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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment appears to describe a weekly correction or note by an editor or staff person, mentioning a Wednesday date and names that are unclear. The readable elements include terms like Butter and Eads, with references to potatoes.
Dr D C DeFoe leads as pastor with Sabbath School at 9 00 morning worship at 10 30 evening service at 7 00 Christian Endeavor at 6 00 prayers Thursday at 7 00 and choir practice at 8 00 led by officials Cecil Conley presides prayer meeting Thursday evenings and J H Brown teaches class with O M Spade as chorister of the choir
Rev Paul Herriott, Pastor presents Sabbath School at 9:00 A.M. Morning Service at 10:00 A.M. Junior Endeavor at 2:00 P.M. Senior Endeavor at 6:30 P.M. Evening Service at 7:30 P.M. Prayer Meeting at 7:30 P.M Eastern Standard Time on Thursday.
Parish services outline Sabbath schedule with January 5 Communion and January 6 annual meeting and election. Local notices mention visits, births, illnesses, and travel. Christmas dances, hospitalizations, silver wedding anniversary, and family events. Includes names such as Moses Breeze, Boling, Jous Fred Burger, Mrs C W Hoover, Peter Yaromischk, and Irving Gannon among others.
D C Willa of the Central Liberty Loan Committee warns that victory must be safeguarded and vigilance maintained after the war. The article notes holiday travel by local residents, family visits, and social updates across Akron area households, with a postal city scene and a local paint ad concluding the item.
C A Boling announces a new first class blacksmith shop on West Wirst Street Pleasant View offering general blacksmithing and horseshoeing services. Entry dated January 15 41 reflects local business activity.
Ford Motor Company rebuilt after World War I with a total output near 87 251 vehicles in early 1917 and an October surge to 9 414 units. The plant employed about 70 000 workers in Detroit with 55 000 in the main manufacturing complex.
Several property transactions recorded in Rittman include transfers among Jos B Shermek S Th Eggeman Hirvey Ro Mowers to Georg Draley and Chas A Booth to Ross Peher Simuel S Wileh to Jos F Straw ser Hattie Lance to AGG Goffinet and Albert Goffinet to Harriet M Tance plus a lot sold by Rittman Realty Dota Wo oH Soffing. Money amounts show mostly $1 and $600 payments.
Taxes for Rittman Village Milton Township and Sterling school district will be received by me at my office in Rittman opposite the post office any time after Dec 25 and not later than Jan 6 1920 at Sterling Cash Grocery Sterling Ohio one day only. Bring last tax receipt when paying.
George Ro Wainen of Elyria pleaded guilty in Medina to attacking Mary Aughtery daughter of Kemp Daughtery once a resident. Haines formerly a Todt resident and church pillar, kept time in onion fields at Horton Isle. after the incident he left town with bonds and a note of $500 due October first.
Ross Holderbaum announces The Square Deal Tire Shop will open in Sterling around January 1 1920 after completing tire irvery course. The shop will repair all tire types replace broken fabric beads tread and sidewall breaks and offer life guarantees. Customers invited to bring old tires for demonstrations of repair method.
A young man about 25, known for his wartime conscientious objection, was fatally crushed when a log toppled at his home near Kidron last Thursday. The report notes his notoriety during war days and his death occurred at his residence.
A local notice urges policy holders to review fire insurance protection as many homes are under insured. It lists multiple properties in Rittman and Pleasant View with details like rooms, baths, utilities, and garages, and cautions that home values will rise as prices advance.
Realty notice lists a 35 acre garden farm for sale just outside Rittman on North Main Street near F. P. B. Thompson with a date stamp 11 20. The fragment implies a public sale or listing entry from a local property broker.
Auctioneer Rittman announces stock and farm sales with KEAN R. L. and ADAIR attorneys at law in Wooster Ohio. Farmers' Phone 4 is listed for contact.
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