Letter writers urged to send in early this month
Our Correspondents urge readers to submit letters promptly in the coming month. Late submissions reaching the office after Tuesday afternoon will likely not be printed.
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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
6
Our Correspondents urge readers to submit letters promptly in the coming month. Late submissions reaching the office after Tuesday afternoon will likely not be printed.
St Paul area residents share Christmas and New Year greetings with kin and neighbors. Families including Diedrick Beck Pratt Schrote Snook Stoll Shuman and Sutter gather for meals and visits in Vanlue Carey Findlay Bethesda Woodsdale and nearby areas amid church notices and hay hauling reports.
Christmas gatherings in Woodsdale include the Beard families and friends from Genoa Findlay and Vanlue. Notable items note Forest Miller healing from a rusty nail incident and multiple households hosting extended kin and church events with dozens present.
A fragmented item lists several local residents and families including Orali Chidrlé-Dunbar Robert Dun and famly Harl Morehart Larry Hoemakers and wife of Mr Blanchard Mrs A J Bachar of Carey Mrs Alfred Allison of Lebanon Il Mr and Mrs W E Miller and Miss Emma Brown in a community notices snippet.
Berwick residents shared visits with relatives in Toledo Fostoria Carey and Tiffin last week. Local events included Christmas dinner at Berwick, a December 31 dance, a failed airship attempt by E Wentz and a new barn project by Robert Hetzel.
Forest Baker's public sale drew many local farmers. Farmers attended the district institute at Vanlue and the school in District No 7 celebrated with a Santa event. Several residents visited Bellefontaine, and others medical care, Christmas visits, and local disputes or improvements were noted.
Lovell resident E Wentz has about a dozen corn shredding tasks lined up as soon as milder weather arrives. Mrs Howard Perkins spent Saturday visiting relatives and friends at Findlay.
Earl Snyder and Glenn Snyder from Springfield and Carey families spent Christmas with relatives. Mrs. William Haines and Ella Haines visited relatives in Prairie Depot and Elyria. Several pairs and families from Adrian, Toledo, Findlay, and Carey were guests of local households. Willam Miller bought a two year old Percheron colt weighing 1820 pounds.
The auction lists livestock including mares calves cows sows and shoats as well as farm implements like hay loader tedder plow buggy and heating stoves. Items will sell at public site with nine month credit on sums five dollars and up and cash for under five hundred. auctioneers Stanley Jones and clerk J Newcomer.
A letter received December 19 requested moving the writer from the Vanlue list to the Carey list. No name was signed. If the writer notifies again, the office will comply with the request.
The Queen reports that non travelers face platform access restrictions in England and on the Continent. British railways weigh platform tickets similar to Germany where friends of travelers buy cheap tickets from machines. England remains reluctant to adopt the system.
Miss Bernice Pooler from Philadelphia, deaf and mute since infancy after a Pennsylvania lake accident, regained speech and hearing after an involuntary plunge in the Pacific at Balboa Beach. She lost a pair of gold combs and a diamond pin, wrecked her gown, but called it a jolly wetting and said she is the happiest and most talkative girl in the world.
W. M. Presler of Adrian Ohio offers farms for sale or exchange including 20 to 200 acres in Seneca Wyandot Trumbull and Portage counties. Also bargains in other farm properties. Full particulars on application. Office hours 6:30 to 8:00 Saturday evening for subscription payments.
In a Puck excerpt Bill Graner offers Si Hayseed a glass of ginger pop in exchange for goods. Si declines the drink saying it goes to his head while accepting sody and tenpenny nails to settle a debt. A light rural scene at a crossroads store ends with nails traded for baby quiet.
A freckled youth on a fence recounts a comic incident where a tourist’s car injures a calf and a man with spectacles pays six dollars. The calf isn’t owned by the youth and he muses about exploiting future mishaps for more money.
A collage of quotes from Cleveland Leader Bouleville Courier Journal and Chicago Record Herald shows stories about daughters piano lessons neighbor lawsuits and simple remarks. The exchanges illustrate small town humor and social commentary.
In a Chicago Daily Socialistic cartoon the austere Instructor in advanced arithmetic commands students to recite the path from tens to wealth. The chorus links ten mills to a magnate and the money, satirizing corporate consolidation into a single powerful figure.
A Life section passage depicts a playful dispute where a wife remarks the pre marriage habit of being assisted with her dress, and her husband counters that she would have called police then. The exchange reveals domestic tension and a light moral tone.
A passenger tells the driver to put him out after riding a quarter of the fare. The driver agrees to back up three feet so the man can tumble out and end the ride, illustrating a humorous money matter in transit.
A witty exchange contrasts advocacy for women’s rights with voting empowerment. The Spinster clarifies support for equal representation by urging every woman to have a voter role, while The Bachelor questions the extent of political rights.
A sharp exchange features an insurance man asking about appendicitis and a skeptic confessing an operation. The reply turns a medical ailment into a quip about professional curiosity.
Dialogue shows a young lady confronting Tommy who just announced engagement to a 12 year old. Tommy admits he once promised marriage and blames himself. The scene exposes social expectations and immature declarations in a light domestic exchange.
A visitor quizzes Mrs. Torkins on her husband Charley’s baseball devotion. She confirms he is an ardent fan, calling him a regular windmill in lively exchange captured by the Washington Star.
Irate diner tells the hovering waiter he does not want service. The waiter explains his responsibility for the silver, insisting on attending to the table despite the protest.
A man asks for the exact word he used a week ago that offended his wife and led to her silence, seeking clarification of the term behind the dispute.
Bre replies Just lgok. shows a playful exchange suggesting miscommunication and a casual domestic moment.
A story recounts Mary, a poor orphan apple seller, befriended by Grant in early life. Grant reportedly promised her a future appointment if he became president. Years later Mary, advised by a Treasury official, sought the president and presented a card with Swingle delivering the message.
The girl Mary McCarthy, known as Little Sad-face, is visited by President Grant who remembers her promise and arranges an appointment at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. A messenger finds her and delivers the letter, ending her street dealings with apples.
The Krakatoa eruption in August 1883 released a cubic mile of material and dust 17 miles high. Airwaves circled the globe seven times, with reports heard across Asia and oceans away. Dust and pumice circled the Earth, causing long lasting strange sunsets for months.
A new boarder faces a sharp judgment from his landlady who displays a banner promising Wastefulness and Economy for all. Her chill gaze reflects the stern routine of longtime residents as she declares what will be found in the dining room.
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