Council Doings UICKER MONEY Clean-Up Day on Main Street
Council convened in the new OtGT chamber with Mayor Hanes presiding and 75unciimen Brenneman, Burbage, Mongey, Sigler and Smith present. Aimed at relief for the sick and poor and emergency police expenses, the village will have bills read and promptly paid. Friday at 7 designates clean up day with wagons and town to provide for disposal. grading bids for Main Street approved from north end to right of way. sidewalks on Grant Street to be staked. sewer questions discussed with solicitor to assess legal status. bills paid and adjournment follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otgt
Hanes
Burbage
Brenneman
Smith
Vance Hickin
Creston to Get House Numbers and City Improvements
Creston will begin assigning house numbers under a new ordinance and set a deadline for compliance. The council and Board of Trade push improvements including paved walks, parks between the tracks, and street grading. Mayor McGlewen notes railroad companies donated slag for paths after he coordinated offers, with much of the town’s upgrading to be finished by fall.
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Creston
Board of Trade
McGlewen
Wooster
Daily Republican
Maccabees note payment of 2000 dollars to Mrs Willems
The Junction Tent No. 357 in Sterling Ohio reports the delivery of a 2000 dollar check to Mrs. Jno Willems on April 12, 1918. The notice urges faith in fraternal insurance and assures members that Mrs Willems was paid in full with no expense to her. It closes with a reminder to tell the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction Tent No. 357
Sterling Ohio
Jno. Willems
W. M Smira
R. K. Junction
Sterling
Ohio
Correction on false wheat crop ruin forecast by station
A statement circulating in Ohio press claiming an Ohio Experiment Station official predicted near total wheat ruin from the flood is false. No station officer made such a forecast. The director Chas E Thorne asks journals to publish the correction to curb misinformation.
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Ohio
Ohio Experiment Station
Notice to Subsribers on Subsciption Expiration
The Press will stop sending the paper at the end of your paid period. We do not wish to mail to those who do not want it and then demand payment. Please renew in time to avoid missing issues.
B. and O. Box Car Burglary Reported in Town
A B. and O. box car was broken into on Thursday and groceries and other articles were stolen. The culprits were seen and recognized by A. G. Pierce and Alphus Goffinet, but they escaped before officers could be summoned. They had been in town only a short time.
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A.G. Pierce
Alphus Goffinet
Death of Former Local Resident Nick Franzen
Death of former resident Nick Franzen who lived here for years and worked in the local shops and whose family recently resided in Marshallville. He died Friday in a Massillon hospital. Funeral services were held in Marshallville Sunday.
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Nick Franzen
Marshallville
Massillon Hospital
Nicholas Franzen
Essen
Germany
Mr. Franzen
Tessa Ertle
Ohio Salt Co
Trim
Massillon
N. Steffanni
U. B
Mershallville
Evangelical Church
N.steffanni
Shisler
A. B. Male‘Quartet
Evangelical
Sterling School Board Reappoints Baumgardner as Superintendent
The Shreve board offered Prof. G. A. Baumgardner the superintendency at 1250 dollars and Bernice Penrod room 4 at 55 dollars monthly. The Shreve News predicts universal approval of Baumgardner’s reappointment noting his energy and potential for school prosperity.
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Board of Education of
Shreve
G. A. Baumgardner
Bernice Penrod
Shreve News
Profi. Baumgardner
Editor Resigns Wooster Daily News For The Republican
Ed Jonensteim resigns the editorship of The Wooster Daily News and plans to join The Republican after a brief rest. Officials claim no friction and say the move will create new opportunities.
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Ed Jonensteim
Wooster Daily News
The
Republican
Assaultcharge in Sterling leads to jail and fines
John Joseph of Canton was jailed Thursday night on a complaint from Constable Johnson of Sterling. He faced a Friday morning trial for assault and battery on Mrs. Clementine Rheine of Sterling, with L. J. Gigandet as interpreter and Mrs. Wald and Mrs. Vetter as witnesses. Mayor Hanes convicted him and fined 10 dollars plus costs, plus 1 dollar and costs for a separate peddling without a license charge in Rittman.
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John Joseph
Canton
Johnson
Sterling
Clementine Rheine
L. J. Gigandet
Wald
Vetter
Hanes
Rittman
For Sale Cheap Real Estate in Shock Allotment
Real estate listing offers a five room house with four 50 by 150 lots on two street sides and a 16 foot alley, 50 grape vines and other fruit, five years old, plus two additional lots near a school. Also a blacksmith shop with a large Main and Sterling avenue lot and three lots on the B and O siding suited for manufacturing or storage. Fixler invites buyers to inspect before elsewhere.
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School House
Main
Sterling Avenues
Fixler
Orrville and Wooster Couples Granted Marriage Licenses
Ivan E. Klopfenstein and Miss Clela Steiner of Orrville. Charles Waeller and Miss Blanche Chaffin of Orrville. Daiwiel Crow and Miss Beulah Riffel of Clinton township. John Piterie and Mary Dicipo of Wooster.
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Ivan E. Klopfenstein
Clela Steiner
Orrville
Charles Waeller
Blanche Chaffin
Daiwiel Crow
Beulah Riffel
Clinton Township
John Piterie
Mary Dicipo
Wooster
Wayne County to Host Corn Per Acre Contest Trip
The Wayne County Agricultural Society will pay expenses for a Washington trip for the county’s top corn per acre contest winner. About one thousand Ohio boys are expected on the Ohio corn special next December, with entry blanks and rules available from Shreve.
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Wayne County Agricultural Society
Washington, D. C
Wayne County
Wooster Daily News
Will
Ohio
Wayne Maine Agricultural Society
G. J. Ebright
Watkins Push for Vanilla Leadership After Record Purchase
A 1913 internal Watkins Company letter outlines a massive purchase of twenty three thousand pounds of high grade Mexican vanilla beans and plans to push Vanilla Extract as the company’s leader. The memo claims Watkins controls a large share of the world vanilla bean market and urges sales staff to push eleven and fifteen ounce bottles to boost volumes and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Orr
Watkins Company
New York City
Watkins
J. R. Watkins Medical Company
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Uicker Money
Grace Main Street
Grant Street
Erie
Rittman Ball Club
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Citizens Band
Knights of Honor
Al_B. Church
J. ML McKulb
U. B. Church
Mort Burnett
Seekers of Truth
Sae
Hanes & Ebert
Realty
Rittmak, Ohio
Rittman Savings Bank
Akron
South Main Street
Savings & Loan Co
Summit County
Akron Savings & Loan Co
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