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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
3
Local notices advertise long term low interest loans of 50000 dollars and a sale on May 22 offering an 8 room house with cellar and barn for 1400 dollars plus three vacant lots at 200 each An acre plot with house two miles from a chicken and egg market is 350 dollars nearly new 8 room Patterson street house with water and gas priced at 1200 dollars.
An old ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh remedy and presents endorsements from WaLpIne Kinnan Marvin and F J Cheney & Co. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A brief notice lists Ohio Mutual cyclone Tornado and Windstorm Insurance Association of Columbus and Wyandot Mutual Relief Association of Wyandot County. J. W. Powell contact via home phone 3387.
A Memorial Day poem by A W Luzader venerates Civil War veterans. It praises those who sacrificed life for freedom, urges laying flowers on their graves, and recalls the peace earned through their sacrifices as time moves forward.
A reader explains that the Record-Herald appeals to women with practical features and society coverage. The paper offers meals, society news, book reviews, columns on beauty and fashion, and readable cartoons. Weekly features include Martha's Management and a Sunday magazine with stories and pictures.
Mrs Amy Fisk Weber died at her Springfield home last Friday after a two year rheumatic illness. She was fifty four, born in Henry county Texas and married to Edward M Weber in May 1887. Survived by husband son Fred and three sisters Mrs Simon Nigh Findlay Mrs Andrew Lytle and Mrs J B Turner. Funeral held Monday at Springfield, burial Spring Grove cemetery.
The Fostoja Ministerial Association filed a protest with the city board of education asking bans on dances held by high school pupils under The High School Bunch and the annual Senior-Junior class dance as well as the Alumni dance. The board ruled they have no jurisdiction. Hurry up and see Ewinog's wall paper.
Mary Ann Reintart sues Hocking Valley Railway Co in common pleas court for 350 dollars plus interest for land damages in Big Spring township from fires in September and November 1908 caused by sparks from locomotives. Anna Reinhart files a parallel suit against the same defendant seeking 200 dollars for the same cause.
Messrs E S and H L Kuenzli of Kuenzli Bros hardware and tile firm visited Kenosha Wisconsin with Mr E H Chatlam Rambler agent to purchase touring cars. They traveled from Nevada to Kenosha through Chicago to South Bend and on to Bryan Ohio and back a 500 mile circuit in about 24 hours with no mishap. Chatlam plans to arrange auto showings by letter or phone.
Monday night the city council, with Mayor Chambers and Clerk Stahl present along with Dame Herbert Hart Kear Jacoby and Pahl, approved expenses for street labor hose cart, hauling and notices. They ordered Logan paying brick at 1150 per thousand and paused police clock usage until June 1. A debate over a single night watchman ended without a decision.
The congressman and Mayor Anderson opened a new office in the Burtscher room once occupied by Harris and McLaughlin. A pensioner visited at 7 am as the first official caller, and the representative will be in Fostoria except for brief absences through his mayoral term.
Entertained Sunday at the Collett residence north of town were Mr. Frank Shumaker and Miss Minnie Hagenmiar from Upper Sandusky, Mrs. Helen Simonis of Frenchtown, and Misses Anna and Margaret Shumaker with Mr Raymond Slater from this locality.
Mr and Mrs Michael Jacoby and daughter Martha join Mrs Mary Reinhart Mrs BE Reinhart Mrs Anna Arndt and Wm Jacoby at the funeral of Mrs Albert Smith in Tiffin on Tuesday.
Rev. T. C Meckel will preach at St. John's Evangelical church on Thursday evening May 2. Rev. E. R. Baker will preach at St. John's church on Sunday May 30 at 10 30 a m.
Ross Johnson Saxton Heck Glenn Snyder and Mack Hilty attended the band concert in Tittin last Tuesday evening. They traveled in A P Johnsons auto.
The old Big Four depot, erected more than fifty years ago, was demolished Saturday marking the end of an era for the town.
The London Post shares an anecdote from Helsinki about tips in Finland. Mme Aino Malmberg’s maid is astonished when English visitors give a tip to her, then asks her son if he received money, puzzled that she was rewarded while he was not.
Baltimore American notes London theaters command high prices with 10s 6d top seats and 8s for the pit. He observes no theater district, but fine houses lie far from business areas and would fail financially if inland. He praises London venues for comfort and larger, spaced seating.
The London Telegraph notes dangers on the Shanghai Nanking line where mobs stop trains after trespass incidents. Villagers extort compensation by stone throwing at trains and level crossing neglect leads to frequent outrages. Near Chinkiang a mob hurled granite fragments through a train window risking serious injuries.
A Vienna special correspondent notes a newly opened London department store financed by American money and run on American lines. Locals fear disruption to established firms, while the advert promises mutual benefit and world appeal to the district. The piece questions what the Americans will do next.
The secretary of agriculture reports that US rivers spill at least a billion tons of soil into the ocean each year. He calls this the cream of the soil and notes the loss far exceeds national land taxes and grows yearly. The Independent notes related social themes in Froissy France.
A comic scene shows a book seller peddling Miss Bosbyshell’s How to Bring Up Children to a woman who rejects leather bound volumes as unsuitable for her children. The anecdote ends with a bulldog and a confused exit. A later note mentions two dead cows and many dead chickens as a motor trace and Holmes quips about a motor vehicle.
The visitor urges Tom to love his papa as he loves his child. Tom replies he loves his papa more yet notes his papa claims love only when he is well behaved. The exchange appears in the Catholic Standard and Times.
In a clipped exchange a man named Smythe recalls facing the parson and marred his ideal. A year later he admits his mistake, insisting it was an ordeal rather than an ideal that led to marriage. A married couple joke about a railroad baggage car bulldog, noting it is a fitting place for a pet that carries grips.
The exchange shows a tense scene where the autocrat defends the effect as charming while the victim hesitantly consents, deeming it absurd yet grotesque. The dialogue hints at social power and manipulation.
A St Louis Post Dispatch item comments on motorists who shout at pedestrians and jokes that every auto should carry a crank. It notes the need for breaks and suggests some drivers would carry two or three cranks given their behavior.
A Washington Star quote depicts Farmer Corn tessel asking why a man always leads. The reply suggests the leader is simply smart enough to get ahead of others.
The Kansas City Times quotes a theorist noting that stars shine during the day just as at night, but daylight hides them. A reader named Edward responds with a playful weather remark about rain and a big director turning over.
A Boston Globe reader note recalls Hank and Aunt Peggie Lass going with father toward the wood pile. The fragment hints at family ties and a rural setting.
Hank Stubbs says he will take in summer boarders this year if they stop snng. Bige Miller agrees, noting conditions. Buston Clobe suggests practicality in the plan.
A verse recalls spring longing for fishing as tender leaves bloom and skies clear. The speaker yearns to fish, imagining water, pebbles, speckled trout, and minnows while strolling the street with rod and basket.
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