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I, lie.':0CANTON as it was inGRANDFATHER’S TIMEDanners Are An Old FamilySAMUKLi DANNER$DANNERBy JOHN McGREGOROne of the‘oldest and most dii-ied families of old Cantonand Philip Dan-that of JacobJacob Dannerthe father of late John uer and was in pennsyl-ia in 1705 in iter-co. Hemarried to Anna Slus-in 1821 tighter of Slusser of m I wrote a weeks ago.Jacob Danner, the father of Johnner, was a gunsmith and made repaired many guns for the cers hereabouts, and there werey of them in those days.the organization of the vil-on, an ordinance was hibiting the shooting ofwithin the village limits.nner then had to move de the village limits. He pur-a piece of ground on Tus-was-st and Wells-av SW onh William G. Saxton now lives, being just outside the village, •av being the western bound-of the corporation. lie built) residence there and a gun shop the rear where he continued hisilthing. He had a good range the field back of his residence ehe tested his guns in order to accuracy of marksmanship, ob Danner was one of the skillful marksmen In this on. The wild animals were around Canton in those days, ally wolves, and Mr. Danner the last wolf In Stark-co o hunting near Buck Hill. It the last wolf, hide on which the ^ commissioners paid bounty.e day his son, John Danner.born it was found they had noIm' %•MRS. JOHN DANNERJOHN DANNERi t /- V ' ' ’-vi ^. . r I ' . ^ '‘ rlt;.», A, v’■ -J Vrc• J* .0:»m:. m ImrMf*• w • ,v!**-.A‘•: lt;•. ■i•4 •grandfather who distinguished himself In a number of battles, his regiment being involved in many engagements*To Mr. and Mrs John Da nner w»born Mary E , who still lives in the old homestead, Julia A., the wife of lvt M. Jones, an attorney at law' inthis city, Harriet N., wife of J. I .Campbell, Edith R.# wife of S. H, C\Gask ill, all the above children living in this city, John N. Danner, connected with the T. K Harris Co., real estate brokers, and Almina T., wife of Charles M. Bowsetl, living inColumbus.John Danner, the elder, served thecommunity well, having served onthe city council for six years and onthe board of education lor an equallength of time.Mr. Danner was a very devout Baptist and was one of the organir-I rrs of the First Baptist church of tiiis city and has seen if grow from a small brick building that stood on the north side of the old Isaac Harter lot in Market-av S to the magnificent structure that now standsin Tuscarawns-st \V.Mr. Danner in his earlier days was a republican in polities but after the advent of the prohibition partv be jespoused its cause and worked under the prohibition banner until his death. He aided its cause by publishing many tracts and cartoon circulars which he was very apt in i designing. The writer has print* d many of his circulars, running into a few million. * jMr. Danner as a prohibitionist *»-ways told saloonkeepers ho was notobjecting to them as individuals but was bitterly opposed to the businessin which they were engaged and on j the death of Mr. Danner a saloon-keeper, w alking clown Market-av S. met one he knew* was going to the Danner home and handing a Inge bouquet of flowers to him ask ©a him if he would deliver them to the family, saying. “Mr. Danner was bitterly opposed to my business putpersonally he always treated me respectfully and T always admired him for his firmness of purpose.” jThe daughter of Jacob and Anna Slusser Danner was Ilnriret, Mrs. Joseph S. Saxton, mother of William G. Saxton, cashier of the First National bank and Mrs. Helen I. Dan-forth. Mrs. Saxton lived and died on the old homo lot of her father, Jacob Danner.Another of the old Danner famil was Philip Danner, who wasDRY AGENT TO FACENrnrh SI0,000 Sai.l To HaveBeen Aeerpled From Bi;jBooze InterestsMRS. JACOB DANNERMRS. JOSEPH SAXTONmeat in the house so Jacob Danner shouldered his rifle and started for Meyers Lake and soon came back with a deer on his back. Wild meat was plentiful in those days. Jacob Danner died in 1845. His wife Anna Slusser Danner survived him until 1885.John Denner was born in Canton March 10, 1823. Reared in his native town, lie achieved a commonfather of Samuel Danner who died a few months ago at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Black, 1027 Garfield-av SW, at the advanced age of 94nowledging its receipt and con- ^*ears.gratulating Air. Danner on its| Samuel Danner was married tobeauty. I Miss Martha Stover, a near relativeIn *1SG3 Mr. Danner in conjunc-lo fSamuel Stover, the old American tion with John II. Bucher estab- Hotel landlord. Philip Danner was lished The Canton Stove Works, born in 179a and died in March where they manufactured stoves of m*. His wife was Margaret I3en*ci. nil kinds ! Samuel Danner was a carpenter. i * m- by trade