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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
2
A Kansas City Independent poem contemplates aging and the final call of death as a man recalls childhood nights and the urging of a father. The speaker muses on how time alters duties and the desire for rest as life’s final bedtime approaches.
Tom Scott reveals his missing shipboard papers to Green and conceives a joint plan to recover the documents from a thief. Green deduces the second mate’s possible guilt and argues the motive and timing, hinting at a trail that might link the robber to the Seabird crew.
Tom Scott awakens in a sparsely furnished room cared for by the Second Mate Green who keeps him quiet and gives medicine. The recovering sailor reports to Captain Coffin that Tom is improving and on the road to travel within a week.
Tom and a confidant plan to confront Avery, who used forged papers to disguise himself as Tom Stott. They discuss proof from Capt. Coffin and a justice sworn statement, divide remaining captain’s money, and travel to Seattle to pursue the culprit. The tale continues.
A neighbor recounts a past engagement between Ned Potter and Sally, noting their parents regrets and the mature resolution of a dress cost. Sally returned six dollars plus 36 cents interest at six percent, a gesture praised as right and uncommon.
In a New York Weekly item, Mr De Sharp complains his cuff buttons, worth gold, were washed away. The washerwoman admits seeing buttons in the tub but says she discarded them. He protests the loss as a financial blow to his style and budget.
Clericus announces a new preacher while Quericus asks for opinions. The exchange hints at social introductions as his wife has not yet met the preacher's wife. Tit-Bits style humor frames the brief encounter.
The lesson centers on God’s fatherly love and the improper offerings of the people. It outlines how heartless gifts, including blind and sick animals, insult God and fail to secure favor, urging true tithes and spiritual sacrifices to receive blessing and prosperity.
A compact reflection argues that true success hinges on spiritual ascent not worldly gains. It urges humility before God and warns against combative methods, asserting humane outreach requires hearts aligned with Heaven and readiness for martyrdom-like testing.
The State Archaeological and Historical Society nearly quits the Spiegel Grove preservation effort at Freemont home of the late President Hayes. Heirs offered to deed the property if the society raises 25000 dollars, to fund perpetual maintenance. President Brinkerhoff and colleagues began fundraising with scant support, except in Cleveland where offered aid would transform Spiegel Grove into a philanthropic institution.
The Cincinnati post office issued an order to stop mail delivery to the American Patent Agency run by C. J. Bailey. Bailey faced two prior U S court trials on charges of fraudulent use of the mails. in both cases juries disagreed on the indictment.
Otis Hurley a Dayton prisoner stabbed fellow inmate Frank O’Neil in a penitentiary melee. A sharpened steel wire caused multiple thrusts into O’Neil’s back and lung. Hurley reportedly fashioned the weapon intending harm to a prison official.
The Cleveland Ohio Central and Cincinnati Railroad Co of West Salem was incorporated on Monday by F G McCauley and others. McCauley, a Methodist minister, had earlier secured a franchise for an electric line from Cleveland to Medina County but it remains unbuilt. The new company is capitalized at 10000 dollars with plans to expand.
Cleveland Nov 80 Judge Dissette ruled municipalities cannot bar electric railways from hauling freight. He said franchise limits do not negate the right to use streets for public needs. The ruling affirms street occupancy carries freight use when serving the public. Thieeves Set Fire to a louse Canton Nov 80 burglary and arson noted in same dispatch.
In Toledo on December 1 Nicholas Putz a laborer shot Mary Wielgoszewska in the neck then fatally shot himself. The girl is expected to recover though Putz died from a self inflicted wound to the breast. Ten days earlier he threatened to kill her if she did not marry him and was arrested. The girl refused to prosecute.
Columbus December 5 The November crop report of the Ohio agriculture department shows 16 percent of the growing wheat crop destroyed by Hessian fly and 2 percent by grub worms. Thirty nine percent of the 1899 wheat crop was sold after threshing. Estimated 1899 corn acreage stood at 2 906 361 with an average yield of 36 bushels.
A conference of Latter day Saints meets in Columbus with 28 elders in session. Twenty six elders have served as missionaries in Ohio. J W Funk of Logan Utah presides. Ben Rich of the Southern states mission leads the Ohio area.
Cincinnati report says a conference between a Big Four trainmen committee and General Manager Schaff resulted in a mutually satisfactory agreement. No further details were released.
Arthur Campbell yardmaster for the Bessemer road at Conneaut was struck by an engine and killed Friday morning in Ashtabula.
The dead body of Squire John Cremeans, aged and wealthy, was found in his Glenwood home with a bullet hole in the head. His young wife is missing. The discovery was made Wednesday in Gallia County.
Cleveland Nov 80 John C Hipp doing business as Hipp Fay Co produce commission merchants filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in United States district court. Assets reported at 18 240 liabilities at 38 809.
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