleveland and a daughter active as a missionary to Korea. Nephew George VanFleet of the Marion Star is mentioned.
News dispatch reports 17 year old swimmer Gertrude Ederle completed a battery to Sandy Hook crossing in seven hours eleven and a half minutes, despite a strong tide. The feat boosts hopes she will attempt the English Channel soon with plans to sail for Europe tomorrow.
Cornell passed an emergency ordinance to hire four police and four firefighters starting July 1. The hires will be paid from a $31,000 levy funds collected now after earlier layoffs on February 1 due to financial strain. The levy was approved by citizens via petitions.
Columbus June 16 Numerous complaints were made to Gov Donahey by those protesting an order from the department of Public Works directing Fred Hammond the custodian to rid the statehouse grounds of pigeons as undesirable visitors Armed with a rifle Hammond has been making war on the birds with numerous casualties Critics say the birds provide pleasure to hundreds of children playing on the grounds daily.
Over 2 000 teachers are expected to attend sessions of the Ohio Teachers Association summer meeting at Cedar Point June 23 to 25. Departmental topics include Improvement of the Schools Democracy in Organization and Supervision of Rural Schools. U S Senator Fess is expected to speak at the annual banquet June 22 evening. The program emphasizes more recreation and entertainment features.
Arrangements are made to erect a steel bridge over Big Indian Creek at Point Pleasant Ohio as a memorial to Gen Ulysses S Grant birthplace. The bridge costs about 100000 with Ohio paying 70000 and Clermont county 30000.
Today’s Reader Bargains features local fish dealer remnant shop and garden plant grower among Canton’s leading merchants' specials. The first classified page highlights thrifty offers in this market basket section.
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