09 Jan 1878
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1878
Page
1
Keefer and Smoke advertise goods at the cheapest prices with free city delivery. They offer a full assortment of groceries and provisions and a selection of cigars and tobacco. They thank Marion and vicinity for past favors and seek continued patronage. Location noted as Block, one door north of Kerr House, Marion.
A historic local notice records the adoption of a cable franchise on May 13 877. The terse entry confirms council action and official adoption of the accord within the municipal record.
A Samuel Hume promotion offers a genuine Skipareen Linen Handkerchief for 25 cents with a bundle of heirloom gifts. The package includes jet cuff buttons, centennial shirt studs, plated rings, collar buttons, and pawnbroker-like trinkets, advertised as free with purchase.
A reporter tours Mr M B Wilson’s farm near Caledonia Ohio visiting a ten lyres feed and 400 bushels of wheat last season. He notes 1950 bushels of shelled corn on 18 acres, then views fine livestock, a movable pig pen, and a well arranged barn and residence. The observers meet Mrs Wilson and daughter Mrs Judge Bowen in an aviary filled with rare birds and a Dickens collection in the library. They climb to the observatory for city and farm views, see presents received at Christmas, and bid farewell after a cordial visit lasting longer than planned. The column closes with a humorous rural item about a young woman braving wind on Main Street.
The Star claims it prints nearly as many papers weekly as both rivals combined and challenges them to prove higher circulation with a $50 charity forfeiture. It says advertisers should note Star has the county’s greatest weekly circulation and repeats its challenge, admitting self-promotion.
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