01 Jun 1916
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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
1
The fragmentary text outlines J B Hickin purchasing a press and planning retirement from a broom business. It mentions press operations, affiliations, and evolving duties, with scattered references to editorial activity and local industry stakeholders.
Local authorities report the death of John Gannon following a medical incident. Details remain sparse as investigators prepare a postmortem to determine cause. Community members express condolences as tributes surface from relatives and neighbors.
Readers voice frustration over armor pricing and government handling in a sprawling, disjointed memorandum. The writer accuses defense firms of unfair practices, cites an average cost of about 24 700 dollars, and laments alleged profiteering and evasive responses from officials.
The Spec reunion to be held at Chippewa Lake on Thursday June Sth 1916 invites all relatives. Mrs Roy Aucker is secretary.
An unreadable OCR passage appears to mix numbers phrases and garbled words about a sequence of names places and votes. It reads like a damaged public notice or column with unclear subjects and no coherent events or outcomes to report.
An unclear text fragment references a nomination blank for a press event and individuals such as Battin Ohba Centhunen and Tole rete pearnie, with disjointed phrases about gathering and addresses. The readable portions indicate a petition or nomination process and attendees, though key facts remain obscured.
A Sunday memorial service at the Maccabees hall drew good crowds. The Rittman orchestra provided music, Mrs Dasy and Mrs Davy sang well, and Rev McCahren delivered a thoughtful memorial address after a sermon by Kev Wimmer. A few Civil War veterans in the vicinity attended.
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