City Garbagemen Crisis Triggers Bid to Seize Equipment
Canton faces a growing garbage crisis as uncollected waste rises daily. The Sanitary Garbage Co is criticized for inadequate equipment and labor shortages, prompting mayor Stolberg and health officials to consider city takeover of the company’s gear and operations amid a hot summer. The council committee may act, with bond options discussed to ensure faithful performance.
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Sanirbage Co
Canton
Stolberg Health Board
Snyder
Garbage Cal
Stolberg
M. V. Gatch
7 Co
Mayor and Health Board
Rhage
Office of the Health Cut
Canton Needs 30 More Rooms In Its Schools
Officials estimate the canton school system will require about 30 additional classrooms to handle rising enrollment. The second ward shows the largest gain with 12 rooms, spread across five buildings, while the seventh and sixth wards also need multiple rooms. Completion of new buildings, including the 23rd Street NW and Clarendonay, is expected to ease overcrowding in the coming years.
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Canton
23Rd-St NW
Stark-av
Garfield-av
Market-av S
McKinley
Dueber
Cedarav
Central High School
14Th-St NE
Hartforday
Clarendonay
Nursing fees rise in Canton association action
The Canton Graduate Nurses' association announced fee increases at its regular meeting. General nursing fees rise to 30 dollars per week while contagious nursing fees increase to 35 dollars, up from 25 and 50 dollars respectively.
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Canton Graduate Nurses’ Association
Farmers Visit Wooster Experiment Station Event
More than 600 Stark county residents from all townships toured the 700 acre Wooster experiment station on a Tuesday. County Farm Agent A G Smith said visits were by auto with full day farm tours led by guides. An afternoon address outlined the station work confirming its status as a leading agricultural research center.
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Stark Co
Wooster
A. G. Smith
Prohibition and municipal issues mar early wartime news
Officials reported a split stance on prohibition while a housing and training camp project moved forward. The city faced weather damage and a registration push as subs sank ships and freight rates rose. Community groups planned drives, and a parade of civic matters included jail hospital work, trash collection, and a dramatic club fundraiser.
Fragmented Weather Data Record
Obscure OCR fragment shows numbers and letters with temperatures and times but is incomplete and unreadable for precise summary.
Confiding William Lloyd Detained After Court Remarks
In police court Judge Quinn fines and suspends William Lloyd for intoxication. The cripple leaves smiling, then jokes he will tarry for a drink of whiskey. The judge rejects the quip and enforces the suspended $5 and costs.
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William Lloyd
Lloyd
United States
Quinn
British Press Lens Siege Deepens as Lens Falls to British
British forces push toward Lens through flood plain and shell wreckage while German garrison fights tenaciously in the ruins. Canadians seize La Coulette suburb amid fierce counterattacks as dispatches hint at a near fall. Lens dominates coal regions and supply lines, with Lille’s proximity central to strategic stakes.
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London
Lens
France
Bullecourt
la Coulette
Salient
Lena
Lille
Fire Reaches New Stage of Violence
Amsterdam reports British drum fire in the Arras front fighting. German military expert estimates 9 to 10 million shells fired in one week by English cannon and mine throwers. A Lokal Anzeiger copy shows an order of the seventeenth British army corps commander found with a captured English officer.
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Amsterdam
Arras
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Grain price changes and local ads in Canton market
The Canton Feed & Milling Co announces price shifts on feeds with oil meal up to 54 a ton and cotton seed meal at 55. Middlings drop to 54.2 and 41 respectively, bran to 29, and horse feed to 63. New potatoes at 8 cents a pound, green peas 18 cents. Also real estate mortgages offered by The First Trust & Savings Bank. Ad cuts promote Canton investments and jewelry store offerings.
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Canton Feed & Millingo
Adjustable Window Screens Shipments Highlighted
The Klein and Heffelman Co announces a large shipment of adjustable window screens in 35c 40c and 50c sizes. An ice cream festival and band concert at Nimisila Park is promoted for tonight.
