The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-07-30
ATWATER.

Atwater, July 2S.-The Atwater
Sunday school picnic at Silver Lake,
Friday, July 81, will be big one. A
special train will leave here at &
o'clock a. m, returning at p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lodge, of Ran
dolph, met the gasoline engine owned
by Francis Fox, Thursday, their
horse frightened and ran away, de-
molishing the top buggy and SER
iously injuring the occupants.
.Messrs. Raider, Lepley, Oswald and
Gelhart, of this place, all baseball
rooters of the first magnitude, bor-
rowed Sam Fownsend's new high
wheeled auto, Saturday, and took in
the Weiss All Star game with ALI
ance Miss Weis pitched. The
pitcher drew these men and some
1900 other ladies and gentlemen that
day. 1t was Z to 0 game. Miss
Weis was batted very ungallantly for
six runs in three innings. She played
first base in manly manner, how
ever.
The American Woodmen, of Marl-
boro; are live organization. Their
annual festival and carnival, Satur-
day night, brought out a record break
ing crowd. The Marlboro cornet
band enlivened the proceedings
throughout, and Frank Miller on his
four foot megaphone was no small
factor in the noise thereat. E. M.
! Sweitzer is busy man among the
hustlers of this live town. The re-
ceipts of the evening were more than
100000. The program of sports and
the prizes awarded follow: The lady
baking the best white sweet cake was
Miss Bessie Hissner; prize. sack of
| o. X. flour. The lady baking the best
dark cake was Miss Bell Pennock, of
Marlboro, who won sack of Cream
of Wheat. The winner of the first
prize in the nail driving contest was
Mrs. Walter Flickinger, of LimaVille
prize, fine trimmed hat. The second
prize, bottle of fine perfume, was
awarded to Miss Bessie Sweitzer
Mrs. r. F. Chain won fine travelling
bag for the prettiest bouquet of flow
ers. The gent going greatest dis
tance on foot to be present that even
was awarded fine pair of patent
leather shoes; the lucky man was
Ed HOLES, of Alliance. The lady
l
Miss Lair, of Limaville,, who received
for her jaunt fine rug. The ladJ
coming greatest distance was Mrs
Gertie Mowan Highland, of Deboine
Iowa, who got 100 visiting cards. The
Oldest married couple was Mr.. anC
Mrs. M. j. Haidett Their reward was
a fine silk umbrella The father witt
the youngest baby was r. G. Beatty
of Cleveland, o., who took a golC
mounted watch fob. The most recen
married couple, Mr.. and Mrs. G. S
Sanblaet, won a fine silk umbrella
Lorman Burcett was the lucky younl
man to escort the best looking girl t
the "doings," her name was Mis-
Smith. The former got a fine driv
ing whip. The heaviest woman wa
Mrs. Ira Mackamer, who weighed 20'
pounds. She is ahead a fine waist
The first prize in the pie eating con
test, a bunch of bananas, went t.
Master Smith, of Alliance. The sec
ond prize, a case of pop, went 4
Harold Wise. The heaviest man wa
Sherwood Ho!ibaugh, 226 pound
strong, who now smokes on a box o
cigars. Dwight Brown got away wit
the greatest number of dishes of ic
cream, and went away with a raw
hide whip. The Marlboro Giants, win
ners of Saturdays game on the hom
grounds VS.. Reeves works, OF ALI
ance, 4 to 0, won a fine fielder
glove. Harry Wilson, of Marlboro
; walked on with q set Of dishes, 10
pieces, by the Woodmen, of Marlboro
; A young man by the name OF Hasi
living on SuOde farm, stuck tightes
to the CREASED pole and won fin
Deuber watch.