17 Jun 1878
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1878
Page
1
A Burlington Hawkeye reminiscence recalls a bygone rural life with Maud and orchard memories of apples, lilies, lark songs, and hillside adventures. The speaker laments aging and fading recollections while recalling meadow and barnyard scenes from youth.
Ginger beer supplies at True & Co’s sustain the system, ensuring steady operations. The note highlights the drink’s role in maintaining morale and daily routines within the company.
In Green Camp Ohio on June 14 the Star reports a false ad stating the Green Camp Pase Hall club would play N Blooming to celebrate the Fourth for ten dollars. The club says it offered to play for fifty to one hundred dollars on their grounds and still leaves the offer open. They note Green and K B C Ginger Beer keeps the system up.
The Buffalo Corry and Pittsburg Railroad from Bracton to Marville is practically abandoned with all trains removed and no restart date. This leaves a single line, the Atlantic and Great Western, as the remaining link to Chautangial, affecting connections for the C.C.C. I. and Lake Shore Railways.
Message seeks return of various borrowed, lost, or stolen items including Goldsmiths Works Bulwer’s Novel Berg Dictionary Kiane’s Blackstone English Bible Little Dacite Metrometre and musical instruments such as flute guitar trombone and French horn and piccolo. The writer S Hob asks for their return.
Locals report bustling attendance for True & Co as Ginger Beer debuts in their Soda Apartment drawn from the Artie apparatus. Mentions of Huber Manufacturing closing, Excursion tickets to Lake Chautauqua, and a temperance meeting at Murphy with calls for more support and presence.
A Des Moines County farmer adopts a homephone system linking a central office by copper wire to manage egg laying and nesting. The device sorts porcelain nest eggs and can misalign chicks, forcing costly manual intervention to guide a blinded bird.
A fragment quotes a heated appeal asking where temperance advocates are when a man from the gutter needs guidance. The dialogue challenges reformers to not merely preach but to intervene and support those struggling toward redemption.
A 16 year old recounts farm life thirty years ago near the city. She describes long days harvesting 15 to 20 acre fields, shared labor with neighbors, meals at intervals, and the use of a crude jig and container. She recalls wages, tools, and the contrast with modern faster travel and less toil, noting many are leaving due to easier times.
A garbled protest from a self described printers’ guide claims the Starie and others lack nerve to run a dairy or paper. The speaker asserts resolve to guide the people and warns those who fail to understand or act will be left behind. Excerpts show distorted phrasing and unclear names.
Rail time tables issued by C C C and Co Railway include schedule details and station lists. Printed under the company name G Gale. Readers are guided to consult the timetable for arrivals departures and transfer points across routes served by the line.
The entry outlines train numbers 1 3 12 between Cincinnati and New York with sleepers on No 3 and 12 and coach service on No 1 3 12. It notes a hotel car on trains No 3 and No 12 between Chicago and New York daily via a listed route.
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