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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1913
Page
5
Erie timetable lists EASTBOUND No 32 to Akron at 8:27 AM and No 16 to Akron at 3:45 PM. WESTBOUND No 15 to Dayton at 2:31 PM and No 7 to Chicago at 7 PM daily.
Local notices report a Friday band concert in Macca bee hall and a president message. A fire razed the Woods business block in Akron with substantial loss. James Long, Medina Sentinel editor, died at 38. Burglary losses in Wadsworth about $100. A new two story block rises on Main Street Wadsworth. Falls in Mrs Geinger home cause bruises. Akron's Bacher Iron and Steel Casting formed as a $10 000 company. Civil War veteran Cyrus Crane, 76, dies in Creston. Congress opens sixty third session. Erie restaurant opens in Hull block. Latoni injured in Wooster crossing a fence. dies in foster hospital. Summit county court notes mentions Roy Dennison and Josephine Myers. County to build paved roads, Wayne county to benefit from state road funds. Thanksgiving hunting tale and Dr Eyman’s inmate schooling plan highlighted. Local court cases include intoxication and destruction fines. Village school board fills term and contemplates new school site. bills paid.
Personal notices show numerous visits and Thankgiving gatherings. Names include J E Hanes, Susie Wright, Ray Fetter, the Youngs, Clifford Shook, Lee Friz, Chas Turner, Mrs W Matt, Eva Tanguay, Mrs Wm Burbage, J W Parsons, and many others visiting relatives or guests in Akron, Seville, Sharon Center, Wooster, and Canal Fulton.
Victor Houser of the M. W. and C. telephone company was injured Saturday when a pole he stood on toppled to the ground. He sustained injuries to the left hip and shoulder. Also noted are Thanksgiving visits by Miss Hellen McIntyre and Miss Ada Williams of Creston to Mr. and Mrs. Rizer, and plans for the Givens family trip to Los Angeles after a Toledo visit.
Washington correspondent Crearge Clinton supplies a breezy weekly letter on national events. The feature leverages his official readership ties and years of service to deliver up to the minute insights for readers.
Louise Thelma Geiser daughter of Mr and Mrs PF E Geiser was born in Rittman March 13 1911 died Nov 29 1913 at 8 30 pm aged 2 years 8 months 16 days She was stricken with pneumonia after an illness of less than a week Funeral services were held at the home in Rittman Tuesday at 9 am and at the Mennonite church in Sterling at 10 am by Rev Sheller of Wadsworth Interment was Crown Hat cemetery near Sterling The floral offerings showed tender sympathy Father mother and one sister survive and sympathy is extended in this hour of bereavement
The Geisers thank neighbors and friends for assistance during their child’s illness and death and for support from the choir and others at the funeral services.
An ordinance from the village of Ritaman details Main Street from the north corporation line to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks to be paved with vitrified brick and curbing. It covers grading and draining, assessments in ten installments, bond funding, and bids, with passage date noted as November 24, 414.
Santa Claus visits Spud's on Saturday December 6 at 2 p m. Hanes & Ebert promote Keenophone. Wooster Flour reduces living costs and promises no soggy bread with Table Belle Flour. Wenger's Grocery advertises. Pleasant View Realty interest and moderate prices. Eye exams free and glasses guaranteed for one year by C R Barnard Optician Hull Block every Friday.
Five months old Want column seeks housekeeper for respectable family. Address Box 297 Rittman Ohio. Sate a 5 year old driving mare with harness blanket robe and buggy. cheap if sold soon. Oscar Blatter farmer. Four-sate: eight room house with slate roof good well cistern cellar kitchen water. lot 50 by 150 on North 2nd near Ohio Ave. call for price. Standard bred driving mare 1000 pounds 5 years old Alan harness buggy cheap to quick buyer. Hermetic Favorite heating store nearly new sell cheap. Inquire W OH Whncut. Sate truck wagon nearly new 3 inch tire 3 1/2 inch skein. Inquire J T Johnson. Rent six room house near B and O Railroad inquire C W Freed. Wanted work by the day by young woman inquire Mrs Wall Houseworth Pleasant View. Sate Quick-Meal Range first class condition inquire J E Hanes. Wantep up-to-date harness maker in Rittman call on J H Fisner president Business Men's Assn. Sate One medium sized wash stand inquire Fr Weiss. Clubbing rates on all magazines and papers send for catalog. Address THE Press Rittman Ohio.
A resolution authorized the mayor and clerk to enter a contract with The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Company for electric lighting of streets alleys and public places for the years ahead. The contract follows a prior resolution from October 6 1913 and naming the company as lowest and best bidder after public advertisement. The measure passed November 24 with Frank Hanes mayor and G H Clippinger clerk of council.
Public vendue will offer Village Lots No 1 and 2 appraised at 900 and Lot 19 appraised at 1400 in Rittman Wayne County Ohio on December 4 1913 at 1 PM. Terms: one third cash, one third in one year, one third in two years with mortgage security. Attorneys McClarran and Jones.
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