Veterans drive boosts stamp sales across districts
In a wartime drive to raise 1.8 million dollars, veterans and workers reported substantial stamp sales and pledges. Districts show strong participation with significant cash contributions, including 241,770 from men and 27,500 from women, as volunteers marshal booths and organize the four hundred workers at Courtland hotel.
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Courtland Hotel
Salem
Generalsley
L. J. Noaker
Sen
Melaod Morgan
Sam
Defense Council Founder Resigns for Rest in War Effort
Mrs. J H Bair resigns as head of Canton Woman's committee Council of National Defense due to ill health. Mrs. C C Bow is elected chairman to lead Defense council forces. The resignation is accepted with regret after Mrs Bair led local efforts since the war entry. Miss Belle Sherwin praises the council and notes growing war work in Canton and state.
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Canton
J. H. Bair
Council of National Defense
C. CC. Bow
Judge Bow
Defense Council
Bair
Miss Sherwin
Draft lottery set for 700000 youths to learn call
The draft lottery for newly registered 21 year old men will be held in the Senate Office Building at 9 30 this Thursday morning. Secretary of War Baker announced that 700000 young men will learn the order of their call to military service.
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Washington
U. P
Senate
Baker
Cantonian's Son Dies in Battle
Private James Clark Tate 24, marine from Brilliant Ohio, died in France June 1. His father James Tate reports the telegram and shows a photo of another son Fred Tate on the cruiser North Carolina. Tate enlisted July 29 and wrote from a front line rest camp saying he was in splendid health. He leaves his father, a bricklayer, a brother Fred, and four sisters Pearl Elizabeth Mary and Sarah Tate.
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James Tate
16Th
James Clark Tate
France
Tate
Fred Tate
North Carolina
Brilliant
Marines
Wheeling
United Alloy Steel Corporation
Canton
Navy
Pearl
Elia Elizabeth Tate
Mary E. Tate
Sarah M. Tate
Unclear OCR Lead Summary From Luncheon Data
Fragmentary OCR data lists division names and numeric figures across multiple columns, indicating a luncheon report with totals for Wurhe Morgan Miley Noaker and other divisions. The text lacks complete context, making precise entities and outcomes unreadable.
McCulloch Fights to Draft Aliens to Army
Congressman McCulloch advocates drafting aliens after Senate ratified a treaty with Great Britain and Canada. He expects quick federal draft machinery via the Burnett bill and anticipates treaties with France Italy Greece Belgium and Serbia for allied citizens living in the U S. He credits his talks with President Wilson for Senate action on the alien question.
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McCulloch
Great Britain
Canada
Washington
France
Italy
Greece
Belgium
Serbia
America
Wilson
Senate
Flags to lead Canton Fourth of July parade
Canton plans a grand Independence Day parade with only U S flags in the automobile division and all foot marchers at the head. Foreign groups will march as American citizens under the Stars and Stripes with city officials leading on foot. Escorts from American and foreign organizations will speak in multiple languages.
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Canton
Chamber of Commerce
Canton Infantry
Canton Home Guards
C. E. Poorman
Northern Ohio Traction begins Beldenav extension work
Work started Tuesday by the Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co to finish the Beldenav and Rightlst NE extension of the city lines. Akron engineer E Eckroate arrived to assemble a workforce and by Wednesday the project will be well underway and rushed to completion. A notice to Knights of St John No 205 announces a special meeting tonight at 7 30 in East block to arrange the funeral of Edward Sweeney.
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Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co
Beldenav and
Rightlst NE
E. Eckroate
Akron
Canton
Dan Scanlon
Knights of St. John No
Edward Sweeney
Adv
Carpenters Sought for Red Cross Donation at Church
At First Congregational Church the Canton Chapter American Red Cross seeks carpenters to donate several hours of work Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday evening. Volunteers should call the basement at 7 o'clock.
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First Congregational Church
Tuse
Canton
American Red Cross- Ady
Elks Hear Sergt McAdams At Club Tonight
Elks Club hosts Sergeant W B McAdams of the Canadian Field Artillery tonight at 8 p m for Elks and friends. Charles A Booth serves as secretary and advisor.
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Elks
Sergt
W. B. McAdams
Canadian Field Artillery
Elks Club
Chas. A. Booth
Sec’y.Adv
Ohio To Send 12200 Men To Camps In July
Columbus reports Ohio will mobilize 12200 selectees for five days beginning July 22. Of these, 5000 go to Camp Sherman and 7200 to Camp Jackson in Columbia South Carolina. Officials say quotas for this movement will be released in a few days.
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Ohio
Columbus
U. P
Camp Sherman
Camp Jackson
Columbia
South Carolina
War draft debate widens scope as Crowder backs France plan
Congress asks War Department for draft scope ideas as army bill amendments push enrollment to 1845. Crowder endorses a France plan forcing 18 to 45 males into service with no war work carveouts, while Fall suggests a training focus delaying frontline service for 18 to 21 year olds to steadily raise trained forces.
