27 Apr 1878
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1878
Page
1
A Fat DOLLARS reward is offered to anyone who can furnish a four better ten cent cigar than Joe Urderwood. The notice invites competition and promises payment to the superior product winner.
Flour made by Waldo mills under Captain FL M. Drang is described as splendid and sixteen years old. The note mentions sights at Navy Ditch and Markers near Snoke and Kiser and Ea Maloy's, indicating local points of interest or sale locations.
A notice announces a purchase at Centennial involving Allen and unknown persons. It mentions a new book received this day at True and Company’s Bookstore and directs readers to call at the Star office for information. The fragment also references name pills, bill heads, envelopes, and cards.
A fragment poem about a distant tall and fair figure with birds and flowers. It blends with local items mentioning Sharpless wallpaper business expansion, a man moving wallpaper samples, England buying horses for war, a prisoner in Manefield, crowded streets, and a rousing grange meeting shaping city growth.
A fragmentary column cites multiple quoted lines and phrases from the Star including biblical references and personal musings. It mentions vain thoughts, reactions to events, and guidance like depart from evil and seek peace, ending with Amen. The piece reads as a satirical or reflective jumble of quotes and aphorisms.
Locals note the sand and gravel man Leneenmyar on North Main Street and a continues beading point. Spring sees chickens ripening for tasting. Mr. William Hazen visits the city today and may stay awhile despite mild conditions. No urgent sprinkler need reported in recent days.
A fragment notes dogs may be killed if they kill or injure sheep and that owners are liable for damage. Other law sections cover enforcing the tax and killing such dogs. The text mentions that some have not paid the tax.
Clippings recount a remark on physical power where General McClellan, amid friends, bends a silver quarter worth four dollars between finger and thumb. The Tilton children are noted for gifts in art and music with Florence studying in Germany and Alice reproducing a cryon picture of her brother Ralph. A wreath of forget me nots honors a birthday, and a poetic, faded Boston Pod fragment accompanies the item.
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