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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
3
S E Kiser in Chicago Times Herald writes a patriotic appeal to bind North and South as brothers Though the war ended long ago the writer urges wreaths for Grant Lee Jackson and Meade and a shared flag over the graves urging unity through memory and love
The report notes John Doze was wounded at Bull Run and died aged 42. The short item lists Charles Street as an address reference.
Polly and Jack discuss memory and a grave marker as Polly eyes Jack’s careful carving. He asks about his death while Polly insists their grandchildren have fixed the memory, a moment of quiet craft and affection.
Frances Harris writes of Polly Kerr and her brother Jack who save hairpins, roses, and smilax to decorate a grandfather’s grave. They walk miles from 42 Charles Street to Evergreens to place the flowers and dream of a real headstone and an education with May’s aid.
In a touching scene from a small town, Jack and Polly plan to honor their soldier grandfather. They fashion a homemade headstone, place a ten cent flag, and decorate the grave with roses. An aunt suggests visiting Evergreens to pay respects at other graves, echoing the idea that privates did the work.
Poem excerpt and memory note describe May mornings and lilies by a garden gate. The piece recalls Decoration Day ceremonies and wreaths for soldiers fallen in service. It combines lines from Lala Mitchell in Good Housekeeping and a reader piece by Maary F Butts in Youths Companion.
A yearly group tends tributes with red white and blue at sacred graves. Mary E. Averill notes the growing ranks as they place care and respect on the resting grounds each season.
The practice began with Maryland women laying flowers on both Federal and Confederate graves well before Appomattox, inspiring similar tributes across other states after the war ended.
The Boston Congregationalist quotes The Beat Memorial and asserts the heroic dead live again through renewed virtues, urging remembrance through virtuous example and public memory.
An advertisement claims catarrh is blood born and cures only with internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as a prescription from top physicians, acting on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials available and price seven cents. Hall's Family Pills also promoted as best.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Press features a dialogue about patience and cheese. A waiter’s speed is humorously blamed for improving the cheese with longer wait times.
Do your feet ache and burn in new shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder eases tight footwear. Cures corns itching swollen hot callous sore and sweating feet. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents sample sent free Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A line from Wisimionte Improbability during Quo Vadis performance in Eureka ends with Vinicius begging Petronius to forgive. The bored audience bursts into laughter as Petronius delivers a sharp retort. Other notes mention a dropsy cure ad and a sailor’s remark about rough seas.
Bill Jones, once a top barber in Philadelphia, returns to Mountville Pennsylvania as an accomplished artist. He has joined Tom Johnson's renowned barbering parlor, bringing a notable creative addition to the town's cultural scene.
Special inside price on binder twine from Sears, Roe Buck Co. Send details of quantity and desired delivery to the Binder Twine Department in Chicago to obtain a quoted price that may beat your supplier's rate.
Grain-O praised as a delicious nourishing drink to replace coffee. Advertisers claim it aids digestion and strengthens nerves without stimulant effects, suitable for children and adults, sold by grocers at 15 and 25 cents.
A compact newspaper fragment promotes the One Night to Denver via Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line with daily departures and through cars to Denver Colorado Springs and Manitou. It advertises dining cars and a 1030 PM service. A second note offers a Colorado illustrated book and a cold remedy advertisement appears at end.
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