Tax Board Refuses Cut of $400,000 in Alliance Property
The Alliance property owners led by attorneys Hart and Koehler protested a requested $400,000 higher valuation, seeking equal treatment with Canton and Massillon. The tax board cited gross irregularities in Alliance valuations and announced a general reappraisal, with Massillon and Canton to be reviewed next year.
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Charity Tax Board
Mainst
Alliance
Attys, Hart & Koehler
Alliance Business
Canton and
Massillon
Canton
Moore
Board of Complaints
State Tax Commission
Allies Press German Forces as Paris Battle Intensifies
Paris dispatch says Allied forces push the Germans back along the line with the Paris defense army nearby. German right wing under Von Kluck suffers heavy losses as Germans are driven toward Belgium. A new British force reportedly raids German communications, while Gallieni asserts the French center advances and the German assault fails. Russian menace grows with reports of Austrian fortress evacuation and Russian movement toward Berlin threatening Breslau.
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Keneh Center
Ostend
Cracow Falls
Berlin
Silesia
von Buelaw
Tore’ von Kluck
Paris
Gallieni
France
von Kluck
von Buclow
Marne
Belgium
War Office
Germany
Cracow
Galicia
Warta
Warthe
Oder
Russia
East Prussia
Breslau
Nervy Thieves Cook Bacon And Eggs In Bakery
Thieves searched the Cosgrobe and Crites bakery at 1310 Tuscara and gathered an armful of eggs and a slab of meat then cooked them in the bakery kitchen. They also took $5 in Buffalo nickels a pocket knife and a bracelet. Police report suggests more valuables may be missing and arrests are expected soon.
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Cosgrobe and Crites
Tuscara
Thieves Steal Rhode Island Reds From Sloan Coop
Thieves entered the S. H. Sloan chicken coop at 11338 Seavilleavy SW late Wednesday evening and stole nine Rhode Island red chickens. Police report the theft, but no evidence or birds have been recovered.
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S. H. Sloan
Seavilleavy
Rhode Island
Medical Inspection in Schools This Year
The Parent-Teacher City union executive committee will meet to map out the year’s work. They will discuss handling enrollment surges and whether to adopt a half day session or issue bonds. Bond plans likely face debt issues, with retirement within the five mill limit, per Clerk Lane. The board will wait for Superintendent Baxter’s school visits before acting.
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Board of Education
Parent-Teacher City Union
Clerk Lane
Baxter
Weather forecast and lyceum schedule
Fair and warmer tonight with increasing cloudiness and likely showers. Shriners present a Lyceum with a first show Thursday night and a second public performance at 9:15 p m.
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Shriners
Lyceum
Sual
If You Found 890 Would You Keep It or Find the Owner
A true story centers on a classified page where a reader discovers a sum labeled 890 and ponders whether to keep the amount or attempt to locate the rightful owner. The piece delves into moral questions, community norms, and personal responsibility in handling found money.
Odd Fellows Degree Night At Stark Lodge Canton
Stark Lodge No. 513 schedules first degree after eleven candidates and a large degree staff with new uniforms. Adytum urges every Odd Fellow in Canton to attend.
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Stark Lodge
Canton
Adyt
Day and Night School Ad Initiates Fall Classes
The Canton Actual Business College announces a night school start date of September 14. Many students will also join day classes beginning the following Monday. Have you enrolled.
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Canton
Business College
Advt
Paving Not Completed Delays County Contract
The Massillon paving project will miss its Sept. 10 deadline. President Stoner of the county commissioners said grading and curb work are finished, brick laying will take several more days, and no penalty collection is expected despite the contract terms. Rain delayed progress. The commissioners criticize the prolonged effort and blame insufficient force.
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Massillonrd
Presiden Stoner
County Commissioners
Stoner
Ouster suit to go to Supreme Court next week
Testimony in the county ouster case against the N. O. T. will be presented to the Supreme Court when it convenes next week. Prosecutor Pontius said the hearing should wind up within a few days and all papers are ready to go to the court. An ice cream festival and band concert at Nimisila Park is scheduled for Thursday evening September 19, hosted by the Degree team at Reindeer Lodge. Adverts note optician Walter H. Deuble offers glasses at 128 and 125 Tuscarawas St. E.
