Canton Beets Sugar and Other 1884 Ohio News Snippets
Canton will manufacture beet sugar. Street cars run in Canton. Diphtheria deaths rise in Mansfield. Wheat crops show fine growth under white cover. Probate Judge Johnson issued eight marriage licenses in one hour. Coal prospecting near West Salem. Ice five inches thick on Wooster ponds with snow above. Ablet deemed insane in Millersburg and sent to asylum. Massillon adopts Standard time for schools and workshops. White Christmas noted with sleigh bells. Eight Regiment Band to play at Roller Rink. Convictions for burglary and robbery lead to one year terms in Canton. Dem Democrats in Wayne and Stark counties found who voted for Jackson and later for Cleveland. Massillon Bridge Co. busy. operations run day and night. John Nile found frozen near Salineville. William Schmidt killed in Massillon by limited express. Canton criminal George Smith convicted of stealing horse and wagon. Two Italian peanut vendors nearly suffocate in Canton room. Rev. C Windigler visits Canton. Stroble Bros. confectionery burglarized in Massillon. North Bever gas well depth rising toward 800 feet. Chas F Barrett reports New Orleans exposition coverage. Relief No 4 Fire Company holds annual reunion. Mrs. Mary McCurdy dies in Canton aged 82. Christmas business said quiet. Doylestown burglar encounter. Wooster telegraph exchange uncertain. Fatal cave-in in Akron buries two men. Adams Express handles holiday rush in Wooster. Wheat price down from 1883. Burglar in Doylestown. Telegraph exchange woes in Wooster. Court cases and local social notes. John McSweeney Jr. marries Ada Mullins. Summit Wayne County weight trial at Creston. New officers for National Relief Corps in Wooster.
Interment and wedding news from Cleveland era notices
A jumble of society items notes Miss Eva Leek wedding to David R. Paige in Cleveland with Paige set to assume Congressional duties in Washington after marriage. Also reports a quiet ceremony at Euclid Avenue Church and travels to Washington. A burglary at West Salem hardware put Emmit Smith on the run, he wounded himself, deputy medical aid, whisky cited as a factor.
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Akron
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Judge Martin's Prohibition Speech Against Liquor Trade
A Kansas judge named John Martin delivers a forceful anti liquor speech arguing the liquor trade corrupts public morals and leads to crime. He frames Prohibition as essential for social order, warning it prevents robbery, arson, perjury, and violence while shielding families from poverty.
Public Duty and Lawfulness in State Governance
A speaker condemns willful lawbreaking and the deliberate sale of intoxicants. He argues public officers must uphold statutes, warn against neglecting duties, and defend constitutional order to protect lives, liberty, and property from lawlessness and anarchy.
D. Nice's Sells Fur Cans and Gifts for Christmas
Advertises men s fur cans for 100 at D Nice s and promotes ATHLONOROS as a rheumatoid remedy that relieves pain and swelling by addressing blood borne causes. Claims improved circulation and relief. Also markets mufflers and fine neckties with embroidery options as Christmas gifts for gentlemen.
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D. Nice’s
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Salinville
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New Orleans
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A. McGregor
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Cleveland
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Iowa
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Ulysses Worthing
Easton
Doylestown
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Loudonvillé
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Henry Tritschler
North Lawrence
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Ashland County
George R. Laubach
Alice Peckinpaugh
Cooper Academy
Dayton
Ohio
C.J. Voorhes
T. E. Almstead
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Congress
Newton Smith
John Srenlic
Otto
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National Relief Corps of
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