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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
5
Communities urged to raise War Savings Stamp quotas in 1918 to win a Victory Memorial shaft of Barre granite. The Ohio War Savings Committee requires at least 15 times the population in stamps and aims to raise 80 million dollars. The winning county receives a 3 foot high monument on a six foot square base.
The Dalton community sale drew a large crowd last Saturday with many neighbors shopping, socializing, and catching up. Local families such as the Thomspons and Butter families attended along with Miss Ruth Kosier visiting from Florida and Miss Evelyn Harper visiting grandparents. Civil notes mention Ford buyers Frank Steiner and Jo Rees and street improvements by Contractor Long and crew on Dalton Main Street.
A mix of entertainment notes and local civic items. The piece lists song titles and performances at Scott’s along with Miss Sylvia Tschantz visiting Columbus and a set of Sugar Creek township residents named for the May term jury wheel, including Levi Heibner J B Gregory Peter Kurzen Fred Willner W D Weaver John R Gregory Willis Frantz Rudy Studer David Nussbaum and Ben F Geiser.
Curtis C. Lipp of Petersburg and Nina E. Cunningham of Dalton. Joseph B. Withrow of Millersburg and Frances E. Wise of Shreve. Carl Elbert Congdon of Dayton and Mauderr Brenneman of Orrville.
Miss Grace Shoup of Dalton married Charles C Howard of Akron Wednesday at one o clock in a Wooster Methodist parsonage ceremony. The couple expects to reside in Akron after the wedding.
Mrs S Hubbell of Wooster dies at home after a two week illness. She leaves husband, daughter Myrtle Hubbell of Wooster, son Rev W H Hubbell of Cleveland, three grandchildren and one brother. Funeral held Wednesday afternoon.
The little son Robert Shilling, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Shilling, is improving after serious illness. Mrs. A. L. Oberlin is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Brenner and daughter of Massillon visited at C. S. Shilling's. A village festival is planned for Saturday evening June 28. Prof. H. J. Christman will speak at the Reformed church and show sterioptical views next Sunday evening June 22.
An 19th century advertisement claims catarrhal deafness stems from a inflamed Eustachian tube and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional cure. It states the remedy works through the blood to restore mucous surfaces and offers the $100 reward for any uncured case. Circulars free. All Druggists.
A London writer visits military hospitals and records striking contrasts among soldiers. He cites stories of families with multiple sons serving, heroic escapes ending in tragedy, a chaplain nearly dying on stairs, a survivor of a ship who cannot swim, and a Muslim prayer verse about fate.
The poem by Johann Ludwig Uhland popularized a romantic tale of a drinking glass called the luck of Eden Hall. A drunken lord shatters it and the room is consumed by flames, yet the glass exists today as a pale green six inch relic enameled in blue and white. Some claim it came from Spein while others say it was left at Athbert’s well by fairies.
Mr Smith visits his neighbor and is invited to a parlor sing along with Mr and Mrs Jones children. They perform Mother and Mother Mahree among others. Mr Jones says Mrs Jones is in the kitchen doing the dishes and will join after chores. Judge.
The elder urges kindness and explanation to guide children while Gap Johnson counters with harsh physical methods as the practical path. The dialogue captures a clash between gentle instruction and punitive discipline. Local color hints at Rumpus Ridge and a Kansas City Star quotation.
Delmer, who usually walks to school with Matle, delays due to Matle’s hair curling. He tells his mother he won’t wait for her anymore, saying she is consistently unready when he calls. The exchange underscores a small domestic moment of punctuality and companionship.
In a yard with a pigeon coop, Andrew notes one bird pacing outside while the rest stay inside. He asks his mother if the bird is a collector since it cannot get in, sparking a gentle moment of imagination.
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