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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
5
A partial OCR sample shows scattered timetable codes and train identifiers such as No 9 and No 2 with times like 01pm and 435am. The readable items suggest a railway or mail service schedule fragment with several decimal and label fragments.
Local items report Pearl S Goudy and Benj Hess moving to town and a teachers institute to be held Saturday afternoon. Birth announced for Mr and Mrs W D Harper a daughter in New Berlin Ohio. Receptions receipts and exams listed along with church society meeting and a primary gathering. Mention of clothing sale at Angus Bazaar and DeWitts pills promotion. Spindler and Brenneman wedding announced. Green township precincts defined and a funeral for Mrs John Swallow. J Weller Company rep visits Smithville with potential acreage deals.
A collection of local ads lists items for sale including a D J Leickheim store, J Buttermore engine, Mrs W J Cameron carpet, fence by Thomas Lister, and J M Angus novelties. Also updates on a sick person, local marriages, post mortem findings for Mr F Kohberg, a wedding of Geo Cully and Laura Eckard, and notes on local lectures, plays, and newspaper sales.
A note from D. Y. Roebuck thanks neighbors and friends for the large sale turnout. He praises arranging a good sale with organized helpers Arien Jackson and Brenner & Son's auctioneers, and prints sale bills by W. C. Scott. He extends heartfelt wishes for long life and prosperity to all.
School reports show 6th grade girls at 71 percent attendance with overall totals unclear. Grammar under F B Leathers lists 22 boys 17 girls total 39 with daily attendance 36 and 25 pupils present every day. Intermediate under Miss Iva Welty lists 41 enrollment and 30 average attendance with 25 not absent during the month. Primary under Miss Ada B Cully shows 2 boys 20 girls total 44 with 41 average attendance and 1 tardy noted.
Frederick Kohberg died at his home on Monday March 4 after several weeks of illness. Born in Germany August 16, 1837, he came to America in 1872 and lived in Dalton most of his life. He married Elizabeth Wecht in 1874 and is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Wilkie of Akron and Mrs. Boyson of Pittsburg, plus his wife. A former foreman at Schultz Wagon Co he joined United Presbyterian Church with his wife. He was a member of Dalton Lodge No. 480 Knights of Pythias and was pallbearer for the order. Funeral was held Wednesday at 9:30 from his residence, conducted by Rev. W. S. Hinbill. graveside rites followed with lodge honors and a wreath from the lodge.
Miss Nora Brueman of Massillon visited Dalton and fell ill with sharp abdominal pain. Doctors diagnosed appendicitis and performed an exploratory operation on Tuesday forenoon by Dr. Pumphry with Drs. Haney and Pope assisting. She rallied briefly but remains in precarious condition as her parents stay at her bedside.
For sale one of the best grocery stores in Central Ohio. Sales growing with no old stock. Will sell for actual worth and bear close investigation. Large room with reasonable rent. option to lease for one to five years. Retiring from business due to health. Opportunity of a lifetime. Act quickly. D J Letonxney The Grocer Orrville Ohio.
A new home made 19g carpet stripe, unused, is offered or sold to Mrs Wi J Cameron. The item is described as first class and in pristine condition.
One good Russell traction engine 13 Horse power with complete equipment and a ten barrel water tank with wagon under it. Ready to hitch and offered at a very low price if sold soon. Address James Buttermore North Lawrence Ohio.
Usitep Prespyrenian preacher delivers sermon at 11 a m on Gods call to Abram. Friday March 1 school entertainment ends winter season with part repeated on request. General admission 10c reserved seats extra at Scott news depot after March Vth. T W Kimber sends notice.
An advertisement offers high interest savings and a 7 percent return via D. A. Moser Massillon Ohio. Another read offers free Balm of Figs samples to women with female trouble by mailing name and address to Mrs L J Kurerz Massillon with a guaranteed cure if directions are followed or money back.
