Dalton Local Notes Wide Ranging Community News
Dalton items report residents visiting relatives and guests from Canton Barberton and Akron. Events include teas at Town Hall, church notices, family reunions at Crystal Springs, and travels to Findlay Youngstown and Dayton. Also mentions a big Buffalo milling plant disaster and local roadster purchase.
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Gazette
H. J. Rafeld
Weaver
Blackleyville
Dalton
Town Hall
James Yarger
Ethelyn
Canton
Howard Farmer
A. B.C
Frank Snodgrase
Barberton
A. Aker
Madge
Youngstown
Ronald Bixler
Wadsworth
J. R. Roebuck
C. R. Goudy
Adah Hershey
Tuscarawas County Hills
Wm. Hoover
St. Louis
Thos. Cully
Richwine
Dague
Oberlin
Crystal Springs
B. F. Harper
Willia Wingert
Lina
Dalton Society
C. E
W. G. McGleven
Chagrin Fails
What does lurid mean as used by the press
Two men argue over lurid meaning as a fire’s red glare is described. Dictionaries favor pale and wan but the Oxford senses red glow amid darkness. The Manchester Guardian notes the word’s shift from pale to ghastly through press usage.
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Manchester Guardian
Valley Forge Pocket Cutlery Ad Shown At McDowell's
An ad announces Valley Forge guaranteed pocket cutlery at 39 cents for choice with an East window display at McDowell's hardware. A second item notes A D Reed of Wooster sustaining a 20 foot fall from a bar roof near Applecreek but avoiding serious injury.
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Valley Forge
McDowell’s Hardware
D-Reed
Wooster
Applecreek
Mr. Reed
Foolish Free Speech In New York Night Court
A Columbia student was fined ten dollars for standing under an open umbrella at night with stars overhead. The magistrate warned that another offense could lead to a workhouse sentence. The piece mocks fraternity pressures and quotes a Providence Journal blurb on public policy.
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New York
Columbia
Providence Journal
Nurses of 150 Years Ago and Their Duties
The 1764 article cited by Nutting and Dock outlines an ideal trained nurse. It notes nurses must be patient and compassionate, perform domestic ward duties, assist surgeons, manage nourishment and cleanliness, handle linen and dead bodies, light lamps, and vigilantly watch and aid patients with kindness.
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Miss Nutting
Miss Dock
Beat All Records Badly An Irish Runner Triumphs
An Irish athlete training for a mile race and his man Pat conduct a field trial. The watch stops at start and finish, Pat reveals with pride that the runner has broken every record by finishing in time.
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Pat
Brief Holiday Glow in Seasonal Flight
Collier's Weekly compares the holiday season to a brief bird of joy that swoops from a distant realm, touches lives with its fleeting radiance, and lingers longer each year. It invites a lasting peace found in the season's grace and truth.
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Collier’s Weekly
Girl That Is Popular in School Games
The most popular girl in the school is described as excelling in games and playing for her side. Such girls are unselfish, simple, and natural, earning many friends and spreading joy and good fellowship wherever they go.
Revolving Houses Move to Change Parisian Living
A French inventor proposes small rotating houses for invalids to supply variety of light and air, arguing some rooms should not always face sun or damp. A prior Normandy revolving house once failed when its door panels spread and trapped a resident, who ordered the house torn down.
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Normandy
Harper's Weekly
Elizabeth Stinson Dies at 73 on Homestead Farm
Elizabeth Stinson 73 died Wednesday morning at her home two miles southwest of Dalton after a lingering illness. Survived by two sisters Mrs Ante McAfee and Mrs Bell Wynn and two brothers Robert J. Stinson and D. G. Stinson. Funeral at the United Presbyterian church Friday at 2 p.m. The family will meet at the home at 1 p.m.
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Elizabeth Stinson
Dalton
Mstursay
Ante McAfee
Bell Wynn
Robert J. Stinson
D. GC. Stinson
Sioux Cits
Lota
Theaited Presbyterian Church
Iriglay
Hotnse
Rong
Man Attempts Bold Kidnap Sealed by Rescue of Girl
Hilda Jones, 18, woke to find a man in her room on the second floor in Manton Ohio. She screamed, drawing her intruder as he slipped away and leaped from the window to escape. Jones, a Central High School graduate, suffers nervous shock after the attempted abduction.
