16 May 1918
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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
1
The Elkhorn area graduation program featured ex governor Willis delivering a pleasing address to grads from the Hugh School. Beatrice Fisher Gladys Milton and Gene Conley led diplomas and musical numbers with Longenecker presiding. Graduation for eighth grade follows Friday night at the school.
At a Friday meeting the Food Production group debated farmer burdens in wartime. Farmers feel pressed to supply government markets at inflated costs while seeing others gain higher wages and shorter hours. They worry about longer workdays and sending women and children to fields to cover for drafted men.
Former Rittman boy Rev Carl Elliott of Salem Oregon leaves for France to engage in Y M C A work among soldiers. He is honored by local churches and noted for long service and family ties to the Rittman community.
Edwin Dague killed himself with a roshey gun in Spencer last week becoming the fourth family member to take his own life. His father W. Dague had previously killed himself near Medina, and a plane father and an uncle also committed suicide.
The re commencement exercises of Sterling high school will be held at the U B church in Sterling Friday. Ex Governor Wilhs will deliver the class address. Graduating class members include Wanda Maine Mida Steele Ethel Carnahan Pearl Scheetz Minnie Rossee Dorothy Knox Percy Maine Oscar Smith Paul Johnson and Herbert McCoy. The class colors are red and white and the motto is All for America. The ten seniors are expected to bring a large audience. The baccalaureate sermon was preached Sunday night in the U B church by Rev Comer of Ashland.
Mr and Mrs W R Shook left Friday on Erie No 7 to visit their son Tracy in training since January at the Great Lakes station They return Sunday and report Tracy starts to sea Monday as a musician on the Birmingham Flagship They found him in good health and eager to sail
Private A. R. Woodill, a member of a Canadian regiment serving in the British forces, spoke about his firing line experiences. Frances, who has been in recent battles, attended the meeting and shared insights from the front.
The Rittman community is invited to a flag raising on May 19 at 3 PM on church grounds. St. Ann’s Congregation will unfurl a flag and the Ladies’ Altar Society will unseal a service flag honoring the congregation’s young men called to duty. Rev. V Wilkutaitus will speak as the gathering prays for victory and benediction.
The week of May 20 marks Red Cross week in Wayne County with a national goal of 100 million dollars for war work. Wayne County aims to raise 26 thousand, with Rittman at 900, Sterling 650, Doylestown 750, and Marshallville 525, allocations based on population and wealth. Rittman’s past support in Liberty Loan and YMCA drives bodes well for meeting its quota.
Sterling loses acting superintendent Jake Rittman as C. B. Ferguson prepares to be drafted. Ferguson likely to take camp from May 25. Home is West Salem. This follows the prior resignation of Arthur Gaborel, drafted after starting the school year.
Wadsworth allows all Sunday commerce except moving picture shows as prosecutors in Medina county fail to press cases. Former solicitor Smoyer argued state law override, resigned. Frank Woods pressed arrests then left. Now Prosecutor Underwood refuses to present cases to grand jury, leaving Sunday openings in Wadsworth and Medina county.
A garbled snippet shows mentions of endorsements for a candidate Willis and references to peers. The text includes unclear names and positions, with partial phrases suggesting an electoral context and candidate selection. No clear events or outcomes can be determined from the legible content.
Citizens meet in council chamber with Rep. Karl Hoover to organize a Rittman War Chest. An executive committee led by Hoover and including Walter Laif J J Gannon and others will oversee funds for Red Cross and K C work, with officers named and a 5 7 vote rule for money withdrawals.
Former Ohio governor Frank B Willis visited Salt Works facilities in Rittman after attending a Urigh Sehoul commanee, touring salt mud sacks and plant operations with local hosts Mr and Mrs H F Lofegewetker. He praised the town’s industries and urged wider publicity to boost Ohio awareness.
Wayne county pupils topped Media county 11 of 14 points in a spelling contest at Orrville. The tally shows Written Wade leading Wayne with 3 to Medina 0 in oral rounds and 14 7 in written rounds for eighth grade with Wayne also securing wins in other divisions.
A sale notice details a fine residential lot on North Second Street owned by William J. Ritnee and Harry E. Hier Wadsworth. The buyers expect to build a home on the site soon and the ad notes the price and a real estate clerk involved.
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Wallace F. Mabee of Eastport Me, a fifteen year old scout, receives a bronze War Service Medal from President Wilson. The medal honors his Liberty Loan campaign work with the Boy Scouts of America, after Mabee sold 16 bonds totaling $2,000, surpassing rivals who sold less.
German propaganda is being weeded out in the South with fewer German sympathizers than before. Tar and feathering has had a mild but noticeable effect as councils of home defense form and public sentiment shifts. Arrests of alien enemies have risen in multiple cities and penal camps fill with Kaiser supporters, while Austria subjects show less belligerence but still voice anti Allied sentiment in private.
With General Pershing's approval, E C Carter leads YMCA effort to create a university for American soldiers in France. It will operate as the department of education within the army, offering elementary courses and later advanced study taught by prominent educators. The project aims to build vocational skills and cultural understanding, aided by French partners and American institutes.
Gotlieb Stein a Reynolds farm proprietor aged seventy eight walked into Tamaqua Pennsylvania recruiting office and enlisted in the United States cavalry. He shows youth in vigor and was ordered to report in Harrisburg for examination Monday.
D. D. Dickey, a Barberton factory engineer, spent about 59.28 dollars or fifteen cents a day in 1917. He worked twelve hours daily, six days a week, and gained two pounds during the year. His menu focused on meat and bread with occasional fruit and bakery dishes.
Text is garbled with unreadable phrases and names. It references Chippewa and a manager, but lacks clear events or dates to summarize into a coherent item.
A faded clipping notes premiums on stamps and postage items with unclear details. The fragment mentions rates and local usage but lacks complete names or dates.
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