04 Jun 1878
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1878
Page
1
In this verse by Mary B Bradley the speaker recalls watching firelight on the wall and listening to street sounds drift by. She longs for a past love as red embers fade, dreaming amid memory and lonely reflections on longing and time.
Local notes report currants ripening peaches and apples arriving in Southern markets. Canal Winchester suffered a $20000 fire yesterday while Sells Bros. plans Delaware arrival. a European elephant show arrives Thursday June 6. The case against the city superintendent over a whipping was quashed yesterday.
Chas. Bell leaves for Minnesota at 11 to join the C and T A R and stay some time. We publish more papers and will supply exchanges. Joe Saickesberger rumored to be preparing for matrimony. Betsy Munson and Runyan case verdict in her favor for about two hundred fifty dollars. Star circulation rising in the area. John Matthews of Green Camp visited Marion shopping for clothes. County Commissioners meet to appoint road viewers and engineers. Mrs. Ann Britton receives $600 from Ohio Farmers Insurance. Magruder Novelty baby cabs praised with adjustable tops. Mrs. Follett took her baby out in the cab yesterday. Magruder selling more cakes. mother described as insane since age nine, now seventeen, health as good as can be expected.
A jumbled clipping mentions royal reigns of Russia averaging fifteen years over two and a half centuries and a curious incident in Ackley Louisiana where William Joseph rapidly loses hair and goes blind after a towel incident. An St Louis mother reportedly keeps her daughter indoors to avoid exposure to air lest she die, with the daughter cloaked in flames.
An ad invites readers to visit Mr Harvey Peters Drug Store to be scientifically fitted with spectacles at lower prices than casual buyers. It promotes Brazilian Pebbles lenses at 2.50 per pair and fire crystal glasses from 1.00 to 1.75, offers frame-insertion, trial wear, and a two year guarantee, with six years of regular Marion visits and a claim of customer satisfaction.
Cer Funey and Son advertise a peanut oil glassware stock clearance with heavy discounts as they near liquidation. The notice emphasizes steep price cuts and limited quantities to attract buyers quickly.
A refined advertisement touts an epdlew profision of elegant goods for Marton's fairest daughters with prices that outshine many pretentious dealers. It promises exquisite wares and appealing value to attract discerning shoppers.
A fragment notes a person reading a card and opening a small store with limited stock, relying on unspecified facts. The text appears as an OCR fragment describing a merchant setup and stock constraints. No clear events, names, or locations are discernible.
A garbled line recalls an earnest effort to offer value to patrons by presenting goods at very low figures, claiming no misrepresentation and aiming to carry a clean assortment of items, though text remains incomplete and unclear.
A fragmented OCR note lists corset and garment prices from multiple stores. Gold Corset 0.75, Bon Marche 1.00, Hau Ton 1.25, Patth 1.50, Duplex 1.60, with a claim that each corset is warranted and that these items are retailed by several shops in town.
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