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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1913
Page
4
The article argues for early Christmas shopping to benefit buyers and merchants. It explains how manufacturing, ordering, and shipping timelines rely on advance planning, while crowded holidays burden clerks and risk delays. It notes mail and freight congestion as holiday volumes rise.
The article describes crowded mail cars with workers enduring a chaotic rush as Christmas gifts are processed. It urges early sending to avoid delays, listing names of residents and localities connected to mailing and parcel handling in the region.
W A Summers, new editor and proprietor of the Seville Times, urges readers not to shun or refuse to trade with a business man over past accommodations. He says the way to get even is to patronize him when money is available and pay for what you want.
Listings include seven room houses with wells and cisterns, a free room house on North Lairdge priced at 2300, and several farms and commercial properties in Pleasant View near Ritman. Properties offer terms from cash to monthly payments, with multiple tracts, acreage, and development potential advertised by local agents.
Numerous residents and visitors are noted in Thanksgiving gatherings across Doylestown Canal Fulton Akron Navarre Danville Cleve land Barberton Elmira and Sterling. Attendees include Mrs G A Ot and children Mrs Albert Kline and Misa Ruth Mrs Petyr Weindt Dr W A Pursell and family Mr and Mrs John Petit Miss Clara Whitman Miss Mary Kraimer Cornelia and Esther Whitman Mason Delble and Glen Hile.
Miss Ila Nice hosted Miss Ozette Pond of Wadsworth and Miss Cline of Akron with Mr Switzer. Williams returns from British Columbia reporting a fine trip. Mrs Fred Cole and Donald of Cuyahoga Falls visited the Q A Walles home. Born November 24 to Mr and Mrs Chas bledee a son. Community guests from Akron Wadsworth at Thanksgiving dinners. Arthur Johnson and Virgil visited Copley Sunday.
A Tatler quote contrasts innocence and knowledge in a girl. Innocence prompts a misplaced Why while knowledge enables a timely inquiry. It reflects on curiosity as a gauge of understanding and circumstance.
David R. Lance posted a bond of 100 dollars with sureties Benj Hershey and R E Faber. Bond approved and letters issued. Freddy Blough chosen by Roy Melvin Blough as maker.
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