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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
8
East Liverpool Ohio October 13 police seized four boats with 21 men and liquor of various kinds valued near $1000. Patrol wagons hauled in detainees and liquor to the city hall as boats anchored close to the Ohio shore. All men charged with keeping a place where intoxicating liquors are sold.
John Reagan of East Youngstown was arrested after exploding a box of gunpowder behind Annie Dicest as she hung laundry. The blast nearly burned her and witnesses, and the flames were put out with effort. Reagan admitted planning to cause her to jump.
Mrs Emma L Brookey afflicted with partial paralysis died during a telephone call to her family doctor. The call abruptly ended and a neighbor found her corpse an hour later on the floor. she had been stricken with apoplexy while at the phone.
A large marsh fire in southwestern Huron county has scorched over 1500 acres and continues with rain needed to stop it. The blaze has undermined the earth causing ground collapse over underground ovens and endangering livestock with over 100 cattle perished or lost to the flames and subsidence.
Ethel Miller, nine, was fatally shot when a shotgun resting in the bottom of a boat discharged as coal was moved. She rode with her uncle and aunt, Charles and Mrs. Fultz, near Sciotoville, Portsmouth, Ohio, while coal was being gathered on a sandbar.
Marion Ohio October 13. Miss Shortey Matthews 17 after a quarrel with her sweetheart tried suicide by swallowing 150 strychnine tablets from a doctor’s office during his absence. Two tablets proved fatal but the overdose spared her. after 10 hours of medical care she was out of danger.
Hamilton October 13 Councilman John Holzberger former Councilman PFE Welsh Miles Lindley former school board president and Charles Howard a hotel man were arrested on a warrant from Mayor Kings court in Oxford. They face charges by the Anti-Saloon League with selling liquor on Sunday. hearing set for Tuesday.
In Ashtabula Ohio on October 13 burglars entered the home of P. M Shaw and chloroformed him and his wife as they slept. Gorge Shaw, a son, awakened to find his father in a stupor and his mother near death. Mrs Shaw is in critical condition and may die.
Dayton reports 15 year old Esburn Hanson is expected to live after a stray bullet lodged in his head while he watched from behind a tree near Central Theological Seminary. The shot came from a classmate aiming for sport. He is progressing satisfactorily under medical care.
Portsmouth man Arthur Calhoun a shoeworker was shot in the back and hip by an accidental gun discharge while hunting squirrels near Sciotoville His injuries are dangerous and unresolved as of report.
Columbus on Oct 18 reports 13 512 electors registered by the second day compared with 14 146 on the same day last year. The two day total reaches 29 368, higher than 25 226 recorded by the first two days of last year.
Hayton Oct 13. Dayton council agrees to territorial expansion increasing city area from 12 to 14 square miles. An annexation ordinance will be passed.
Washington reports Comptroller Murray will raise national bank examinations from twice to three or four times yearly for banks flagged for violations or evasion. The aim is tighter oversight of suspicious management and to curb reckless and speculative banking practices.
Chicago police launch a nationwide search for eight year old Margaret Frances Mitchell heiress to 250000 taken in broad daylight by three men in a car after knocking down her grandmother. Authorities suspect the child was moved from the city possibly to Sparta North Carolina as threats of kidnaping were reported previously.
Willian J. Bryan spoke at the State University in Lincoln on October 13 defending the Democratic view on campaign contribution publicity and criticising Governor Hughes and the Republican tariff stance. He urged support for direct senator elections and answered Hughes on university campus, drawing cheers from students. In Havana a U.S. Army private was drowned crossing the San Cristobal river. his body remains unrecovered.
In York Pennsylvania on October 13 William Bennington shot his wife as she walked to church at Delta then killed himself. In Columbus Ohio on October 13 Shelby County voted wet by 939 with 83 saloons operating.
A wide array of incidents appears with deaths from a car wreck, a drowning in California, and a fatal assault in New York. Rail and air accidents claim lives, while fires in Ohio and North Dakota cause heavy losses. Political notes include a new weekly paper in Wisconsin and corporate reorganizations in Boston and Wheeling.