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Klein & Heffelman Co
Coal Operators Seek 1 Dollar-Per-Ton Profit In War Time
Senate hearings on Senator Pomerene’s resolution for government coal operation drew 500 operators to a Washington hotel to discuss fixing a staple price. Charles Moderwell testified operators could set a $1 per ton profit while opposing federal price controls. Lane urged operators to forego profits for national war needs as 740 million tons are expected this year.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Pomerene
Ohio
Senate
Charles W. Moderwell
Chicago
Illinois
Council For National Defense
Newlands
Nevada
Mr. Moderwell
Congress
Senate Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Lane
Interior
Pershing
France
White House
Titan Blows At Living Cost
Washington reports major strides toward curbing living costs with Senate actions on prohibition of distilled spirits, optional beer and light wine, coal price controls, government oversight of iron steel petroleum and farm implements, an export embargo on grain and coal and potential price warnings for canned goods.
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Senate
Exports Council
Germany
Federal Trade Commission
Conserve and Serve Drive To Be Started Sunday
Plans in Washington finalize the Conserve and Serve food drive to begin Sunday with a nationwide hunger campaign. Hoover directs the effort as officials claim two billion dollars in food will be saved and prices steadied by reducing waste and speculation. Mrs A Allen of Ohio State University will address a mass meeting of Canton women Friday at 2 30 p m Eastern time in the Auditorium.
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George Schauf
Election Board
Wingate
Hamburg
Rotterdam
Canton
Thomas Perry
Alliance Canton Automobile Club
Stern and Mann Co
St. Peter's Dramatic Club
Lyceum
Red Cross Society
Canton Womens League For
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Stark Co
Wooster Experiment Station
Retail Merchants’ Association
George Mentzer
Walnutaw
Silver Lake Park
Akron
Grassell Chemical Co
Treasury
Olympia
Dewey
U.S
Washington
Food Administration
Germany
Canton Women's League For War Economy
Herbert ©. Hoover
Wilson
United States
Congress
Hoover
Ray Wilbur
Leland Stanford University
Mra
A. Allen
Ohio State University
American Troops Arrive in France in Two Contingents
The committee on public information announced two contingents of American regulars landed in France today from Paris. Secretary of War Saker declined to comment on the arrival and revealed the port of arrival and frontline destination are being kept confidential.
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Washington
France
Committee On Public Information
Paris
Saker
U. S
Western Front
German ships sunk near The Hague and Rotterdam traffic rises
June 27 report says two German merchant ships traveling between German ports and Rotterdam were sunk by British mines or submarines. Sea traffic between Rotterdam and Germany grows as large supplies are shipped. last week twenty two ships from Hamburg and Baltic ports docked at Rotterdam.
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the Hague
Rotterdam
Hamburg
Baltic
Rivers and Harbors Bill Passes With 27 Million Grant
The House approved the rivers and harbors bill by 205 to 132, authorizing 27 million dollars for nationwide waterway improvements. Timing for reinvestment runs July 1 through July 10. Advertisement mentions investment yields and a leather shop ad with prices 85 cents and 1 dollar.
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Washington
House
Overland Car Ad Promotes Knights and Colorful One Piece
An advertisement from the Klein & Heffelman Co. and Canton Motor Car Co. promotes Overland days and Willys Knights. It highlights men's and boys one piece garments with skirts or without and suggests good color combinations.
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Klein & Heffelman Co
Ady
Willys Knights
Canton Motor Car Co
Extradition papers signed for Cocchi murder case
Governor Whitman signed the papers in Albany to renew the fight to extradite Alfredo Cocchi from Italy to New York for the Ruth Cruger murder case. District Attorney Swann's office will send the documents to Washington for the next step.
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Albany
N.Y
Alfredo Cocchi
Italy
New York
Ruth Cruger
Wadleigh
Whitman
Swann
Washington
Cocchi
State Department
Reckless Driver Fined in Police Court
Charles Roski was fined 25 dollars and costs after being charged with reckless driving on Beldenav SE. Police court heard he endangered lives by speeding then stopping abruptly, causing his vehicle to skid into a crowd of workmen.
