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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1929
Page
4
Canton faces its largest ever primary with sixty two Republican candidates for twenty two offices and a smaller but lively Democratic contest. The editorial urges voters to think clearly, watch for political tactics, and choose strong nominees to bring Canton from chaos toward modern governance.
The Canton Chamber of Commerce urged local industries to drop or waive the age forty five employment cutoff. Reversing a national trend, Canton advocates giving men past forty five an even break to compete for jobs and avoid deepening unemployment among middle aged workers.
The Montana round up drives wild horses into captivity as airplanes join cowboys in locating fugitives across open plains and bad lands. Officials consider future protections similar to migratory game birds to prevent extinction.
A collage of New York cultural scraps, tracing press service jokes, cinema and stage chatter, and urban curios. Reports include Irwin Cobb’s Marry Thaw trial coverage, a feathered aviary anecdote, jai alai plans, and memories of the Olympic theatre’s heyday with Mary Taylor and early box-price shifts.
A reflective piece on aging and behavior with notes on Jonathan Swift’s adherence to life rules. It contrasts wisdom, vanity, and pride in older adults, citing anecdotes about temperance, politeness, truthfulness, and the harms of boastfulness and overbearing talk.
Visual text shows fragmented header and nonsensical lines across postal and office items. Rates list weekly and Sunday payments appear, with scattered city and rural delivery references and subscription terms.
A compact, era-tinged column blends a Biblical verse with public concerns on oil, tariffs, and presidential transitions. It notes U S oil dominance, warns of rapid depletion, and critiques Congress and law enforcement amid Prohibition era issues. The piece cites Taft Hoover MacDonald and public admiration dynamics.
Frederick Blaschke created a life size Neanderthal family scene based on Le Moustier finds and European collaboration. The Chicago Field Museum display shows a hunter man with blood smeared stone tool, a reindeer, a gnawing boy, and a fire tending elder woman, reflecting Neanderthal traits and daily life.
Artist Keigh expands a series with two 25 by 9 foot murals at the Field Museum. The works show Brontosaur and Mosasaur along with pterodactyl and other ancient monsters based on crime revelations, framing a visual record of life’s evolution.
The fez is discarded and Turkish demand grows for American safety razors and blades. Turkey imported 9000 razors from the US and 500 from other lands last year, with 90000 blades used annually mostly from the United States as German supply fills the rest.
Barbs French Strother, Hoover's fourth secretary, answers readers' letters. If you must write, address Strother for a quicker reply. Henry Ford proclaims his sole formula for success is work. The piece notes this as the most original recipe seen to date.
Willard Robinson of Canton questions temperance advocates who favor education and legalization of beer and wine while opposing prohibition. He argues the plan would revive liquor access and undermine abstinence efforts, urging clearer stand against the liquor trade. June 16 Canton.
A gusty day mirrors life as sun and rain alternate. The speaker notes storms pass and sun returns, bringing a spell of peace. Despite hardship, joy will rise again and lift cares, just as sunlight breaks through after clouds.
In a Canton Daily News letter, Joseph S. Loughran of Orange, New Jersey argues that snobbery is not gentility and urges professors to model courtesy and genuine virtue. He condemns social climbing among students and cites Owen D. Young’s tact as evidence that true aristocracy lies in character, not wealth or class. June
A garbled item notes three members of the George family elected, with reference to the British House of Commons and potential coalition. The source is a rough OCR from a local newspaper page.
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