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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
6
Adrian residents host Meryl Saunders while Salmon Shearer from Bucyrus calls on relatives. Ford Presler visits Ada family. Margaret Frederick stays with relatives at Fostoria. Various families from Adrian Tiffin Findlay Holgate and Carey spend weekends visiting relatives and attending local events.
William Miller family visited Grandma Miller near Berwick who is sick. Kinney couples visited east of McCutchenville, and M E Aid society to meet at Mrs. Gibson Adri an. Several locals helped Mrs Allion who has spring illness. Bert Oddle called on Kinney and Miller. Mrs Snider of Bellevue visits her father Yentzer. Local girls attended a ball game at McCutchenville. Revival to start June 15 in Adrian by an evangelist from Delaware.
Misses Marie Trudeau Helen Gibson Gertrude Bakies and Frances Clouse were fishing at the river last week while events will be held in a tent and everyone is invited to attend.
A Woodsdale column lists dinner guests including Mr and Mrs W P Miller and extended families from Carey and Houcktown. Several visitors are named such as Miss Etta Smith Miss Gail Heck and Ray Jones. A horse incident near Will Beard’s farm is reported along with local visits and a veterinary call from Dr W O Longfellow.
Dr W M Metzler suffered severe facial bruises when a runaway horse bolted behind Vanlue town hall and threw him against a building. The incident occurred Monday afternoon as the horse headed toward a barn. No further injuries reported.
Scott Cole visited on business last Wednesday. The Loyal Workers Class of Progressive Brethren met at C. B. Newcomer’s home. Many attended Oliver meetings in Findlay. Several families visited Harry Van Horn on Sunday. Ridge Quartette sang at Mr. Miller’s funeral in Green Spring. Local families shared meals at L. B. Newcomer’s Sunday. Loyal Workers class of West Independence plans an ice cream social on June 16 on the church lawn.
Franklin County grand jury returns indictments against three legislators a former Columbus mayor two lobbyists and a senate aide. Indicted are Senator Thomas A. Dean Representative George B. Nye Representative Frank B. Calvey Stanley Harrison Anson C. Bond J V Maeder and L C Miller with two counts against Dean and Nye for soliciting or offering bribes related to the Rose county option bill and the Hopkins underground railway bill.
Anson Bond formerly mayor of Columbus and now a Cleveland manufacturer was indicted with Senator Thomas A Dean on two counts for allegedly attempting in 1908 to bribe Senator John Drake and W. Atwell to defeat the Rose bill. Bond posted a $10 000 bond and called the charges absurd. Also indicted were J W Moeder of Cleveland and L C Miller of Akron for allegedly paying Representative Evans of Canton to vote against the Haas bill regulating the loan business.
Attorneys on grounds of wording readiness filed demurrers to indictments to place them on record. The path for bribery trials is clear. Andrews and Diegel face joint indictment with a trial date set for next Monday. Diegel's fate to be first tried as prosecutors plan. Diegel's counsel require time to consult before confirming readiness.
A Toledo jury failed to reach a verdict after 29 hours deliberation in the Donnelly embezzlement case. Prosecutor Webster said the former Ohio German Fire Insurance president would be tried again, likely at the September term.
Judge Kinkead overruled motions to quash indictments against Senators L. R. Andrews G. K. Cetone and I. E. Huffman and Senate Sergeant-at-Arms R. J. Diegel, in Columbus. The ruling keeps the cases active as of June 13.
The report lists commodity prices by city including cattle, hogs, sheep and lambs, and grains. Prices are given for regions such as Chicago Cincinnati East Buffalo Pittsburg Cleveland and Boston with ranges for steers heifers bulls calves and fat cows, along with grain quotes for wheat corn oats and oats and wool values in Boston.
Congress approves a constitutional amendment for direct election of U S senators by the people with 64 to 24 in the senate. Bristow amendment adds federal control over elections, prompting southern opposition and a 44 to 44 tie on that measure. States backing the move include Arkansas California Minnesota Utah and more, totaling 40. 31 needed for ratification.
Governor Harmon vetoed the Hudson 144 mill state levy and the McGuire highway bill section raising county road tax from 1 to 14 percent mills. The moves would have yielded about 3.25 million annually but the veto preserves the 1 mill county tax. He also vetoed the repeal section of McGuire restoring the present 1 mill maximum. The state funds 440 thousand dollars annually for highway building.
Snyder's Opera House hosted the Crawford Salem and Ridge townships commencement. Supt D T Hart Rev E Luther Spaid and Rev G H Beaschler presided as 13 graduates wore class colors purple and yellow with pink carnations. Notable recitations and orations followed including The Flag Guilty or Not Guilty and The Embarrassments of a Deficient Education. The audience praised the program and the Times urged readers to share news via phone.
The McGuire bill would exceed the county 1 percent mill limit while the Hudson levy would stay within the limit leaving 9 mills available for all other county municipal township and school purposes.
Delaware June 13 Mrs Jessie R Way Henkle 21 is jailed on $2000 bond charged with poisoning her 19 year old step daughter Merle Hen kle aiming to kill Arsenic said to be removed from the girl stomach The accused woman formerly ran a millinery shop here a fire destroyed it four months ago and she wed her traveling salesman husband pending a hearing.
Bloomington, Illioiv. June 13 reports a cold drizzling rain with snow mixing in, a phenomenon unseen in this area in June. The incident follows a week of sizzling heat and shatters existing June high and low temperature records.
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