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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
4
Editorial contrasts Scientific American view with McClures magazine claiming future airships will dominate warfare. The piece argues airships could be large fast and high, carry machine guns, evade enemy fire, render armies useless, and possibly end war.
The Wrights completed required tests including a one passenger hour long flight and a five mile cross country run at set speed. The government paid 25 000 for the aeroplane plus a speed bonus totaling about 380 000. Army officers are to learn handling under Wilbur Wright. President Taft now enthusiastic about the airship program.
The Dirigible Balloon built by Count Zeppelin of Germany sails hundreds of miles with nine passengers. Unlike the Wright Brothers craft, it is a powered dirigible steered by a rudder and controlled directionally, keeping aloft by a system of balloons.
Fire Department Band presents a concert next Wednesday with pieces including Bennett Overture Vanessa St Clair Intermezzo Sweet Liberty Miller Overture King of Diamonds Rockwell Garnet Waltzes Ripley Overture Down the Mississippi Laurens March Vivian conducted by J Simonis assisted by C J Rockwell and B G McFall performing for the public engagement at the city hall.
The Wyandot Pioneer Association held its annual picnic on Wednesday August 4 in Henry Stolls grove near Crawfordsville to escape smallpox risks. Speakers included Rev M C Howey and Hon John Seitz with gifts of songs by a quartet and the Garey Fire Department Band.
The Hocking Valley cannot supply enough cars for Toledo pilgrims on August 15 so Thursday August 19 is set as a pilgrimage day. Special trains will run on Sunday for the Assumption feast and services will be held on both days. Confessions and Solemn High Mass will be offered. candle processions occur Saturday night and after vespers on Sunday.
The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the United Evangelical church met Monday evening and selected Mrs. John Shireman as delegate to the convention to be held later this month at Miller Ave church in Columbus. An evening program at the church Sunday featured recitations songs and graphophone selections by Warren Luzader.
A survey of varied notes covers Portugal's sole battleship, Canada maple yields, lobster imports to the U S, London's soot value, Nicaragua hurricanes, New York milk policing, and Iceland's planned art museum. It cites China Japan Italy Germany Russia and more in brief items.
The piece traces the word copper to medieval badges and arrest terminology. It notes Norse and Norman links to catching criminals and to handcuffs, with MaTeel's 1859 Vocabulum definition illustrating the slang usage and implied compliment in the sobriquet.
A historical note explains blood circulation, comparing red cells to boats and white cells to patrols. It cites a heart rate of 69 beats per minute and computes travel distances of 7 miles per hour, 168 miles per day, and 6,320 miles per year, totaling over five million miles for an eighty four year life.
The article explains submarine descent by filling ballast tanks to sink below the surface leaving only the conning tower visible. Reserve buoyancy ranges from 200 to 1000 pounds, offset by rudders and hydroplanes to submerge after motion. It notes buoyancy affects sea keeping, speed on the surface, and overall military value.
A New York Herald anecdote recounts a comic misdial where a caller aimed for sister-in-law Drake and reached a poultry shop instead. The clerk’s straight face while learning of the mix up adds to the humor of telephone errors.
A wavering seven year old, Kenneth, voices grief and confusion while asking about a missing figure named Kurae in a fragile moment of tears and doubt. The scene hints at a domestic or storytelling setting where emotional themes unfold.
A Wednesday evening auto parade drew large crowds as twenty two cars dazzled with national colors and floral displays. The procession from Water Works Park toured city streets ending on Main Street where the Fire Department band performed a concert. Mayor H G Chambers rode in L G Ranger’s touring car among many others from local firms and nearby towns.
Tri-Township Sunday School Convention gathers at Carey on August 15. Afternoon session features music by UK choir, prayers, papers on teacher qualifications and SS lesson prep, and short talks. Evening program includes songs, prayers, piano and violin solos, a question box, and concluding benediction.
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