25 Jan 1878
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1878
Page
1
A short item notes George Schwineforth seeks 100 customers to buy and carry away 999 loaves tomorrow at Eck-BREAD, indicating immediate demand and a one day sale push.
Coal buyers urged to call on Wiliam for coal at cost either natural or lupus. Flour shoppers urged to try Capt Drake's brand described as the Boss.
Kowalke and Hudson offer a full line of Collins and caskets of all kinds with prompt funeral service.
Dr Howe available at the Exchange Hotel offering chorate and special disease treatments with success. Female troubles are treated with focus and care according to the notice.
The Star office invites readers to visit during business hours for service and assistance. Staff promise helpful, friendly attention and aim to make customers satisfied with their experience.
Mart Miller on North Main Street offers 1000 to 1500 of high quality fence posts and cord wood. Also sells any quantity of foot wool at 2 dollars per cord. Leave orders.
Fragmentary text mentions flour made by Waido tills and names Cait I M Drake with a date nineteen, plus references to Ditch & Markert's at Keter & Seokes and Ed Maioy's.
Johnson's Writing School announces the second term starting next Monday evenings. A handsome premium will be awarded each term for the greatest improvement. Twenty lessons in vocal music offered free.
Merrill the tailor invites customers to act quickly to obtain garments at greatly reduced prices as winter stock sale proceeds. The notice urges moneyed customers to visit soon to secure favorable terms and finished goods.
The New York City Store advertises continued bargains in dry goods with claims of unsurpassed prices and customer satisfaction. They invite inspection of goods and prices to prove value and selection.
The new Howe sewing machine features gelf belting needle automatic tension serfacing setting dial for stitch length a bobbin winder without removing the needle and case hardened wearing parts. It remains as good as new with wear taken up and is on display at T. J. Magruder's.
The notice advertises the Columbus Dispatch as the latest pews and most complete legislative reports from the state capital published every afternoon and delivered to Marion each evening at a weekly price of 15 cents.
The fragment notes Dr L Windhurst at South Main Street near the True 8 drug store offering treatment for chronic diseases and female specific ailments. Mentions G Reif, J Lus and Ruehrmand in the text, with unclear affiliations or notes.
Jos Underwood advertises a large lot of cigars of all brands and qualities. The supplier promises immense quantity and tip top articles at prices adjusted to current times for all smokers.
Great bankrupt stock to be sold at fifty cents on the dollar this week only at Call's Block Main Street near the railroad. Goods include dress goods fancy goods lines six hundred dollars clothing hats and boots and shoes. Purchasers will receive a pair of stockings with boots or shoes. M Harris, assignee.
A playful description recalls woodchucks as hair and eyes with two front teeth, able to glare and retreat. The speaker notes odd behaviors including a dog shaking a woodchuck, and remarks on appearance, meals, and domestic status with colorful, comical observations.
Mrs Haweis divides women into two classes the visible and the invisible. With more women than men the importance of being visible and self supporting cannot be exaggerated. The authoress speaks plainly noting the rarity of women married today and the misperception of women’s usefulness.
In jogging through life you meet many talents, yet Louisville has a newsboy worth twenty thousand. It doesn’t matter who a man is or what he earns. what he salts down is what counts.
A damaged newspaper note describes the horseshoe at Niagare as now an aright angle not a curve. Cracks in the center have worn away over years and the side walls are crumbling.
A report shows that despite England and Wales housing the wealthiest individuals, one in every thirty three residents lives in poverty. The study highlights stark inequality across regions and calls for policy attention to welfare.
Cable reports five hundred cotton operatives staging a strike across England. The move signals labor unrest in the textile industry, reflecting rising tensions over wages and working conditions. Negotiations are expected to follow in several cities.
Joseph Cook defines a small philosopher as one who guesses at half and multiplies it by two, presenting a brisk, quotable maxim on numeric quickness and overconfidence.
A brief report notes a man left with a single shirt after an incident. The item emphasizes scarcity and personal impact without graphic detail. Authorities investigated the event and provided support where possible.
A verse addressed to a cow laments life’s hardships and urges action and wakefulness. The speaker scolds the calm, sleepy animal for indulging in dreams, claiming that the world is troubled and nothing is as it should be. The poem signature notes D. L. ProuFIt dat.
A list of arrivals and names across multiple cities including Fort Wayne Toledo Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Buffalo Dayton New Philadelphia and New York. Notable individuals include B Murray Gibbs Robarts Emley Siegfried Scott and others with various affiliations and origins.
The writer praises true courtesy as a universal virtue and stresses its presence in children. After decades in schools nationwide, the author is struck by the evident polite consideration shown upon entering and leaving the High School department run by Sister Rose Maria at the Catholic School of this city.
A witty quip notes the horn of the hunter now tucked away in a pocket flask. A saying mocks familiar names written to be unreadable. A tongue in cheek remark claims much of cranberries shipped return as sherry wine. A poet muses on small drops and grains as he writes.
Local notes report a jail construction budget of 20 690 990 dollars with preparatory work to begin immediately. Other items include marriage licenses granted on the 23rd, a missing wheelbarrow inquiry, a weekend arrest transport from Columbus to Delaware, and a thriving protracted meeting at the African Methodist church led by Nathaniel Mitchell. The town anticipates a surge in building, commerce, and a metropolitan look, with plans for schools hotels opera houses and Masonic Block completion. A lecture by Col Golden on a world trip drew strong attendance and praise, with temperance themes noted as part of the event.
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