Carey Times serves Carey, Ohio with Homer Thrall editor
The Carey Times announces publication from Carey Ohio under editor Homer Thrall with a 3 cent paper price.
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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
2
The Carey Times announces publication from Carey Ohio under editor Homer Thrall with a 3 cent paper price.
The week surveys Senate and House actions from January 20 to 24 focusing on the Philippine tariff bill, a proposed department of commerce, and the urgent deficiency appropriation. Lodge leading the tariff debate in the Senate, Rawlins opposing. the House moved toward funding shelters for American soldiers in Manila and pay raises for rural mail carriers.
The President signs legislation granting free transportation of all mail matter sent by Mrs. Ida S. McKinley widow of the late President McKinley. A naval board declines to recommend retirement for Captain Richmond P Hobson citing eye issues from service in Spanish vessels and Hong Kong dock work. A Census Bureau bulletin reports US manufactured goods value at 13.003 billion in 1900 up 33.73 percent from 1890.
The American Elevated Railway Co proposes an elevated road with cars that run through buildings about 70 feet from the street. Maj. Thomas W Symons notes Lake Erie levels have fallen at Buffalo since 1890. Other items include a 108 year old Philadelphia woman, a rash of arsons in Altoona, a Boston grand jury indictment for embezzlement, and various accidents and deaths.
Andrew Carnegie has given 300000 dollars to Cooper Union in New York City. This is his second gift to the institution, the first reportedly similar in amount.
West and South items report a spinster near Crawfordsville Ind uncovering nearly $2,000 in gold bank notes and old Mexican coins in a pantry tin. In Denver workers dig in gold bearing black sand beneath city hall floors, while Prof Emil Scheffer, famed chemist, dies at 90. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern shops shut by strike. U S marshal seizes 3000 counterfeit silver at Ponce Porto Rico. two women jailed. Mobile fire wrecks district, killing Richard Vidmer and Bat Thomas. three firemen injured.
The Archduchess Elizabeth at Vienna on the 22nd swore to renounce all claims to the Austrian throne in anticipation of her marriage to Prince Otho von Windisch-Gratz who is not of royal blood. Kurdish hostilities flare in Armenia with heavy casualties at Bitlis and Van. Bulgarian and Turkish forces clash in Kosovo with losses on both sides. Canadian Pacific Railway plans a vast Montreal locomotive and car works employing about 7,000 workers and acquiring land for the site. A furious Japanese gale sinks fishing fleet. 200 fishermen are missing.
A serious horse epidemic devastates the finois corn belt reducing cultivation across thousands of acres as owners cannot secure teams. Rail plans in New York add a second tunnel to East River. New York court cases involve rates inspectors andMandamus filings. Also noted are a polemical attack on public figures, a national chess tournament plan in Atlanta, and the death of Heresy Derbsyslore, an explorer associate of Capt Hall.
Washington on January 25 witnessed the signing of a treaty of cession with Denmark to transfer St Thomas St John and St Croix to the United States The agreement includes a plebiscite by islanders and requires approval from the Senate Danish Rigsdagen and possibly the House for funding The Danish government will gauge islander sentiment before final steps, while residents may remain Danish in name and benefit commercially.
A dust explosion at Yost Creek mine near Oskaloosa Iowa killed twenty one miners and injured eight. Rescue teams faced horrific scenes as burning gas and debris tore through the shaft delaying recovery until dark. The Lost Creek Fuel Co. mine, operating about a year, faces roughly ten thousand dollars in damages.
A bold night raid on a Southern Railway train near Branchville, five miles from the prior heist site, saw eight men on the platform. They shot at engineer Reynolds, forced open the local and through safes, stole the local safe contents, and escaped as the train returned to Branchville. Leader believed to be Barton Warren.
Fires in St Paul Minnesota and West Bay City Michigan caused about 300000 in losses. In St Paul the Davidson block a five story brick building at Stearth and Jackson burned in bitter cold hindering firefighting. Losses total around 200000 with 75000 on the building and 75000 on Sternberg Weil Co. goods. In West Bay City Crump Manufacturing Co plant and a lumber yard were destroyed with 1509000 feet of oak lumber and seven railroad cars burned. Total estimated loss near 100000 with under 50000 insured.
Washington January 28 The commissioner of patents submitted to Congress a year end 1901 report. It records 45 973 mechanical patent apps 2 961 design patent apps 115 patent reissues 2 410 trademark registrations 1 064 label registrations and 233 print registrations. It notes 27 202 patents issued including designs 517 reissues 1 025 trademarks STS labels and 159 prints and 19 147 patents expired. Connecticut leads in patents issued per population at one per 1198 residents.
In a Friday hearing on Cuban postal fraud charges Col. Charles H. Burton testified he found irregularities in the auditor's office and double credits totaling 15,000 dollars. His examination of F W Neely's books suggested embezzlement of about 45,000 dollars in early 1900 and total embezzlement around 100,000 since July 1890.
Dr Harry J Ziegler of Lancaster Pennsylvania fatally wounds his wife Anna at the Wellington hotel in Chicago and then shoots himself in a planned double suicide. A note to a morning paper explains they decided to die but he lacked the nerve to shoot so his wife would do it. The injured Mrs Ziegler later revived hopes of recovery at Samaritan hospital.
William T Gray, head of the National Window Glass Jobbers Association, says the company quotes wholesale prices that are 10 to 15 percent higher than before the break with independents. Retailers will see 90 to 95 percent off in some areas, 10 to 90 percent in others, depending on size and freight. Independent firms plan to sell at a profit-friendly level aligned with wholesale prices. Guthrie Oklahoma report describes a Shawnee mob torturing Fred Tiner before U.S. Marshal Davis intervened and Tiner was jailed in Weweeka.
The president on Monday decided to reappoint Postmaster A. F. Wills of Nashville Tennessee but cautioned him against civil service law violations. A civil service commission report alleged he gave 150 dollars to another officer for political purposes during office duties.
A Detroit Free Press item quotes playful student banter about grammar and schooling, highlighting a tongue in cheek exchange between a self confident critic and a girl student as a light feature.
The John A. Salzer Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin, claimed as the world’s largest seed potato grower, announced plans to farm 21 000 more acres of potatoes. President Henry A Salzer noted the expansion aims to produce vast potato miles, provoking comment on crisis-era exploits and industry scale.
Advertisements boast a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Refund offered if it fails. Puck notes the claim as irritating. Patient testimonials from J W O'Brien and Washington Democrat quote mixed opinions. Also mentions Putnam Faceless Dyes coloring fabrics and a quip about a woman's fickleness.
Mrs Hulda Jakeman of Salt Lake City reports severe menstrual pain relieved after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She endorses the remedy and cites Mormon women as others helped, with an offer of free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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