16 Jun 1892
Page 1
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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1892
Page
1
The notice promises prizes to customers in order of arrival. The first Lady receives a Gold-headed Umbrella valued at six dollars. The first Gentleman wins any hat, the first boy under 18 a Fine Stiff Hat, and the first boy under 12 a Handsome Suit of Clothes.
A jumble of brief items from Carey Ohio includes travel misfit observations by Kodak man on a train, local visits by Miss Foltz and Mrs. Morse, and community notices. Mentions of smallpox rise in southwestern Ohio, K of P services in Tiffin, and Bucyrus school graduates. Also reports on train conductors, street wear, and local business sales.
The Carey area reports include a wary parade of social calls and visits by prominent residents. Sheriff Joseph T. Batoon towers at 6 feet 7 inches and 290 pounds while George V. Foreman of Buffalo builds a $250,000 city residence. Ontario-bound visitors, temperance speakers, and hunting tales from Vancouver Island fill the week.
A fragmented local page reports Oscar Melhorn serving fried frog in his Camp restaurant with three dozen shipped from Oak Harbor. The item accompanies a string of brief notes on visits, travels, licenses, church events, a death in Carey, and a new mathematical teaching system by Dr. Jeff Odenbaugh of Mt. Blanchard.
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