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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1930
Page
7
Local notes record social visits dances and meetings across Springville and Ridge Center. Highlights include weddings and anniversaries along with school and church events. The period covers Thanksgiving, court juries in Toledo, and community club activities with multiple residents named.
A collection of local items from December 16 1915 includes shop and personal news. Clara Straw visits Toledo. Mrs 8 P Robinson of Buffalo guests in town. prices on creamery butter and oysters listed. Travelers Club and Rebekahs activities noted. Births marriages licenses and Christmas preparations appear, plus a poem about the blessed little Christmas tree.
The article discusses the origin of the distress signal SOS, noting it is not an acronym but a simple dot dash pattern. Before 1912 the radio distress signal CQD was used, with rumors that it meant Come Quick Distress.
Wyandot Mutual Relief association lists bills allowed after a Saturday meeting. Items cover fire and lightning damage to houses and contents, barns, and livestock losses, totaling numerous claims including homes and contents burned, barn destruction, and livestock fatalities reported by named residents and families.
The legislature amended the general code to define and list general holidays. Key dates include New Year’s Day January 1, Lincoln’s Birthday February 12 or February 22, Memorial and Decoration days, Washington’s Birthday February 22, Labor Day the first Monday in September, Columbus Discovery Day October 12, Armistice Day November 11, Christmas Day December 25, and days proclaimed by the Governor or U S President. If a holiday falls on Sunday, the following secular day becomes a holiday.
Five Fostoria tobacco dealers were charged for failing to display copies of the law banning cigarette sales to minors. One pleaded guilty and paid a $50 fine. The case was brought by J C Madden of Toledo, with protest flooding the county auditor’s office.
The Forest Review notes First National Bank provided $5 to each of 12 Sunday schools for a community treat in an annual affair. This support ensures a special treat for all Sunday school members.
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