The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-11-05
NEW BERLIN,
Short Historical sketch Of Its Founding
Growth AAd Present Conditions
Together with Other Matters
OF Interest

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New Berlin. located Ave miles weat OF
north OF Canton, IL eight miles south OF
the 4lst degree. Of north latitude and
about "a milea weet OF the fourth merl'
dian OF longitude west from Washing.
ton. The village occupies portions OF
sectiOus 7,B, II and IN, section IL baing
eouth OF 7, aud II south Of 3. Ia Plaln
townshlo, being township XII IN range 8,
according 10 the government survey.
The village has about 800 inhabitants,
and iaa llllle over a mile east OF the
Valley railroad. The country all around
gladdens the eyea with splendid
farms, u Uder u high state Of culnydtlOni
adorned with hne farm hous's aud
barns, orchards and good tak and other
timber.
ITs SETTLEMENT,
New Berlin WAS lai Out by John
Hover, brotLer Of Adam aud George
Hover, about the year 1898. The lirat
house built was tho Old tavern on the
nOrth.Weat corner, erected by Henry
Myers In 1895, afterwards sold t0l Jacob
Hiwsr, aud tho carpenter work bilng
uU 10 NY hFNlKO hhN inHh
Bachtel. THIS same carpenters are still
among us. hale aud hearty, aud can tes'
tify 20 mLuy hard knocks and narrow
escapes Ia the wilde O Ou dN+w Berlin
seventy or more years ago, The next
house buit was by John Hover, where
Peter p PlersOn now lives, and black
saith shop on next lot south, he belng a
blacksmith. The next house was by
Peter Wlllaman, on the south east cor
ner, the same carpenters doing the work
on all the houses, From that time on
there was every now aud then a house
added until there were about twelve
houses In town. Then its growth stopped
Tor some time.
ANOTHER GROWING START.
la the year i9l7, Samuel SchlO't
bought out Peter Willaman and his 40
acre,, and commenced selling OF lots
south from the center Of town, and then
tho town made big move upward, and
haa been steadily gaining In population
tight along. with q steady, moral and In
lustrious people, mostly from Lancaster
county, Pa, VII are not afraid to take
lOld OF anything that comes along. be-
II plow, AK, plane, maui aud wedge, or
yrnbbinR hos.
The town psople are kind OF hired
hands 10 the farmers around town, from
whOm they draw their rati0ns for them
selves and their families 30 that the
hing works like a clock.
CTs HRALTHPULNEss AND INDUSTRIES,
one reason New Berlin improves ia
That II Ia O very healthy cNuatry all
rouud. There has been but one physi'
clan resident In town for the last thirty
years or more. Hs IL now about worn
Jui, and a very good new one came 10
:ake his place q few years ago, That Ia
lll W0 nee 4 In that line Just now.
There are three blacksmith shops
acre and they all do fair business
10 q good buggy OF any kind Is wanted,
Or wagon that In made Just right 40
ana consult New b rims wagon ina ker,
blacksmith, ana painter, aud you will
Iet bargain, There are I've sets Of
carpentera In the place aud they oil
nave falr amount Of work, enough TO
90 taDpy at all timos. 0le gang Of
2la derers ae very busy oil the time.
We have one tinahop that has no CON-
Dlaint 20 bring In about hard times
they having plenty OF work right along.
0ne planning mill does fair business In
~ line, aud lumber yard does q No, |
business. A tinker, or master OF all
.rades holds forth hare that the State Of
Ohio cannOt beat. The business houses
consist OF one dry goods store, a regular
country dTy.g0Ods honee, where you can
Guy q needle or q grindstOne two gre
cefiee, one drug aud variety store, one
ceotaurant, and one tavern alaO a
furniture store and on undertaker'a
establishment. These business houses
lte doing a fair business, Thre II br-
,ldea. shoe store two harness shops,
and two shoemaker rhors.
The town purchased q Ore englae q
short time ago, and there IL o good DE
company, als0 hook aud ladder com
DADy; 10 that wa are safe from lre with.
)nt doubt The Ore committee Ia
building Cisterns Tor the use Of the hre
,Ompany, In aud out OF town, 20 that all
are safe. There are also two churches
and q temperance hall In town,
ORIGINAL OWNERS
Ino Orlgluhl owners Ol NtW btTlN,
ghO bought from the government we're
Az fOllOws Sou hea 4 corner by Grand
iather Leonard Willaman, about 1905
.he Northeast corner by MIR. Richard
Daniel the Northwest corner by David
.Ohn, aud the Sou Invest corner by Johu
Nishler, They all came to New Berlin
about the same time, 1902 or 1903 They
Quilt u round log cabin then went TO
POfk IA h work as W. their deoend.
sn's know nothing O',
PRESENT GROWTH
There we're eight new houses put up
,hla summer, and good houses too,
which would be ornaments to any town
In stark county also new addition TO
the town on Fulton street that will be
taken up and built upon In the near
future. so that tho signs OF the times
are, that New Berlin II on the upward
road TO prosperity and fame Now oil
these are solid facts that can be sub
itantlated any day Of the week by any
tfy by o visit 10 New Berlin.