An old Hoover Broe ledger from Dalton lists July 1855 prices: eggs eight cents per dozen, butter twelve and a half cents per pound, oats one half cent per bushel, coffee five cents per pound, sugar nine cents per pound, plug tobacco six cents per plug, spool thread one cent per spool, thread six cents per cut, rooms twenty five cents each, calico twelve and a half cents per yard, whiskey priced per quart.
The notice states no person may take leases except officers and commissioners signed by president I. B. Wertz or vice president M. L. McDowell and secretary F. J. H. Pope. At a Feb 19, 1901 meeting the board authorized commissions to be issued to W. J. Cameron and Scene Houghton.
The Oliver Plow Co reduces prices to 30 cents for points and related items. They were last to raise prices and first to cut them. Two percent new steel and wood beam liver plows arrive March 15 for the agency. See them at McDown1's.
The item lists candidates for local offices including Justice of the Peace James Buchanan Assessor D. E. Lauder Treasurer F. Horbach Constables P Buchanan Jr and Z H Lilley Council I E Gibson A Weiss and A H Oweils Street Commissioner F D Welty Cemetery Trustees W D Fletcher and Thomas McDowell Trustee Thomas McDowell Board of Education L J Snedgrass and A Weiss.
An agricultural advertisement urges farmers to try the Burch Plow to keep crops in good humor and claims it “knocks them all out.” The copy notes ample stock at Rack and Koosikks for immediate purchase.
Settlement notice from John Youna urges all indebted parties to call and settle at once, stating a positive need for the money. The tone is firm and appears as a personal debt collection request.
Primary candidates for offices must file expense accounts with the county clerk and the town or township clerk regardless of expenses. Blank forms prepared by W C Scott, Notary Public.
The ticket lists candidates for Justice of the Peace C. J. Larrold, Trustees Peter Eckard and A. Douglass for assessor positions in Dalton and West Lebanon, Constables A. Haa rick and Ervin Sword, plus a corporate slate for Council A L Saugain John Seiverling Levi Heibner Street Commissioner Joseph McFarren and others for W W Trustese Cemetery Trustee John Chaber and Board of Education Thomas Cully and A Sanderson.
The undersigned offers at private sale a property one and a half miles west of Dalton on the state road. Two acres of well improved land with good house barn orchard and ample outbuildings. Close to Dalton with easy access to market churches and schools. For price or terms write or call CR Snavely Dalton residence one mile west of Dalton.
Noah Good announces a purchase of 40 Tuds of Page Fence after five years of use. He praises VPage as the best option for fencing needs.
Mrs C E VanVeusen of Kilbourn Wisconsin suffered long from stomach trouble and constipation. She reports trying many preparations but none helped as Chamberlains stomach and liver tablets. Sold at Pope's drug store price 25 cents samples free.
Advertisement warns poor dyspeptics to use Dr Kings New Life Pills for a strong appetite and regular digestion at Pope’s drug-store, price 26c. It also cautions against counterfeit DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, urging consumers to buy the original with DeWitt’s on the box for skin diseases and piles.
Dr D B Cargile cites Electric Bitters curing Mrs Brewer for scrofula with terrible sores and praises it as a blood purifier. Testimonials from F P Moran endorse Chamberlains Cough Remedy for children. Ivison credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with curing years of neuralgia and indigestion after doctors failed. All products sold by F F H Pope M D with sale notices and guarantees.
The editor of the Mraedseafor tests Cham berlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism in the shoulder and thigh joint with rapid relief after two applications. Also promotes Rhodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion claiming it digests what you eat and suits even the most sensitive stomachs. Sold by Fk. F. H. Pope.
George W Waitt of South Gardiner Maine says Chamberlains Cough Remedy is the only medicine that helped his cough cold chills and grip after trying other remedies. He used one bottle and his symptoms left. For sale by F F He Pope.
Mothers praise One Minute Cough Cure for croup and throat and lung troubles. It claims quick cures for coughs colds grippe asthma and whooping cough. Endorsed by F. F. H. Hope.
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