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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
5
Local residents and visitors list in Vanlue Kenton Findlay and Wharton were noted with shop bargains at Hilty and Kurtz. Bundled items include blankets rubbers and embroideries while several townspeople travel for business and family visits.
A youthful group from town gathered Monday night at Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Baker's east of town. Attendees included Merritt Patterson, Eugene Kimmell, Earl Burson, Robert Hoff, Russell Kurtz, Clare Ewing, Carl Gottfried, Clinton Baker, Bernice Keller, Clara Newhard, Laura Hoff, Elsie Van Fleet, Mae Cosgray, Percis Newhard, Ural Ryder, and Ruth Ewing. They enjoyed sleighing joyfully, with a tasty oyster supper aiding the merriment.
A group of fourteen including Mr and Mrs Elza Jacobs and Mr and Mrs Gordon Hickle visited Mr and Mrs Grant Tong on a Tuesday sleigh ride. They brought oysters and enjoyed supper with music though a missing phonograph horn dampened plans. Guests included Mrs Ivy Wheeler Mrs Harvey Bailey Mrs Bertha Corbin and Mrs John Boice.
The Catholic Knights of Ohio held a large open meeting at Beck's hall with 250 attendees. Eighteen new members were initiated and four membership applications were presented led by state officers Peter Metler and M J Burk with Father Mizr presiding. An oyster supper followed the proceedings.
Mr Fred Ewing and Miss Millie Jobleson were married Tuesday February 4 by Rev. Father Haupert at St Nicholas parsonage. The ceremony was witnessed by a few friends. The couple left on the 5:05 train for Toledo to visit the bride's brother C J Johnson and wife before returning to Adrian after February 16.
Well known Carey citizen Francis M. Bare died at his North Street home Wednesday forenoon after a week of illness. He was 74 years, 11 months and 21 days old. Funeral at M E church Friday at 1 30 PM, standard time, with interment in Spring Grove cemetery. An extended sketch will follow next week.
Mrs. Vern Alspach visiting Toledo fell on the sidewalk Monday and broke both bones in her left wrist and the radius about midway to the elbow. The fractures were dressed and her arm set by Drs. Southward and Van Buren before she returned home.
Carey Ohio optician E B Lybarger advertises a free examination claiming it is the most perfect in existence. The Artz Optical Co manager says prices are one third lower than usual with services available Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays opposite the Galt House second floor.
Entertained in honor of Mrs Louis 2a a quilting event with a grand dinner. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Amos Nye Mrs A H Herbert directors Cc V Wentz Mrs N B Platt Mrs George Hudson Mrs VA C Rickle Mrs Roy Wickiser Miss Rachael Burson Miss Dorthea Pratt Miss Luella Lahr E S Burson Laurence Plott and B E B Schade.
The Travelers Club met Monday night at Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Constien's home. Mrs. C. W. McGill read a paper on "Finding of Our Great Generals and Who They Were." Mrs. M. C Reynolds spoke on "The Campaign in The West Including The Capture of Fort Donelson." Music by Mrs. Reynolds and current events were highlights. Next meeting will be with Mrs. Harshbarger.
The Sunday Magazine of The Chicago Record-Herald earns praise for high quality fiction and illustrations. It paid $25 000 for Conan Doyle’s Sir Nigel and followed with Sephy of Kravonia by Anthony Hope, showcasing top authors and color artwork.
A town doctor rushed to the minister's house where the minister lay gravely ill. The wife insisted she could nurse him like she did her family, claiming she nursed relatives until they died. The doctor pointed out the fatal flaw in her claim by noting all those relatives had died.
London Telegraph reports that Turkish women once wore transparent veils and opera cloaks prompting the sultan to ban modern veils in favor of the traditional terija with an obscured face. The decree lasts about a year before thinner veils slowly return.
The British Medical Journal surveys final utterances of historical figures. Nothnagel Traube Locock Cuvier Goldsmith Hunter Pasteur Darwin Mirabeau and more are cited with brief, non graphic notes on their dying phrases and moments.
Leslie's Weekly notes an annual Japanese tradition of making a sacred New Year cake from boiled and pounded rice. The cake, shaped like a sacred mirror, is offered to Shinto deities and every family member participates, even helping the baby by guiding its hand for a good luck blow, producing enough to last most of the year.
A Chicago Record Herald describe the electric eel numbing a horse and causing drowning, and the angler fish luring prey with a wormlike lure. The piece portrays these creatures as remarkable, even uncanny, in their predatory methods and traits.
When a nose bleeds do not tilt the head back or over a basin. Raise the head and catch blood with cloths. Press the upper lip area where the nasal artery runs to slow the flow. If needed place a wad of paper under the lip and fold the lip over it. If still bleeding, seek adrenalin at a drug store and apply to the interior nose.
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