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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
4
The Carey Times is entered at the post office in Carey Ohio as second class mail matter. Homer Thrall serves as editor and publisher.
Nathan P. Jackson, a Carey native born March 17 1913, writes from Lakeland Florida praising the climate soil and crops He notes long growing seasons tropical fruit gardens and citrus shipments and touts Florida as an ideal retirement home compared with California and Southern Texas.
Mr and Mrs James H Starr of Centralia Missouri were weekend guests of the editor and family recounting a reunion with old friends. Starr a western land owner bank vice president and railway director recalls a 25 year old trip to Arlington driving three decks of hogs and losing 99 dollars in a shipment mishap aboard a Pumpkin Vine railroad journey ending with a ride in an observation car.
Orville Lee and family recently relocated from south of Vanlue to Mrs. Etta Shoup’s Carey area farm. Neighbors joined a Monday farewell gathering including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Farthing and daughter Lulu, M. C. Bayless and daughter Oral, Lawrence Fenstermaker and children Paul and Florence, Charles Cross, Edward Shull, W. P. Hammond, Holland Peterman and Dorothy, L. B. Baughman and children James, Everett, Ethel, Mary, Hosea Tong, Effie Lee and children Ray and Mary, George Pendleton, and Walter Baughman.
A brief old-time advisory notes that new tinware rubbed with fresh lard and heated will resist rust. It also suggests borax as a cleaner to restore brightness to stained tins and to brighten tea pots or coffee pots interior discoloration by boiling in borax solution.
Miss Ruth Ewing daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Ewing gave a successful organ recital at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music on Monday evening assisted by the Conservatory Orchestra. She performed Bach Don Grazia Federlein Toccata Handel and Guilmant arranged concerto in D minor with strong rhythm and brilliancy. She will graduate with this year's Oberlin class and has passed the Associateship of the American Guild of Organists.
Louiers Royston of Carey sues Thomas H. Royston in Wyandot common pleas alleging cruelty, non support and drunkenness. Married at Findlay on August 26, 1909 with no children. She seeks divorce custody of household goods and alimony.
Easter Sunday dinner hosts Mrs. Jacob Herbert and her granddaughter Miss Eva entertained a group including Mr and Mrs Hiram Presler of Carey, Mr and Mrs F W Herbert, Mr and Mrs Dan Fruth, Mr and Mrs C M Hemmerly and Elmer, Mrs J L Blinn of Fostoria, Mrs A A Schubert and son Dean and Master Howard Presler of Alvada, and Mr and Mrs Fernando Presler and sons Billy Paul and Robert of Adnan.
A brief survey by A. W. Macy lists seven impeachments in U S history. William Blount faced treason negotiations with Britain over New Orleans but was acquitted for lack of jurisdiction. John Pickering was removed for drunkenness and profanity. Samuel Chase and James Peck were acquitted after impeachment. W H Humphries was removed for aiding rebellion. Andrew Johnson was impeached but acquitted. W W Belknap faced bribery claims and was acquitted.
Sir John Murray, a foremost authority on oceanography, portrays the ocean bottom as a desert of pitch blackness and freezing stillness. In the depths beyond a mile and a quarter, worms, sea puddings, and corals crawl or sway slowly while only two head heavy fish inhabit the abyss.
A man reads of bridges swept away by floods and jokes about a wife losing her year’s pin money in a bridge game as a friend notes the grim topic. The dialogue blends fear of disasters with a light quip about gambling losses.
A recent photograph captures King Constantine, the new ruler of Greece, presenting a formal image as the nation adjusts to the transition of monarchy and leadership amid ongoing political changes.
New York reports 15,154,158 Roman Catholics in the United States proper and 22,329,047 under the flag. Ohio records 743,065 Catholics. The 1913 Catholic directory lists counts for the Philippines Porto Rico Alaska Hawaii and the canal zone along with 14,312 continental churches 17,945 priests and 288 orphan asylums caring for 47,415 orphans.
Eighteen persons were injured when a southbound Ww. & M. passenger train collided head on with a standing train at Kanawha Junction four miles north of Gallipolis Ohio. The brakeman allegedly failed to close a switch and none of the injuries were fatal. Both locomotives were demolished and all victims were taken to a Gallipolis hospital. The most seriously hurt was the baggage master of the northbound train.
Boston reports a maple sugar shortage with Vermont sugarmakers at Bellows Falls saying the season failed. Sap run began a week earlier but mild rain halted production leaving many producers disappointed and far from normal output.
Columbus Ohio March 202 proposition for direct recall of all public officers including judges failed in the house after debate. The administration opposed it preferring removal on complaint. Fifty five to fifty three supported it but did not reach the required three fifths.
Col umbus March 21 ex Senator George K Cetone of Dayton entered the penitentiary to serve three years for accepting a bribe He suffers rheumatism and uses two canes and will be placed in a ward after hospital examination He hoped to stay with his a ged mother Mrs elfen Cetone in a Dayton hospital and issued a public statement asserting innocence.
Paris reports Jean Barthou definitively accepts the premiership to succeed Aristide Briand. He agreed at the urgent request of President Poincare and will lead the government as France faces the immediate political duties.
Madrid March 24 Rafael Alcalde the Mexican consul hero died after an acute brain fever attack when he jumped from a window at the consulate. Local officials describe the incident as a suicide during a period of illness.
A New York attorney chooses not to accept a prestigious ambassadorial post. The decision signals his preference for private practice over public service and avoids international duties.
Washington reports President Wilson accepts Chairman McCombs of the Democratic National Committee will decline the post of French ambassador. Wilson notes the diplomatic service requires time and means to serve abroad, limiting who can take the role.
Washington March 24 Dr Charles W Eliot president emeritus of Harvard University declined the offer of ambassador to Great Britain in a formal communication to President Wilson. His reasons were not made public.
Charred bodies of Leo Wharton aged 40 his wife Mary 32 their five year old daughter Lillian and John Kenthill foreman on Elizabeth Stanger Farm were found in the ruins of Wharton’s Brooklyn road house near Williamstown New Jersey. Police theorize Wharton and Kenthill dueled in the cellar the survivor killed the wife and child then set the house ablaze and killed himself.
Market reports from Chicago and other cities show cattle and hog prices with varied bids. No. 2 red wheat and corn futures quote at mixed levels as receipts reach thousands of head across cattle hogs and sheep plus grain values and regional notes.
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