25 Feb 1878
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1878
Page
1
Business notices advertise a fire proof safe valued at 80 dollars and various household items. The ad mentions flour brand offers and a list of retailers Drake's and Kowaike & Wuetson offering caskets and related fittings. Fonerats to employ attend to.
Fragmentary OCR suggests an advertisement or notice about printing items and cheap offers, mentioning envelopes and care products. Names or places are unclear, but it hints at a sale or business pitch for affordable print and stationery.
An unclear notice mentions an office and a person named Tim Fancy. Reading is difficult, but it suggests an official space or event connected to a Star office. No clear date, location, or concrete action is identifiable.
Dr Drake advertises a novelty exhibition in Marton and nearby areas featuring a curious automaton clock from Pishleyv. The notice invites residents to inspect the device and learn its clever mechanisms, promising a fresh display of his craft.
Fragmentary OCR shows a notice from Mat Willer of North Main Street offering cord wood and fence posts at local prices. Readable bits indicate quantities, unit prices, and a request to leave rolls, with miscellaneous figures and cents per unit.
A fragmented report notes an incident involving Wotmolis Coy, PW Deane, and pairings with other military units. The text references aircrew, support personnel, and a mysterious sequence of initials, suggesting a ceremonial or operational event with unclear details.
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Handkerchief buyers receive free presents valued at 95 cents each. The bundle includes cuff buttons, shirt studs, an encasement ring, a collar button, a pen, and a pencil. Samuel Hume, a merchant, offers these gifts with each handkerchief.
T. J. McGruder has acquired a large assortment including whips brushes comya and related items in a recent purchase. The collection broadens his inventory for farm and harness trade.
A second chance for a No1 family with housing available. Helveratva’s on toa uillsa for rent and Honerstor desires board with the renter. Government recommendations urged. For details inquire of P. W. Volveraroit.
Fragmentary notice in period tone advertising a five room lease at 111 North Main Street. The readable segment mentions oak fence and goods, with references to names like Marian T and K Roberts, but details are unclear.
An old notice offers a business room below Bio Ware looms attached with three nestars for one year or more. Location listed as Mani t. near GW Rr, first of Apiiland after. Wood place suitable for business or hoarding. Lease terms to be negotiated with Willetve.
FOR RENT. Consis and lors, enquire of Mrs. RB. HE. or Mrs. H. M. Barnvart. TO RENT. Dwelling, end 204 central location, suitable for one or two families, text OW, OF sell cvegn, an Wng Dine. Eravire of H.N. Bilky, Marni O.
Jumbled OCR item notes a Monday event about making puffs and evils and shreve s from comings Fie mes and references a stare and telefotope. Vague local details mention Bachangy Lo- Fel and routing of hatis. Text is garbled and hard to parse.
The text appears as a damaged OCR fragment discussing smokers, fines, and cigarette brands with garbled phrases. It mentions tas, fines, and references to city or public notices, but clear details or events are unreadable.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a Maple Maple item and coffee and oysters in a Western town setting. It references Petti’s and a date around 1878, with stray words suggesting a local notice or brief column. The legible items include humor, drinks, and a bus line, but details are unclear.
Fragmented OCR note lists items for sale including cows and stock, mentions moving to Kansas, awaits more details. References local sellers and prices unclear due to damaged text.
The report notes Wiley crowned daily with customers from the court team and county. It mentions best baked goods including oysters coffee ham and other items. A local establishment in Va Tow is highlighted as a top place for sewing and related crafts.
Small legal notice seeks capital funds phrase money wanted for a five year loan. The ad states an amount of five hundred dollars initial, with repayment on a first mortgage and annual principal reductions of one hundred dollars. Contact a nearby offices for details.
The Star lists advance payment prices for a popular item with weekly and longer terms. One week costs 90 and 10 for three weeks. Twelve weeks and six months show different rates. If paid in advance, rates apply. otherwise the price is fifty cents per month.
Circulation figures indicate The Star surpasses the Mirror within Manon county. The Mirror trails the Independent and Star combined, while The Star exceeds the Mirror alone. Data reflects regional newspaper reach and relative market presence.
A mid century poem memorializes a single fallen soldier with vivid images of a young beloved, describing the dead as somebody's darling. It laments the loss, recalls his fair features, and notes the grave marker bearing the line Somebody's darling buried here.
Local tale reports Dr Mary Walker resurfacing after a rumored disappearance tied to a Senate event. Hawkeye observer describes her striped pants causing a bizarre sight, provoking panic among bystanders and a mistaken arrest for an escaped convict. She returns to practice while awaiting her tailor.
In Wetherfield Connecticut an English Pearmain apple tree stands eleven feet tall in circumference and one foot above ground. The tree dates to nearly a century before the American Revolution and remains productive.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat comments on Artemus Ward's habit of laughter while writing noting the paper’s editors share a constant snicker and snick during his work.
An owl shot near Burlington Vermont was found with a steel trap and two feet of chain attached to its leg. The trap belonged to a Hinsdale New Hampshire man and had been set five weeks earlier in the Hinsdale man's henhouse, later traveling about 100 miles with the owl.
A newly introduced Ohio Legislature measure sets jurors in Justices of the Peace trials to be paid one dollar for each day of service and one dollar fifty cents for night service. If the party losing the suit or in case of disagreement the costs are charged to the party calling the jury.
An English forecast argues the age of non draws is closing and steel will replace it. Concurrently a man peers into a whiskey barrel base seeking his lost reputation, replying with a quip about where he misplaced it.
Notes on Moody’s illness from overwork reflect a press-induced struggle with temptations. A tip for repairing morocco leather using egg white varnish is included, alongside a quip about love of money as a root of evil and the world’s attraction to greed.
Blackstonians note that this is the age of civilization and litigation. The paper lists prominent attorneys to be mentioned for success including J. F. McNeal J. Van Fleet H. T. Johnston J. C. Scofield W. E. Davis and others. A new crop of lawyers is coming amid chatter that sugarmaking may pick up in March.
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