Canton Reports 1922 Fire Loss of 47 Cents Per Capita
Canton’s 1922 fire loss totaled 47100 dollars and 9 cents, about 47 cents per capita on a 100000 population, according to Fire Chief Mesnar’s annual report filed with the safety director. Insured losses far exceeded uninsured, apparatus is described as critical, and officials urge larger mains and faster equipment replacement. There were 427 calls, 274 building fires, 49 false alarms, and 13 firefighter injuries.
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Canton
Mesnar
United States
Canada
Hildheray NE
Mike Thomas
Hinderer Brothers
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Fire safety reform proposals from 1900s city council
The list urges quarterly apparatus purchases, independent fire brigades by industries, banning snake dances by students, wiring underground in business districts, strict fire-trap enforcement, removing ads and signs from buildings, expanding water mains and hydrants, appointing a city inspector in towns over 20 000, banning flexible metal hoses, and giving fire crews right of way for motorists and transit workers.
Taxpayers Asked About Tuberculosis Sanitarium Plan
Stark county taxpayers will decide the type of tuberculosis sanitarium to be built. A meeting January 30 in Canton’s courthouse will feature county commissioners, Exchange Club members, W Seiberling of Seiberling Rubber and J Shaw of former Goodrich Rubber, plus architects Thayer and Johnson. They will discuss tentative sanitarium plans, costs, and potential capacity. Frank Gladieux, Louisville restaurateur and ex-saloonist, was jailed on two liquor charges after raids found moonshine at his restaurant and home. deputies also confiscated stills and illicit whiskey in related actions, with prior incidents noted by the sheriff and coroner.
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Stark Co
Court Room
Exchange Club
Co. W. Seiberling
Akron
Seiberling Rubber Co
J. Shaw
Goodrich Rubber Co
Canton
Springfield Lake
Summitco
Frank Gladieux
Louisville
Co. W. Kirk
Kirk
Crabbe
Aice
Gladieux
Gibson
Thorn
Alsbaugh
Gladieux Place
McQuate
Joseph Wagner
Willet
Elaborate Radio Program From Calvary Presbyterian Church
An elaborate vocal and instrumental program linked to a sermon theme airs Sunday night at 7 15 from Calvary Presbyterian Church. Broadcast to Canton and nearby areas via WWB Canton Daily News. Rev W B Purnell guides the service with organist choir soloists a vocal duet and quartet pianist and violin sextet. A 20 minute organ recital by Prof Neille Odell Rowe precedes the service proper.
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Calvary Presbyterian Church
Canton
WWB
Canton Daily News
W. B. Purnell
Calvary Presbyterian Congregation
Neille Odell Rowe
Weather Outlook and Spiritualist Service in Canton
Ohio's forecast shows warmer conditions in the south with snow turning to rain in the north. By Sunday and Monday, expect fair skies and continued cooler temperatures. In Canton a Moose Temple service Sunday at 9:30 am, Lyceum at 10:30 am, an evening anniversary event at 8 pm with progressive spiritualist themes, music by E G Land, healing by Mrs M Allen, and testimonials by M J Miller with new members welcomed. Prof Rowe from Wooster College Conservatory of Music to lead a musical service illustrating sermon themes with notable soloists and a large choir forthcoming under Lewis W Baker’s direction.
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Moose Temple
Children’s Lyceum
Progress Spiritualists
E. G. Land
Wooster College Conservatory of Music
American Guild of Organists
Rowe
Canton
Marie Widor
Oberlin Conservatory
Joseph Bonnet
I. Phillipp
Lewis W. Baker
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Royal Ballard
Thomas Law
Ruth_ McConnell
Craig Westlake
John Westlake
Edith Jarrett
Pauline Fisk
Guy Clemmitt
W. F. Baehrens
Twiin Potters
Radio church service with Wellsprings of Christianity
Calvary Presbyterian plans Sunday evening service at 7 15 with organ recital by Prof Weille Odell Rowe Wooster Conservatory director. The church organist leads mixed choir soloists pianist and violin sextet in musical interpretation of Wellsprings of Christianity. Rev W B Purpell preaches.
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Calvary Presbyterian Church
Weille Odell Rowe
Wooster Conservatory
W. B. Purpell
Andv
Neille Odell Rowe
W. B. Purnell
Advy
Clarary Presbyterian Church
Netlie Odell Rowe
W. Lb. Purnell
Nellie Odell Rowe
W. B. Purcell Ady
Nellia Odell Rowe
Dun Co representative dies of heart trouble
Jas. Douglas aged 65, long time manager of R. G. Dun and Company Columbus district, died this afternoon due to heart complications. Survived by widow, son Orrin F. Douglas of Cleveland, and sisters Miss Florence Douglas of Chicago and Mrs. David Lockard of Wilmette, Illinois.
