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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1878
Page
2
A denouement scene has Genie Thornton confronting an old lover who is actually Justin Perry, now re christened but unchanged at heart. After a tense exchange and a portrait reveal, Genie admits love for Justin, prompting a cautious plan to marry and seek happiness.
A Washington correspondent recalls 1850s hotel hops at the National Hotel with figures like Henry Clay and Mrs. Crittenden. Princess Salm Salm and Lady Napier are featured for beauty and daring, while Mme Le Vert and others fade to memory. The piece reflects on how parlors once filled with celebrated figures now host newer elegant crowds.
A man with a missing leg, supported by a crutch, skates on one foot at Central Park lake. He performs advanced figures and straight-line speed, drawing interest and admiration. The Worcester Press quote about truth closes the item.
A narrator recalls wearing new boots on a rainy theater night. After a comic misstep and a tour of social awkwardness, the boots become a running joke highlighting class expectations. The tale ends with the line about the higher classes not wearing boots to the theater.
A Farmington correspondent describes a first class hotel that is a flimsy structure on stilts with shared dishes and towels. Beds are hay filled boxes with no furniture and a candle in grease on the floor. A midnight visitor and a crowded hall reveal the rough conditions of prairie hotels and the quirk of a county seat town with multiple so called first class hotels.
Mary Murphy aged 28 of 305 East street was found dead in her bed by police at dawn. Across her body lay her husband Mornus Murphy intoxicated. He could not explain the death and was locked up as the coroner was summoned.
A letter from Maine dated December 28 1877 lauds VEGETINE as a lifesaver for a 16 year cough and kidney trouble. The writer says one bottle strengthened the system and eased the cough and nervous debility, claiming renewed ability to work. VEGETINE is described as nourishing strengthening purifying blood regulating bowels quieting nerves and arousing the whole system to action.
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