Memorial Day reflections and class of 1924 notes in Carey
An essay on Memorial Day’s evolving meaning from Civil War roots to modern American observance. It contrasts immigration, patriotism, and public memory with wartime duty and honors soldiers, followed by notes on Carey High School’s Class of 1924 as the largest in decades and its achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey High School
Carey Publs
Vols
Tto
Fts
Ug Teany
Oathbetes
Cares
Carey
America
Curacao
Ohio
Exchange
Barbados
Gurneau
Cartagena
United States
Colombia
West Indies Curacao Visit Highlights Decline in Local Industry
The account tours Curacao noting scarce natural resources and a dry spell causing crop failure. It mentions ostrich farming phosphate mining hats and a new oil refining venture for import from Venezuela. It also describes Dutch garrison and the governor’s salary and the Curacao liqueur misattributed to the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Curacao
West Indies
Venezuela
Village Smithy Stands Debate Over Longfellow Verse
A London cable claims Longfellow drew the village smithy from St Mary Cray Kent, but Cambridge Massachusetts is the true source. The Cambridge smithy and chestnut tree on Brattle Street inspired the poet, with a public gift of a chair from local children and a famed response to 1879.
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London
Longfellow
St Mary Cray
Kent
Eliza Cook
England
Cambridge
Mass
Brattle Street
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Tam
Columbus Dispatch
Sycamore Leader Sets Pace With Automatic Press Upgrade
Sycamore Leader publisher H C Ramsdell announces a new automatic press installation aimed at speeding up printing in the county. Two Pittsburg experts tuned the machine, which can handle 12x18 sheets at up to 2200 per hour, improving efficiency and attracting more patron orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C Ramsdell
Sycamore Leader
Pittsburg
Rolls Royce
Angels
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THE
Carey Times
Carey, Ohio
Postoffice
Eloise Tur
Horidr
AREY
Hamburg
Amsterdam
York
N&e
Sycamore
P. S
West Gay ST
the Fidelity Building, Loan & Savings Company
Columbus
the Fidelity
Building and Loan Co.s
D. C. Angus
South Main Street
Henry Davis
C. M. Beard
See
Carey Mill & Elevator Co
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