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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
3
Communications must reach the editor by Monday morning. Advertising rates quoted by the editor. Subscriptions and business matters handled at the address. Eastbound schedules list No. 92 9 07 am and No. 153 9 p m. Westbound No. 16 4 38 pm No. 7 8 55 pm. The Press encourages subscriptions with a light note about public stories.
A Sterling resident and wife spent a day in Akron and nearly boarded the wrong train at the depot, a mishap that ended with the couple recalling the Erie No. 7 misalignment. The report shifts to a Bar Harbor Blues exhibition and a rough season open with auto accident concerns, highlighting speed as a cause and noting a fatality and injuries in Oliver.
A Sunday blaze on a B and C railroad bridge west of Rittman damaged the structure so severely that trains used only the westbound track between Wareick and Sterline. The article also lists various local legal notices, guardianships, and probate filings, along with community events and social notes from Wooster and surrounding areas.
The U B Church announces preaching Sunday at 9 10 a m and 7 p m with a Wednesday prayer meeting 7 10 p m and a class led by E T Boone Elizabeth Moobrb appears in a fragmentary transfer list showing property transactions in Orrville Dalton Sugarcreek and Wooster with values up to 8207 and names such as John W Bahana J W Weaverland James Slusher Ira Johnson and others.
Community church schedule lists Sunday School at 9:30 a m. preaching at 10:30 a m. prayer meeting Thursdays at 7:30 p m. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p m with biweekly sermon after the meeting. Names and towns appear in a social notices section. A humorous lyric fragment closes the column.
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