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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1915
Page
5
Eastern schedule lists daily eastbound trains to Akron at 9:28 am and 4:40 pm and westbound services to Dayton and Chicago with 3:01 pm and 8:26 pm departures. Includes No 200 to Akron and No 16 to Akron and No 15 to Dayton and No 7 to Chicago.
Central Standard Time westbound No 1 to Cleveland departs 6 45 am daily. No 3 Chicada depart 64 am. No 17 to Cleveland 7 42 pm. No 15 to Chicago 10 32 pm. No 12 to Wheeling 8 10 am. No 4 Youngstown depart 3 80 pm. No 2 Massillon 6 02 pm. Flag stops noted.
Local notes report illnesses and confinements in households including Mary Adams and sister Gertrude, Dertin, and Henry Longs children. A band may lead a Python day parade. county teacher exams postponed to January 8 1016. Various visits, deaths, church services, and Christmas generosity noted alongside local business ads and uncalled letters.
Numerous residents and visitors are listed spending Christmas and holiday time in town. Names include Norvin Reese, Miss Cleo Cox, Rev H A Shafer, Henry Mitting, John Isenberger, Forest Shell, Cletus lardgrove, Mrs Henry Smoyer, Mrs B Kerns, Hubert Sigler, Frank C Norris, Mrs Frank Kerns, Earl Sigler family, A T Young, C W Freed, Cleo Cox, Herman Roth, Eugene W Korn, C W Derhammer, Charles Walmer, C R Schendel, Mr and Mrs Shook, O E Fashbaugh, Dr Toland, Tracy Shook, Mrs Nathan Adams, Mr and Mrs P W Adams, Mrs Bert Adams, Faith Hobart, Dr J F Park, Justis Wenger, Mrs A J Miller, Mrs Walter Denrolf, Mrs Ervin Blough, Albert Vergi, W G Spade, J B Ly, Dale.
A Christmas surprise tale includes Chas Shook and family and a list of residents registered at Hotel Sigler. A Rittman citizen attempted an early automobile license order on December 10, receiving timber 2,635 as a surprise. A local bank cashier in Ret naan is noted without further detail.
Mr and Mrs C A Pigbo and Geo Pierce family celebrated with relatives in Seville Whittington and Burbank in a long list of Christmas dinners. Dozens of households from Spencer Wellsville Cleveland Akron and Barberton hosted visitors and relatives including the Grissingers Davis Rex Dershimer and Hanes families across Ohio communities.
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