Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-30

majesty Youngstown vindicator.
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Upon investiga ton, the story that
Solicitor 70. #. Baker, of Barberton,
would resign in favor OF Councilman
McCarty proved to be without founda-
ton.
Mayor Doyle will not feel so badly
now when he recalls what fizzles his
mass meetings were. The Bar
Association seems unable to do any
better.
The proprietor of the general store
with butcher shop in connection had
hard work deciding whether be, be
logged with the grocers, hardware men
or butchers. b,
1t is said tips have been given out
at Electric park that Billy will win
the pie-eating contest. Jimmie
Diehm won't even have a show for
his money.
No wonder the people believe that
the City Fathers are remiss in their
attention to duty. Here 1t is nearly
the first Of August and no dog catcher
has been appointed.
Although Mr.. Bottleheimer got him
self into trouble. it is likely that some
of the small boys will hereafter re-
treat to safe distance before yelling
naughty names at him.
| Chief Durkin has lost some Of his
arms cunning since the days when he
was railroad man. This he discov-
cred to his sorrow when he essayed to
saw logs with His Honor. the Mayor.
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Horace B. Camp. one of the fore
most citizens of Akron, the man who
made Greentown, Stark county what
It is and who has been leader in the
, sewer pipe and tile industries for many
t years, is one of the, heaviest stock
holders and president Of proposed
electric line to run from Akron to
Cleveland over a new route. He has
written q letter resigning from the
head of the new corpora
, tion, saying that he will
, not be party to buying up the Akron
= Council in order to get a franchise for
the new road to enter the city. His
: letter is the sensation of the day in
] Akron, and what makes it more so.
is the fact that MI, Camp has been a
( lifelong Republican and Republicans
are in the saddle in Akron. The Sum-
nit City has record of which 1t might
well be ashamed. Vindi-
q Gator. - @
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We were talking shop, the newt.
able shop that bobs up whenever the
o members of the craft foregather. when
!. one of the party remarked that he had
gone through so many curious expert
ences during his newspaper career that
L his capacity for being surprised was
S about exhausted says the New Orleans
Times Democrat. The old reporter
slowly stirred his drink and smiled
' WELL" he said, II used to think that
0 myself but changed my mind dur
ing little tour of the West when
was employed on one of the Salt Lake
dailies. came into town one day and
. went to work the next knowing nc
: more about Salt Lake, Utah. or the
conditions pertaining there than jack
rabbit does about heaven. | was put
:, to work editing state news, and as my
paper was long on that suit, a mass
of the weary twaddle peculiar to coun.
r try correspondents was lnid ON my
IS desk. had started through pile OF
It it when one man started off well by
announcing in crisp English the
death of Bishop Soandso. read
II no further, but waltzed into the man
IT aging editors room and announced thai
Il the Bishop was dead, and that If we
had no photograph of him it would be
>. well to use the long distance telephone
and get one on the night train from
= our correspondent. The managing
editor looked at me pityingly and said
My boy, there's Bishop for every roc
It members of the Mormon church. Dom
y play him up to any extent; two-lnt
IS head will do I was hurt. Now, this
is gaudy proposition said to my
self. What's the use of Bishop dy
'e ing II you can't use him for a column
,e or SOP and after ten minutes fumlnt
'r l went on with my work.
THE sentence following the an
. nouncement in the correspondent
story Of the death read: The deceas