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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1925
Page
6
The city outlines improved transportation facilities and traffic regulations, cleaner water for Canton, and abatement of smoke nuisance. It calls for enlarged parks and playgrounds, a strong program of street and county highway improvements, and continued development of public schools.
A daily devotional note quotes Micah calling for just conduct mercy and humility before God. It presents guidance on righteous living through three key duties and frames them as divine requirements for believers.
Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain urges America to recognize that Europe’s security affects every nation and that isolation cannot shield the United States. He promotes a mutual peace pact with reduced armaments, arbitration, and open world cooperation, urging Washington to support disarmament and avoid obstruction.
The piece discusses President Farrand Cornell University remarks on uninformed public opinion and its dangers compared with autocratic rule. It cites potential influence on when a new Congress takes office and touches on religious intolerance prohibition laws and public debate. It also questions Kellogg’s actions and the mixed claims commission's merit based on evidence.
Officials charged with immigration law consider the smugglers the main difficulty as thousands cross borders outside quotas. Insufficient Canadian border policing, vast 5000 mile boundary, and only 260 U.S. officials hinder control. Smuggling ties to liquor and narcotics. a unified border patrol with more agents is proposed as the likely solution.
An unclear statement discusses the American Mexican General Claims Commission finishing its organization to present claims for adjudication. It notes Kellogg’s warning to Mexico and President Calles’ reply to diplomatic exchanges via newspapers, highlighting prior foreknowledge implications.
In Yonkers distressed fathers form the Yonkers Fathers Association to curb daughters late hours and courting in cars. The piece notes broader social worries, cites politicians and commentators, and wryly observes how public debates blend with anecdotes from Scopes and Plato. A daily thought ends with a quip on soft words.
New York correspondent describes a vast city within a city at Grand Central and nearby areas. Observations include a hospital in the station, a mix of professionals and vendors, diverse crowds from immigrants to princes, and bustling arcades rivaling Fifth Avenue. A quip about a chorus girl, a Yiddish merchant tale, and a Tex Guinan club anecdote close the column.
In this poem by Edgar A Guest from 1925, a speaker praises the happiness of owning the first car, comparing it to wealth and luxury. The narrator notes a prideful couple driving their first Ford and recalls his own joy with his wife, declaring the first Ford brings deeper happiness than any limousine or wealth.
A cheeky collection of quips about bootlegging artists and modern cash jokes. It jabs at Michael Angelo jokes and a pumpkin comparison, then pivots to witty wordplay about adding machines and dieting. The piece closes with a wife’s quip about check stubs and everyday finances.
A Canton man set a local city record by beating a train at a crossing but was arrested for reckless driving. He was convicted and fined as law enforcement highlighted the dangers of attempting to outrun a train. The incident involved a watchman and nearby policeman.
WILL ROGERS vents on people who tell stories for small laughs and flags a zany tale from Gene Buck of Ziegfeld Follies. A politician’s heckler quips about the speaker’s hung father, prompting the swift retort that the father died in a platform collapse at a public gathering.
A lyrical piece in which the speaker longs for gypsy nights tambourines scarlet ribbons and romany imagery then contrasts desires for a harbor ship salt air and seafront laughter with life in a brick house and the refrain I wanted a tambourine expresses a restless wish for distant seas.
John Blake argues that manners, while not the sole measure, create crucial impressions. He notes that good manners come from friendliness, while bad manners stem from arrogance. He recalls a golf caddy incident showing integrity over pretended civility and warns against arrogant imitators of civility.
A collage of witty quips and quibbles from papers such as Greenville Piedmont Portland Oregon Journal Harrisburg Telegraph Lexington Leader Danville Register and more. The items lampoon crime fashion media and aviation with light humor and everyday observations.
Washington, June 27. The capital city remains baseball mad as the Senators chase a pennant in the American League. Fans shift from former optimism to wary confidence as a pivotal five game series with the Athletics tests Bucky Harris's club. Seats are sold out, broadcasts flood the streets, and public mood swings with every game in a season viewed as a potential second pennant and world series bid.
A London report claims a native of Jordan recalls meeting Napoleon Bonaparte in Asia Minor during his campaigns. The man estimates he was 8 years old then but may be mistaken, as age and memory blur with time. The item also notes unrelated sports commentary and a school emblem remark.
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