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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
4
A petition in Rittman argues for women's suffrage echoing Ohio voters' November defeat. The piece asserts the core question is whether the principle is right and favors equal rights for women in all matters of welfare, stressing education as the qualification for franchise and noting support for woman suffrage despite past defeat.
Notice invites sealed proposals by July 15 1914 12:00 noon at the clerk of the Board of Education for building a school house in the district Plans and specifications are on file Bids must include all interested parties and a $750 bond or certified check to secure contract performance Lowest responsible bid wins Board reserves right to reject all bids and to accept a bid for labor and materials separately if applicable.
The Board of Education of the Rittman Village School District, Wayne County, Ohio, offers $35,000 in bonds. Bids open June 6 1914 at midnight at the clerk’s office. Bonds issued in $500 denominations with varying due dates beginning April 1916.
April of each year thereafter until bonds are paid bear interest at 54 percent per year payable semi annually. Bonds may not be sold for less than face value plus accrued interest and bids may be rejected. Section 7629 governs, and bidders must file a certified check of 500 dollars to guarantee payment if bid is accepted.
Local notices publish candidates for county commissioner common pleas judge clerk of court sheriff and other offices. Names include J W Oller D L Bonstam M Showalter Wm Bixler John H Immel George W Spencer Lyman R Critchfield W Biddle Fleming Fisher and C F Esse lburn with primaries set for August 11 1914.
The Bell Company led welfare efforts for telephone operators, shifting from boy to girl operators for better service. Rest rooms, lunch rooms, hospital facilities, and a trained matron support workers. An operator school screens applicants for health and capability, attracting girls from good homes.
Several properties offered near Sterling and Rittman including 8 room J A Bender house with furnace and cistern, 40 acre Myron C Klopfenstein farm, 7 house W W Bauman holdings, Miller Underwood corner lot, Chas Brubaker near Erie depot 7 rooms, Widow Fixler Guilford farm 76 and a half acres, Samuel Baker corner lot, Gas Barringer lot near post office, four Harry Helderbaum Jos Berger lots, Samuel Myers and Melvin Holmes homes, W R Keller residence, A B Wolfe North 3rd St 8 rooms, Harper Daniels 18 acre farm near Easton, F E Harter North Main street, Oliver Lookabaugh West 2nd Diagonal, 20 acre farm near Rittman, Emanuel Blatti property west of Rittman, State St and First St lots, Margaret Wilson three-acre site, and Jne Pressler property Pleasant View. Call for price and terms.
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