An autopsy is underway to help determine motive in Ora Les murder as friends’ statements suggest her lover Guy Rasor, jailed at Medina, may be involved. Prints of a man’s bloodied fingers appear in the coat lining near the right pocket and will be compared with Rasor’s. A 32 caliber bullet was removed from Ora Les’s head.
The Liberal party will officially notify Sidney C. Tapp for president and John Maddock for vice president in Chicago on Tuesday evening October 20. The Hull House auditorium hosts the event with Charles J. Moore of Atlanta presiding and delivering the nominating speech.
Cleveland Ohio October 13 after weeks of negotiations a plan was adopted to run local streetcar lines as if owned by the city, circumventing state law by placing the stock of the leasing company Municipal Traction in trusteeship with city public representatives. Profits go to city for parks and lighting of public buildings. President Declines to Talk in Pittsburgh. Washington October 13 Roosevelt told Congressman Barchfeld a stump speech there is unnecessary as Pittsburgh district is safe for Taft.
East Buffalo Pittsburg Cleveland and Chicago markets report cattle prices for export, butcher and dairy cattle, calves and hogs. Sheep and lambs show varied bids, with notes on milkers and springers. Boston Cincinnati and Toledo list grain and meat prices, including wheat corn oats rye and lard.
For neuralgia apply grated horseradish to the temple or wrist depending on pain location. For burns use pulverized charcoal and linseed or raw egg white. Open cuts heal with alum wash. powdered rosin sprinkled on the wound also helps after regular cleansing.
A Chicago Tribune note recommends horseradish leaves for sudden cramps side pain sore throat and neuralgia. Warm leaves over stove until limp and apply to the body for relief without blistering. For lumbago bathe with warm vinegar then apply horseradish leaves and rest.
Cut small pieces of suet and fry until hot. Add two pounds of round steak cut thick and split into five pieces. Brown both sides then add one cup boiling water and season. Chop two onions and one day less. Boil until tender, adding hot water as it cooks down. When steak finishes, thicken gravy with a little flour.
A simple home salve from mutton tallow and carbolic acid is prepared by melting half a pound of tallow and adding one and a half teaspoonfuls of carbolic acid. The mixture is poured into old cold cream jars to cool and is applied to cuts and bruises to ease pain and promote healing.
A Colorado man introduces an egg breaking device resembling pinchers with long handles and tiny teeth. Conical springs form an egg shaped receptacle above and below the jaws. Gripping the handles presses the shell, opening the egg neatly without spills or hand burns.
A sewing note explains attaching braid to the skirt bottom by double stitching and hemming on the facing. The folded side sits just below the edge, causing the braid to wear twice as long compared to using a single edge below the skirt.
Meat for soups should be started in cold water to extract juices. Meat for boiled dishes should start in hot water to contract the surface and retain juices.
Cleaning varnish with whole linseed soaked in water creates a natural cloth for brightening varnished surfaces. To remove peach stains from white fabrics mix chloride of lime in water and soak overnight before washing. Raw tomato cleans hands and removes vegetable stains cheaper and in season.
A method to treat ink stains before washing involves smearing the fabric with mutton tallow prior to laundering. The guidance suggests this preparation step to improve stain removal outcomes.
The talking man in Samoa holds a pivotal role guiding state affairs and advising chiefs. With eloquence and a staff of office, he commands attention from elders, youth, and maidens, shaping decisions though formal headship rests with a chief or patriarch.
The life of Professor Walter A Wyckoff of Princeton is described as a laborer turned scholar who studied conditions by labor. Beginning 1891 in Connecticut with little money he worked across many states in ditch digging wrecking houses and factory tasks incognito to observe workers. An anecdote from Harper's Weekly notes how his eating and quiet tea drinking betrayed his masquerade among fellow laborers.
A London Tit-Bits reproduction notes explicit burial details with entries like Died John Green male aged three days unmarried. The source cites this in a discussion about how sextons record burials and the blunt phrasing used in the past.
This ad claims Dr Miles Nervine restores nerve energy guiding respiration digestion and elimination and urges use for weakness irritability and illness. A testimonial from W L Burke of Prineville Creek Oregon describes recovery after using Nervine and notes druggists will refund the first bottle if no benefit.
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