28 May 1923
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1923
Page
1
Leaders warned of a stiff 24 hour push as $267,676 had been pledged or collected by Monday noon with $81,952 still required before the 6:15 pm Tuesday deadline. General Chairman Henry A. Roemer said the next day would be the hardest yet and solicitors focused on mobilizing noncontributors and boosting existing subscriptions.
Forecast for Ohio generally fair with little change in temperature. Saturday highs around 80, lows near 60. Ice service offered by McKinley 5587. Coal and Ice Co ad from Schory & Schellhase. Plano tuning by Carl Edwin J. Werner Bell Main 3706-W. Roller skate sale at 1.75. Hardware Co ad at 321 West Tuscarawas Street. St Pauls Card Party noted as continued.
Contracts were let Monday for four road improvements after bid rejections earlier. Final agreements cover brick surfaced sections on Canton Middlebranch and Reedurban McDonaldsville roads, with Urban Brothers and The Burd Construction Co. awarded monolithic and combined base brick top work totaling about 256,032.98 dollars.
The Knights Templar Order of the Temple announces a meeting on Tuesday May 29 at 7 p.m. Carl F Spana gel will perform on the recorder and Frank Strubbe serves as commander.
Advertisements note home grown peonies from Geltzs at Hotel Northern and a phone listing for garden hose and tools from The Quality Hardware Co. Also a Decoration Day parade notice for Daughters of Veterans and a Masonic special communication at Lath Rope Lodge No. 676 with officers Burd and Mast. Also a screens and doors window sale from The Quality Hardware Co.
A compact hardware notice from Quality Hardware Co at 321 West Tu se adv offers screen paint and wire screen cut to any size.
London May 28 A grave constitutional crisis confronts Premier Baldwin's Tory government as the house of commons debates the bill of indemnity shielding Home Secretary Bridgeman and associates from penalties for illegal deportations of 110 Irish civilians. Moderate Tory Austen Chamberlain signals opposition, potentially allying with Liberals and Labour, while the bill seeks wartime powers for home secretaries to authorize arrests without trial.
Canton groups observed Memorial Day with full church services. The G A R read 21 names and led the Grand Army rites at First United Brethren, while joint services at First Christian honored Spanish War veterans, Army and Navy union, and V F W with Rev P H Welshimer speaking. Memorials also noted at Melcheimer cemetery East Sparta with Judge Abram W Agler and Dr CO Manchester scheduled to speak Wednesday. No home ice deliveries on Decoration Day. City Ice & Coal Co advertises.
Mrs. Raymond O. Bennett Jr., heiress and former film star, remains beside her husband in the Tampa jail after his arrest for shooting Herbert M. Caruthers during a restaurant quarrel after an after theater party hosted by the Bennetts. He faces a self defense plea.
Canton subscribers on Ohio Bell and Ohio State systems adjust to new prefixes after partial plant unification. Managers report smoother transitions and widespread use of updated directories. Some inquiries arise about equipment compatibility and system changes across unified service. Authorities pursue a mulatto suspect in Belmont linked to a Cleveland murder case.
A thief fled after smashing a display window at Olsen and Ebann jewelry, taking two watches two rings and a bracelet worth 299 dollars from 437 Market av N. Police also investigated a break in at Elmer Gibbs home on Market av N where a cellar window was forced but the burglar likely fled before entering the basement.
The notice provides a telephone number 3600 for missed papers and states the circulation department is open each evening until 6 30 and Sunday morning until 11 for sending copies.
Columbus May 23 George Edsey sixty shoe cobbler long known to Ohio State students as dad is dead by self inflicted gunshot. Rent rise from twenty to fifty dollars a month triggered despair. He ran a North High Street shop near the university for years leaving a widow and three daughters.
Reports from Berlin and Essen state twenty killed in weekend clashes between German reds and police in the Ruhr, with up to 700 000 coal miners idled as a general strike spreads across the region. French authorities maintain benevolent neutrality amid unrest.
In consideration of the Boys in Blue of 61 65 the Troy Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co will close its plant and offices Wednesday Decoration Day all day.
State health authority rejects a centralized plan for Stark County institutions including a tuberculosis hospital infirmary and workhouse. Commission agrees to build a 100 bed tuberculosis hospital on the Cannes site south of Canton while pursuing a 70 acre tract for financing. Booth advocates moving the joint workhouse and infirmary to Navarre site. state agency cautions against locating a TB hospital near the infirmary or workhouse.
August Claessens of New York City will lecture on Present Economic and Social Problems on Thursday and Friday evenings at 8 p.m. from the south courthouse steps. He is a Rand School of Social Science teacher touring the country and opening meetings to questions at the close.
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