02 Dec 1897
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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1897
Page
1
The new law appoints truant officers to supervise districts in each county and city. It requires schooling for all, shifting the focus from opportunity to obligation. Prominent educators stress that education is a vital inheritance and a foundation for competence and character.
An English electrician developed a device to simplify a key manufacturing step and provisional patent protection. Distractions caused him to forfeit full rights, a later accident or mischance spurred others to fix it, a workman intervened and the inventor then drafted a new specification and received letters patent. He sold usage rights to several firms and earned nearly £100,000 while the original inventor retained only the right to operate the device in his own works.
The British crown jewels are valued at about $1,800,000, a little over one fifth of the $8,500,000 Portuguese crown. The sultan of Jahore displays diamonds worth at least $12,000,000 in his crown and attire on state occasions.
The café style entertainments drew a packed house over two evenings with two plays. Geo Perkins led as actor and manager while cast members like Walter Phelps Fred Mullholland and the Lytle Orians Harris trio impressed. The shows promoted moral outcomes and proceeds support Dickerson library increases.
Carey residents gathered at the United Brethren church for a Thanksgiving day service led by Rev. G. Bender with music by the Choral Union under G. W. Sutphen. The sermon by Rev. A. Evans reflected on gratitude to God and national blessings, followed by a benevolent collection. Settlers’ tickets for Ohio Central lines were announced for November 16 and December 7 and 21 to multiple Southern states.
Editorial questions a proposed life size gold statue of McKinley for the Paris Exposition amid Alaska gold fever and new gold manufacture claims. It critiques wealth disparity, warns of gold glut possibilities, and notes vegetarian hospital progress in London.
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