Local notes include visits sales and ads in Canton area
Canton residents and visitors mingle in a week of social calls sales bake sale announcements and product ads. Highlights mention Miss Edna Criswell Mae Boe Vera Conrad and Otto Kuligowske among others with church and school ties and a Ford sparking local curiosity. A pheasant egg shipment signals state game progress and Roosevelt Game Preserve work progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Criswell
Mae Boe
Canton
Helen Schweisberger
Henry Homan
Oliver Homan
Massillon
State Department of Agriculture
Fish and Game Organizations
Ohio
Dover
Tuscarawas County
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
English Cathedrals Go Far Back in History
A Montreal Family Herald writer notes England’s great cathedrals trace back to early Christian churches. Canterbury Cathedral staff and rebuilding over centuries are outlined, from 603 origins to major fires and restorations by Langfranc, Anslem, Erulf, William of Sens, and the Englishman. Theodore of Tarsus in 668 first archbishop to unite the English church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Montreal
Herald
Canterbury
Langranc
Anslem
Langfranc
Erulf
William of
Sens
William
Theodore of
Tarsus
St. Paul
Northunmbria
Kent
Resin and Turpentine Pat to Various Uses
Resin and turpentine have been produced on this continent since 1662. Once used as naval stores for caulking ships and protecting rope rigging, they now serve many industries. Soap making and paper production are heavy users, while resins appear in varnishes, roofing, leather care, lubricants and insulation. Turpentine acts as a universal thinner and solvent across multiple sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orly
Montreal Star
Sea Cucumber: A Sea Creature Not a Vegetable
The sea cucumber or trepung holothurian is a living sea creature. It is a luxury item among Eastern peoples and forms a thriving Pacific island industry. Trepangs grow ten to fifteen inches, are boiled dried and smoked for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Pacific
Bobby’s Watch Timed by Two Inches to Four
A six year old boy in Los Angeles proudly shows a real watch with a loud tick on Wilshire boulevard. Betty Compson asks the boy the time and he responds with a dignified estimate two inches to for suggesting humorously incorrect timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie
Wilshire Boulevard
Bobby
Betty Compson
Los Angeles Times
Himalayan Horsechestnut in Eastern States Ornamental Value
The Himalayan horsechestnut known as Aesculus hippocastanum is praised as the handsomest tree in the genus and a beautiful addition to urban landscapes. It was introduced over a century ago and thrives in eastern cities, though north China species remain unacquired and not hardy here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Arboretum
America
China
Crab Finds Place in Library Tale of Bacon and Crab
In a library anecdote a librarian cites raw bacon found in a book of Mr. Service’s poems as a blue ribbon bookmark but a chief from a renowned city library counters with a soft shell crab found between leaves of an engineering volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service
Mother and son exchange on a nickel issue
In a Montreal Gazette cartoon style exchange a mother questions how her son Willie kept a nickel. Willie replies he kept it because the teacher called him a heathen, prompting the mother to challenge the reasoning and ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Montreal Gazette
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Efirst Savings and Loan CO
W.S. Geiger
Orrville
B. Martin
Dalton, Ohio
Buckeye
Dalton Milling Company
Dalton
Scott
S.w. W
Race
Sarah Race
Slusser’s Grocery
F. M. Wagner
Cleveland
Ivan M. Wagner
C. V. Kerstetter
East Liverpool
St. Patrick
Ireland
R. A. Anderson
Will @olusser
Akron
Amanda Scott
Vera Conrad
Coshocton
R. O. Wagner
I. M Wagner
Alice Horn
J. C. McAdams
Garford Truck Co
Schroyer Ave
S. W. Canton
J. H. Schweisberger
Helen and
Harold
Mrs. L. E. Carroll
Elizabeth Carroll
Scott's
Michael Kuligovske
Otto Kuligowske
West Brookfield
J. B. Mohler
Berea
Dalton Furniture Store
Geo. Gottwalt
Henry Gottwalt
Mary Gottwalt
Barberton
Evelyn
Cameron Brice
Helen
Aubrey Dennis
Wooster College
West Main St
W. M. Engel
Chevrolet
Fisher
F.o.b
Flint, Mich
Dalton Garage
Fred Baumgartner
Paomas
Osho
Poultry Department
Ohio State University
Bluffton Hatchery Company
Bluffton
D. W
R. I. Reds
S. C
Hillview
M. W
Moscow Poultry Farm
O. W. Barkman
Orrville, 0
R. I
Newtown
Pratt
Ciick
Gold Star Farm
A. J. Sommer
Prope
Orrville, Oheo
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