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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1877
Page
4
A mosaic of notices and ads from Marion around November 8 1877 includes insurance sales by Hughes & Barney hats and gloves at City Hat Store Thomas clothing and Mrs Thomas offerings, Lapham oyster and fish listings, Krause & Lapham time lock, a murder hung notice Harvey Sharp, rail line credit remarks, and light local anecdotes about weather thefts and a bear.
The Marion council met at the mayor’s office to approve bills and pass an ordinance enabling juries in the mayor’s court. A. A. Kling and De. B. W. Davis were named Board of Health members for three years. John Dwyer keeps the previous salary and duties including street ashes removal as a police officer. Eli Bennett to receive ten dollars monthly for night watch. Adjournment followed. A local millinery display at Mrs Thomas’ claims largest and cheapest stock yet.
Pittsburgh reports a 16000 dollar fire yesterday while Newburg New York records a 15000 dollar blaze yesterday. The Keith Paper Mill at Turners Falls Massachusetts burned yesterday with losses around 300000 dollars and 265000 dollars insured. The mill could produce five hundred tons of paper daily and employed three hundred hands.
The list shows arrivals and boarders at Exchange Hotel including Mrs Ann Schantz and daughter Freemar at the Columbus area, and names linked to Cleveland Cincinnati Toledo and Kalamazoo. The Masonic Block work is suspended due to rain.
In an overhauled upstairs sewing room Magruder invites interest in viewing stock and prices before purchase. Executive Luddig Worns promotes the new setup and urges customers to visit and compare offerings.
The Siena asks supporters to renew subscriptions, thanking past ten years of sympathy and cooperation from readers nationwide. The Daily Sun is a 28 column tour page sheet priced at 54 cents a month or $6.00 per year, mailed postpaid.
The Weekly Sun promotes itself as a national family journal with news and editorial content. It touts wide circulation, and offers a postpaid price of one dollar for three years with a free extra copy for clubs of ten upon payment.
H W T Van Fleet attorney and real estate agent in Marion Ohio advertises sale of 12 000 600 acres Union Pacific lands 2 000 660 acres Burlington and Missouri lands 1 000 060 acres St Joseph and City Rail lands 100 000 acres Kansas Land Co holdings 326 acre Wm Cleese farm 160 acre Joshua Cope farm 75 acre Newton Messenger farm 125 acre Samuel Lawrence farm 96 acre James Smith farm 244 acre McDonald tract 63 acre Antony Parish farm 100 acre B F Stah Bowling Green 108 acre Rose farm 198 acre Levi Marlow tary H T Van Fleet owner 60 acres FL LT Van Fleet near New Bloomington 60 acres FL PLY a Breet near Green Camp 20 acres H T Van Fleet near Gig Island 10 acres FET Van Fleet Hottsville Wool county 40 acres H T Van Fleet Carroll County Town and ten dwelling houses in Marion town property mills and vast parcels in state and other states for sale or trade at reasonable terms call for particulars at Marion Ohio 170 lin Estate Agent
Train schedule from Marion to Galea and westward routes listing departure times for Nos 38 37 43 and 3 12 with main line sleepers on Nos 3 12 to Cincinnati New York daily and hotel coaches between Chicago and New York via Mansfield Pittsburgh Fort Wayne Chicago to Buffalo Niagara Falls connections at Cincinnati for south and west routes stop over rules ticketing first destination only.
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