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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
6
Our correspondents are urged to be prompt with their letters in the coming month. It will be almost impossible to print letters arriving after Tuesday afternoon.
Berwick residents and neighbors hosted or visited relatives and friends across Carey Tiffin Fostoria and Toledo. Names include Mrs Joseph Grubel Miss Cora Seren Miss Helen Sanders Mr Nepper Mr Sailer Mrs Ramsouer and families with several Sunday Monday and midweek calls noted.
Ray Thatcher spent Sunday with Forest Miller in Ridge Center. Mrs. Sadie Bachar returned to Carey after a week with her brother Myron. A horse frightened by an automobile caused a buggy accident near Mount Blanchard. no serious injuries. Local families, including the Millers, McRills, Lees, and Baughman were seen visiting and attending a funeral at St.
Paul Tuesday reports Mr and Mrs Ralph Bayless and their son Charley spent Sunday at the Earl Miller home Charley Long of Maryland is visiting his father Silas Long
In St. Paul the protracted meeting continues with significant interest. Fourteen conversions reported so far this writing and organizers urge more help to carry the good work to its close. Various local families and visitors from Carey Findlay Vanlue Wharton are noted in attendance and hospitality.
Mrs. George Shober died last Saturday night at 10 oclock. She was buried at Frenchtown Tuesday morning. Relatives and friends in Tiffin and nearby towns visited and attended the funeral and related services.
Presler and Greer traveled to Tiffin on Friday for a business engagement. The visit focused on developing partnerships and discussing future projects with local associates.
Community members gather for visits and social events at Grace Chapel Beech Grove and Carey. Families including the Benjamins Fry Stroub Shaw Updegraff and Robisons share meals and greetings while carpenters complete new barn siding and a barn raise near Carey and Indiana connections noted.
Marquis Grover Baughman died of appendicitis on November 28 1909 at age 21. He leaves a father stepmother and siblings near Alvadore. Funeral held November 30 at St Paul church with Rev W Elmer Bailey preaching and pallbearers named. Floral tributes and a written tribute by Mrs Alvadore Baughman accompany the notice.
Poetic notice reflects with Christ the King of Glory and a loved one interred. A parish office will be open 6:30 to 8:00 Saturday evening to accommodate anyone wishing to pay subscriptions.
A new boarder in the dining room provokes discomfort with constant confidences. At dinner the sentimental guest insists on calling flowers daffodown dillies, prompting a loud rebuttal and silencing of the romance. The quip references Wordsworth and a playful rhyme.
The article explains hailstones form around tiny dust specks serving as nuclei in dustless air. Moisture condenses, grows as warm air currents lift the particle to high cirrus clouds, then hailstones fall as they spin and flash downward like a diamond bolt.
Rand Mall praises Victoria Falls Mosi-oa-tunya as the Thunder Sounding Smoke. The author extols its grandeur from the Zambezi gorge to the lofty plunge of 400 feet, noting a rainbow and forest mist, creating an unrivaled, awe inspiring scene.
Diary entry recalls Peakman serving horseflesh as beef to officers at a mounted camp. He pretends the other way around, then admits the mistake to start the men eating the horseflesh. The anecdote highlights a wartime ruse in catering.
The London Graphic notes how grindstones in needle factories release fine steel dust causing air pollution and lung irritation. Initial guards failed until magnetized steel wire masks were adopted to remove metal dust before inhalation.
A dull day for a shrimp vendor ends with a tired street scene. A woman shouts at a door asking for money or a hap'orth, while the vendor contemplates scarcity. The exchange hints at hardship and a quiet urban mood in London.
A historical vignette recalls Indians peering at the locomotive from hilltops as railroads spread west. Apache warriors once halted a train with a lariat across the track, but the engineer fired the locomotive, scattering the braves and proving the fire wagon unstoppable.
The artist Burne-Jones drew sketches for J. Comyns Carr's children. He created two drawings of the good man and good woman with a large flaming heart as the central feature. A drawing of the bad man was made, but when asked for the bad woman he replied that she does not exist.
The article reflects on Plymouth Rock's veneration in the United States, noting its historic role as the landing site of the pilgrims. It recounts parts of the rock being moved in 1775 and later restored, now sheltered under a stone canopy on Water Street.
A Chesterton quip argues that a perfect hypocrite requires huge energy and a blend of talents. He imagines a hypocrite as a novelist, actor, and businessman rolled into one, capable of past memory and future vision, a rare fiction in any country.
The tale describes Gambetta visiting an agricultural department to replace a reactionary candidate with a friend. When farmers asked for rain, he promised to address it in Faris. Rain came soon after, and the reactionary candidate was booed as the crowd urged action from his party.
A butcher answers a phone to a shrill voice asking where grandpa's liver is. The caller says a hot flannel is needed and the inquiry ends with curiosity about body parts, reflecting a humorousLondon Telegraph anecdote.
A dressmaker promises a reluctant woman she will adapt to gowns that have no train as she fears missing the train. The exchange underscores fashion challenges for women in travel attire in a New York Journal snippet.
A witty exchange mocks civic fundraising with a councilman asking for a subscription to the town cemetery and an old resident replying that he has already subscribed three wives. The quip reflects a humorous take on communal contributions.
A Puck quotation discusses truthfulness, noting a speaker told the truth with a hole large enough to crawl out of. The line highlights partial honesty and evasive framing.
In a four week marriage, Lionel Bertram Jones recalls proposing to Ethel while she suspects a doughy ruse. He hints at a past deception as she protests, admitting she fears she was the victim of a swindle. The domestic scene unfolds with light nautical wit and guilt.
A weary athletic girl returning from woods with a camera and tripod is mistaken for a cripple when a fellow passenger helps her into a train car. She blushes, thinking the aid was for her imagined disability, and hides her face in embarrassment.
An eleven year old boy, pursuing deer away from camp in Santa Ana mountains California, disturbed a sunning rattlesnake. He shot the snake with his gun to stop a fatal wound, bound the injury, and walked back to camp where he fainted but recovered.
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt recounts Sir Richard Temple returning from India to stand for parliament. He claims to have traveled 8000 miles and given up £5000 annually for public service, but a heckler shames his sacrifice as a fool.
George F. Parker recalls Grover Cleveland era politics with a parable about a wealthy candidate seeking the New York governorship. The adviser urges a $200,000 preliminary canvass to hook the candidate on further spending and pursuit of the nomination.
A fragment depicts a sympathetic friend urging optimism while noting the man has already drawn three weeks of salary and spent the money, suggesting severe financial distress and mental strain.
At the annual police dinner Senator Evarts complimented the force noting they know many things about citizens that they do not reveal, while the press reveals much that it cannot know. The remark highlighted the contrast between police discretion and journalistic disclosure.
A stagecoach stop ends with a cowboy forcing passengers to wait while he recites a thirty two verse poem devoted to his Mary Jane. The incident is described as a troubling display and compared to shooting by the Argonaut.
A French proverb notes that the best excuses are never spoken. It implies restraint in offering explanations and favors concise justification.
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