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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
3
A promotional notice for Book No 4 For Women offering confidential medical advice and describing Dr Shoop Night Cure and Pink Pain Tablets. It notes the book free upon writing to Dr Shoop Racine Wisconsin and mentions sale by J D Ewing with claims of rapid pain relief and blood pressure relief within twenty minutes.
The colonies of Great Britain cover nearly a hundred times the area of the mother country France holds eighteen times and Germany five times as much land.
Spring colds that linger exhaust the nerves and deplete the system. Foley's Honey and Tar quickly stops the cough and expels the cold. It is safe and certain in results. J. D. Ewing.
Bert Mitten declares he has the agency for Fostoria Steam Dye Works. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. Call at Bert Mitten's store for dyeing or clearing work. Specialty includes dyeing woods.
For sale 50 000 strawberry plants from a seasoned grower with 28 years in strawberry culture. Claims Snow varieties yield high, with soil and season suitable for large, red Adrian berries. Ohio state inspector certifies plants disease free. Sold by hundred or thousand. price reasonable. Call or address Home Phone 5167 W M Presler Adrien, O.
Residents report heavy rainfall last week as numerous calls and visits occur. Local gatherings include prayer meeting, neighborly calls to families such as Deidrick and Stoll, and social visits to Findlay and Carey with many names listed among attendees and new purchases noted. Dr. Thomas Electric Oil advertised for quick pain relief.
Notice to sugar beet growers of Oatey and vicinity for the 1908 season. The undersigned offers acreage at 5.60 per ton flat price or on the sugar per cent esiding scale. The company provides all hand labor at 3 18 per acre. Labor contracts close April 1, 1908. For information contact C. F. Sutter, Agent Vanine, Ohio.
Mrs. James Lockhart visited Tiffin Saturday while Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sanders hosted Sunday guests including Mr. and Mrs. Albert Spray and Clara Louise. Several locals and relatives were noted as visiting Tiffin or Carey with admissions of farm work starting on the Ellen Smith farm.
Numerous local residents visit relations and call on neighbors after church events. The community notes show Miss Bessie Benjamin and Orville Dean visiting Miss Jessie Shaw and several families around Carey and Upper Sandusky during a busy Sunday and Monday of social calls.
Sunday visits and greetings across Springville include Albert Lafourtaine and Daniel Reinhart in Upper Sandusky, Squire Elder with Mt. Blanchard family, Brayton Crislip returning from Texas for health, and Mrs. Walter Dible plus Mrs. Lawrence Dible visiting. The community notes mention neighbors Orson Gibson and Ernest Smith, with Wilfred Presler hosting a well attended school finale dinner.
John Jorden traveled to Arcadia on business. Moving picture crowds gathered at the town hall Tuesday and Wednesday. J T Renschler and family attended the funeral of James Rangeler in Hindlay on Wednesday. Mrs Gordon Hickle of Carey visited relatives in Vanlue. Cliff Cross of Toledo and Ilias Steen of Carey were seen in town. Merrill Platts visited his mother in Mandel. D D Ewing and wife called on M HE Ewing and Wayne Crawford on East Main. Edna Jorden married Wheeler Kimmell of Wharton in a ceremony led by Rev Games of Mt Blanchard. A wedding supper was served by Mrs Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Kimmell will reside on the Philip Cole farm near Mt Blanchard.
The legislature approved a winter law granting thirteen dollars to each squirrel hunter who volunteered to defend Cincinnati from Kirby Smith. Funds will be distributed after July 1, with Col W. L. Curry handling fur submissions for applications.
Reader thanks Brother Bailey of the West Liberty Banner for a pleasant compliment in last week’s issue of The Old Reliable Times.
The Bridgeport fire service first linked telephones to a switchboard in June 1878. Fire company No 5 used direct telephone requests to alert 21 patrons to report fires, often reaching scenes before alarms. After a muffled bell fire, rivals spread misdirection, prompting a council to equip all engine houses with phones.
Western Ohio inventors gain recent patent grants as Wheeling attorney H E Dunlap lists multiple issuances. Names include W L Wood Springfield copy holder for typewriters R D Tittle Springfield water motor T A Stombaugh St Marys umbrella G B Schley Norwood controller assignor to A C Co and Bullock Electric Co G C Odor Lima bill file O D Kraft L W Fetzer Findlay well pulling machine E Koeb Leipsic automobile H W Kimes two thirds assignor to J H Vaile Dayton trolley harp I K Hollinger Greenville fence stretcher D S Hager Toledo pneumatic tube cash carrier G B F Frank Toledo ear stopple P P Dyke Sidney shaft bending machine F Brucker Shelby spring hinge.
The passage notes Pope Telesphorus instituting Christmas before 150 A. D. and describes ancient northern Yule feasts with wassail cups and heavy drinking. It links those customs to the American practice of treating by sharing a large pitcher around the table.
A brief dialogue shows two speakers debating flattery and tact. One accuses the other of insulting a man by calling him half a fool, while the other defends the remark as flattery.
A quoted exchange notes that Jones attributes one saving quality to his wife in cooking: she does not try. The humorous remark underscores a practical, if blunt, view of her culinary skill.
John Muir says wealth is not essential and would rather rest by a Sierra spring than own luxury. Harriman acknowledges but does not concede. A Bookman quotation recalls Muir and a humorous remark about Hamm acting well despite illness.
Numerous farm listings in Trumbull and Portage counties Ohio detail acreage from 60 to 235 acres with houses, barns, outbuildings, timber, sugar camps and soils described as sandy loam or clay loam. Prices range from 1 200 to 40 per acre with rail access and proximity to Warren and Cleveland area markets. Agent W. M. Presler offers full details and refunds on fare to purchasers.
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