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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
1
Miss Edna Stroup and Miss May Humbert of Carey lead a list of contestants with scores around 510 to 350. Other participants include Miss Arlene Slater of Carey and Miss Jessie Shaw of Carey R F D 3, with several entries from Vanlue, Adrian, and Wharton noting scores near 400 to 607.
After the NEW subscriber boost announced last Thursday the candidates push to collect subscriptions and boost vote standing. Five new subscriptions before Sept 2 earn 8000 extra votes per set, with no limit while the offer lasts. Votes counted each Tuesday before noon for the Thursday issue.
A. J. Bechtel, formerly of this area and son of the late Daniel Bechtel, has spent several days visiting here and Forest. Now a Victoria British Columbia resident in the sealing business he is returning from a European business trip visiting London and Paris where he attended the Derby with about 300000 spectators. He paid Carey a visit Friday while traveling from Forest with John Nye and Cliff Dunham in Dunham’s auto.
The Carey public schools prepare to open on Monday September 6 with Miss Lulu Hay teaching in place of resigned Miss Elsie Turnbell. Improvements include fresh Kalsomining and paper removal in both buildings. George Martin and son Harvey lead the work at the old farm site west of town owned by Miles Wonder.
Mrs. Loraine Shawar Ogg widow of Samuel Ogg died at her East Main street home after months of dropsy. Funeral held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Baumgardner and Rev. Olive officiating. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery. Survived by seven children and multiple relatives. age 63 years 8 months 16 days.
W H. Snyder holds the contract to remodel the brick church at South Salem. A force is at work now, additions will be built, windows enlarged and other improvements made, costing altogether several thousand dollars.
The children of Mrs. Lorainp Occ. extend heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during their mother’s death. Gratitude is given to those who sent flowers and sang at the funeral.
General Fred Grant passed through Upper Sandusky en route to Columbus for a soldiers reunion and did not stop. J A Klahr elected president of Sycamore bank succeeding the deceased Jacob Geiger. A O Suber re elected president at the Wharton teachers institute. he is Wharton schools superintendent. Upper Sandusky liquor cases largely go to the court of common pleas. Mayor Carey finds the accused guilty and fines them 200. Attorney L M Bowers files prejudice affidavit against Judge B G Young. W A Bristol, retiring county treasurer, plans to settle in Upper Sandusky.
Former townsman Possum Aber and his sister were involved in a loud confrontation on Roosevelt avenue. Police tracked Aber to the water works woods and later to the swinging bridge where he resisted arrest and broke a chain. Aber and his sister were taken to jail.
On Sunday August 15 Misses Bessie and Katie McGuire ascended Pike's Peak on foot, a feat few accomplish. A week earlier a Pike's Peak Times account noted a party of sixty started. twenty-one dropped out before the climb, and only four of the successful climbers were women.
A picnic was held in Trumbull County last week by residents from Wyandot Seneca and Hancock counties who recently moved to the area. They plan another picnic next year and will continue annual gatherings. An association was formed with J dH Phillips as secretary and A D Mitchell as treasurer.
Miss Zenith Montague recently visited relatives in Alexandria Virginia during an extensive eastward auto tour. She with three companions traveled over a hundred miles to Newburg New York along the Hudson River noting Water Gap and nearby Gatkillets as sightseeing stops.
George Noel completed construction of a concrete retaining wall north of Tymochtee. The structure measures thirty feet in length and seventeen and one half feet in height with a bottom width of two and one half feet and a top width of one foot.
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