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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
7
A parable highlights a man’s dark thought giving way to a life changing smile that travels from mother to father and back to a child. The story shows how a single kind face can lift others from despair and save souls from temptation.
Maggie Ryan, jailed for drunk and disorderly, enters police court with a brown spaniel at her side. The dog sits at her foot, shares her morning meal, and shows devotion as the judge grants a conditional stay in town. The scene ends with the dog guiding her toward departure.
A perplexing case questions gendered justice as a woman labeled sinner faces punishment while a man involved escapes accountability. Local observers debate fairness amid scarce details of the incident and its legal handling.
A young New York woman Kathleen Sheehan aged twenty three killed herself after coworkers mocked her speech. The piece condemns harassment and urges duty to family, urging the reader to honor parental debts and embody tenderness over cruelty.
A critic cites Haeckel in Riddle of the Universe, arguing modern science overstates certainty. He notes we lack knowledge on crime prevention, government relations, and education, challenging faith in progress through railways and engines.
A father reflects on the price of guiding his son to adulthood. He notes money, hardship, sleepless nights, and worn features as part of shaping a man. He acknowledges a mother’s anxious days and hope the son fulfills expectations.
New York man Herman Ziegler celebrated his thirty fifth birthday by chasing his wife with a butcher knife. She escaped and returned with twelve women, bound him to a chair, and doused him with a garden hose as punishment. The tale ends with a moral on learning from experience.
The article notes extremely nervous cats react to varied stimuli with sudden fits of hysteria. Young cats become agitated, bite, scratch, foam, and convulse before a period of stupor. Fear of rabies arises in neighborhoods, leading to many cats being destroyed despite not having rabies. Bromide of potassium may help mild cases.
Edward Corrigan, famed western turfman, may regain good standing on eastern tracks under the Coney Island Jockey Club. His horses were barred since 1891, with reinstatement under consideration after a dispute over Huron in the 1891 Futurity led to a muddied result and Corrigan receiving $5,000 for second money.
Bransfield proposes Bransfield ownership of the Spokane minor league club with Louis W. Thiel acting as local buyer and recruiting hub. The plan would move any promising players from Spokane to the middle west and then to Philadelphia, strengthening both teams. Thiel says he will buy the franchise if offered for sale.
The United States Golf Association executive committee names G Herbert Windeler Fred James and C B MacDonald as the 1909 nominating committee. Windeler was USGA president in 1904 05 James was vice president in 1906 07 and MacDonald a charter member and five year vice president. The annual meeting will be in January with reports due in December and clubs urged to apply early for championship tournaments.
University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College gridiron players travel to Manitoba to farm in the wheatfields for conditioning ahead of the fall season. The group includes Big Bill Wollenbach captain of Penn, All American tackle D. W. Draper, Swarthmore star O’Brien, ex-Swarthmore Charlie Pike now with Penn, Satchell, Bull and others. Pike’s Manitoba home is guiding the party.
Milton Young owner of the Me. Grathiania stud in Lexington Kentucky announces an auction on October 1 offering about 100 thoroughbred stallions mares yearlings and weanlings and around 27200 acres of land at his renowned breeding estate beside James B Haggin's Elmendorf stud as one of the region's largest Thoroughbred operations.
James G Lathrop, longtime Harvard track coach, is dismissed by the Harvard athletic committee. No reason given for the change. A notice of dismissal was sent to Lathrop at his Windham Connecticut summer home by a leading Harvard committee member.
The notice details closing and arrival times for Hocking Valley, Big Four, and Northern Ohio mails. It lists Sunday schedules, express pouch deadlines, and post office hours including Sunday operations.
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