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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
4
Rates of subscription by mail per year and weekly mirrors listed. The page notes market reports service and mentions telephone weather forecast with rising temperatures. April 21, 1908 date appears as the issue.
April 21 history records mark the deaths of Pierre Abelard in 1142 and Jean Racine, with Bronte’s birth in 1816. It notes Woolford obtaining passports in Madrid in 1998 and marks the war’s official start date, plus an evening astronomical note of Venus and the Moon near Uranus at dawn.
Multiple Democratic candidates announce to the Marion County voters their intent to seek party nominations at the upcoming county convention, subject to the convention's will. Names include B F Conklin, George Orians, A Amrine, Frank L Spicer, J H Raub, Henry Shiter, and A H Trout. May 2 dates referenced.
A stream of notices from Marion County editors proclaims candidates for county offices. Names include John W Lust Richland Township editor and others from Salt Rock Prospect Green Camp and more, all seeking Democratic nomination subject to the upcoming county convention.
A call to voters urging a candidate of the people who will be a true servant, not a master, emphasizing integrity over money, opposing corrupt politicians, and backing William Jennings Bryan for equal rights. It condemns self interested figures, praises honesty, and warns against party tool candidates and money power in elections.
The message from Curtis Morrow proclaims his nomination bid for Clerk of Courts, pending the county Democratic convention. It references Judge James Mantor of Vermont, praised as a strong district congressman, but notes recent controversy and a perceived fall from favor.
A brief unsigned appeal urges support for I B H Chabis as a laboring candidate advocating equal rights and opposition to special privileges. The message frames the selection as aligned with the law and the gospel for the people across the 13th district and beyond.
At Loulé Ato April 21 Police Judge Pollard fined Prink Jasinski 600 dollars for mistreating a mother of two, then adjourned five minutes to collect for the worn woman. The judge began with 5 dollars and the tally reached 17. The money went to the widow as she cried with gratitude.
Louie Zwiebel a 45 year old farmer was instantly killed Monday afternoon when dynamite exploded prematurely while blasting stumps on his newly purchased farm near Wapakoneta Ohio. Neighbor Mason George narrowly escaped injury as debris struck near him.
The Marion County Democratic Central Committee gives notice of a May 2 1908 caucus to nominate county officers and delegates to the state convention in Columbus May 6. Precincts select delegates by primary style caucuses. apportionment lists many townships and villages for delegate counts. The state convention in Columbus will elect presidential electors and other state officers, plus four delegates at large to the national convention in Denver and a U.S. Senate candidate.
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