Twenty Five Years Ago A Busy Community Diary
In January 1893 the community notes social events from Beck's hall dance attended by 18 couples to weddings such as Miss Inez Pickering and Mr Elmer Daring. Obituaries include Mrs Rhoda Clay and Oscar Zuck. Local council reorganizations, a marine enlistment, and railroad governance debates mark the period with details of births marriages and church actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Theis
St. Mary’ S Theological Seminary
Cincinnati
Beck’s Hall
Millers
Piffin
Clinton Wisebaker
Norfolk
John Wisebaker
Portsmouth
Methodist Sunday School
W. L. Lindsay
C. X&. Diller
S. A. Chesebrough
Howard Heck
Lucille Patterson
J. B. Moore
D. &. Henrys
Migs Mae
Campbell
Fagaistanit
Doxa ‘Ferrel
Ri¢nard
King
Voyle Brashares
Various Local Notices and Farm Reports From January 3 1918
The column records obituaries births and marriages from Elza Garn family notes and local business updates. It also includes wartime civic notices farm economics Ohio agriculture statistics honey production and regional soil based beekeeping regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
School News continues with spelling and arithmetic winners
Readers learn names of students from Colonel Crawford buildings who excelled in 4h spelling and advanced arithmetic. Room 18 4th grade and Room 14 5th grade show top averages and race winners, with Row I holding arithmetic supremacy and Harold Krout leading a side in spelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Crawford
Betty “Hamlet
Betty Krom
Darrold England
Eva. Nye
Jean “ “Wolfram
Gilbert Phillips
Ruth Esther Baker
John Nye
Russell Cole
Betty Wenner
Robert DeForest
Tom Criger
Nelson Gault
Barbara Houk
Norman Huffman
Eugene Liming
Don Mitchell
Charles Heck
Mary Jo Harris
Josean Donelson
James Faires
Claribel Boyce
Glen Baughman
Thomas Clark
Elaine DeForest
Virginia Greene
Robert Hayman
Mauvelyn Hendricks
Talmage Huston
Ralph Jacques
Doren Kennerley
Joe Newhard
Victor Reynolds
Mary Frances Snobarger
Lynn Stillberger
Robert Wonder
Betty Hamler
Paul Cantleberry
Reid Burson
Phyllis Buchanan
Janice Corron
Jean Wolfrum
Charles Jacques
Leroy Pahl
Luella Walter
Medford Clark
Betty Hamlet
Darrold
England
Lincoln
Geralda Mae Moser
Janis Wenner
Marjorie Wolfrum
Room 16
Maxine Perkins
Lynn Rainsberger
Frances Swarts
Virginia Verrat
Lester Wagner
Ruth ‘Kare
Maxine’ Perkins
Carol June Shane
Ralph Musgrave
Gerald Stoll
Paul Burson
Elaine DeForrest
Harold Krout
Jeanne Chapman
Mrs. George Howard Dies of Heart Trouble in Mt Blanchard
Mrs. George Howard of S Main Street died last Thursday morning from heart trouble. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Methodist church with Rev Leason presiding. Burial followed in Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay. Other local notes report Rev Brown holding meetings at Houcktown, several chicken pox cases, and schools reopening after the holidays. Mrs E F Snider returned home from Findlay hospital after observation and treatment. Mrs Laura Snider learns her Tampa daughter Mary Stevenson is quite ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Zuck
Sycamore
Spring Grove
Edith Saffel
Charles Hubach
Tiffin
W. G. Brayton
Byron Zuck
Caroline Kenton
Harry Cole
Brown
Houcktown
Orpha McKitrick
Olen Shafer
Akron
Malinda Sampson
Laura Snider
Arthur Stevenson
George Howard
S. Main Street
Methodist Church
Rev
Leason
Maple Grove Cemetery
Findlay
The Little Dear
A caviller quip about a baby disrupting a wife’s vocal lessons contrasts with a cautious blessing. The exchange reveals domestic tension and humor in a compact, era style dialogue.
Local residents named in weekly social notes
Mrs Alf Bland on sick list and many neighbors visiting and traveling. Michael Courtad and daughters moved to Lovell. Reports of grip illnesses and social events at the homes of Dow, Wentling, Sammet, and others. Nearby roads noted with Tymochtee creek out of bank after heavy rain. several attend funerals and birthday gatherings across Carey Marion Upper Sandusky and Findlay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Courtad
Lovell
Selmon Virden
John Brashares
Marion
Clifford Bland
D. A
Blanche Davis
Findlay
Clyde Wentling
Ralph Haferd
Back Savers for Country Kitchens Improve Home Ergonomics
Ohio State University home economics specialists advise built in kitchen equipment to save steps and energy. They note the kitchen pantry may decline as built in work tables cupboards ironing boards and hoods cut clutter and improve flow. Adjusting counter and sink heights reduces back strain and fatigue for homemakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ohio
Putnam
Union
Greene
Department of Rural Economics
Ohio State University
Ohio State Horticultural Societies
Agricultural Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Fresh young salesman departs on first trip
As parting instructions were given a new salesman leaves with a bag. The next day the message reports arrival safely with a good room and bath and feeling fine. The manager replies with loving good-bye.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carey
Inez Pickering
Elmer Daring
E. Luther Spaid
Amos Hart
Rhoda Clay
Evangelical Church
Myers
Ein
de Aygobus Gehnié Ae
Harry Searfoss
Columbus
Elza Jacobs
Bright
Travelers Club
D. C. Henry
Henry
A. J. Nowlan
Jacob Hilty
George Ash
C. K. of O
Frank Kitzler
Peter Krupp
F. J. Mangett
A. L. Arnold
Wm. Jacoby
Farry Jenet
Joseph Collet
Andrew Foos
Mahoning County
George M
Samuel EB
Forest Phillips
William Fetter
Katie “Teeple
Sandys
Cherokee Ford
Tymochtee
Snyder
Chesebrough
Gregg
Kennerley
Frederick
Henry Herbert
H. A. Kear
Charles Dame
Charles Hart
Wm Pahl
H.R. Felker
H. G. Chambers
Loren Stahl
Ed Gibbs
John Lockrider
Charles Brown
DT. A. Washburn
S. Harvey Bailey
F. M. Kinney
Doctor Kear
G. D. Hickle
J. W. Powell
Orrin Young
Denzil
Paris Island
South Carolina
Mildred Sanders
Berwick
Dorr Leiby
Camp Sheridan
Montgomery
Ala
Frenchtown
Elza Garn
Ralph Schmuck
W. H. Phelps Garage Co
G. W. Croker
New Frederick Block
Albert Kummerer
Salem
Thomas Wagner
Frank Wagner
Kirby
Curt Bachar
The
Mutual Telephone Company
Zettle Kemmerly
Sidney Dickerson
Emma Dickerson
Dow Street
Cheuk
Wis
Mary Burghart
J. B. Scoarse
MT. Blanchard
Crawford
Alf Bland
Mabel’ Wilson
Clint Baker
Martha Jane Messmer of
D. A. Dow Home
Mrs. Wentling
Mrs
J. M. Ruffner
Upper Sandusky
William Sammet
Fred Betz
Sammet
Mr. Betz
Lloyd Hill
Wayne
Betty
Elsie Jane
Donald
Ralph Hill
W. E. Bradley
Terrence and
Janet
Columbia City
Ind
W. G. Bradley
Mark Karr
Clayton Twining
L Jane and
Clayton, Jr
John Twining
Hugh Hayman and Sons
Im Carey
Fred Stief
Heart Dible
Opal
Virginia
June
Herbert
William of
Lewis England
Mary Yanker
Carey Times
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