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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
3
Charles Turner & Co advertises a sale of fancy strawberries Saturday with a twelve piece orchestra at Epworth Sunday School charity event featuring a caterer.
William Short of Columbus, halted at Union Depot for a Hocking Valley train, was detained by two officers and questioned before being jailed. He proved his identity, apologized, and the case was dismissed. Chief Cornwell replaced J C Cronin for a board bill charge. Cronin was released after paying the bill. Charles Turner & Co advertises Saturday food items and Easter Epworth program noted.
In common pleas court Elizabeth Hemp defense files answer and demurrer to second amended petition. Martin Kuntz divorce suit against Rebecca R Kuinte advances with defendant admitting marriage but denying other allegations. Engenia Cleves land suit involving Marshal Burge discussed. Epworth Sunday School 9:00 Easter.
Reports note legal filings against Benton and Denman and Mildred Thornwson in Bowling Green township, a city hall trip to Toledo to view asphalt work, and a poultry stock association meeting with fair attendance. Bids for mail carrying from office to depot due April 27, and a German M B church missionary society meeting. School pupils plant fourteen trees. Republican county committee plans for a March convention, and Ladies Aid at Lee Street Presbyterian Church. Brethren mission convention held in Hicksville with plans for next gathering in Gallon. Also see advertisement urging readers to complete outfits with oxford shoes.
REA report lists Guthery in Lima for legal business while Attorney Doni travels to Walloon. Mr and Mrs Howard Maker visit Chicago for a week. Mrs Clana Tobin and sons depart for Covington Kentucky for a relative visit. Lloyd Harden heads to Washington DC to see Grant Monger for three weeks. Slimetus returns from Columbus to resume duties as Hocking Valley telegraph operator.
Special examiner reports irregularities in Morion city accounts from September 27, 1807, to December 31, 1807. It cites $1615 misappropriated from the treasury, insurance premia paid to firms with council or library ties, and improper bonds. Mayor Scherff accused of drawing funds, while several officials face censure and calls for reform in auditing and budgeting practices.
A garbled item mentions Tan Oxfords and two names PRITY and Srarne alongside scattered phrases about Gold Medal Flour Benin Con lowe and the Alcron venue. The readable fragments suggest a clipped sports or product note with unclear context and several misread terms.
Sim Ohara Hot better OT tgyuit Genter street hosts a Woman's club gathering featuring instrumental performances and an afternoon of embroidery. Attendees include Mrs Mildvad Chrtatuon and several society members at Weat Chore steer, Purenday, with refreshments served and a short program noting members and guests.
A Toledo medical advert promises a $100 reward for a case of “Tieafneme” not cured by Dalle Gatireh and touts a cure for ear complaints by a “midine leaf” and Eustachian tube manipulation. The notice, signed by O. Dumney & Co, urges readers to send for elpewlare and mentions a remedy for constipation and a general tonics product.
The Kirkpatrick Ladies Aid Society and the Ladine AT Society hosted their Easter sale and supper at Kirkpatrick. A large crowd attended the event with many fancy views and embroideries on sale and a neat, well-attended supper. Proceeds benefited the Mary Walton project and the local community.
Fragmented OCR lists numerous real estate transfers and plots in Marion and nearby townships. Names like James Comwler, Landis Cuyromiine, W. Warren, Laurette Wise, Philysone, Currie We Die, and Walter Martin appear among numerous plots and lots transferred or indicated for sale in various townships, with amounts and parcel references scattered throughout.
A garbled report notes Oxford and SAIC figures amid a tense campus event. Key names and places are unclear, but the fragment suggests a sports or competition setting with institutional players and shifting lines.
Muddled report describes a dangerous incident near Kirkpatrick with mentions of a driver and several obfuscated names. The fragment hints at a violent or chaotic moment, including failed control and a possible arrest or intervention, but many details remain unreadable.
Rates at Colonial Country Club Hotel West Baden Springs Indiana are listed at 260 to 6.00 per day for American Plan with private baths and special weekly rates. The notice invites visitors to drink the mineral water and bike the bathe claiming cures for kidney liver stomach complaints and other ailments. It offers home treatment advice and mentions enclosing $2.00 to receive mineral water gallons with physician advice.
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