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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
5
Carey notices recall Memorial Day visits and Memorial Day events. Residents like Evelyn Metcalf from Findlay and Urban Kokenge family from Lima were present. The piece lists multiple visits, travels, and local social activity across Carey and nearby towns with references to shops, doctors, and planned speeches at the Pioneer Picnic.
Eye trouble stops at Winans, jeweler and optometrist. May 1925 social rounds include Mr and Mrs W H Phelps of Fostoria, Miss Helen Kessler visiting relatives, and numerous Findlay and Toledo residents calling on family homes. The Red Cross office closes for Miss Walter’s Buffalo trip as several families attend Memorial Day services.
The piece notes Ohio will collect a 2 cent per gallon gas tax and compares state revenues. It cites 35 states that taxed gasoline last year, with total gas tax income of $79,734,490 and California collecting $11,993,222. Ohio’s projected revenue ranges from eight to ten million dollars.
A classroom joke riffs on gravity as a law and a child asks how people stuck to Earth before it. The Carey Times ad copy parodies help wanted sections, tying humor to local notices.
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