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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
4
The article lists candidates Mouser Anderson and others with party affiliations and vote tallies. Judges and clerks counted ballots through Wednesday morning. a single defective ballot referenced a Fair Grounds purchase. A drunken inmate provided unintended entertainment to the election workers as tensions ran high.
The B. G. C. young ladies hosted a Halloween party Friday evening at the Adrian Band hall. Decorations featured corn fodder and pumpkin faces. A guessing contest crowned Ben Clouse and a peanut contest awarded Eugene Ewing the prize. An excellent lunch followed by dancing.
Patent lawyer H E Dunlap of Wheeling W Va lists recent Western Ohio patents including P T Coffield Dayton rotary pressure motor A F Elshoff Norwood signer to Allis Chalmers Co and Bullock Electric Manufacturing Co motor controller A Field Norwood assignor to Allis Chalmers Co and Bullock Electric Manufacturing Co Dynamo electric machine H M Hoover Perrysburg wood fiber machine P King Springfield hammock stand and awning W D Pomeroy Norwood assignor to Allis Chalmers Co and Bullock Electric Manufacturing Co motor controller W Weiler Dayton floor drain and backwater trap and the trade mark Royal Remedy Extract Co Dayton for flavoring extracts.
SS W. H. Snyder has begun work on a new engine room for the flouring mill. The addition will be twice the size of the present room with a concrete floor and a new 100 horsepower Brownell boiler will be installed.
We thank neighbors and friends for their kindness during our daughter's illness and death. Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Long express heartfelt gratitude for support and sympathy.
The Rebekahs and Odd Fellows hosted a lodge reception Monday night for Mr and Mrs James Phillips who plan to move to Portage County. Wellington Baker praised the couple and presented Mrs Phillips with a remembrance emblem as about one hundred members attended and wished them success.
The Stag Whist Club held a Monday meeting to reorganize for the coming season. Officers F. H. Frederick as president and I. L. Culler as secretary were re-elected, with three new members C. G. Kissell Dr. J. E. Nichols and Mitch Gear joining. Existing members include E. B. Kurtz W. C. Lytle W. J. Newhard Byron Ogg R. G. Spencer Lawrence Straw and Guido Spencer. The club will entertain in the Galt House parlors this season and the first regular meeting will be next Monday with I. L. Culler as host.
At Columbus last week the grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star elected W J Newhard as associate grand patron of the state. Also chosen were Mrs Icedore Kauffman of Attica as worthy grand matron Mrs O Birchard of Tiffin as grand Esther and Mrs Mary Monce of Forest as grand Ruth.
Birth notices announce a son for Mr and Mrs Merritt Dickerson on Tuesday October 27. A ten pound boy arrives to Mr and Mrs Fred Long just east of town on Saturday morning. Mr and Mrs Charlie Coon welcome a son on Sunday.
Public auction at the late residence of Truman Rickle deceased on the William Greek farm near Carey on Tuesday November 17 1908. Sale starts 10 am and includes horses cattle sheep hogs farm implements household goods and produce with nine months credit on sums of 5 and over and cash for under 5. Auctioneers Stanley Jones and clerk Jonathan Bachar.
Dessa R Long aged 1 year 10 months 23 days died October 22 at home of Fred E and Jennie Long from double pneumonia. Funeral held October 25 conducted by Rev C F M Greene United Evangelical Church. Interment Arlington. Parents mourn the loss a poem accompanies the notice.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the firm will pay $100 for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1886 by A. W. Gleason. Cure advertised as internally taken with testimonials. price 75 cents. pills for constipation also sold.
The Carey Rebekahs attended the Fostoria Rebekahs Tuesday evening to witness the initiation of three candidates. After the initiation a sumptuous supper followed in the dining room with pumpkin face place cards and candlelit decorations. Attending from Carey were Mesdames Lee Ogg Gertude Tate Essie Ranger Minnie Young Viola Phillips Julia Wisebaker Ida Constein Amanda LEsherman Cora Mann Mary Dame Florence Smith Adah Johnson Nina Sarah Manon Minor Mann and Forest Dame.
A Missouri paper lists a scale of prices for hugs from girls and other women to fund church treasury, with charges ranging from 10 cents to $3 and no time limit. The note suggests adopting the plan locally, highlighting humorous but provocative ideas.
W H Snyder installs three cement vault machines at his Patterson Street plant. The project expands capacity and modernizes the facility as part of ongoing improvements.
In Carey the ad advocates Rexall 93 Hair Tonic as a cure for dandruff and scalp issues claiming it can regrow hair on bald heads unless hair roots are dead. The offer guarantees satisfaction or a refund with a money back trial at J. D. Ewing’s store.
A Washington-based Boston Herald correspondent recalls a quack doctor who claimed to treat chills and fever with parts of the same root placed in two glasses. He differentiates high ecockalorum and low cocka high rum, insisting the remedy works differently in each glass. The mother questions the trick as both glasses contain the same root bark.
Riggs recounts Mrs. Titewadd threatening self-harm unless her husband bought a new hat. He sought funeral estimates, then found a way to save $2 by choosing the hat, and the vow to harm was averted.
An eminent authority on Kidney diseases promotes a home mix made from Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. He claims it relieves back pain and urinary symptoms, heats and soothes the kidneys, and purges uric acid from blood, with a note to save the prescription.
In a playful piece from Puck, Tommy eyes a newborn bath infant and asks where the other leg is. The nurse explains the leg is doubled up under the baby, and Tommy quips about blaming the stork for bringing him.
The text notes a thousand year old birthday custom and claims Pharaohs celebrated birthdays and that such observances are referenced in the Pentateuch.
A fragment captures a legal dispute where a lawyer argues fiercely about charges. The exchange highlights tension as one side accuses the other of harsh billing and aggressive prosecution tactics.
A cryptic excerpt notes a setting where all is to be named or revealed. The fragment hints at a place called Syron and a broader theme of unveiling hidden details. The text reads as a stylistic, puzzle like historical line.
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