and is still well remern-This business not being to the lm- *ing of Mr. Danner, he sold out at the end of a year and reembarkedschool education and for a time at- in the clothing business which he. • si - a t. _ Awhich he in educa-tended a private school presided over by T. M. Hopkins, a Presbyterian minister, through advanced very materially tional advantages.He began his business clerking in the drygoods store of Martin Wikidal, who at that time ran a store on what is now the courthouse lot. After a clerkship with Mr. Wikidal for some four years he went to Massillon.Mr. Danner, after about four years in Massillon, returned to Canton and soon embarked in business for himself, esablishing a clothing and merchant tailoring business in the old Hazlett corner, now known as the McKinley block, southeast corner of the public square. Aitei some years in that business he embarked in the wholesale drygoods business and while thus engaged lie invented a revolving goods case for the purpose of showing dress goods. This machine was made on theturntable style. From this turntable came the Danner revolvingbook shelves.These revolving book Shelveswere in great demand for many years and they were made for many of the crowned heads of Europeand Asia.During that tim* he received anorder from the King of Siam in Asia for a revolving bookcase made of ebony. It was duly made and finely polished and after its delivery, Mr. Danner received a letter from the king's secretary, ack-continued for a number of years, finally ending in manufacture of the Danner sectional bookcases.On October 4, 184 7, Mr. Danner was married to Miss Teressa A. Mil-carcer by j lard a native of Tioga-co, Pa. Mrs.Danner was the daughter of William J. and Betsy (Ball) Millard. Mrs.bored by many of our citizens.The familiar form of the venerable John Danner, hi* active life, his sprightliness while walking our streets, Is well remembered by those who knew him. This sprightliness he kept up until he was compelled to lay himself down for liU last sleep.Japanese engineers are planning to.j. v _________— ------ build hollow reinforced concrete tow.Danner’s father was a soldier in the ers 1.200 feet high for radio station war of 1812 as was her materia [ purposes.HELENA* Mont., Jan IS.--While he openly preached prohibition andvigorously lauded the virtues of theVolstead act, IK II. P Shelley, suspended federal prohibition agent lorMontana, was secretly accepting bribes totalling nearly $10,000 from brewing companies and drug concerns. according to indictments returned against Shelley by the grand jury in Hut to.Shelley, national republican committeeman from Montana, will go on trial in federal court her© early this month. He is at liberty on $10,000bonds.He is specifically charged with taking a $5,000 bribe from the Montana Brewing company of GreatFalls 15 days after he took over the duties of his office, September 1.1921.Shelley was suspended August 10,1922, three months before the indictments were returned against him.Shelley is charged with having allowed breweries to sell beer containing alcohol in excess of the legal amount, permitting these concernsto falsify records of operation and%also permitting Irregularities bynumerous drug concerns.Two indictments were returned against the prohibition officer —one. containing Fcven counts. charging that $7,700 was paid him by two breweries, and the second indictment, containing five counts, charging that various drug stores paid him$ 1,502.50.A prominent druggist of Helenais alleged to have been a “go-between” in the illegal transactions between Shelley and the drug stores, while another former prominent Helena man is mentioned as acting in a similar capacity In the brewery cases.In many speeches before conventions and uplift meetings Shelley ap-the poured to be an ardent prohibitionist and loudly proclaimed the supposed benefits accruing from the eighteenth amendment. He has been closely identified with politics In Montana for many years, being the present national republican commit* idlHnan from this state.Following his suspension as prohibition director Shelley spent several w eeks in W ashington conferring with party leaders regarding his case.As a sidelight to the Shelley charges, prosecution brought by the slate of Montana against the Montana Brewing company of Great Falls last summer, alleging excess of alcoholic content in their manufactured beer, failed, but a few months later, on October 3 last, the company pleaded guilty to a similar charge before Judge George M. Borquin, in federal court here, and paid a fine of $ 1,500.The approaching trial of Shelley is attracting wide interest.iBEAD T11E WANT ADS TODAYNewCOUPE-SEDANrear
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