Many local events mark Wyandot County week
Osceola and Upper Sandusky residents enjoy visits and outings as town life buzzes with weddings, reunions, and gatherings. Notable notes include regionwide travels to Buffalo Niagara Falls Mackinac and Toledo, band performances at the I O O F picnic, and the Hull family reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Campbell
Niagara, Falls
Eal
Sutphen
Fair Grounds
Upper Sandusky
Mackinac
William F. Wrightsman
Logan County
Elmer Wonder
Lee Haines
Carey
Elizabeth Johnson
Basom
Joe
Adrian
Samuel D. Walters
Ridge Township
Winona Schubert
Seneca County
Miss Jessie McCoy
Maumee
Fifteen Years Ago August 17 1905 Highlights
Diphtheria sickens Ira McKinnon while Peter Long serves as extra night police. The Carey Chautauqua runs August 28 to September 2. Dr T A Spitler visits Van Buren. Mrs G W Croker hosts Priscillas. Cider mill hours set for Wednesdays. Miss Mildred Justin visits from Monroe. Miss Edith Karr moves to a new home. Lucy Straw hosts a bridge party for Ruth Ewing. Mrs Jacob Wallace dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce School
Kear
A. R. Herbert
Granville Hunter
Emma Ehrlich
Lina Davidson
Henry Fleck
Helen Parlette
Miss Parlette
Persis Newhard
Ruth Ewing
Edith Walker
Miss Ewing
Walker
Harry Heck
R. G. Spencer
Dorcas Truckenmiller
Columbus
Elsie van Fleet
Forest
C. G. Spencer
Florence Dow
May Cosgray
Ruth Dow
Lucy Straw
Peter Long
C. F Sutter
Kokomo
Ind
T. A. Spitler
van Buren
G. W. Croker
Priscillas
Jacob Wallace
Forest fire hazard in Ohio woods increases in July
Dry spell creates hazardous conditions across southern Ohio with 81 fires reported in July. Forester B E Leete notes fires ranged from under 10 to over 100 acres, affecting Adams Scioto Lawrence Jackson Pike Ross Vinton Gallia Highland Hocking Fairfield and Athens counties. A large statewide effort includes 661 wardens and seven lookout towers. August risks mirror July without rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
B. E. Leete
Forestry Department of the Ohio Experiment Station
Portsmouth
Adams, Scioto
Lawrence, Jackson
Pike
Ross Vinton
Gallia Highland Hovking
Fairfield
Athens
Tramp Reader Exchange Over Homemade Cake Sparks Tension
Dialogue shows a quarrel between a wary lady and a mugwump tramp after a home-made cake offer. The exchange ends with a hint of ongoing tension and possible farewell.
Domestic Art Club Plans State Fair Booth and Trip
The Domestic Art Club held a meeting with demonstrations by members and planned a trip to the State Fair on Tuesday. Arrangements were set for decorating the club booth at the county fair. The next meeting will be Thursday Sept 4 at the home of Imelda Orians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markgret
Elizabeth
Youthful Journalists Recalled in Old School Paper
Sometime 1920s issue loaned by A. U. Weigel of Cleveland recalls a small school paper produced by Harry Houke Rush King and others. Houk runs a Detroit drug store, King died years ago in Cleveland, and Weigel hopes to publish more reminders of the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abo
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
Rush King
Cleveland
The
Plain Dealer
Weigel
Summer Is Waning Poem About Farewell to Summer
The piece notes summer waning as friends part and flowers like dahlia and daisy fade. It envisions chilly winds, falling leaves, hazy mornings, and a poet’s farewell to the season, with a closing line about summer closing its door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Earth
Dahlia
Daisy
Summer
Neli
W C T U Holds Friday Meeting Elects Officers
The W C T U met at Mrs Elza Jacobs home with president Mrs I M Cook presiding. Officers were re elected and new department superintendents named including Evangelistic Mrs O D Myers and temperance and missions Mrs Jacobs. Mrs L G Ranger, a 23 year member, was made a life member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T. U
Elza Jacobs
I. M. Cook
Jacobs
Cool
W. #. Snyder
Elmer Wonder
Della Gilliland
L. G. Ranger
W. G. Bradley
Evangelistic
O. D. Myers
Temperance
Institute
Myrtle Perkins
Margaret Dow
Gertrude Tate
Bradley
S. R. Bame
Chas Carr
WC. T. U
Carey Oddities and Local Happenings March 31 1882
War telegrams with Russian general names are noted alongside local items in Carey Ohio. A ten to twelve year old boy praised his new suit after twenty mash attempts, with weather reports, theater notes, and community chatter about hobbies, shortages, and Sunday activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southey
Mecow
Carey
Charley
The School Call Highlights Vacation News And Local Notices
The School Call urges families to educate boys and avoid crime during vacation. Local items note school closures, employment changes, store promotions, smallpox outbreaks, cleanups, and community happenings including bakeries, factories, and town pride.
