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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1925
Page
2
Five castaways adrift in a typhoon face a deadly sugar wager when Ah Sing the Malay steward taunts the whites with a life for a lump of sugar. The men vote to gamble their lives, a fly selects a victim, and violence erupts as one man is hurled overboard amid fading hope.
The article recounts Phoenician tradition asserting Abdomon of Tyre defeated Solomon in riddles, challenged Hiram king of Tyre, and won back money lost in a dispute, restoring Tyrian honor.
The Ohio Farmer cites an Ohio State University economist F L Morison noting farming incomes swing with weather and prices. A Medina County dairy group earned 737 in 1923 but 549 short of interest in 1924 while hay fell from 18 to 10 per ton. Greene County hog producers improved in 1924 with hog prices rising and corn up from 65 cents to 1 20 per bushel, lifting labor incomes from minus 665 in 1923 to 891 in 1924.
Four long pending civil actions against Seneca County were settled and dismissed. William H. Kildow filed for 10009 dollars, Enna Leahy for 5000, George Kalbfleisch for 37500, and Elias Dunn for 1000. The county paid 400 plus court costs in total.
Fragmented OCR notes show transfers and consideration figures for parcels involving George Trautman and other parties. Terms include townships and nominal sums such as 1.00 and 100.00 dollars with vague place names and individuals.
F R Stoll of 120 S Patterson St Carey says heavy farm work gave him sharp back pains and sluggish kidneys. After using Doan's Pills his kidney trouble signs disappeared, restoring strength. Price 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY manufactured.
Deed and sale bill filed and recorded in the estate of Andrew Bender deceased. Inventory and application filed in the same estate. James H. Grove sues Gordon H. Grove et al with bond approved and private sale ordered. Inventory and appraisements filed in the estate of C F Barnthouse deceased. County purchased an International truck from Stuckey and Benton. Supplementary and distributive accounts filed in the estate of Samuel Ahlefeld deceased. Letters testamentary issued to Joseph E B Myers and Emmett E Everett in the estate of Margaret Chesebrough deceased. In the Bender estate application for inheritance tax filed and tax determined. Lillie England files suit for divorce from Forest England. They were married at Vanlue September 5 1900. George M Hoke administrator plaintiff against Scott A Bender et al. petition answer and waivers filed. Sale ordered and deed to follow. The private sale order was issued and sale confirmed. The former Ross Wood shoe shining and refreshment stand at Upper Sandusky torn down after fifty years. Delbert Smith purchased the site and moved the structure to his farm.
An assortment of brief observations on spring bets, furniture use, kindness to chicks, farm food costs, and wartime explosive use. Ohio farmers are warned about mislabeling certified seed potatoes and the need for reliable labeling at the source.
In the case Catherine Smalley et al versus Anna Laden et al sheriff W W Scheidegger sold at the court house Saturday afternoon a property on West Johnson street to the Smalley Sisters for 2980 dollars. It was appraised at 3800 dollars. Lots on North Sandusky avenue appraised at 1000 dollars were sold to the Smalley Sisters for 667 dollars.
Paul Werts of Toledo whose family lives near Lowell ceased paying ten dollars weekly per court order last summer and was jailed by Sheriff W W Scheidegger on a non support charge. Mrs Sarah Jones sues in common pleas through attorney L M Bowers against H M Kuhn and Naamah Kuhn seeking 3700 judgment.
In common pleas court Jesse L. Dozer sues Irene Dozer over a marriage ad in a matrimonial publication. Dozer claims the ad overstated his worth at 100000 and that his wife abandoned him after moving from Michigan. Irene seeks dismissal arguing the marriage illegal and had moved to obtain a license. Judge Duncan granted 25 temporary alimony to Irene.
Ex Mayor Jas W Cook secures 2700 one and two to four year seedlings from the State Forestry department for Forest. Species include Norway spruce Scotch pine Red pine Tulip poplar Black walnut Sugar maple White ash White elm Red elm and Catalpa. Stock shipped from Wooster Chillicothe and Waterloo will be planted in Water Works park beside Gormley park. Trustees have also bought trees via Mr Cook for Hueston and Patterson cemeteries.
A fragment from the Prairie Depot Observer laments editor absence and notes the paper’s quality. It cites a quip on editors and a joke about goat editors from the Sycamore Leader, then urges subscriptions to the Carey Times.
A Duluth Herald quotation defines patriotism as avoiding wrong arguments and buying the right stocks during wartime. The concise dictum frames financial fidelity as a civic duty in conflict years.
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