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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
1
The 11th Regiment Band performs in Dalton Saturday night at 8 30 featuring In the program March Belle of Chicago Overture Revelry Cornet Duet Ida and Dot Adoration Waltz Daughter of the Elm Foxtrot Doodle Doo Doo Flanders Idora Park McNichol Seitz with Prof Oscar Puegner as director.
Next Wednesday evening August 26 The Canton Shriners Trumdrum band will appear in Dalton to headline the carnival event. The organization is praised as the best of its kind and attendees will enjoy a rare musical treat. Mark your calendar to not miss the date.
The committee for the Country Store at the band carnival asks for donations during the coming week. Bring suitable articles to Locke's tin shop by Wednesday the 26th.
Annual Schultz Emig families reunion to be held in the basement of the Methodist church at this place on Thursday August 27. Relatives and friends are cordially invited. A. E. Schultz president and Cora Wecht secretary announce.
D. B. Amstutz announces the cider mill will be in operation each Wednesday until further notice. The schedule emphasizes a regular weekly availability for customers and cider production.
Indiana and Michigan grow extensive peppermint for oil with over 16 000 acres to harvest this year. Ohio reports wheat yields vary by region due to weather with lighter weights south of the state line. Also notes on oats, butter imports from England and Germany, sheep farming in Morgan and Noble counties, and a training bulletin cited by Ohio State University.
Public sale on August 27 1925 at the Wm Shilling farm one mile south of West Lebanon. Cattle including 20 to 25 head fresh cows springers and spring calves Durhams Jerseys and Holstein plus 4 broad sows 6 horses a span of mules and a horse surrey. Sale starts at 1 pm with terms to be announced.
Pastures were short all summer but green feed is now plentiful. Local visits include Sprunger Nussbaum Hofstetter and Lehman households. A trio of black men on a freight train triggered a pursuit. one was shot, another killed a detective, and two fugitives escaped toward Massillon as residents warned others.
Harry A. Malone, 46, a railroad detective and brother of Jol Malone, was killed by a negro near Justus after a pistol exchange as Atkins and two others fled a flat car. Atkins, Salisbury, and Otley were captured hours later about four miles south, while Busse and deputies continued the hunt.
The McClelland family annual reunion will be held at the Wooster fair grounds on August 22, 1925. C. W. McClelland serves as president and Mrs. Albert Hastings as secretary.
The Ohio Bell Telephone Company filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio a new schedule PUC No. 2 to take effect September 1 1925. It outlines increased net monthly rates for business and residence lines and introduces a four party line. Mileage charges for extra lines rise and apply to measurement rather than route measurement. Copies of the proposal are available at Miss Ellen Tyrrell in Dalton and L V Beamer in Massillon for inspection.
Atlantic City N J President John L Lewis of the United Mine Workers rejects arbitration proposed by Samuel D Warriner chairman of the anthracite operators conference, insisting wage increases and check off as conditions for resuming talks. He cites past arbitration and warns against government intervention without reestablishing the Jacksonville soft coal agreement affecting 158000 hard coal miners and 600000 soft coal miners.
Reports from Amman and Arans-Jordiana say Syrian rebels captured Suediah and evacuated southern Haueran south of Damascus near the upper Jordan. Sultan Pasha Atrash led the assault. tanks and machine guns were seized and several airplanes shot down. French casualties were about 200 dead and 600 wounded.
Paris reports a Matin correspondent says Franco Spanish troops plan a large offensive on the Moors in Morocca including Quetzan Fez El Ball and Kelra des Sless. A joint advance with Spanish forces is to reach the Ksar El Kebir bridge amid expected heavy operations. Madrid confirms a junction with allied forces and only light casualties.
In Miami Florida the will of William Jennings Bryan lacks named executors. The omission prevents probate as no family member may draw funds or receive payments to Bryan's favored institutions, delaying settlement of his estate.
A mob of about one thousand people lynched Walter Mitchell a Black man accused of attacking a young white girl. The mob gained entry to the jail via a false fire alarm then dragged him through town to be hanged from an oak tree.
A Free Poultry and Swine Clinic will be conducted at Gold Star Farm on Lincoln highway three miles west of Dalton Monday August 24 1925. Dr C H Thompson from Geo H Lee Co Omaha Neb will supervise post mortem exams starting 1 30 p m. Bring at least one sick poultry or pig for examination. No sales pitches, educational purpose. Ladies invited.
Six room house with bath and sun porch offers furnace electric lights city water ironing cabinet and cupboard cemented cellar and walk immediate possession at a very reasonable price. Contact 453 H O Eby Dalton Ohio.
Ohio State fair in Columbus runs Aug 31 to Sept 5. Stark County Fair in Canton Sept 7 to 11. Medina County Fair in Medina Sept 15 to 17. Summit County Fair in Akron Sept 15 to 18. Tuscarawas County Fair in Dover Sept 21 to 24. Wayne County Fair in Wooster Sept 28 to Oct 2. Loudonville Fair Oct 6 to 8. Richland County Fair in Mansfield Oct 13 to 16.
The American Legion announces its 5th annual jubilee in Orrville on September 3 4 and 5 featuring community events and activities across the long weekend.
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