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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
3
Amagansett sailors fight a sea serpent and two great right whales as a 70s son and father drag oversized monsters toward shore. The drama unfolds after nets resist and captains improvise a risky haul with a lucky ending for the crew and baleen cargo.
Rev John William Gardiner former Ealing curate faced in a divorce suit by banker Wil lThomas Cope of Bal road Bouth Ealing. Cope alleged misconduct as his wife Marie Louise Cope left with Gardiner to Germany after a Feb incident at Cope home. Court granted a decline with costs and custody of four children to Cope.
Beary V. Johnson, a hunter from Somerville, was bitten by a wildcat at Square Lake while bear hunting. Gem Provost, the guide, watched in astonishment as Johnson did not wince despite a torn leg. Johnson fired at the cat and wounded it, then shot again after the animal leapt. The group debated treatment with jokes about a cork leg, while a doctor and carpenter were discussed as needed.
Miss Laura Whalen matron at the Town Soldiers Orphans home kept Frank Pratt, aged twelve, confined in her room for three months while overseeing a cottage with about twenty boys. Authorities learned of the abuse after the boy’s injuries and the matron’s locked-room secrecy. Whalen attempted suicide with chloroform as investigators closed in.
A sensational tale set on Martinique describes Sergeant Legrand and Private Durand. A deadly nine foot lancehead enrages a guards’ cell, is killed by cudgels, and Durand is hospitalized for days. The sergeant regains sanity after recounting a nightmare of a sleeping serpent on his bare chest and milk and music used to calm the crew. Durand returns to France once recovered.
In Highland Lake area Connecticut two large blacksnakes about forty six feet long were unearthed by John Coffman. He used a rope and wire to trap one snake from a tree but the mate pursued, prompting a retreat as the rope vanished into the woods. Coffman remains convinced the snakes can reason.
Mrs Dorothy Mack, a 20 year old bride, rode a balloon high over the Hill Side Park in New Jersey performing a parachute drop in front of about 6000 spectators. Her husband Jack Mack, a professional aeronaut, helped guide the descent as she plunged from the balloon into the Passaic river, was towed ashore by the boat, and emerged unharmed.
August Beltzner, a key witness against the Molly Maguires, was murdered in Juliet Illinois after thirty years of pursuit by Mollie sympathizers. He helped convict Jack Kehoe and others tied to Pottsville Gallows prosecutions and had foreseen his death, moving from Pennsylvania’s coal regions to evade vengeance.
A sea lion named Buster attacked keeper Mr. Morgan causing a severely torn right shoulder. The incident occurred as Morgan moved toward the tank to feed the animal, which was barking for dinner. Attendants aided Morgan, who was taken to the office for treatment by Dr. Brannan.
Advertisements mix many stray lines about paying for books and old papers and placing city notices. It mentions a real estate firm negotiating loans, a bottling works producing ginger ale and sodas, and a veterinary hospital with a livery and feed barn. The text is fragmented and lists multiple local services with contact hints such as phone numbers and addresses.
The text references pain and expense, Nokia, Ge Teal, and attentions to cave cities, noting that readers may be unaware of time and modern damacy with moderate charges. Specific events, dates, or entities are unclear from the fragment.
A fragmented grocery notice lists Campbell & Crock Conner and many others offering Marion Brand apple butter. It urges readers to send a card or address at 1207 to obtain the product, promising supply and old fashioned quality.
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