13 Feb 1878
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1878
Page
1
When you want coal, call on Williams. Kawaike and Hudson keep a full line of caskets of all kinds. Funerals are promptly attended to.
An odd vintage ad touts Dr Howa at Exchance Hotel offering specialized care for “special diseases” and female troubles. It claims the star office is always open and promises banking help from Jim Fahey’s bank collapse, with assurances to “wake you happy.”
An old storefront notice advertises cord wood and fence posts for sale. It promotes 1900 feet of quality fence posts, cord quantities at 1.50 per cord, and fence posts at six cents each. It invites readers to place orders, mentioning Kinnegon and Main Street as identifiers.
Fragmented OCR notes list flour mills and local retailers including Wald, Drage, Gorditkepr, Markert, Keotee, Suetes, and Ed Maijoy, indicating a directory style local advertisement or listing. The legible items point to a small business collect in a town prior to modern branding.
Vague notice invites citizens and travelers to a community event at Center Street venue. Details unclear due to OCR errors but mentions Marion residents and arcade travel piece. Participants may join at a specified time and location for a local gathering.
Classified note touts a New Home sewing machine with self winding features and strong winding capability. Describes reduced noise and smooth operation after years of typical use. Call and see at J Magnner’s shop for more details.
Fragmented OCR read yields a fragmentary note praising a product called Sev's wood items. The text references a large quantity and mentions rovers of the reed fading, but lacks clear facts, dates, or identifiable people or organizations.
A Cleveland area circular offers a linen handkerchief for 25 cents with a set of nickel plated jewelry gifts including cuff buttons and a ring. The offer lists items like roll plated studs and collar buttons as included bonuses, with free guts to buyers. The address given is Samuel Hume in Marios, Ohio.
Property listing for Catharine Sweagler describes a six room dwelling with barn, well, cistern, and a garden on North Main Street. Good walls enclose the house and barn, and the garden offers fruit berries and vegetables. Includes description of premises and improvements.
John Buttefield reports a horse found in his cornfield five miles northeast of Marion on January 31. The animal bears 9824416 horse-bracket and a piece of acridie. The horse is in the possession of Mr Burnsfield awaiting owner identification.
The Masked Ball on the 12th is a private affair with unmasking at the door. Entry allowed without ticket for certain individuals, and mask purchases available from Will Krause. Promoters promise the grandest ball Marion has seen, plus a good dwelling house for rent inquires via A C Ault.
A notice lists C Mosaman near the A and G W canal pens offering five cows and one fine deer for sale, with cows expected to freshen in a month or two and September. TP O Sharpless stock is mentioned as fine. Mosaman plans to move to Kansas and will give a bargain on his herd.
The dining hall named Bull gan clan serves the finest baked beans along with oysters, hot coffee, ham, eggs, and lunch options. The Courtroom and the Guuntry frequent the crowded spot daily, praising its quality and atmosphere.
Classified note seeking 3500 dollars for five years at 500 dollars per year. Gu Dost mortgage three times its value with annual principal reduction of 100 dollars. Callie Star office. Fire proof safe valued at 860 dollars offered for 30 dollars cash. Hue.
A fragmented meditation traces stages from infant tenderness to aging, ending with a grave marker. It contrasts intimate care and evolving life against the inevitability of death, noting a gray beard returning to toddler-like growth and a final resting mound.
A fragmenting column cites Louis Montplaiser and James Prince as young jurors in the Anderson trial claiming their guilty verdict implied acquittal due to juror misinforming. It references a dispatch protesting Anderson's innocence, a $10,000 bond for J. Malison Wells, and assorted social commentary on almanacs coinage and local editors.
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