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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1913
Page
13
Church notes outline Sunday School rosters and class activities. Pastoral references mention Rev. Westenbarger and Mr. Taber Pianos with notices about alternate Sundays in the social hall Realty block. Announcements list service times and participation details for church members and groups.
The text contains a jumble of garbled names such as Giles, Pope, and Poland with partial phrases about visits, birthdays, and kinship in a local setting. It reads like an OCR dump from a district obituary or family notices, lacking clear events.
Fragmented OCR notes reference Cornelia and Bar siblings with parents and foster connections. Names Hansickeran, Mary, Dannemiller, Warwick appear amid loose lines about weeklong events and Tuesday activities. Source text is incomplete and names are uncertain.
The Western Star reports a week of social calls with Hutchinsong McDermotts and the Dicks family among those noted. Mrs Hetrick of Barberton and Jamey Dick of Akron visited relatives in our area over the weekend. Vera Harter and Sarah Harter of Akron spent Sunday with their grandmother Mrs Jacob Harter, while WUE Dicka and family, the Williamses, and Mary attended visits in Akron and Bundgy.
Bethel View reports Miss Elizabeth Leichty visited Gertrudd Dulabahn Tuesday. Burckhart and wife spent the weekend with relatives in Orrville. Claude Stover returned from Lakeside Hospital. Rev. Heckman of Orrville spent the weekend with his son in law Jacob Shoup. Mrs Lebman of Burton City visited Mollie and Melissa Rohrer on Sunday.
Easton residents attend gatherings and visit Akron. A bridge on the Doylestown Easton road is being replaced after being cut since spring. Daniel Hoffman wins a contract to widen Mill Creek. Olga Brillhart Iva Adams visit Akron. Fern Lutz Edna celebrated at a birthday surprise party hosted by Eli Horn. Mrs Pp Ww Adams and Lloyd stay with Mra Adams. Sulpiens concert club performance met with praise. Mrs Henry Lutz shows slow recovery after recent illness.
Kauke Station and Mrs Nancy Bri ker of Seville join in a Thanksgiving day marriage performed by the Brethren church. The couple bring large blended families totaling seventy three descendants. The groom’s flock of red chickens and watermelons symbolize hearty congratulations from Shrive News.
Contest offers second prize a choice of a full scholarship or jewelry set. third prize a ladies gold watch. Special: all yearly subscriptions from November 26 get the paper until January 1, 1915 for $1.00.
A Sunday November 30 1913 schedule shows a daily sleeping car running from Cleveland Ohio to Baltimore Maryland. It details connections via Erie No 630 departing 5 15 p m from Cleveland to Youngstown and onward through Pittsburgh Cumberland Hagerstown Gettysburg and Baltimore on Western Maryland lines with timed arrivals and cafe club cars. Endorsements credit FT Howaron Div Pass Agt Erie Railroad Cleveland and C J Brown Asst Gen Pass Agt Erie Railroad Cleveland.
Birth announcements show a 10 pound boy born to Mr and Mrs Ed Schonde on Thursday and an 11 pound boy born to Mr and Mrs Ed Yochheim on Thursday.
A garbled marriage license item lists several couples from Orrville Wooster Barberton Rittman and surrounding areas. Names mentioned include Wrimpsy Seville Resta Eby Domininic DiLacca Theressa Vannerelle Nichole Green Rand ie Rodebaugh Anna Gingery and Maria Rea geacae with Wooster and Wooster Township connections. The fragmentary text references spouses and locales but lacks coherent details.
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