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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1877
Page
4
A collage of short items notes local happenings such as school paint removals, time changes on the CCC line, and questions about a George Turney. It lists hog shipments by Peter Zenk and Pat Cusie, a senator appointment for Voorhees, marriages, clothing tips, railroad delays, and various arrivals at Kerr House. Also includes assorted notices from Conglomerate listings and humorous quips about fashion and local commerce.
The galvanized row men work on the Masonic Block cornice which will reach 64 feet in height. Cold weather challenges progress, but with the Star’s help the project will continue into fall. Pitch in Jim and Bills, don’t let Jack Frost deter completion.
The text complains of four kinds of nonsense now afloat. It ridicules nonsensical acts from sawing wool with a hammer to a fake marriage joke. It parallels nonsense with absurd tasks and ends by joking about subscribing for the Daily Star.
The short proclamation declares Thursday the 23rd as Thanksgiving Day. It urges residents to assemble at home for worship and give thanks for mercies, asking the blessed with abundance to be liberal to the poor.
A district in Ohio including Athos Versy and Hocking counties is proposed as a vast coal field. It is described as a prospective black country with veins two to twelve feet thick, featuring a great vein of coal and limestone nearby. The note mentions the Massachusetts Medical Association debating practice rights for physicians and a Michigan University graduate appointed as physician to a woman’s pries.
Magruder lists a Serge machine in the upstairs workshop and invites buyers to inspect the item and compare prices before purchase elsewhere. The note mentions totes and a car sale, with unclear details due to garbled text.
The Sun announces renewal time for subscriptions with gratitude for past support from readers nationwide. It notes the paper is a full page daily, 28 columns wide, priced at 75 cents per month or 86 dollars per year.
An ad describes The Weekly Sun as a national family journal with editorial and cultural departments. It highlights a low price of one dollar per year postpaid and offers an extra copy free for clubs of ten with ten dollars, noting wide circulation across the United States and Canada.
H T Van Fleet attorney and real estate agent advertises practice in Marion and surrounding counties. Focus on estates guardianships executors and land sales with commissions, featuring numerous farms and town properties including mills and various parcels in the state and beyond.
Fragmentary OCR shows train numbers 3 5 and 12 with connections at Mansfield Chicago routes via New York Buffalo and Cincinnati. Mentions sleeping coaches and no stopovers on car tickets. Local passengers must buy to first strong place then continue. GeneraL Passenger Wecaan Rt fl. 2 ee Oa.
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