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Tuited
Washington
Congress
War Department
Crowder
Senate
France
Senate Military Committee
Boer War Veteran Darby Dies After Plant Accident
Francis J. Darby 41 of Canton dies after a mold falls at United Alloy Steel causing fatal injuries. He served as a Boer War surgeon and held two bravery medals. Survived by widow, two daughters, parents, four brothers, sister in England, an uncle and cousin. Funeral at his uncle’s home and then First Evangelical church with burial at West Lawn Cemetery.
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United Allloy Steel Corporation
Francis J. Darby
Sixteenth-st
Ingleside Hospital
Darby
Spiker
Canton
Mary
Elsie
England
J. J. Evans
J. B. Evans
Moose Lodge
Rowlanday
First Evangelical Church
Westlawn Cemetery
Elks Hear Sergt W B McAdams on 30 Years in War
Elks club hosts Sergt W B McAdams who outlines three decades of World War service tonight. Chas A Booth serves as secretary-advocate.
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Elks
Sergt. W. B. McAdams
Elks Club
Chas. A. Booth
Sec'y
Adv
British Bomber Attacks Hit Metz Sablen Saarbrucken Dillingen
British airmen conducted air raids on Metz Sablen Saarbrucken and Dillingen Sunday night and Monday. Railway facilities at Metz and Sablen and factories at Saarbrucken and Dillingen were severely damaged. All British planes returned safely and one enemy plane was shot down in flames.
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London
U. BP
Metz
Sablen
Saarbrucken
Dillingen
Inquest Held Over Man Killed by Wife in Alliance
Coroner Douds opened an inquest into the death of Dave Stort 35 who was shot by his wife Monday morning in Alliance after allegedly slashing the throats of his wife and a boarder Pete Gasterino. The wife and Gasterino were expected to recover a post mortem was held in Alliance and the inquest may move to Canton. Trunks 6 to 12 dollars at Arthur’s Leather Shop 204 Market av N Advy.
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Dave Stort
Alliance
Douds
Stort
Pete Gasterino
Gasterino
Canton
Arthur's Leather Shop
Eye examinations without drops by Geo Dou ble Co
Geo Dou ble Co jewelers and mfg opticians advertise eye examinations without the use of drops at 130 Market avenue. The notice promotes their optician services and eyewear offerings.
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Geo, Double Co., Jewelers and Mfg
Opticians
The Beauty Shop Matinee Ad at Lake Park Theater
Children’s matinee advertised at the Lake Park theater with admission listed as 11 cents. Advertisement clipping notes financial details and venue.
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Lake Park Theater
Children See The Beauty Shop For 11 Cents
Matinees all week at Lake Park theater advertise the comedy The Beauty Shop with admission priced at eleven cents for children's showings.
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Lake Park Theater
Piave River Choked With Austro Dead After Italian Counterstroke
Allied air forces harassed the Austrian retreat across the Piave as Italian cavalry and infantry push the line toward Conegliana and Oderzo. Archduke Joseph and Gen. Von Wurm face capitulation or annihilation amid heavy Austrian losses and widespread captures.
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U. P
Archduke Joseph
Gen. von Wurm
Piave
War Office
Falsee
Montello
Conegliana
Oderzo
Ponte di Piave
Members to Visit Home of Brother Darby for Respect
Members meet at club rooms at 7 15 Wednesday evening to travel to 933 Rowlanday NE to pay last respects to Brother Darby.
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Brother Darby
Rowlanday
Adv
Mayor’s Aid In Starting Matrimonial Agency At City Hall
A letter to Mayor Poorman reveals he has opened a matrimonial office at city hall. R. H. Stafford, 33, tall and well built, widower with two children, seeks a young widow with or without a child. He claims good habits and employment and wants companionship. he recently moved here and his wife died three years ago.
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Poorman
City Hall
R. H. Stafford
Stafford
Slain Former Czar Rumor Circulates in London
Reports from Petrograd circulate in London that the former czar may have been killed at Ekaterinburg by Bolsheviks. Dispatches say Mensheviks and Right SRs expected to dominate Soviet elections despite Bolshevik maneuvers. A Moscow report claims Bolshevik press head Volodarsky was shot in Petrograd.
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London
U. P
Petrograd
Ekaterinberg
Moscow
M. Volodarsk
Masonic Notice for Lodge Meeting Tonight
A special communication of Wm. McKinley Lodge will be held tonight at 7 p.m. An A. M. Degree. D. J. Al cher M. H. Heingartner, Sec, Ady.
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Wm. McKinley Lodge
D. J. Alcher M
H. H. Heingartner
Ady
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