01 May 1878
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1878
Page
1
The notice advertises a large assortment of for sale items including 200 feet of fencing and 30 inch posts at a bar gain. It mentions flour produced by wafodoniilla by Capt. F. M. Drage and notes vendors Dutch Markerv and Kiser with Ed Maioy. The exact dates and locations are unclear from the fragment.
The Marion Gas Light Co informs consumers of a price cut of 50 cents per 1,090 feet of gas, effective April 1, 1878. Secretary P. Wallace notes the reduction applies to all gas users.
Martin Miller offers his old residences on the west side of Main street opposite James Gregorie's Rataie at very low prices. Purchasers may pay over delayed terms with 6 percent interest. Location in Miller's Addition, including 1 Fairview, advertised as the finest site in Marion.
Flour buyers hail Carr Drake's Flour as the boss brand. An improvement is noted on the Domestic Wine Machine at Magruder's.
Mrs A Brittoo announces the opening of a boarding house at Wert and Canal streets and offers first class service with weekly and daily boards. Stoupher Cool & Co advertise repairs in woodwork and blacksmithing while Wm Cool offers a sample of a fine sprig wagon for viewing.
Operat. Grand wedding to-night and May First subscriptions due headline a flurry of local items. Reports of repairs, market notes on lawn mowers, a new church bell discussion, water works plans, editor squabbles, crop prospects, and humorous misprint anecdotes fill the page. The Nugent Novelty Comedy Co returns for a benefit, with promotion for advance payments and community appeals.
Pettitee Morrill retains possession of the Go East Center Street house amid a notice referencing ongoing occupancy. The terse item signals a continuing real estate or property matter with no further action detailed.
A reel of humor pieces notes a Chicago clergyman startling his flock by claiming hell is not half full of men and women. A six year old quizzed a moustached young man with a shaving reply, and Punch cartoon partners the Russian Bear and British Lick on a narrow path. A Lowell man who lost his character is hauled over by former friends, while a speaker remarks about character being gone yet remaining, with pointed humor.
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