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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
8
An advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for cures of catarrh and claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine heals mucous surfaces by cleansing the blood. It touts 35 years of use and urges immediate start with testimonials and nationwide druggist availability.
Medina Sentinel reports a man hid three thousand dollars worth of whiskey in a bath tub to pour out the liquid and destroy evidence if officers visited. His wife pulled the plug and the liquor flowed into a creek. Local onlookers later joked about thirsty onlookers drinking the diluted whiskey.
For sale on Pleasant View full description. 120 foot frontage and 150 foot depth on 3d Street. Good location to make three nice lots or a large city estate. Sewer available soon. February 26.
Doylestown reports include Mrs C B Barth visiting Akron with friends, Frank Grover and wife near town, and Ray Scellers buying the C B Barth home with October possession. Charles Smith and wife celebrate a house warming and fourth wedding anniversary on Church Street. Frank Spiker and family move to Frederick Street. Mrs Blake of Wooster dies. Anna Hunker survives. Box social at St Peter and Paul’s raises up to seven dollars per box.
Mayor Shackleford attended a Wayne County advisory health council meeting to push funding for a county health board. The budget of 9 000 was not approved and taxes cannot fund the board until 1921, with pro rata village and township contributions required. Some districts have no health funds while others do, delaying action. Another meeting is expected to seek definite steps on the budget.
Alex Huegle faced Mayor Shackleford for selling cigarettes to an eleven year old, child of Dave Koppleman. Huegle argued the order came from the father, but a parent's order does not legalize sales to minors. He was fined $25 plus costs and appealed, with ten days to file.
Frank Pryor secures the Rittman Olds agency, with full Wayne County sales rights. The sub agency links to Wooster Oldsmobile, enabling Pryor to sell across the county. Pryor already sold a truck to Dave Koppleman. Koppleman later traveled to Wooster Mondas and bought a truck, returning via Akron amid poor road conditions between Rittman and Wooster.
The Village of Rittman Ohio invites scaled proposals for bonds totaling 31297 65 dated April 1 1920 to fund Salt Street paving from Main to East line. Bonds mature 1920 1925 1926 and later with 542 percent interest payable annually. Bid must include bond counts and gross bid plus accrued interest with a 2 percent certified check. The village may reject any bid.
An advertisement touts Gude's Pepto Mangan as a remedy for anemia and run down health. It claims the product strengthens blood, restores vigor, and helps recovering individuals, urging buyers to ensure the package bears the name Gude's. It cautions against unidentified chronic disease.
Friday and Saturday April 2 and 3 D W Griffith presents Lillian Gish in The Greatest Question a provocative stage piece described as funny chilling and thought provoking. The plot follows a colored man near a graveyard as he experiences eerie sights thoughts and reactions challenging belief in ghosts.
Mary Miles Minter presents two films including Anne of Green Gables on Monday and Tuesday April 5 and 6. The program promises to be the season’s top pair and urges audiences to bring friends and attend.
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