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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
4
Rittman area society notices list Christmas visits, hotel registrations, and local movements. A May 28 1916 timetable shows Eastbound routes to Akron Cleveland Wheeling Massillon Chicago and more with flag stops.
The Metropolitan Gees Club will meet at the high school next Tuesday evening January 2. The piece notes a series of local social events including a blaze at Walter Dearolf’s home, a wedding and various holiday gatherings, with several families mentioned in Clinton and Western Star areas.
The article surveys wartime policy talk and political forecasts for 1920 including Germany, allies, Morgan’s war win optimism, Bryan as Democratic nominee, and postwar plans. It notes questions about whisky, Constantinople, and comets, all in a kaleidoscopic press-style digest.
Ida Goushorn and others transfer property in West Salem for 850 thousand dollars. Stephenson transfers property in Orrville for one thousand. Amos F Griffin and others to Clas 5 Horst in Orrville for 32 thousand 500 dollars. Matelle Coppes Fank to Ruth King in Orrville for 1 700 dollars. John Arange to Rollin Shook in Applecreek for 1 dollar. ND Blough to ETL Maluler land to Milton township for 1762.90. John W Buchanan to Lizael Buchanan land in Green town lap 21 Sturry. Schaffter and others transfer property in Mt. Eaton for 600 dollars. Emma J King to Armstrong Brown and others land in Salt Creek township for 1500 dollars. Amos Derr and wife to Armstrong Brown and others land in Salt Creek township for 1500 dollars. Armstrong Brown and wife to Alfred D Brown land in Salt Creek township for 1 dollar. Alfred D Brown and wife to Armstrong Brown land in Salt Creek township for 1.
A Cleveland Day Paper praises Oberlin and Wooster College for their international student bodies. It notes Wooster, nearly twice as large as Wooster, hosts seventy students from seventeen foreign countries, including children of missionaries from ten nations. Dr White cites Wooster graduates working in twenty five world counties, asserting Wayne County’s global impact through the institution.
Sunday December 31 the Tritngle play line presents a tale of marriage and gender conflict. Julia Dean stars in a farce about a wife torn between her husband and social expectations, with Ford Sterling in His Father's Footsteps as the Triangle Weystone comedy.
A local bill features Orme Hawks presenting a play exposing a great evil for under 14s with parental accompaniment. Charlie Chaplin His Hard Luck is shown, matinee 16 cents, evening 25 cents. Free calendars on New Year, star player signings, and weekly Gold Poster Plays with Ruth Roscoe in A Matrimonial Martyr. Free Picket night on Wednesdays with two tickets drawn.
James Galehouse promotes auction as the fairest method for business, claiming it is the quickest and most economical way to transact, benefiting both buyers and sellers.
Real estate ads list multiple properties for sale with prices and locations across North Fourth and North Second streets, North First and Third streets, Sterling Avenue, Ohio Avenue, Seneca Street, and nearby avenues. Listings include six to twelve room houses, small tracts, farms, timber, and corner lots with notes on SOLD statuses and price reductions.
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