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Supreme Court
Pontius
McCarty
Nimisila Park
Reindeer Lodge
Sanders Dancing School Friday Beginners Class Advt
Shriners have Lycents for first for public at 9 15 as usual Advt notice for Sanders Dancing School beginners class Friday with public access times and venue details in the advertisement.
Shriners Parade in Canton Draws 1200 Strong Crowd
Crowds lined the downtown Canton streets as 1200 Shriners led by bands and camels paraded from Cherry and Tuscarawas. The visit included a 10:30 parade, a 12 noon luncheon, a 5 pm banquet, a 6:30 pm theater performance, and a reception at the Courtland hotel with Cantonians offered entertainments from the Al Koran temple.
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Canton
Ohio
Cherry
Tuscarawassit
Courtland Hotel
Walter I. Thompson
H. O. van Hart
al Koran Temple
Shriners
Wilson Garage
Lyceum Theater
Canton Shriners Club
Court House
al Kovan
Noble Floyd St. Clair
Clair
DeKoven
King Cornet
Noble A. L. Rudy
Luders Ce
Deppen
Miles
St. Clair
Canton Shriners’ Club
Owe Et Noble
N. Thurston
Three More Library Coupons for Dickens Works
Public notice urges readers to clip three remaining Dickens coupons printed on Friday and Saturday. Collect six coupons total and bring them to the News office to receive a six volume set of Dickens works, advertised as well printed and well bound, with the event at 9:15 as usual. Also an advertisement calls for five extra shoe salesmen at The Lloyd Co. for Saturday work at 210 Market Ave S.
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the Lloyd Co
Retreats and rumblings as Allies push fronts WWI era
Report from the front notes German withdrawals under pressure of Allied offensives while a rumored British expedition from Ostend disrupts German communication lines. Russian advances continue along the Austrian frontier as Austrian casualties accumulate toward a toll estimated at 120000.
Allies VICTORIES in FRANCE credited to BRITISH BRAVERY
London dispatch reports war office chiefs credit British troops for France’s defense. Sir John French review underscores British 100,000 plus 90,000 added forces holding the left wing from Aug 21 to 28. French praise for generals and staff, with implied French cooperation criticism. Forward movement noted. unconfirmed reports of German line disruption via sea coast and possible Russian or Indian landings.
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United Press
London
France
War Office
Sir John French
Ostend
Harve
Collapse of Austrian defense feared by German forces in France
Vienna reports 120,000 Austrian first line troops killed wounded or captured with supplies lost as German and Allied forces press in France. English reaction is surprisingly favorable despite Russia’s formidable operations. Continued on page three column two.
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Vienna
Name Change Bid After Allied Namesake Upheaval
John Myers of Pikest Alliance plans to appeal for a name change after a string of recent trouble. A man used Myers name in an Alliance raid, prompting prosecutors and officials to act. In probate court, Myers was served with a subpoena he could not read, triggering domestic and church fallout. Myers warned he would seek vengeance if innocent, while the German church expelled him pending proof of innocence. An open letter to Myers declared no connection to the case.
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John Myers
Pikest
Alliance
Myers
Church of Alliance
Pontius
Oberlin
Ehman
Uni
Canton
Cathon
William Fasnacat
Symone
Start to School September at Canton Actual Business College
September courses in bookkeeping shorthand stenotypy and drafting offered at Canton Actual Business College. Day and night classes attract thousands of graduates. catalog available by mail on request. For information call Stark 1598 or tell 112L. Ad. Shriners hold Lyceum for public admission at 915 versus usual price. Ad. 9-10.
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Canton
Business Colege
Stark
Jersey Sale for Football Jerseys in Team Lots
The Klein and Hefelman Co advertises special prices on football jerseys in team lots. Ady.
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Klein &@ Hefelman Co
Ady
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William Philip Simms
Atlantis
Quster
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Dicken
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Woman's Page
Daily News
Molly Stark
Polly and
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Blogey
Smith-Dorrien
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ED L. Keen
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