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Columbus
Jas. Douglas
R. G. Dun and Company Mercantile Agency
Orrin F. Douglas
Cleveland
Florence Douglas
Chicago
David Lockard
Wilmette
Garment Care Ads Feature Trunk Sale and Furnishings
Local ads promote Farrall & Son dry cleaning and wardrobe trunks reduced to 47.50, Hartmann full sizes. Arthur's advertises market street goods and Boston cowhide bags from 1.45 to 1.85. Calvary Presbyterian church hosts an organ recital by Prof. Neille, with mixed violins interpreting the sermon theme Wellsprings of Christian.
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Hartmann
Arthur's
Silver Fox Liked Buckskin Gloves
XENTA Ohio January 13 An autopsy on a fox on Dr D F B Spahr green county fox farm found a buckskin glove in its stomach. The fox had cost Dr Spahr 1250 dollars and the palmed clumsy thief may be a glove loving fox seeking riches by raiding fur hides.
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Xenta
Ohio
D. FB. Spahr
Green County
Seaplane Sinks Five Lives Loss Four Are Saved
Key West Florida January thirteenth Five people died when the Aero Marine Airways seaplane Columbus collapsed in the Gulf of Mexico twenty miles from Hawaii Cuba. Survivors included Mia Atkins nurse and pilot. The Atkins party from New York to Havana boarded at noon and disappeared at journey’s end.
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Key West
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Aero-Marine Airways
Columbus
Hawaii
Cuba
E. F. Atkins
New York
David Atkins
E. I. Atkins
Atkins
Grace McDonald
Harold Thompson
Mrs. Atkins
Havana
Henry T. Flagler
Mia
Naval Air Station
Young coaster badly injured in Canton sled accident
Six year old Thurman Huth son of Mr and Mrs Curtis Huth 1211 Auburn pl NW fell from his sled on Homer Ct NW Saturday after five. A runner on a companion’s sled passed over his neck. He was listed in critical condition late Saturday night.
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Canton
Thurman Huth
Curtis Huth
Auburn Pl
Homer Ct
Senate Passes Post Office Bill With Canton Building
The senate passed the post office appropriation bill totaling $585,178,191.50. The measure includes an appropriation for acquiring a site and erecting a post office building in Canton.
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Senate
Washington
Postoffice
Canton
Turks Prepare for More War in Near East Crisis
London dispatch from Malta reports Turkey girds for renewed conflict if Lausanne peace talks collapse. Angora raises more troops in Anatolia and Thrace while Russia ships fresh war supplies to the Turkish government in Smyrna.
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London
Turkey
Lausanne
Malta
Smyrna
Angora
Anatolia
Thrace
Russia
Train Strikes Auto in Millfield Injuring Two
At Millfield Ohio a K and M freight train struck a car carrying Mr and Mrs Ed Daugherty of Chauncey late tonight. The car was demolished and Mrs Daugherty is expected to lose a limb. The incident leaves both occupants seriously injured.
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Athens
Ohio
Ed. Daugherty
Chauncey
Millfield
Hooded band attack follows Goose Creek widow’s plea for federal aid
Houston reports detail a brutal assault carried out by hooded raiders who beat and humiliated Mrs. R. H. Harrison and A. Armand. She fled Goose Creek for federal help, alleging police inaction and fear for her family as masked attackers tormented them with torture implements and car ambushes.
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Houston
Texas
R. H. Harrison
Goose Creek
A. Armand
Mr. Armand
Branding of Mrs Nevada Standish In Oregon
In Tillamook Oregon two hooded men brandied Mrs Nevada Standish with a red hot cross a month ago and she kept silent due to intimations of worse harm if she spoke. The attack shocked officials who plan to question the Ku Klux Klan about possible involvement and motives.
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Tillamook
Ore
Nevada Standish
Ku Klux Klan
Third smash between auto and street cars in Columbus
In Columbus on the West Side a west bound street car struck a car driven by Frank Caley, 40, causing head cuts as the auto crashed into a light pole. The collision knocked off a transformer and dimmed several street lights, with the car and pole details noted in a single evening incident.
