Town Notebook Mixed Town Tales and Panic Over Lost Wagon
Police investigated a Thursday afternoon report of a wandering wagon near 22nd Street and Maple NE but found no trace after residents said a banana vendor’s cart may have been mistaken for the wagon. The column also recalls local anecdotes from a missed streetcar to a flood relief note of thanks, and a novelty about crackerless snacks sparking bakery chatter.
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22Nd St
Maple NE
Canton
Bath
Mich
Convict Sleuth Tells All About Former Pass Convict
A second conference with Streitenberger followed a sentence to life for murder. Detective Ora Slater announced the investigation would continue. Prosecutor Harter prepared to reconvene the grand jury to pursue those named in Streitenberger’s confession and linked to the Mel let t murder cases.
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Streitenberger
Harter
Slater
Ora Slater
McClintock
Mellett
Dennis R. Smith
Don R. Mellett
Floyd Streitenberger
Ohio Penitentiary
Streitenbergr
Louis Mazer
Bertillon
Ben Clarke
Clarke
Congress Lake Club
J. H. Robertson
Frank T. Bow
Henry W. Harter
James M. Aungst
Ora M. Slater
Ed Gibson
Flora Fetzer
Grand Jury
Turner Declines Return to Canton After Clemency
Harry Turner Canton vice leader and perjurer, freed from the Ohio penitentiary and pardoned by Gov. Donahey, says he will not return to Stark County. He plans to stay in Columbus and consider Pennsylvania, citing past injustices in Canton and aiming to start anew. His wife and daughter will remain with him. Marty Bouklias, also freed, may return to Canton.
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Columbus
Harry Turner
Canton
Ohio
Donahey
Stark Co
Turner
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Marty Bouklias
Starkco
Preparing for sweep of flood sweeps Louisiana coast
Secretary Hoover toured the southern edge of Louisiana to ready inland parishes for the final flood on the Mississippi. Refugees flood St Martin parish and Red Cross camps as 60 foot floodwaters advance, with 60 000 to 80 000 refugees already housed and up to 100 000 more expected before the crest.
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Opelousa
Herbert Hoover
Louisiana
Mississippi
St. Martin Parish
St. Martinsville
Lafayette
Alexandria
Louisiana Red Cross
Bayou Des Glasses
Bt. Martin
Iberville
Shea
Bt. Mary
George Charis Named Commissioner in Hot Rolled Strip Institute
George H. Charis former United Alloy Steel president now leads the Hiner Structural Steel Co Canton as commissioner of the new Hot Rolled Strip Institute. The body will gather data on uses sales demand freight classifications and export potential for hot rolled strips and set standards and sizes. The executive committee includes F J Griffiths Mastillon and others from Canton Cleveland and Warren. FLOOD FUND TOPS 13 MILLION. The Red Cross drive reached 13,195,625 dollars in relief funds.
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Cleveland
George H. Charis
United Alloy Steel Corporation
Hiner Structural Steel Co
Canton
Dirs
Charis
Landis
Charla
Institute
George H. Charls
F. J. Griffiths
Central Alloy Steel Corp
Mastillon
BE. J. Kulas
Otis Steel Co
John T
Washington
Red Cross
Thoroughfare plan eyed by Canton board
Canton officials study a city wide thoroughfare scheme proposed by Morris Knowles urging an east west link from Cleveland to a 60 90 foot width. The route would cross Market south of Thurman Smith garage run northwest to Mahoning road and on to state roads toward Louisville with a multi million dollar land purchase ahead. A second major opening aims to create a cross city 4th Street at NW from a central point.
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Knowles
Cleveland
Mahoning R
Market Oy
Thurman Smith Garage
Mahoning Rd
Herbrucket
Loulsnville
Bath Mourns School Dead in Bath Michigan
The Bath Consolidated school tragedy leaves 44 dead with funerals planned across the weekend. Prosecutor William Sears delays the official investigation until Monday while denying an accomplice helped dynamite the building. Evidence shows a rear door may have been left inoperable for weeks.
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Bath, Mich
Bath Consolidated
Bath
Andrew Kehoe
Bath Tp
William C. Sears
Clinton Co
Kehoe
Sears
Roustabout Loses Arm In Circus Accident
In Zanesville on May 206 David Orritl a 20 year old roustabout from Atlanta Georgia lost an arm in a naval circus accident. His arm was entangled in a rope used to lower heavy loads. it was sawed off. He is in a local hospital and expected to recover.
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Zanesville
David Orritl
Atlanta
Lindbergh Flew Spirit of St Louis Toward Paris Amid Fog
Newsmen reported sightings of the Spirit of St Louis with Charles A. Lindbergh on a New York to Paris attempt. Officials doubted the reports, noting fog and possible misidentifications from airfield maneuvers and coastal sightings along Massachusetts and New England.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Spirit of
Boston
New England
St. Louis
New York
Paris
Fingland
Lindbergh
Barrington
Halifax
Bishop Bast Suspended by Detroit Bishop Over Misconduct
Chicago May 20 Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Detroit suspended Bishop Anton Bast of the Copenhagen Methodist Episcopal church for alleged improper conduct with a woman and unministerial conduct. It marks the first such action in church history.
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Chicago
Thomas Nicholson
Detroit
Anton Bast
Copenhagen
Citizens urged votes on new Canton city hall project
The Canton Daily News reports the Municipal Building Commission seeks voter input on whether to tear down and construct a new city hall or spend 75 000 to 100 000 to remodel the existing building. An inspector’s order prompts immediate action, with coupons mailed for public guidance before the election.
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Canton Daily News
Municipal Building Commission
Canton
Alte
Ecity
Estate Department For
Hankow reported in flames amid rumors of capture
Shanghai on May 20 circulated sensational unconfirmed reports about Hankow. One account says Hankow has fallen and is burning while Wu Pei fu's forces are said to press at Hankow gates after a crushing defender defeat.
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HW. W. Benedict
Nepal
McKinley High School
Hamlet
Benedict
Kinley High
Shanghai
Hankow
Wu Pelu
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