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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
3
Grace Chapes improves after illness while neighbors and relatives from Kirby St Paul Carey Vanlue Wharton and Toledo engage in threshing carpentry and friendly visits. Several families including Wickiser Shaw Opdegraff Wentling Devene and Devene note gatherings and reunion attendance around Sunday and Thursday events.
Findlay hosts its fourth annual Labor Day celebration on September 7 in Riverside Park and Main Street. Visitors from Fostoria Bellefontaine Lima Marysville Kenton and Bowling Green join a full schedule from morning parade to evening band concerts with baseball vaudeville and rides.
Miss Gazelle Haines stayed with friends in Carey over Sunday. Miss Cleone Heckman returned from a week with relatives in Springville. Miss Vera Mulchboland came home after a several week visit with friends in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Wilford Pressler and son Cecil visited here. Roy Curtis of Elyria visited his sister Mrs Ella Haines for a few days. Charles Yadmer visited his parents Mr and Mrs Will Mullhol for a few days. Mrs Will Dixon left Saturday for a several day trip to Winona Lake.
A Northwestern Ohio service advertises dyeing and cleaning offerings claiming top quality. Bert Mitten invites interested customers to call for the best agency in the region.
Emma Ward visited her brother A P Ward and family. Several households shared guests including Mrs Elas Wentling, Mrs A B Wise, John Bell, Jerry Wohlgamuth, and Jerome Wise. Mrs Jerome Wise sprained her ankle and cannot be about. Camp meeting at Wharton begins September 3 led by Rev T J Carey.
A critique notes Napoleon never imagined lasting peace, viewing war as progress. Kielland contrasts his era with later times when military power becomes industrial and mechanized, ending the era of glamour and parade. The piece laments war's evolution into a codified, technical enterprise.
The New York American credits Hannibal as the greatest general known. It notes the second Punic War as a striking example of one man against a nation, with Hannibal leading a raw army against highly trained warriors without aid from home.
The article notes jade's valued color and virtue of bringing wealth, recounting how finding fine pieces could lead the state to claim land. It describes sea foam hues, collector demand, and jade’s cosmetic pale skin effect, mentioning inexpensive chips with flaws in the mix.
Actress Georgette Leblanc wife of Maurice Maeterlinck confronted her manager in a French town after a tour leg. She complained that the local company mangled her husband’s lines and failed to convey the play. The manager quoted a harsh defense about dramatists being murdered in performance.
A London Graphic reflection argues that London hides its beauty and riches from Anglophone gaze while Parisians praise Paris, noting London’s superior wealth culture and art but claiming Britons remain unreceptive and subdued.
In a brief confrontation, a smaller man warns against a third term while a larger man retreats. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the exchange as a heated, early moment of political rhetoric.
A humorous exchange set in a hotel features a drummer questioning bed fillings. The landlord proudly reveals straw as the best bedding, prompting the drummer to quip about the straw that broke the camel's back. The brief scene captures a playful, rustic tone.
In a Louisville Courier Journal snippet a man pleads behind a door for one dollar while others conclude a couple is already married implying a simple household dispute over money rather than a romance.
The exchange notes a baby keeping a parent awake and a witty response about working nights. It then pivots to a general maxim advising readers to assess whether a mature choice will add to long term happiness.
St Paul residents visit relatives and guests attend reunions and family events across Bascom Mead ow Brook Park Findlay and Hamlet. Grain threshing and corn cutting mark the season as Mrs Lee and family, Mrs McKee, and several others share Sunday visits and dinners with local households.
Two Wampanoag princesses Teweeleema and Wootoneksonske, descendants of Massasoit, live in poverty on Lake Assawampsett, Massachusetts. An effort seeks to recognize their royal rights and Massasoit’s services to early settlers.
Excerpts discuss mortality disparities between white and colored populations in 1906. It cites rates in Maryland and Mobie Alabama and notes claims linking higher death rates to the race question. The Roanoke Times and Washington Star are referenced.
A new device enables a six inch diameter high power lens to magnify entire objects rather than details. A house fly appears as large as an ostrich when viewed through this open space design, allowing direct field observation with ample room to move. This advancement greatly widens observational possibilities for scientists and students.
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