Ohio Marriage and Divorce Totals for 1929 Reported
Washington Aug 16 The department of commerce releases 1929 Ohio marriage and divorce figures. Marriages 65 679 up from 59 339 in 1928. Divorces 15 365 up from 14 643. Population July 1 1929 6 870 000. marriages 9.6 per 1000. divorces 2.24 per 1000. County contrasts noted for Auglaize Wyandot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Ohio
Auglaize
Wyandot
Dauber Affirms Artistic Bond Amid Companionate Marriage Jibe
The piece notes Dauber insisting his dedication to art remains strong despite critics calling his relationship a companionate marriage. The Boston Transcript quips that it is merely a playful jab rather than a real life upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Terms of Subscription and Local Notices Include Miscellany
A jumble of subscription offers and local notes lists One Copy One Year and other terms plus items about vacations at Radnor Main Street cleanup humor questions about weeks and weights. It mentions smallpox in Bethlehem Pa with chaotic scenes including tar barrels and disinfection efforts and 150 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Jesse Olier
Waynesboro
Grace Rover
Bethlehem Pa
Ohio drought hits farmers with grazing bans and crop losses
Foresters warn against cutting walguts until sold as intensive grazing could slow forest recovery by decades. Seedling mortality reaches 70 percent across seedlings planted last spring with Ohio losses ranging 20 to 95 percent. Wheat oats and rye values per acre cited. Potatoes sprout due to heat and dryness. Permits to reduce tariffs for shipping feed and distressed livestock issued by county agents in 41 hardest hit counties. Ohio farm cash income drops 30 percent in July. wholesale commodity prices fall 10 percent year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Movers week and Easter plans spark local sports and church news
Next week is mover's week and Easter preparations begin with reminders to residents. Youngman is urged to challenge Hazeal for the belt. Barney Barnhart returns to Tiffin for a book-keeper role at Agricultural Works after a stint with the Rake Factory. Rev. Mr. Graham, former M E Church pastor, preached in Carey last weekend and was warmly welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Siddall
Rake
East
Bernstein
Spero
New York
Ed Moore
Findlay
Forest Brayton
Bickham
Carey
Leipsic
Barney Barnhart
Tiffin
Mr. Graham
M. E. Church
Library Association Elects Officers at Barton's Office
Stockholders of the Library association met at Dr Barton's office and elected President Wot Pickerson Secretary Mo Smallley Librarian Dr Barton and Treasurer Miss Cagrie Frederick. A meeting will follow next Monday to perfect the organization and open the collection to the club. A Carey youth seeks $250 a side to walk one mile split between rail and wagon road during muddy season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert James
Harold and
Howard
Mattoon
Tll
R Wn
Howards
Grover Hile
Cosgray
H. By Keller
Monument
Obias
Martin
Biglick Township
Sylvania
Tsg
Carl Schrenk
Lem Parkins
Ralph Haford
East
Town
Bertha Ball
South of
Upper Sandusky
Gfe
Wall Street
United Brethren Parsonage
Clyde Yentzer
Near Wharton
Mary Reynolds
Mt. Blanchard
F. D. Hurd
Walter ‘Beebe
Dorcas
Toledo
Lucille Pence
Granville
Jonas Hulse
Alfred
Marjorie
Crawford School
B. H. Davis
R. Smith
Alva Laws
Edith Karr
Blanche Stoll
Library Association
Barton
Wot Pickerson
Mo‘ Smalley
Barton Treasury
Cagrie Frederick
Iterature
Carey
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Ini
H. P. Houk
Colum Tus
Harry Keller
Cora Snyder
Canton
Ralph Dow
John Cosgray
Lakeside
S. B. Chesebrough
North Baltimore
Mansfield
Colas
Lovell
Upper
Sandusky
Ira McKinnon
H. L. Myers
Mildred Justin
Monroe, Mich
Miss Dore As Dow
Crawford
Root
Ewing’s
W.cc. T. U. Meeting
Houk & King
Vol
Carey Union School
Formazow
Jemalow
Milrodovitch
Jaladovitch
Karatscnkovitch
Schamscheff
Souchesanoff
Schepaleff
Wassitschikoff
Kostomaroff
Tchoglokoff
Rajeffsky
Novereffsky
Rieffsky
Oscharoffsky
Rostoffsky
Platoff
Shouvaloff
Markoff
Tuchkoff
Krosnoff
Kutousoff
Parenkoff
Worrouzoff
Doctoroff
Cox
Berstein & Spero
Patti
Saim Rowe
Grasshopper
York State
Gibb
Fannie Hurd
Lattie Platt
Fred Anderson
F. S
I. F
Dock Miller
Tymochtee Creek
Kennard’s
Bernstein and
Ford Berlin
Ewin Burch
Charley Buckland
Sam Rowe
Lizzie Tanner
W C. Jacob
Ofee Place
Hank Fagan
Fenstermaker & ‘Taylor
Dayton
Defiance
Gideon Close
Whennard's
Queensware
J Kennard
Hreh
Billy Huntwork
Dauber
Vienday
Kennard
Miss Kalb
Radnor Main Street
Landreth
Falligzig
Jambérmeli
Johny
Youngman
Hazeal
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