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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
4
The article argues that public needs will demand better highways and schools, and that expenses will grow unless taxes rise. It suggests cutting elections or returning to conventions to save money and notes Michigan senators as a case of wealthy candidates occupying office.
A diary style discussion on Winter’s variability. It recalls mild Sundays, storms, and “freak” weather, with mentions of Civil War era events at Fort Donelson and Fort Henry. The piece muses on whether this winter will resemble past ones and notes notable cold snaps and record lows.
The impeachment of Attorney General Daugherty proceeds amid strong opposition. His opponents are relentless and he shows no fear as a cabinet trial looms, with the president and cabinet members backing him.
The Irish Free State has at last been established and is functioning. The people of Ireland have self government in all home affairs but not in dealings with other than the British nation, remaining part of the British empire in external matters. The long drawn out controversy is thus settled.
The state civil service commission announced examinations for twenty civil service jobs across most departments. Tests on December 13 14 and 15 will be in Columbus Cleveland Toledo Dayton and Cincinnati. Salaries mostly 1500 plus. highest is 3000 for assistant general superintendent of construction in highways.
The article notes that up to 2 500 000 farms in the United States are equipped with telephones representing nearly four fifths of all farms. It claims no other country has comparable farm telephone development.
Work baskets of figured cretonne or silk are formed from two circular panels with a square cardboard box foundation split at the corners to allow folding. A pocket with elastic edge and an oblong pin cushion are attached, then the pieces are pasted together with the flattened box inside. Eyelet holes and a cord keep the basket shaped as shown.
About 200 members attended the county Farm Bureau gathering in Upper Sandusky with Eden township sending the largest delegation. Reports covered township progress, county agents work, and officer elections while Miss Minnie Price and Frank Glasgow addressed women and livestock, dairy, and cooperative efforts. Resolutions urged dues collection, cooperative shipping, wool goals, seed and corn improvements, and support for youth clubs and home activities.
Three Bucyrus men narrowly escaped death when their auto struck a bridge and hung suspended mid air near Sandusky avenue. The driver James Collene dodged one car then collided with another, the vehicle jumping the curb and tipping over the abutment as steel fencing gave way. Passengers were badly shaken but survived the ordeal.
A fragmentary retelling of Norse myth recounts Balder’s death caused by a mistletoe spear. Frigga’s attempt to save Balder failed when Loki learned the plant’s flaw, and an arrow from mistletoe killed Balder, condemning many to further deaths foretold by the plant.
The article notes French peasant beliefs linked to Christmas such as bread staying fresh for ten years, leaving bread on the table for Holy Mother, avoiding baking between Christmas and the Feast of the Circumcision, and charms for cattle health and harvests, plus a cold bath preventing fevers and toothache.
If ribbons could talk they would confess thrift as they pass through many Christmas seasons. They express gaiety and color by dressing packages year after year while enduring reuse and quiet service in holiday cheer.
The boar's head was the ceremonial first dish at grand medieval Christmas feasts in England. A master cook led trumpeters and armed attendants bringing the smoking head on a silver platter garnished with rosemary laurel and a lemon symbol of plenty. Queen Victoria kept the custom, as did many schools and universities where students sang the Boar's Song.
A colloquial exchange shows a woman lamenting change as a man recalls engagement to Millie Nextdoor, noting Christmas feels odd when life shifts. The dialogue hints at evolving relationships and holiday perceptions.
Jud Tunkins comments on the distinction between wishing someone a merry Christmas and taking pains to provide one, noting they are two different acts.
Miss Nina Louise Lewis of Tiffin, recently sentenced to the Marysville Reformatory for Women for an attempted act against Our Lady of Consolation church in Caray, was transported to the reformatory Wednesday by Sheriff John H. Swartz. Carey Times subscriber.
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