29 Jan 1878
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1878
Page
1
Advert shows deep price cuts on winter millinery including hats, bows, and neckwear. Items like new hats, German yarns, and assorted fabrics are advertised with marked-down prices and special offers. Locates a hosiery and clothing sale with emphasis on bulk fibers and novelty goods.
An OCR fragment advertises a 25 cent offer for a genuine Skipareen Liveo handkerchief with gifts including cuff-buttons, shirt studs, and a ring. The ad lists nickel and plating details and claims gifts are free with each handkerchief, mentioning a mail order process and a name Samuel Do Buy.
Kowalke and Hudson advertise a full line of coffins and caskets of all kinds with prompt funeral attendance and service.
A historical notice touts Dr. Hows medical services at Excharge Lovel. It claims cures for female troubles and other conditions, presenting confidence in special remedies and patient success.
A garbled notice from the Star office claims a simple service, promising money and happiness, but the text is unclear and likely unreliable.
Mart Miilee advertises oak free posts and fence supplies from North Main street. Offers include 1,000 to 156¢ posts, weed at £2 per est a, pence pots 6 cents each. Leave your orders.
Flanr made by Jus Waldo mills by act. BL at Diane. to fin old splenduh You SS thelithkest by Dick and Markerv's at Koeter and Stokes, and Ed Maioy's.
Citizens of Marion and nearby areas are invited to visit Garhald oyster restaurant for fresh oysters and dishes. Dining room adjacent to the Courthouse on Center Street offers seating for patrons in a traditional local setting.
An advertisement notes 3ane Mossman living near A. and G. W. ev. fens offers dairy cows for sale. The herd will be freshened by next September after Sharpless’ stock arrives. Mossman will accept dairy stock in exchange or as part payment and will provide four days of stock delivery.
Fragmented notice promises greatly reduced rates to encourage customers to place orders soon. Smith aims to save wages by urging prompt action and offering advantageous terms.
The New Dome sewing machine offers self guiding beedica automatic tension reacting take up dial for regulating jumper of stitch round on no other machine. It includes a convent tent and strong device for winding the bobbin with needle collapse protection. All wear parts are case hardened and serviceable for revival to near new condition. Call at T. J. Masrucer's.
The Evening Dispatch announces latest news and complete legislative reports from the state capital. Published daily in the capital and distributed in Marion each evening at the customary time.
Dr L Windhurst of Marion Ohio announces a permanent office at True's drug store on South Main. He pledges special attention to chronic diseases and women’s ailments, citing references Rev G Reif Sutter Mr J Last and Mr Ruenrtund. A list of items including spectacles, handkerchiefs, and stationery totals four dollars and sixty cents.
A list of hotel arrivals and guests from Kerr House and adjacent cities includes James Olds Mr Gilead J W Moss Ciaetumiti Wi Jokes Pilsielphia and many others. Names span Philadelphia to Detroit with arrivals in Sandusky and Richland among others, reflecting a busy travel season and guest roster.
A half century old Eagle issue from Lancaster Ohio once owned by Joeph Turney reflects on patent medicines like Lees Medicines and their claim to cure all diseases. It notes Adams versus Jackson on the presidency, the Ohio State Journal ads, Catholic Fair, grand oyster supper, gold headed cane vote, and local social notices.
A Providence woman swings a saucy taup and wins at cards while social quirks fuel jokes about husbands, wives, and modern life. Anecdotes cover whispered telephone dreams, model men, a widow’s aging remark, soldier swamp humor, stock schemes, farewell river notes, dress cloth gags, euchre hints, a strawberry party misread, and a school report all fed by lighthearted misreadings and sharp editors.
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