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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
5
Numerous items detail residents of Findlay Carey and surrounding areas visiting family and friends in Marion Columbus and Columbus. The notes mention illness travels church meetings and social calls plus ads promising rugs and porch swings.
Sunday visits and shopping ads recur with names such as Florence Zawodad Windus and Mrs S O Smith. Window hats bargain at Ideal Hat Shop. D W C Rau and East Akron connections noted. Circulation mentions Upper Sandusky Carey and Elyria Lorain visits with several families and friends cited.
A government balloon crew led by Dr. C. Leroy Meissinger and First Lieut. James T. Neely was killed during a weather observation flight near Bement Illinois after their aircraft was struck by lightning. The pair had flown numerous trips since March 31 to collect upper atmosphere data vital to forecasting storms and guiding weather science.
Hartley announces three act comedy The House Next Door by WGY Players to be aired Thursday June 19 under Edward H. Smith. Friday June 20 features James A. Leary Saratoga Springs lawyer with a Mediterranean travelogue. Bray Friday Brida program by Paramount Concert Orchestra. Child prodigies Dorothea Koch and Genevieve Fisher to perform with Lucille Fisher. Adelaide Ryan and George Kehn present The Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet. Charles M. Ripley of General Electric will speak on locomotives that make electricity. Salvation Army Band of Albany will play Monday June 16. Zion Lutheran Church services broadcast Sunday June 15. Organ recital by Stephen Boisclair from Proctor's Harmanus Bleecker Hall June 17 and 19.
Crawford residents attended preaching Sunday morning. Robert Hetzel and family visited Brayton Davis home Monday evening. Several locals visited friends and relatives across nearby towns. Sunday traffic on Lortz bridge caused by obstructed view. two autos collided and were damaged but no injuries reported.
The article notes Nature Magazine tracing the bluejay name to the French geal or gai meaning gay. It argues the term jay describing a person may be less insulting than commonly thought.
Henry Ford issues bulletin ordering workers to be in presentable condition for street appearances. Overcoats to be discarded at the roundhouse and not worn in public. Shoes must be polished and clothes kept neat as workers comply amid recent notice.
Notice states Mrs Gear will be at the Geo Newhard residence Wednesday June 18 from 8 30 a m to 8 30 p m with her usual line of corsets brasieres and dresses Special Bargains Come early Beil Phone 254 Read the Want Ada
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