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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
6
Last Thursday was Mrs. Henry Billings birthday anniversary with a Carey home gathering. Miss Pearl Young photographed the party including Mrs. Young, Mrs. Wentz, Selah Billings and Pauline Wuescher, with relatives such as Wheeler Wentz Carl Wuescher Virgie Platt C. O. Young and Mrs. G. W. Young. Ad for Hanford’s Balsam and Ewing’s wall decorations closes the item.
The New York Sun recounts a 94 year old Vermonter’s reminiscence of 1816, when June to August were unusually cold with north winds, ice forming in July and a bleak, Novemberlike summer. He recalls farmers wearing overcoats and mittens daily and notes no likely repeat in 1916 as temperatures rise with the season.
S H Murphy, a Wellsburg New York pharmacist, praises Chamberlains Tablets as the most satisfactory stomach trouble and constipation remedy in thirty four years of drug store service. The ad notes Hanford's Balsam for quick relief from bad burns and claims the products are obtainable everywhere.
The Memorial Sunday service at the Methodist Episcopal church featured a large choir under J B Moore, songs of patriotism, and a sermon by Dr J W Gibson titled Voices of the Dead. Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was read by James Hood, with reflections on sacrifice, liberty, and the role of women in wartime aid.
The list names students achieving 98 to perfect in spelling and last month average. Harry Faber and others are cited with high marks while Joe Avia is noted as the sole perfect. A note mentions a yearlong improvement and a few girls achieving perfect grades.
Neighbors honored Mrs. Jesse Hart with a handkerchief shower Monday evening for her sixty second birthday. An enjoyable gathering saw Mrs. Hart receive many fine handkerchiefs from attendees including Mrs. Edward Campbell Sr. and others.
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