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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
6
A practical college girl gown in blue green checked wool with a plaited bodice blue velvet yoke, cream lace neckpiece, and velvet trim. Skirt is plaited with velvet bands. advised for mothers seeking tasteful, versatile attire. Fur coat piece notes cost and maintenance, arguing coats are costly and require care and storage.
The season favors a smart girl in light gowns for winter occasions and semidress. Many gowns feature long trains sweeping the floor from the belt or even from the shoulders. The empire back remains a very fashionable detail.
The article describes walking suit fashions with plaited skirts narrowing at the lipline and fronts where plaits point away. It notes straw hats worn whitened with ostrich feather trimmings and a winter hat in black satin with a satin crown and pompons, reflecting Dress fashion magazine styling.
One hundred and ten prominent Christian missionaries from twenty American religious groups commend the Japanese people for sobriety and justice, affirm the friendliness of U S and Japan, and urge continued peace and mutual understanding amid tensions.
The piece cites Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier Journal speaking with Booker T. Washington at Carnegie Hall. He argues the negro must be developed and educated, praising self improvement in the southern districts and foreseeing the race as a lasting, evolving presence.
William J Lentz died last Saturday at his niece Mrs Frank Bakers home on South Street after a yearlong illness from paralysis and drops. Born in Pennsylvania he would have turned 75 on June 10. A Civil War veteran of the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry reenlisted, wounded near Kenesaw Mountain, and served until 1865. Funeral at United Evangelical Church with burial in Spring Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. out–of–town attendees named.
The Monday regular session listed members Chambers Mayor Stahl Clerk and Dame Hart Jacoby Herbert Kear and Pahl. Bills approved include marshal and night officer wages, clerk, librarian, printings, and hose works. The council reviewed bonds for nightwatchmen Croker Perl health officer Wonder and ordered a telephone for Marshal Gibbs. A North Street opening was referred to a three member committee for inquiry and report next meeting.
Patent lawyer G E Bunlap of Wheeling reports Western Ohio inventors receiving patents. Names include M Bixel Pandora barrel-truck C E Canfield Norwood dynamo-electric machine J C Herr Middletown bicycle H Holzwarth Hamilton BE Junghans Germany gas-turbine F J Lehman Toledo cartender L L Mast West Milton water-heater G T Reiss Hamilton Niles-Bement-Pound Co. Rexer Degraff dipper Rike Dayton paper vessel Shaffer Van Wert mail-bag catcher Spornhauer Celina half-ownership to Spornhauer Weber Canton arm-rest Wolfrey West Alexandria and trade-mark registrations for J Houston Wellston medicine and Woolson Spice Co Toledo castor oil.
Carey postmaster warns that some rural delivery patrons place loose coins in boxes each time they send letters. This causes hardship for carriers and delays routes. Patrons are urged to keep stamps ahead of needs and consider small detatchable cups in mail boxes to hold coins when purchasing stamps.
Igaac Johnson, the Main Street crossing watchman, holds a piece of strap iron rail from the Mad River and Lake Erie railroad believed to be the first in Ohio. Built around 1844, the relic now ties to the Sandusky division of the Big 4 under New York Central ownership. The flat rail is three inches wide and one inch thick with holes for spikes. it was spiked to a mud sill above ties, elevating trains. Travel to Findlay took about two hours and thirty minutes.
William B Curtis, renowned Chicago Record-Herald correspondent, writes daily travel letters admired nationwide. He began as a Chicago reporter in 1872, later leading the South American commission and the Bureau of American Republics, with a career marked by world travel and prestigious postings. His front-page letters from Mexico and prior journeys command ongoing prominence.
A compact reading list pairs literary insight with practical homemaking titles. Notable names include Mackaulay Burke Bacon Homer Scott Stevenson Kipling Shakespeare Job Franklin Burns Austen Twain Eliot Thoreau. library desk picks cover household economy, home decorating, nutrition, and building.
The notice outlines renewal periods for various subscription frequencies and states papers unpaid beyond these deadlines will be dropped from the legitimate list. It explains second class mailing rates, credit extensions for publishers, and the need to keep paid-up lists by April 1908 with to date payments to avoid cancellation.
Nationwise notes record a New York zoo owning 2 24 birds while a New York butcher pays a 1100 fine for substituting veal for chicken. Other items include shipping declines, trade totals, monuments, and odd historic artifacts.
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