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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
2
A verse excerpt contrasts wealth and love as a rich woman shuns gold for a vow to share poverty. The speaker, cited as D L Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution, frames a mother urging realism against idealized affection. The scenes weigh duty against dream in a rural setting.
The party leaves Seattle for Victoria to outfit for the Klondike. In Victoria they buy horses and gear, then sail aboard the Islander on the 18th, crossing Lynn Canal toward Skaguay as fog lifts to reveal the distant White Pass and a camp at Skaguay Bay.
The Islander reaches Dyea after unloading at Skaguay where crowds of miners, tents, and horses fill the beach as Tom and Green glimpse the booming mining town. They plan to check on Avery's messenger and rumors about Rider, while Obed Rider sits nearby in conversation with a rough miner.
In Dyea a battered Obed Rider faces Hank Bowers a desperate partner with a forged letter and a promise of riches. Rider admits stealing papers from a youth after a confrontation and contemplates a brutal move as tension rises in his tent.
In a rugged tale of theft and conspiracy two men plan murder and loot as they rush to claim a gold mine. Rider and Bowers plot while Obed Rider fears discovery after a chance confrontation with Tom Scott and Green reveals the danger closing in.
In a changing frontier camp Tom and Green debate leaving to avoid suspicion while tarrying for Tarbox and the miner's brother. A woman's cry breaks the calm as Tom strikes a man who had attacked her, leaving the ruffian floored as the scene ends with a forthcoming continuation.
A meditation on the heart as a fortress shielding private joys and pains until a trusted friend opens it to light and confides its truths. Sudden misunderstandings can seal the doors again, while generosity and forgiveness keep hearts accessible.
A teaching summary discusses Malachi 3 and 4, contrasting the wicked and the righteous at the coming day of the Lord. It notes punchy lines about serving God, God’s remembrance of the faithful, and the turning of hearts by Elijah’s foretold ministry, preparing the way for Messiah’s reign.
A nervous curate with a habit of awkward compliments to the bishop is reproved by a senior curate after a clergy tea at the bishop's palace. The rebuke, delivered as a brotherly warning, elicits loud laughter and confusion among the clergy.
A couple dispute a man who complained the baby woke him. The husband reveals the man has worked in a boiler factory for five years, implying the noise was not new to him.
The Chicago Tribune notes a former burglar now serves as a gospel preacher on the West Side. The remark underscores a notable personal transformation from ward politician to respected religious figure.
A reflective verse essay discusses friendship reward, divine discontent, and harmony of pain and pleasure. It contrasts leaders with persistence in God versus sorrowful states, urges looking upward for spiritual glory, and ends with a poetic image of death as launching a ship from clay into eternity.
In Luckey Ohio a general store run by F W Myers was struck by four burglars who blew the safe and fired shots at Will and Walter Young who lived nearby. The robbers fled along the Ohio Central tracks on a hand car without taking any money. Myers kept several thousand in the safe but had only 500 on hand the night before.
Ernest Austin 22, a Tenth Ohio veteran of the Spanish American War, goes on trial for his life in Bellefontaine. He is charged with murdering his mother and brother and burning their bodies in their home after a May 21 assault in which he was shot in the chest by an unknown assailant. He appeared at a neighbor's house, faint from loss of blood, and claimed a door call led to the killings.
Judge Badger sustained a demurrer in Columbus, dismissing the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. suit against William A. Hahn and H. M. Daugherty. The court held the proper remedy was injunction proceedings when the tax was collected, not damages. Kentucky.
State School Commissioner Bonebrake releases annual figures: 828,500 pupils statewide with 771,469 in elementary schools, 57,031 in high schools, 37,413 in parochial and private schools, 6,438 in colleges, and 4,095 in state schools for the education of unfortunate youths. During the year ending November 15, 249 new school houses cost $976,523, bringing total buildings to 13,077 valued at $41,446,833. There are 20,712 teachers.
Toledo December 8 The K of P state election results list Grand chancellor Josiah Catrow Ger Mantown Grand vice chancellor L W Ellinwood Marietta Grand prelate Charles J Deckman Malvern Grand master of exchequer George B Donavin Delaware Grand master-at-arms S S N McCloud Marysville Grand inner guard Charles G Brown Cincinnati Grand outer guard W F Bruce Mt Gilead Supreme representative-at-large John T Sutphen Middletown
Lima December 7 reports another sharp advance in crude oil led by Standard Oil Co. Pennsylvania oil rises to 1.64 a barrel and Indiana oil to 1.11. Over four months oil has gained more than 40 cents a barrel. Output is 20,000 barrels daily below shipments, with reserves covering the gap.
Fifty applications have reached Governor Bushnell for the Ohio commissioner to the Paris exposition. The appointment would require legislative authorization, which has not occurred. Applicants appear eager to attend at state expense. Born in Mansfield Captain E P Wood born August 16 1848 is reported dead. he commanded the Petrel in Dewey's fleet and spent boyhood days in Mansfield.
The Ohio Federation of Labor will meet in Newark next year with rivals Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland and Loudonville as candidates for the convention site. J Murray Webb, prominent merchant, died at 77 from injuries after a fall from a horse. John Whitmyer, 22, miner, was killed at North Massillon mine when crushed by a car. Ottawa County oil boom advances with new deals and a well near Martin yielding 150 barrels daily. Akron faces gas outage leaving residents without warm meals.
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