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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
5
Catarrh causes deafness and Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure by affecting the mucous surfaces. The ad promises one hundred dollars for any case of catarrhal deafness not cured by the medicine. Circulation through Druggists by T. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
Sterling Mass Curne Bechler spent Saturday in Rittman. N. M. Hoff made a business trip to Cleveland Tuesday. Carl Mellinger and a friend visited Ak ron. Mae Soth of Akron spent the weekend with her parents. Celia Steiner and Mrs H. Crouch were in Akron. EF T Boone stayed in Cleveland several days this week. H. D. Knox and family were in Akron last Friday. Peter Arabill family visited in Canton Saturday and Sunday.
Doylestown residents report social visits and travel details. A. C Nichter and wife spent Tuesday with her parents in the area. C. H. Becker worked as a business writer in Wadsworth Tuesday. Julien Steiner of Rittman visited his mother and brother on Sunday. Miss Washa Qill returned home to Canal Fulton after two weeks with grandparents in Boylestown. Charles Baysinger of Wadsworth stayed several days with relatives here. Carl Bidinger arrived home from overseas on Saturday. Francis Whitman and daughter Cornelia toured Canton and Mount Union area visiting kin, Catherine Whitman listed as sick. Mrs Louis Whitman visited Wooster last week. Cornelia Whitman also visited Wadsworth last week. George Sugars and family of Kenmore called on friends here this week.
Kurt Stahal suffered a severe leg burn at the Sodansk plant last week. George Winter battles dropsy, tapped thrice in a month. Jones Lautzenheiser at Chapple is very ill. Mrs. Arther Johnson to Barberton Hospital for complications. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Iden visiting Kenmore relatives. Lloyd Walles begins home construction on South Street. New homes rising in allotment near car line. W M A Indies hosted by Mrs Eli Reimer with guests from Akron. The Freeds welcome a second son, Rebecca Shook Freeds mother. Services announced Sunday at 10:30 with Sunday School at 9:30.
The Petit family hosts its 27th annual reunion at Charles Becker's near Doylestown on Saturday June 21, 1919. All relatives are invited. Mrs Arthur Goffinet, organizer.
A long, fragmented line compares an annual liquor spend of 2.4 billion dollars to the cost of building 800000 homes at 3000 each on 50-foot lots. The text appears garbled but suggests a stark cost equivalence and a large-scale project.
A dromedary arrived in Columbus to attend the Methodist Centenary celebration and agreed to be interviewed. The animal, part of the North Africa exhibit at the exposition grounds, posed for photos with a reporter as preparations for the world’s missionary exposition proceed.
Columbus Ohio notes the Coliseum as the crown feature of the Methodist Centenary celebration set for June 20 to July 13. The structure, rebuilt from a livestock pavilion into a premier auditorium, features a $50 000 pipe organ a 2000 person stage and an 8080 seat capacity with a 75 musician orchestra pit.
A description notes a choir of 100 pieces and lectures by Lowell Thomas, famed traveler and writer from the Holy Land, plus other events. It also discusses Coliseum architecture ensuring unobstructed stage sightlines and clear audio for every audience member.
Columbus readies a six week Centenary celebration opening June 20 featuring daily concerts by the Rainbow Division band and a Jackie Becker appearance. Colosseum at the exposition grounds hosts a William Kraft recital, a 58 900 dollar symphony, 1 000 voice choir, and a 100 piece trombone choir. Pageants, plays, films, lectures, and children's activities fill mornings to nights, aiming to entertain all ages.
Martin, accused of stealing from a traveler in Orrville, was landed in Wooster jail after last week’s capture in New York City. He had previously escaped Wooster officers twice and was escorted handcuffed from New York to Ohio to prevent another breakout.
Tom Polis, freed from a Wayne County sentence after serving parole for a Rittman shooting affray, was arrested in Barberton on concealed weapon charges. Police found weapons on Polis’ companion, not on Polis, with an estimated $175 cost to resolve the trouble and Antonio Puccio helping with money.
Opera House notices no show on Tuesday after Sunday June 22 as TOMMIX performance proceeds this week with one Sunday program announced.
War department reports 803rd Bopineers aboard the transport Leviathan docking in New York. The unit had sailed from St Nazaire, France, on Zeelandia and will land in Charleston before detachments arrive. A permit was issued allowing entry through Cleveland.
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