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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1925
Page
3
Popular Mechanics recounts legends of a Fountain of Eternal Life along springs in the Rio Grande canyon. Natives call the site Wa pu me the Spring of Life and say baths there grant perpetual youth. Ruins nearby are linked to an Aztec founded city Meciul. early Spanish explorers pursued these tales as they occupied New Mexico.
A Hindu religious beggar kept his arm raised above his head for forty years until it became immobile and withered resembling a horn.
The schipperke dog earned its name from frequent sightings on Belgian canal barges where it serves as a watchful watchdog and rat exterminator. Likely related to the central European wolf spitz, it features glossy black straight hair and an erect frill on the neck and chest.
Henry the unit of induction is named after Joseph Henry for his contributions to electricity. The watt, named for James Watt, marks the practical unit of power reflecting his steam engine improvements.
Printed name cards at the Times office note Mrs J C Dow and Mrs Gail Kurtz in Findlay Wednesday. Mr and Mrs G G Spéither of Findlay were callers at the George Newhard home. Harry Stoady is injured at home from a ball incident at the National Porcelain Plant. S B Beitler and Prof and Mrs Reid Beitler of Columbus were here Sunday visiting the Myerses. Lieut Carl Criger left after a week with his parents and sails to join S S Memphis in New York City and New Haven Conn. The Memphis departs in June for a Panama Canal cruise with the Pacific fleet.
Ohio tops as home to more automobiles than any foreign country, surpassing England with about 750,000 passenger cars. By 1925 Ohio’s motor population neared 1.24 million, up from 858,716 in 1923 and 720,634 in 1922, with daily increases expected as scrapping reduces numbers.
Local weekly column recaps visits and movements of residents. Mrs M P Fox plans a Columbus trip Friday. D Myers shows slight improvement after illness. Families travel to Cleveland Fremont and Elyria for work, visits, and social events. Several residents attend medical meetings in Columbus and inspect Indian relics near Mark Karr’s home. Several Toledo and Sandusky connections visit, with exchanges about jobs, homes, and family alike.
Detroit visitor Raymond Jacobs came to Carey on Sunday for a sight test at Winans Jewelers. Various residents and guests are listed in fleeting notices including Marion visitor Mrs Wallace, Chicago traveler Timke, and Fostoria couple the Phelpss. Local official B E Hudson inspected books in Upper Sandusky.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for catarrh and ear deafness caused by inflamed Eustachian tubes. It claims forty years of success and lists J Cheney Co Toledo as sellers through druggists.
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