25 Nov 1920
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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1920
Page
1
A Christian Herald essay urges readers to reflect on temperance thrift and virtue as the harvest season ends. It compares sowing and reaping to moral fruits, urging self examination, choosing enduring values, and strengthening character day by day as winter approaches.
Opinion piece extols the phrase Think and Thank as a hereditary motto of Sir Moses Montefiore and urges Americans to adopt it. It links thankfulness to thinking, recalls the Pilgrims and Puritans, and praises their faith, courage, and harvest while urging collective reflection on others’ sorrows this season.
A whimsical verse recalls a turkey gobbler living beneath a cloud and unable to speak of cranberry or pumpkin. The vivid image shows tears and reverie as November finds him pale and decapitation hinted in a strained, old time poet’s voice.
Vance Hickin of the Ohio Salt Co offices suffered a paralytic stroke while eating lunch Friday at Ashbrook restaurant and Cindy Kitchen. Doctors treated him and his condition showed slight improvement by Monday with expectations of full recovery. He previously had a brother who recovered from a similar attack.
Villagers question Salt Street paving progress as 200 300 feet remain unfinished. Weather delays and a shipment of brick delay completion, though work resumed last weekend. if shipments arrive and temperatures stay mild, paving may finish this season. The street remains open east to the Ohio Boxboard factory.
Hoover cashier at the Rittman Savings Bank said officials expect to open their new building for business sometime in January. Delays in vault equipment shipment from Canton push the opening back from December. The contractor will finish the building in about two weeks except for the vault and burglar alarm system. Sam Escoultz has leased the adjacent room for a three year term and will move in after it becomes available.
Mrs Noble files for divorce and alimony in common pleas court, naming Kart E Hoover as attorney. She alleges extreme cruelty by J N Noble of West Virginia, who was previously ordered to pay damages for assaulting his wife in a justice court.
Two Akron lookup winners Edgar Daves and Fred Mitchell were arrested at Paul McClure's west of Wooster after being wounded by shotgun fire at the McClure home. Aloy reportedly injured in a hunting accident. Earlier, five men robbed an Akron firing station and fired at tires. three were arrested soon after.
An unsigned letter requests a named writer for publication and notes The Press does not publish anonymous content. It explains papers require identifiable signatures for good faith and publisher protection and says the writer’s name will not be printed unless requested.
Unconfirmed reports say Don F. Moyer and Mrs. Malinda Bristol plan marriage on Thanksgiving Day. The announcement gives no hour, location, or officiant details. The bride is described as a house keeper in the mayor’s home for some time.
Wayne County jail was empty Saturday after Deputy Sheriff Wayne Garver moved Mike Costello to the Columbus penitentiary. Costello had pleaded guilty to driving an auto without the owner's consent and was sentenced by Judge Critchford on Thursday. He was the last of a trio of prisoners who had filled the jail for several weeks. the other two were sent to the Mansfield reformatory Thursday.
Walter B Laib, former superintendent of the Ohio Ralt Co, bids friends farewell in Rittman Monday and announces new duties with a Cleveland match manufacturing company. He will reside in Cleveland henceforth.
Final Wooster hearing on September 14 before county commissioners debated opening a new street on the north side of Erle R R to connect Sterlingave and Mainst. Officials said a decision would be delayed to clarify their authority. No further word has come from Rittman after more than two months.
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