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Misa
Hilda Jones
Manton
Politicians' Ideal of Public Office For All
A political columnist argues the ideal government would allow every person to hold public office. The piece reflects on governance and meritocracy in a light satirical tone.
Local Notices and Social Updates from Wayne County
An advertisement extols Beauty Rose Flour and Psirchild flour sold at Gardiners Grocery. Mr and Mrs Limbeck host guests including Mrs Limbeck's sister from Kittsbore. Effie Johnson entertains friends. Ellen and Florence Converse visit from Massillon. Wayne County commissioners approve sheep claims totaling 2146.75. Dalton area suffers recent rainless weeks with brief showers and cooler air.
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Effie Johnson
Clerato 7
Ellen
Florence Converse
Massillon
Microscope Use in Kitchens to Detect Food Adulteration
Harper's Weekly argues for widespread kitchen microscopy to spot adulteration in starches spices coffee and chocolate. It claims chefs and institutions should use microscopes to verify purity, noting differences between potato rice pepper chicory and peanut chocolate reveal fraud.
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Harper’s Weekly
Bowl of Mush and Milk Advised by Doctor for Health
A famous doctor recommends a breakfast of mush and milk to avoid medicine. He praises Indian corn for its nitrogen and nutritive properties, suggesting mush, Johnny cake, corn bread, and cow's milk as a simple, fattening regimen. The remedy promises to ease dyspepsia, improve nervousness, vision, and sleep.
Frightful World and a Dragon Rug Joke
A quirky exchange contrasts old bear rug fear with a new joke about Chinese dragon rugs at a gathering in Gotham. The banter reflects changing tastes and uneasy moods in a wary era.
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Gotham
Time of Trains at Dalton May 4 1914
Train schedule for Dalton Massillon and Liewster lines lists arrival and departure times for east and westbound trains. It notes daily service with trains 207 208 223 224 and mentions mail handling on specific trains.
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Dalton
Massillon
Norwalk
Liewster
Shake Off Your Rheumatism With Chamberlains Liniment
Public notice advertises a twenty five cent bottle of Chamberlains Liniment for rheumatic pains with claim of quick relief and availability from all dealers.
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Chamberlain's
Real Estate Transfers in Chester and Rittman Townships
William F. Dptper transfers land in Chester township to C. E. Finley for $1.10. William LH Camp sells land in Baughman township to Jonas Eberly for 7500. Clarence S Shakely to John EF Stelzer sells a lot in West Salem for 265. Cora Ik McDowell to Clare McDowell in Walton for 1. Isdue Smith to the village of Rittman transfers land in Rittman for 1. Irene Schneider to the village of Rittman lands in Rittman for 3. Alphus Goflinet to the village of Litt-Rittman for 3. Eugene Veney to the Village of Rittman for 10. Bender to the village of Rittman land for 8b. J tat fisher to village of Rittman land for 1. Edward M Quinby and wife to the Church of Christ in Wooster for 1,400. Walter Dodez and wife to Touls Do kz in Paint township for 1,800.
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William F
C. E. Finley
Chester Township
William LH. Camp
Jonas Eberly
Baughman
Clarence S Shakely
John EF
Stelzer
Weat Salem
Cora Ik. McDowell
Clare McDowell
Walton
Isdue Smith
Rittman
Irene Schneider
Alphus Goflinet
Litt- Rittman
Eugene Veney
Fila
Bender
Rittmam Land
J Tat, Fisher
Rutman
Edward M Quinby
Church of Christ
Wooster
Walter Dodez
Touls Dokz
Paint Township
Tax list payable at Davison's shoe store dates shown
Tax list will be available at Davison's shoe store on June 25 26 28 30 and July 2 3 5 8 9 with taxes due at that time Willis Horn Col
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Davison’s
Willis Horn
Knitting in Bed Vows Rest for Tired Nerves
A Berlin nerve specialist recommends knitting in bed as an excellent remedy for tired nerves. The idea is praised by Crimsonbeak as a cure that yields a beautiful nerve for one who spends time knitting in bed.
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Berlin
Crimsonbeak
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