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Charles Roski
Beldenav SE
Roski
Suffragists to take jail over White House protest
Six militant suffragists who rioted in front of the White House with banner protests against President Wilson were fined $25 each and sentenced to three days in the workhouse. The defendants pledged jail rather than bond, with Mrs. Katherine Morey, Miss Anna Arneil, Miss Mabel Vernon, Miss Lavina Dock, Miss Maude Jameson, and Miss Virginia Arnold named among those sentenced.
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White House
Wilson
Ringgold Hart
Aesistant Corporation
Katherine Morey
Anna Arneil
Mabel Vernon
Lavina Dock
Maude Jameson
Virginia Arnold
Intern German Editor Von Nostitz to be Interned at Columbus Barracks
Walde mar Von Nostity former editor of Waechte Anzeiger has been held for ten days and will be interned at the Columbus military barracks. He was arrested after admitting editorials condoning the sinking of the Lusitania and said his work aided the German cause and the Democratic party.
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Cleveland
Waldemar von Nostity
Waechte Anzeiger
Columbus Miliary
Marshall Lapp
Department of Justice
Washington
Colum
Lapp
Columbus
von Nostitz
Lusitania
Germany
Gemocratic Party
von Nostitg
The
U. 8
Electric fans and sporting goods advertised in town
Complete initiation by degree team. The largest line of sporting goods in town. Tennis racquets of all makes. Arthur's Leather Shop 204 Market. Polar Cub electric fan five dollars. Klein & Hafelman Co. Adv. Oper evenings.
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Arthur's Leather
Spanagel'’s
Adv
Arthur's Leather Shop
Spanager's
Klein & Hafelman Co
Senate Readies Prohibition Move To Shield Beer And Wine
Washington June 27 The Senate aims to pass an amended food control bill that would ban further manufacture of distilled spirits and let the President decide if vinous liquors and malt beverages may be produced and sold during the war period. If the President refuses, the senate faces a bitter fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Wilson
Senate
Agricultural Committee
Jan Selze
New Complaints On N 0 7 Line Filed
Delayed state utilities report prompts an Akron request for investigation of Canton Akron line serving Springfield Lake residents. Line runs hourly, workers start early to fit seats, no schedule change in 15 years despite area growth, with promises of half hour service and double tracking next year.
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Canton-Akron
State Utilities Commission
T J. Palmer
Akron
Springfield Lake
Akron Itte
Acara
Traction Company
Canton
Children's vehicles listed in Klein & Heffelman ad
Classified notice cites varieties of children's transport including Coasters Boy's Autos Sidewalk Skates and similar items from the Klein and Heffelman ad listing.
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Klein & Heffelman O
Ady
Odd Fellows Notice and Banquet Announcement
Odd Fellows request attendance for the Ravenna third degree team show at Stark Lodge on Thursday evening June 28 followed by a banquet. Also notices advertise real estate mortgages from The First Trust & Savings Bank of Canton for local investors and a vision correction service by Geo Double Co. Jewelers. An expert piano tuning and repair service by The Kletz & Heffelman Co. and a Nimista Park ice cream festival band concert tonight are advertised.
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Odd Fellows
Ravenna
Stark Lodge
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ACE CO
Itary Co
Health Board
Garbage Company
Waldemar ‘4
Cleve
Prohibition
Wnate
Ion Feed & Milling Co
Teater
Net
Roberts
Grace
Frohman
Fght
John Hoge
Tators
Senate Inves Committee
Solberg
J. Sherlock
Garens
First Trust & Savings Bank of
Walter H. Double
Hall Mark
Tuscarawasst
E.—Adyv
Nimisila Park
Tion
Titan
Senate Agriculture
Europe
Dutch Porta
Big Harbors
Intern German Editor
Wil
von Snostite
Utilities Board
Traction Co
Advy
Geo, Double Co
Jewelers and
Mfg
Opticians
Marketavy S
Kletz & Heffelman Co
Advvy
Lee Cream Festival
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