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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
7
A brief promotional note urges readers to place want ads in The Mirror to resolve needs or unwanted possessions, inviting phone contact for service.
Audiences at Marton praised Lyman Howe's moving pictures at the Grand Opera House last evening and an imminent return date lauded. The program includes The Train Robbers plus vaudeville acts led by William Mayer and Burton & Burton, with Ada Widheworth and Karl K Way in key roles. The Volunteer Organist company, staged by Lawrence Marston, will perform Thursday January 9 at the Grand.
Mary Ida Baughman filed for divorce from George Laughman in Prospect, alleging choking with a rope, brutality, intoxication, and abandonment since 1905. She seeks alimony, restoration of her maiden name Mary Ida Miller, and notices a separate case involving Annora Cramner and a partition suit in Manley versus Mobride. The court rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the partition case with commissioners appointed for property division.
The first hearing on the Melmiich ditch case, a joint county matter, was held Friday. The engineer's report was adopted and the ditch scheduled to run through Richland township into Morrow County, January 18 as county surveyor's office noted. George Ringer, a Richland farmer, claimed he was not assessed enough, stunning the commissioners. The incident prompted postponement of part of the proceedings. Also, Dr. J B Taylor's wife, visiting Lane on professional business, reported his horse entangled in a wire fence and severely injured.
The Pennsylvania Railroad issues a new timetable with radical changes. Northbound freight No 470 from Marion at 7:00 am and No 472 from Grogan at 7:00 am, plus revised passenger timings including a daily 7:40 am Sandusky to Marion run. Noon trains eliminated and limited northbound service restored. A minor wreck near the O and BR division prompted quick wrecking crew response.
The Wayside Lodge No 8641 held an important meeting last night with the installation of officers led by District Deputy George Hageman. Appointments were made for the Noble Grand and Vice Grand stations and various supportive roles. Marion Company No 1 Knights of Pythias elected its officers for the year and planning for a lodge dancing party was arranged.
A special meeting of Piret Christian church officers is planned for Sunday afternoon as Rev and Mrs Edmund G Major of Dwat Center street have returned from Cleveland. An election will be held at Lakue on January 14 to issue bonds totaling 4500 for a new schoolhouse replacing the one lost to fire. Prof Baumgarten, musical director at Family Theater, departs Saturday night for a week’s trip to Louisville and Southern Indiana. Mrs Nell Doty Mealey will preside at the piano in his absence. Special examinations were held at the High School with G W Hayes the sole applicant for the science post. Jarnby Clark and Bowen examined. Harry Morgan leaves Warren & Dengler’s for Marion after resigning his local position. he will work at a Golden Eagle shop in Delaware.
A survey compares city police densities showing Berlin about one patrolman per 40 residents while Liverpool lists one per 449. London stands at one per 4, Philadelphia about one per 11, and Manhattan reports roughly one officer for every 648 inhabitants discussed in the report.
Market notes show cattle receipts in East Buffalo near 100 head with slow demand and land steady, calf runs weak, sheep and lambs with 10 000 on receipts and lambs down about 100 while sheep hold steady. Union Stock Yards reports cattle receipts 2 600 with steady to higher demand, prime cattle around 6.15, stockers 2.80 4.25, cows and heifers 2.00 4.70, hogs 28 000 with prices up, and sheep 11 000 with steady pricing. western and native sheep lingers.
Market patchwork reports from Toledo and Chicago show corn and wheat tentative moves with profit taking weighing on grains. Wheat weakens slightly on selling while corn offsets gains, oats and provisions slip modestly, and Chicago dairy and live poultry prices edge lower amid thin trade.
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