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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1913
Page
5
Railroad timetable lists western and eastern routes effective Sunday May 25 1913. Westbound No 1 to Cleveland daily No 3 to Chicago No 17 to Cleveland daily except Sunday No 1 9 4? and eastbound No 12 to Wheeling daily flag stop No 4 to Akron daily No 2 to Massillon daily with flag stop markings.
Fragmentary timetable notes No. 32 and No. 16 for Akron daily at 813 a.m. No. 15 for Dayton daily at 3:45 p.m. No. 7 for Chicago daily at 7:55 p.m. The text is incomplete with missing destinations and final times.
Local events and updates include Miss Nellie Kurtz and Mrs Myrtie Sheller in clerical roles, social gatherings at Reuben Beery Chas Walker and Warwick dance reports, and Ohio Salt Co. plant improvements. Fire inspector H H Weaver filed fire safety complaints. county sheep claims totaling 2146.75 dollars approved. Post office furniture arriving. July occupancy planned. Edward Payson Weston to pass through town en route New York to Milwaukee. Medina plans Fourth of July celebration with aero flights and sideshows.
Lost automobile on the Rittman to Sterling or Rittman to Wadsworth road reported Friday June 20. Finder urged to return to Amman Press. A double funeral held in Wooster for a couple, with the husband having died last October and buried in the cemetery vault. the wife, Mrs. Piper, died Friday and they chose joint interment. O. Hart re-elected Sterling High School principal at 65 dollars monthly, a salary record for the post. Various society notes, local visits, and shop talk fill the rest of the issue with community life and advertising guidance included.
Personal notices list multiple residents visiting relatives and traveling between Akron Barberton Wooster Seville River Styx Sharon Center Wadsworth Lima Cleveland and Michigan. Names include Nellie Kurtz Earl Sigler Harold Brown Angie Roadabaugh J. H. Brown Lloyd Whitman Chas Conrad Bodager C Landes Norris Bauman Hilda Bock Hazel Kurtz Flossie Fuhrman Elmer Ebert and others with brief weekend or day trips and visits.
The W C T U met at Mrs. Anna Harpster on Tuesday evening June 17. Devotional services were led by President Mrs. Clouse. Temperance papers were read by Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Fredrick and Mrs. Hickin. A membership contest was planned to run until the third Tuesday in July with the losing side hosting the winners.
A reflective line asserts many could teach preach run businesses or publish better papers yet do not partake in these roles. The speaker contrasts capable outsiders with those who actually perform such tasks, likening the unengaged to lilies of the field.
Classified note reads insert your wants in this column with a price offer. One insertion costs ten cents. three insertions cost twenty five cents in advance. The brief notice emphasizes affordable small print ads for readers.
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