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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
2
Eloise Thrall publishes The Carey Times every Thursday from Carey Ohio. The paper is entered at the local post office as second class mail matter. Subscription rates shown include one year for $2.00, six months for $1.00, and three months for 60 cents.
A collection of wry musings on culture politics and travel from Herbert H Miller noting quirky Nebraska City anecdotes and global nods from Nazis to city farms. The piece hints at social trends fears and nostalgia with playful sarcasm and broad cultural references.
A quirky column threads wartime politics and daily life jokes from Hollywood to Reno. It riffs on Goebbels rhetoric, economic woes, a divorce suit, sports humor, a Japanese air raid, Alcatraz, boxing fatigue, drinking education, and a Kansas minister balancing religion with fishing causes.
Wayne Observer condemns the able-bodied loafer who sits idle while neighbors struggle to earn an honest living. The piece contrasts such individuals with those truly unable to work and urges society to care for them, while criticizing able-bodied claimants who demand others’ support without proving any real contribution.
About 2 250 bushels of wheat stored on five Hancock county farms are released to the Commodity Credit Corporation and headed to terminal markets from Jenera. County Agent Forest G Hall and R M Traucht report government loans of 71 cents a bushel for No 1 grade. Farmers will receive 7 cents storage and no interest charges due to price staying below 78 cents. After removal, bins should be disinfected with carbon disulphate. some bins show weevil infection and coal oil misuse has caused residue fumes. Caution issued on fire risk and proper disinfection.
John Clark a 12 year old Lafayette boy walked toward Findlay with a heavy suitcase seeking his father on the Martin Frey farm. Nearby resident Oren Altman helped and contacted Frey after the boy said he rode a bus from Lafayette. The sheriff coordinated, the father and boy reunited on the farm.
A golfer explains he never swears but confesses every missed shot makes him spit. He notes the grass does not grow again where he spits, turning a poor game into a witty remark about lawn luck.
Forty members of the Benjamin Stroub family met at Carey Park on Sunday June 25 for their first reunion. A picnic dinner was enjoyed and it was decided to hold a similar gathering at Carey Park next year.
The Carey Times continues to carry exemption blanks of all kinds, indicating ongoing administrative or clerical gaps. The note highlights persistent missing forms and unresolved paperwork within local business or tax processes.
Providence Journal notes a Dunkirk cinema installs a soundproof observation room for mothers with crying children to spare other patrons. The piece contrasts modern comfort with past harsh, simple living while imagining a future armored society accepting only chosen sensations.
The column recalls a visit by an old-time glass-blower who rented space in a store in our town. He shaped glass animals and household wares from colored glass, inflating deer with his breath and giving viewers locks of silver hair spun from glass, amid a crowd of amazed children.
Four year old Orland Schriner, son of Earl and spouse, lost his right arm last Thursday when a wheat binder on the family farm clipped it between elbow and shoulder. He was taken to Mercy hospital in Tiffin with his condition described as fairly good and he withstood the shock well.
A Columbus firm is building floats for a Byron Horse Show parade the week of August 18. The company plans to showcase its display pieces at the event and promote its business during the celebration.
A Carey Times office uses aging typewriter ribbons that develop a gold sheen as they wear. Staff note fading ink and shifting color as papers pass through the machines.
Notice that Rip Livingston of 268 Clinton Street Columbus Ohio has been appointed administrator with the will annexed of Forest L. Livingston deceased of Carey Wyandot County Ohio. Judge Russell H Kerr Probate Division Wyandot County Ohio dated June 14 1939.
Williams County commissioners have set a three ton load limit on the Denmark covered bridge on the old Bellefontaine road in the northwest part of the county. The bridge has been condemned and limited to light traffic until repairs can be made to strengthen it. Built in 1869, it is a relic of earlier travel and a popular scenic stop for motorists along the winding country road.
The estate of Joseph W. McMillin who died June 13 in Big Spring township Seneca county is divided equally among brothers William Cortland Guy Vinton Ira B Alvada and Emerson Ganana and sister Louise Jane McMillin Miller. Will dated May 8 1985 names executor William H. as executor.
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