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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates with Bingle Copy and carrier options, plus mall yearly rates and a gemi weekly mirror annual price. It also includes a weather line for Ohio noting showers tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures expected.
Notable events include the death of Dr. Benjamin Franklin in 1700, born in 1706, and the 1805 Treaty of peace discussed by China and Japan. A 1907 earthquake shocks Spain and Constantinople. Tonight and tomorrow morning, Bunnets rise at 6:37, rises at 5:12, moon at 7:45 p.m., with possible Lyra meteor activity rising in the northeast around 9:30 p.m.
A set of public notices from Marion County Democrats announces multiple sheriff and county office candidacies. Names include John G. Stark, B F Conklin, A Amrine, Frank L. Spicer, H H Raub, Henry Sistyr, A H Trout, John W Last, W A Charter, W C Wottring, Curtis Morrow, and W H Hinklin, M.D. Candidates seek party backing at the May 2 convention and pledge to abide by the convention's will.
A local Mirror column lists candidates for Marion county Democratic nominations including Edward F. Tittelbaugh for Recorder Miles Longshord for Auditor Charles L Justice for Prosecutor and Charles Baseler for Infirmary Director. The notices urge the Democratic voters to support nominees subject to the coming county convention.
Fragmented OCR reads like a satire of late election chatter. Mentions judicial review, Cupid, night riders in Kentucky, and a peace conference in an Indian village. References Roosevelt and sorority strikes hint at varied local concerns.
Houston April 17 attorney Mercy A Brigham filed a divorce petition for Clara I Von Herrmann against Julia Marlowe and Merv Mande Thornurn Backus of Brooklyn as corespondents It was dismissed on motion before Judge Richardson in the superior court Judge Richardson ruled Miss Marlowe and Mrs Rackus names eliminated from the suit He expressed belief Mrs Von Herrmann's information was unreliable and misleading but found honesty in other allegations contained in the libel against Miss Marlowe and Mrs Rackus
The blast consumed 60 000 gallons of oil and damaged buildings costing about 11 000 dollars while two large tanks escaped the fire. Miss Ella Gibbs died that night. A Riverside deaconess once active in Chicago missions, she had aided Chinese and Japanese residents and aiding dispossessed arrivals since relocating.
Portemouth April Republican committee adjourned without agreement on separate delegate and congressional conventions. The Tenth District will likely send contesting definitions to Chicago. Bennet called for a delegate convention May 16 and a congressional convention May 18, Johnson of Irenton issued a combined convention call for Jackson May 14. Johnson proposed a district primary as a last option. The district election board may decide which congressional convention is required.
A malformed notice offers a one dollar Columbus round trip on Sundays by the D M C rail line. Mentions first car from Marion in the morning and another from Columbus at 7:90 PM. Includes stray phrases about Sunday school, banter, and a shoe sale by Patty & Stark with Turner's strawberries and a phone number 81.
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