14 Feb 1878
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1878
Page
1
Brief classified notice offers a fire proof safe valued at eighty dollars and flour brand options. Mentions a Captain Drake connection and a business owner seeking buyers. Includes unclear filing about location and contact.
Local advertisement for Benwalke and Hudson promoting a full line of coffins and caskets from all lands. The fragment mentions Keepa a full line and signs off with a partially formed business note.
A medical notice describes PR and revenue focus at Exchance fiscal, highlighting suprate and special diseases treatment success. It notes female-focused specialty care and aims to improve access to advanced medical services.
Remainder the Star office remains open for activities and services. Jim Faboy's Bank Cal is available and promises helpful service to customers seeking support or information.
Mart Moller advertises cord wood and fence posts on North Main Street with two quality options and price details. Wood cords offered at 1.900 to 1 ud of the nest quality or gal fener Puasa, 2 per cord. Posts at 6 cents each and inquiries to leave your guidance.
In a busy transaction Cont. M. Drawe ships Waldo tills from Dach & Markert’s to a Peter Dock and Ed Masaypa, reflecting a bustling local trade noted in the period.
A fragment describes a restaurant near the Court-house on Ceuler Street. It mentions Marion and Vienna travelers and a Garba contact for meals or plates. Details are unclear but place and activity are implied.
Fragmented notice advertises greatly reduced winter trade goods with emphasis on money savings and a desirable expenditure. The readable text mentions Taylor and Merrily with a reference to January 1, implying a festive sale lead.
Fragmented OCR describes a sewing machine mechanism with adjustments for tension, winding, and needle operation. It mentions related tasks, nearby locations, and a possible land use note, with unclear references to a person or place and a call for return or contact.
Fragmentary text mentions Jon Underwood and care of Dranda and qualities with references to fevers weed prices and timing, yielding no coherent event or outcome to report.
John Burtfield, a resident of Avemiles Nueth in Marion, reported finding a horse in a cornfield on the margins of January. The animal lay on a coarse Norse blanket with a piece of wpadie, and authorities await positive identification by the owner.
Fragment reads like a 1875 Western New York notice. It mentions Pattta and a wares detail about Maple Sugar. Names appear garbled including Miley, Coors Blues Wimneis, Bill, Dakud, Gaze. A for rent ad promises a good welfare house and asks inquiries to a person initialed 4a.C. Aga.
Mossman living near A G W cat. MS, O19 torce tie Cow for sale and one Dever, alias next September from BP. Sharnness flue stack: tie cows SU Come Al ties in tenth or two. Mr. Moasinay preparing to move to Kansas ARG will give a bara on his stock.
William Miley hosts a crowded Dining Hall daily with Dustowers from the Courtroom and Tue Geulity. patrons agree Burquo serves the best baked beans oysters hot coffee ham and toast in town at Loreta lunch.
Money sought for five year loan with five hundred dollars per year payments. Principal reduced by one hundred dollars annually. Callutijbe Star alies.
The Star lists subscription prices with confusion in the text but shows options for One Week Four weeks Twelve weeks Six months and One Year. It notes rates in advance payment terms and mentions an additional monthly charge of sixty cents.
The masquerade ball drew sixty five couples to City Hall with managers Krause Cunningham Strelitz Fahey Miley Snyder Lee. Spectators praised costumes and ambiance as nearly two hundred fifty tickets were sold. The event, touted as the season’s grand triumph, left a lasting memory among attendees.
The New York Sun lists Montreal and Chicago as conspicuous for failures. Boston and Philadelphia for sneak thieves. Cincinnati and Louisville for whisky thieves. Washington and Richmond for elegant Americans of African descent. New Orleans and Charleston for cotton. San Francisco and St. Louis for Chinamen. Baltimore and Norfolk for oysters. Cincinnati also celebrated for true goodness, and Toledo for mud.
A Brunswick, Maine cat drew attention by entering a druggist shop and attempting to open a drawer for catnip. The incident sparked humorous exchange about a customer named Brown, who was described as untrustworthy for never paying, prompting praise for another man named Smith.
An Irish matron seeks a divorce and tells the lawyer Patrick is drunk cruel and not the father of her last child. The lawyer notes the need for stronger grounds. A Sunday school teacher asks who one would most want to see in heaven, and a boy replies with a gleeful Gerliab.
Charles McGrogen, about seven miles north of Marion, bought whisky and linament in Caledonia. He drank the linament by mistake, which burned his stomach lining and caused his death. His error occurred after returning home from the purchase on Monday.
A note discusses German naming of the telephone as tran sprecher versus telephone, suggesting both terms mean the same thing. It mentions German speakers using teleshop and telegraph and posits they might as well use telephone. The author indicates plans to write to Billy about the issue.
A courteous clothier instructs a gentleman to enter through his pantry and vestry area, then signals Jacob to show the guest into the coterie, saying this way, this way, gentlemen.
A reflective line on observing a pretty girl remaining composed as her dress is stepped on. It highlights self-command and dignity in a delicate social misfortune without drama or complaint.
A long list of individuals named John from Marion county is described with varying professions and traits. Each entry highlights occupations such as lawyer, carpenter, and sewing machine dealer, plus personal details like age, family, or character. The piece ends with a note that the content continues the next day.
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