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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
1
Zanesville prepares for the State Sunday School Association meeting from June 22 to 24. About 5000 attendees will stay with local citizens. events include boys and girls congresses, with main sessions at Memorial Hall. Parades and lunches are organized across several churches to host delegates and visitors.
Delegates to the Ohio Sunday-school Convention may reach Zanesville on the afternoon of June 21 and take a Muskingum River excursion. The Muskingum River is celebrated as a historic and scenic spot in Ohio.
The boys and girls congresses, set as features of the State Sunday School Convention in Zanesville on June 22 to 24, will precede the meeting by one day. They will gather Monday morning with registrations at Central Methodist Church for boys and Trinity Methodist Church for girls. Lola Thomas of Dayton will preside over the girls and Norman V Peale of Bellefontaine over the boys. A joint friendship supper is planned at Grace Methodist Church, with sessions continuing Tuesday and a noon joint pledge renewal before the main body. Over the past year boys congresses have occurred in 39 Ohio counties and girls congresses in 25.
Zanesville Chamber of Commerce provides art pottery badges for all delegates attending the Ohio Sunday School Convention in Zanesville the third week in June. The city boasts fine American pottery and delegates may visit local potteries if time allows.
The Sunday School Convention in Sugarcreek Township gathers clergy and lay leaders. Officials announce plans for workshops and community outreach events during the annual gathering this Sunday.
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts a brief cool spell at the start of the week beginning June 9 in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee. Showers with higher temperatures are expected around Saturday, with the period ending in fair weather.
The Sunday School convention met in Dalton on Thursday June 3 with the afternoon session at United Presbyterian church and the largest attendance in years. Speakers offered many good thoughts to inspire Sabbath school workers. the evening session at the Methodist church featured W S Spidle of Massillon teaching the model Bible class in the adult department. Officers for the coming year include President E S Ober Secretary Marie Douglas Treasurer Ola Budd Supt Cradle Roll Miss Grace Morrow Supt Home Department Mrs William Keifer Supt Adult Classes Joseph Eby Supt Teacher Training J H Tschantz.
Children will observe Childrens day in the Presbyterian Sabbath school on June 13. At the close of Sabbath school the pastor will address the children. A special evening program is planned and all are invited to attend.
A traveling show titled Black Person’s Cabin arrives in Dalton under a large tent on Wednesday evening June 16. Har mount's Black Person's Cabin Co. claims to be the largest and best on the road with their own 40‑piece concert band and orchestra 15 bloodhounds 3500 seats and special scenery for each act. The ad urges audiences to mark the date.
A Catskills village hosts a four-instrument band that performs in summer streets to boost local business and pride. Despite loyal merchants and crowds, the group dissolves from lack of appreciation, prompting a moral about supporting community arts and social ties.
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns after a split over U S foreign policy. Robert Lansing is named as Bryan's successor, with the change announced after Tuesday noon.
The wife of Ohio's lieutenant governor, long prominent in state temperance work, will be a principal speaker at the temperance section of the Ohio Sunday-school Convention in Zanesville on June 22 23 and 24.
Weather permitting the 11th Regiment band will give an open air concert Saturday night June 12 at 7 30 p m Standard time. Program includes Soldiers of the King Overture Reception Fond Heart King Medley Superba Waltz Danube Waves Memories of Stephen Foster Apollo March The Star Spangled Banner Oscar Puegner Director.
Mayor and council meet county commissioners to seek aid for paving a 1000 foot west town strip between the new county road and the village. Some opposition exists but action is expected soon. Property owners along the proposed section include R. B. Wertz James Taggart Wm Hostettler Kurzen Keirs Mrs C S Hogsett and Frank Welty.
The board of education at their regular meeting Saturday elected teachers for the ensuing term. Dis t No 1 J G Kurzen ai 2 Jay Horst 4 Marion McDowell 5 Martin Moser 6 Marie Douglas 7 E I Ober 8 Mildred Hoggsett 9 Elrena Tschantz 10 Floyd Lehman 11 Mr and Mrs Calvin Hosteter. Principal Dalton High School D Lk Garver of Wooster.
Slight inflammation of the bronchial tubes causes a distressing cough and makes sleep difficult. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound stops the tickling and relieves the racking cough. Good for all coughs colds croup and bronchial affections. A. J. White.
The Ohio Sunday School Association selects June 22 23 and 24 for its big meeting with division sessions at Central Presbyterian Grace Methodist Congregational First Baptist Conference Memorial Pilgrim Evangelical and Trinity Methodist churches in downtown Zanesville near Memorial Hall with seating for about three hundred.
In Sonnenberg news a Westbound and Eastbound timetable appears with Central Standard time. A heavy rain and lightning affected the area, boosting grass growth but hay prospects remain poor amid white grub and cutworm damage. Obituaries note Samuel Amstutz dies at 80 after long illness. funeral Wednesday with interment in Sonnenberg Cemetery. Community updates include a German language class for children, Mr. and Mrs. John Young and Ernest Hofer visiting, home moves, a birthday surprise for David Wyss, and Calvin Moser’s recovery from appendicitis. dated June 7.
Jacob Bahler, 32, son of Mr and Mrs G Bahler of south of town, died after an accident that cost him both legs. Relatives learned of his death Tuesday evening by telegram. funeral services are set for Thursday morning at Sonnenberg church with burial to follow in town.
June 7 and weekend visiting days featured Rev C N Amstutz and Mrs C N Amstutz, Mr and Mrs Ben Welty, and trips to Wooster. The Lehman family visited Floyd in Wooster while Hofstetter visited Matilda in Canton. V M Gerber and Effie travelled to Canton, E P Gerber and John Lehman postponed Putman county trip due to measles. V M Gerber and Rudy Studer await Ford cars. A binder twine delivery arrived for the Farmer's club. Mrs Levi Amstutz recovered enough to teach Sunday school at Salem church. Elmer Amstutz operates the Kidron butcher shop supplying weekly beef.
West Lebanon items include a Paiute township S S convention at the M E church on Tuesday June 15 with invitees urged to attend for S S work. Various visits, home improvements, new saloon, auto plans and church cemetery cleanup announced with local residents named and a committee order.
Willard arrives in Canton Friday June 11 to box three rounds with a sparring partner in the main tent both afternoon and night. Reported Havana bout described as a landmark in boxing history with one hour forty minutes of action and peak pugilistic fitness. Demonstrations of rounds twenty fifth and twenty sixth to show blows feints and moves.
Donald and Morgan opened a saloon in West Lebanon last Saturday, the fifth new establishment in Wayne County, marking growth in local nightlife.
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