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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
8
Charles Wiley, a North state restaurant keeper, was attacked on Mill Street shortly before evening on a Thursday. He was struck from behind, knocked unconscious, and relieved of a $23.50 wallet while a single assailant fled. Wiley recovered slowly, could not describe the attacker, and suspects a lone thief. police have no solid clues.
A long predicted cold wave arrived with a forty six mile per hour gale Tuesday and a sudden chill. Dr E H Raffensperger’s thermometer recorded five degrees above zero Wednesday morning, then fell over forty degrees in ten hours. The widespread weather snap stretched from Chicago to northern Texas, keeping temperatures near nineteen degrees with a raw wind all day.
A married woman visited Owen's jewelry store in Weat Marto on Tuesday afternoon, viewed stock, and purchased two small items while using the chance to remove two valuable rings. The jeweler noticed the missing rings, alerted police, and after confrontation the woman admitted the theft and paid $13.25, avoiding arrest due to family connections.
Columbus police arrested two suspected hold-up men after a citizen was robbed of $75. The pair, alleged to be part of a Columbus ring, were identified in Marion after boarding an Interurban train near Clintonville. Found on them were revolvers, dynamite cures, nitro glycerin bottles, whiskey, and $30. They claimed nothing and await further identification by the Columbus victim.
Harvey Thrush a laborer aged near fifty nine years was found frozen to death in a ditch seven miles northwest of Prospect near Woodland Tuesday night. The Union County coroner ruled freezing as the cause. Thrush resided in Prospect with wife and five children and funeral services are set for Friday at Prospect Methodist Church with interment in Prospect Cemetery.
The marriage of Mrs Yene Hou and Mr David Rexroth occurred quietly at Hoodbrook Center Street. The couple left for Indianapolis and will travel to Chicago for the horse show. Rexroth is prominent in county agriculture and church circles. Mrs Rexroth is known for her church work and well respected locally. There were no attendants and the couple will be at home on Santer Street.
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