The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-02-03
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS
RAvENNA. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1892


F.A Ford is confined to his house with grip.
Buy your Blank Books of c. A. Myers.
The Ravenna Band will give their first annual
ball. at Riddles Hall Thursday evening. Feb. II
Go to E. NJ. Robinson's Special Sale in MILL
merry. Feb. 9th.
Myron Carter is at home. treading on the bor-
derland of hard cold and the grip.
Fred White went to Ellwood. Ind. . Saturday
via the Erie.
Fred Mason, of Cleveland. was in town over
Sunday.
Benz j. Wells. of New York City. is the
guest of his cousin, Miss Eleanor Smith.
The Ravenna Brick and Tile Works will
start again about March 1st
A Buel and wife. returned to their home
in Tescott, Kansas. Monday, after visit of
three weeks with friends in Portage county.
Sap Buckets at bottom prices. at
HOPE NOVELTY STORE.
H. S. Doty, of Pittsburgh, was in town from
Saturday to Wednesday morning, visiting his
mother and sisters.
Frank Ford last valuable mule last Friday.
by the animal breaking its leg, necessitating Its
being killed.
Call on Tibbals for Tintypes.
New Window Shades. mounted ready to hang,
80 cents each. c. A. MYERS.
Remember the Special Sale of Millinery at E
NJ. Robinson's, Saturday. Feb. 9th.
A. H. House and wife, of Shalersville, were
guests at Frank Ford's over Sunday.
Miss Dene Fletcher is slowly gaining. and the
prospects now seem all in her favor.
Judge Ingel has not yet returned from Ar
kansas. where he went three weeks ago last
Saturday.
1 Next Sunday evening Rev. Andrew Wilson
Wilson will give discourse on the question:
| "Can people in hell ever get out?''
MIR. and Mrs. A. T. Smith and Miss Eleanor
Smith entertain number of their friends with
progressive euehre Friday evening.
Joseph limerick died at his home in Randolph
Monday evening. of dropsy. aged IS years. Flu
neral will be held Thursday, February 4th. at
St. Johns Church.
Come early and secure the bargains offered in
Ladies', Misses and Children's Trimmed and
Untr1mmed Hats and Bonnets, at our Special
Sale Feb 9Th. MRS. E. NJ ROBINSON.
| The Township Trustees met at Clerk Beatty's
Office Monday and passed bills as usual. At
| their next meeting they will settle with the
Road Supervisors.
There will be dance at the Brimfeid Town
Hall Friday evening, sort of 8 return match"
for the pleasant leap year party given by the
ladies tw weeks ago
Quite a number of our people went to hear
Patti, at Cleveland. last Friday. and were de-
lighted with the great singer, but not particu
larly enthusiastic over the price of the tickets
which were S. each,
valentines! We have the largest stock
of Comic and Fancy Valentines ever shown in
HOPE NOVELTY STORE.
Geo. W. Boosinger. an old and esteemed resi-
dent of Brimfeld died at his home in that town
last Friday morning, of enlargement of the
liver His funeral was held from the Univer.
salist Church. at Brimfeld. Sunday. at 2 p m.
He was brother of B F. Boosinger, of this
city.
Last Friday Hiram Scoville, an employe at
the Shoe Factoiy. had his left thumb SO badly
| injured in a cutting machine as to require am
putation at the first joint
Mills Lawrence, shoe factory operative.
was injured in the right arm Monday, by being
| inches long and a-fourth of an inch wide was
torn out The wound while not dangerous. is
| painful one.
Last Friday night very pleasant party from
Ravenna visited o. R. Cooley's. They came
with well filed baskets, Music, social games.
| and a very fine supper, made the evening a
| very ENJOYABLE one, 81. FL. Thompson played
| for those who wished to dance. and 1t was the
| ." wee sma' hours'' when they thought of home ,
Rebecca E. Smith died at O'Clock Saturday
| morning in this city. of spinal meningitis,
| aged GA years. She was born in Shalersville.
| October a. 1927, and her entire life was spent
| in that township. She was the eldest child and
only daughter of Joel and Emeline Smith. Her
| funeral was held Tuesday, at 10 a. ln,, from the
| residence of her brother, Lafayette Smith. on
| Freedom street.
Last Saturday Mrs Geo. Chalfant sustained
a severe fall. at the west end ofthe steps at the
entrance to Monsey's tailoring establishment t.
For time it was thought her injuries were OF
a serious character. as the shock was very great
and the pain intense. Fortunately, however
they were of a temporary nature, and she was
able to be out the next day,
County Treasurer Evans has finished the De-
cember collection of taxes and turned the books
over to the Auditor.
Two children of Geo. .Diesman. aged respect
lively one month and two years, died within two
days of each other last week. and their funera
was held Monday fafternoon. both little form:
being laid in one casket.
Mr.. Nankin, of Philadelphia, is the new man
ager of the Hayes farm.
Do you want Berry Plants or Fruit Trees a
about half agents can afford to sell them
FORD & SONS Free Catalogue tells all about ii
The best stock of Seed Corn ever offered il
Ohio-Early Butter, Mastodon, King of tn
= Earlies, and others, Also, Enslage Corns
B. & w. RED COB Blounts Prolific, at FoRD's
Ravenna, o. Catalogue free,
Why did o. F. Haymaker and others hav
their Ensilage Corn too thick last season? Sin
! ply because they got their seed of FRANK FOR
& Son. and larger per cent. terminated tha
of that they had used before.
Did you hear about one of FRANK FORD
Sons neghbors sending to Philadelphia for
peck of Early Mastodon Corn, paying 81 o.
and IS cents express, when he could have got
at FORDs' for 50 cents? Dear bought an
far fetched" Catalogue free.
1t is rumored, on what seems to be good al
thority that new law firm of resident attorney
will be created in the near future, and that OF
of our prominent younger attorneys will loca
at Muncie, Ind.
Last week, johnson & Co., proprietors of il
Ravenna Box Factory. had occasion to put fl
new fues into their boiler and it is worthy
mention, that although they had been in consta
use for nearly six years, not one of them W
rusted particle. Few towns have such pu
water as that furnished by Crystal Lake. 1t
no wonder that the railroad crews are so Gag
to make Ravenna for their water supply.