The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-04
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Atwater, Feb. PA gun club was
formed here Saturday afternoon.
Mrs P. Dibble returned from a
protracted visit with her children in
Alliance Saturday.
Mrs. 81 Sickle, of Alliance, who
cut the ball of her eye by breaking
her glasses, has endured all kinds Of
torture In having the proud flesh
burned therefrom to save the sight,
Mrs. Stella Mattoon, Cleveland,
returned home Friday after visit
with her mother, Mrs. Craig, sis
ter, Mrs. Sardus Loomis and broth
ers, G. A. and M. p. Craig.
A firm from Beloit have been look
ing for a site here for a basket fac
tory employing 40 men and women.
T. ]. Spires offers them four acres
east of the c. & p. r. r. for $400
and H. H. Woolf has land on oppo-
site side for sale.
The Penna Co. will soon build a
fence between the two tracks oppo-
site the depot here with gate
therein which will be opened only
five minutes before arrival of north
bound trains. This will do away
with considerable danger in the
promiscuous running back and forth
at all times during passage of trains
both ways. Such fence has already
been built at Rootstown.
Earny Hamlin and Harry Fox will
reduce the sap to syrup of the 450
trees of Aaron Belts sugar bush.
Mrs Jamison took her husband to
Limaville Friday for 9 o'clock train
on his way to Apple Creek to attend
the funeral of a brother.
Raymond Rorabaugh has sold his
personal possessions and left the
neighborhood, no one, including his
mother, knows where.
Miss Hartzell, teacher at Limaville,
and Miss Emma Hicklen, teacher at
Deer Creek school had a Joint spell
ing school Friday night When Miss
Hartzell pronounced the words Miss
Hicklen spelled down and vice versa
Then to decide the rubber" Bertha
Hicklen pronounced and her sister
Emma beat out.
From reliable sources it appears
that an eX-school wagon driver, who
lost his lucrative job ($35.00 month)
last winter is making strenuous eff
forts to make life burden for his
successor. Going so far, it is alleg
ed, as to threaten to use fire arms.
Attends meetings of the school board
and barangues them away into the
night. Won't patronize the wagon
but sends his little boy two miles an
other direction afoot and makes the
lad do chores after night and get up
before o'clock and work It'll school
time. Yet this parent has had a col
lege education Is the old saying
true that, "a little learning is a
dangerous thing?"
John Caufman, of Alliance, came
to town Monday on his way to see
his sick father of Randolph.
The c. B. Dilley family are going
through an epidemic of tonsilitis.
Mary and Jane at Mt. Union college
each were home week with 1t. Then
the youngest, Ruth, took a whack at
it, but there was enough left over
for Sue and Charley; sort of a sys-
TEN they had tackling it one at
time.
w. X. Mendenhall has been a vic
tim of weary wanderers this winter
tottering under top-heavy tankage.
Heard a noise other evening. Found
a party tumbling about like a chick
en- with it's head cut off in woods
east of house. Had no hat on but
got him into road when he saw
Grant Shoop's light. Jake Keepers
glim," he called it, and wSbbled
westward. VIM. found the hat next
day. Another night bum asked for
use of his spare bed. They compro
missed on the hay NOW, but w. K.
slumbers were not sound that night.
]. E. Wilhelm. life insurance agent,
Atlanta, Ga, arrived at Alliance Sat
urday afternoon and stopped over
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. NJ. L..
North Union avenue, He
came to Marlboro Monday morning
with G. B. Dilley. ]. e. is returning
home from Indianapolis. Raised in
Marlboro he sold books in the south
for years, becoming general agent
and very successful. If ]. E. made
IL calls per day and didn't make 10
sales 1t was a poor days work. He
a southern beauty of Allan
ia and is making everybody south of
the Mason and Dixon line safe with
life insurance, insofar as he Is able
and he is very able. He will visit a
week with brother, ]. o. and father,
Soloman, and cousin, Elihu Wilhelm
sister, Susie Dilley; cousin, Lizzie
Hisey, and other Marlboro, New Bal
timore and Atwater friends.