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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
1
The program for Saturday night features The Grand Eagle March Overture The Golden Dragon King Serenade Evening Meditation Crumling Foxtrot Tomorrow Turk Robinson March Barnum Bailey's Faw Murmer of the Breezes Moreno Foxtrot Kicky-Koo March Men of Ohio. Prof Puengner directs.
Last Saturday night the old town overflowed for the season opening band concert and festival. Prof Puegner's solo wowed the huge crowd while merchants reported brisk business and locals predicted Saturday nights would be big in Dalton.
Miss Verna Kreiger, 17, died Friday morning at 2 o clock at her parents home on the county line road east of town after several days illness. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs W C Kreiger a sister Mrs James Martin of East Greenville and five brothers Clyde and James in East Greenville Clarence in Massillon Dale Robert and Byron at home. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in East Greenville with Rev J H Schweisberger officiating and burial in East Greenville cemetery.
Multiple communities host ice cream fairs on Saturday nights in June. Stanwood and Dalton plan events to raise funds for church and cemetery causes with cake, strawberries, lemonade, peanuts, popcorn, and confetti. East Greenville and West Brookfield join with similar menus and proceeds for church benefits. If the band does not play, the festival will proceed anyway.
A three gallon kerosene can exploded while Glen Oberlin 23 tried to rekindle a coal stove Friday morning in Stanwood. He died twelve hours later from burns. Mrs. Oberlin and infant were burned but the wife’s condition was hopeful. Oberlin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm J Oberlin. funeral was held Tuesday.
On Thursday June 14 the 146th birthday of the American flag is celebrated with American Legion posts urging broad display across communities nationwide.
Dr. R W Thiet presided as G E Gilleland married Miss Florine Harper at 2 30 P M Wednesday at the Harper home. Pearl Tatum sang I Love You after the ceremony. Brides maid Vivian Erickson and best man Russell Roscoe attended. The couple will honeymoon in Ohio then reside in DeLand. Miss Harper praised as charming and accomplished. Gilleland described as a rising businessman.
J S Yoder hosts Wayne County Guernsey Breeders at Cedar Lane Farm near Wooster for annual summer meeting. Herd of 60 Guernsey cattle inspected with yearling heifers sired by Confident May Day. Association renamed Wayne Holmes Ashland Guernsey Breeders' Association and plans exhibit at Wayne County Fair auto tour to Gates Mills for Ohio Guernsey Field Day.
Notice for customers states the meat market will open Sunday mornings from 7 to 8 30 during the summer months. The message appears as a brief customer convenience notice from Stahl Bros.
A meek customer asks if collars are available. the shopkeeper replies sharply that they sell them and won’t give discounts. The exchange ends as the customer departs with a blunt good morning.
A passerby asks for the post office distance. Professor Diggs declines the literal distance but offers a playful pivot. He explains he can tell how far it is to Sirius the dog star instead.
The Washington Star notes Palmer Corntessel comments that Josh is clearly gifted. He laments it may not be right to expect him to do chores when it is obvious he was cut out to be a bank president or a motion picture star.
Mrs Goodsole warns against modern vanities while Mrs Woodby Slimmer argues dieting as a tool to weigh in the balance. The exchange frames moral resistance to extravagance versus personal discipline and weight loss aims.
Uncle Ezra jokes about buying bananas from a curb market man while Aunt Martha warns about an elder family figure who lost everything trading with a curb market vendor. The exchange echoes caution about street commerce.
A mythology class held a brief discussion on Nemesis with a student asking who she was. The professor suggested a blunt answer, calling Nemesis a bill collector, and decided to drop the matter.
A terse note remarks that the speaker’s ancestors were capable and laments being disinherited. The brief lines suggest themes of family history and loss of inheritance without elaboration on individuals or place.
The tender-hearted Dolly Dream pleads for mercy as she helps in the kitchen. In Venice the two friends glide along the Grand Canal and admire the Rialto and Bridge of Sighs. One says they love the city as Shakespeare’s Venice and Adontis are invoked.
A humorous exchange hints that Peters may propose to Lizzie after a running joke. The wife asks for certainty about the plan and the husband shares how Peters reacts with laughter, suggesting readiness for a betrothal.
A dialogue notes a man with a hyphenated name who avoids having it printed. The exchange hints at personal sensitivity to public display and reputation, suggesting a cautious stance toward media visibility.
A cheerful remark notes that a wedding gift saves the couple the expense of hiring detectives to guard it. The joke implies the gift is of value or notoriety, provoking light speculation about security and secrecy at a social event.
A fragment notes a scene where a caregiver matures the act of taking the patient’s pulse. The line hints at inner perception and a shift toward understanding the elderly patient’s condition.
A dialogue shows a patient accusing a doctor of mind reading through a pulse and a suitor pressing for marriage. The widower argues engagement may fail, while the woman clings to hope for a lasting union.
Dalton proprietors of meat markets announce closing on Wednesday afternoons from 12 to 6 during June July and August. Notice dated next Wednesday June R H Camp Stahl Bros. Festival bills and reunion invitations printed at the Gazette office in Dalton.
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