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Columbus
Frank Caley
Paper Delivery Help Line and Hours Listed
Call 3600 to get your paper sent if you miss an edition. The circulation department operates each evening until 6 30 and Sundays until 11 in the morning for this service.
Two Grandchildren For Chief Justice Taft
Chief Justice William Howard Taft became a grandfather twice in one day. A telegram announced a baby boy born at the Cincinnati home of his son Charles P Taft II, and hours later another telegram reported another son born to his other son, Robert A Taft, also in Cincinnati. Mothers and babies are doing finely. Charles and Robert Taft practice law in Cincinnati. A nurse at Bethesda hospital is shown holding the two infants.
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Cincinnati
Willam Howard Taft
Ohio
Charles Pp. Taft
Robert A. Taft
Charles
Robert Taft
Bethesda Hospital
Stark Senator Drafts Rural Police Bill in Ohio
Senator Frank C Wise of Stark plans a rural police bill in Ohio to establish a county funded force. The proposal aligns with Governor Donahey ideas and aims to ease opposition by labeling the force as state or rural police rather than a constabulary. Previous attempts at a statewide police force failed due to labor opposition, though auto clubs and farmers supported similar ideas.
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Frank C. Wise
Starkce
Columbus
Cleveland Plain Dealer
General Assembly
Wise
$100000 Blaze At Lorain Ship Plant
Fire in the plate room and joiner shop of the American Shipbuilding company in Lorain Ohio caused $100900 in damage. The blaze likely started from a paint explosion in the boiler shop and rapid flames prevented city firefighters from saving the building. An Elyria company aided. Spectacular escapes included Captain John Kelley and several firefighters jumping from the second story roof as a wall fell. all escaped unharmed.
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Lorain
Ohio
American Shipbuilding Company
Elyria Company
John Kelley
Cash for Ruhr Coal Pact Stirs German Friction With France
Essen dispatch reports German and Franco Belgian Italian industrial commission agreed to pay cash for coal from Ruhr mines. Berlin hesitation on ratification noted as Berlin accuses France of Versailles violations. French ultimatum to supply coal looms, with possible arrests if ignored.
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Essen
Germania
Ruhr
Simon
Berlin
Cuno
Reichstag
France
Tiie
Canton Third Annual Auto Show Set Feb 12 18 1928
Canton Daily News announces the Canton Motor Car Company building will host the third Automobile Show from February 12 to 18 in 1928. The 25,000 square feet will display only passenger cars with new models and diverse body styles from many makes. Exhibits will explore topics like air cooling versus traditional engines and the rise of heavy cars, with numerous questions anticipated to spark public interest. (Continued on Page 4, Col 6.)
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Canton
Canton Motor Car Company
Canton Daily News
Music to Be Feature of Monday Meeting in Canton High School
LaVerne Busche and the McKinley high school band will provide musical attractions at the Canton citizens get-together in the high school auditorium Monday evening. The program includes a new song and Busche’s role as song leader, with audience response guiding his portions. The event also features talks by Russell H. Bready of Pontiac and James B. Gheen as part of the chamber of commerce expansion plans. Citizens attending will have a chance to voice views on the chamber’s definite future program and objectives.
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Busche
McKinley High Band
Sid
Chamber of Commerce
LaVerne Busche
McKinley High School
Canton
Russell H. Bready
Pontiac, Mich
James B. Gheen
Chamber
J .C. Bowman
Funeral notice for Kle Numan by Lily Lodge K of P
Notice lists funeral services for brother Kle Numan to be held Sunday evening. Members of the lodge are urged to meet at Castle Hall at 7 15 p m. W W Schiott and C C signaled. Also an advertisement offers a free baby photograph with a $1 or more deposit to First Trust Savings Bank and a baby book. A special communication of Canton Lodge is set for Monday evening January 15 at 6 30 o clock with F C Degree to be conferred by John F Roos W M and C E Norris secretary. Advy
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Courtney Free
Lily Lodge K. of P
Kle Numan
Castle Hall
W. Schiott
C. C
Baby
Courtney
First Trust & Savings Bank
Canton Lodge
F. C
John F. Roos
W. M
C. E. Norris
Sec’y
Advy
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Red
C & J Shoe Shop
4Th-St NW
Srd-st
Taft
Justice Tafts Srandehidrer
Yume
Stark
Donahey
Keagy
Laun-DryEtte
Bell
State
Laun- Dry-Ette
Call Bell
R. W. H. Kline
Versailles
Courtland Hotel
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