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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
5
A jury found Fitzgerald not guilty by reason of insanity after a drawn trial. Three physicians examined the prisoner and testimony centered on his mental state. The trial progressed through Thursday and resumed Wednesday afternoon, with jurors considering whether he placed a timber on a State Street truck.
The April hearing in Orman pleas before Judge Young covered a divorce petition by Dora Creasy Corwin and alleged habitual infidelity by her husband Robert Burns. Other items include a verdict in Peter Fitkerl’s case over a streetcar track incident, a new-tracks petition by Macron & Bucyrus Tallway Co., Burns’s transfer to the penitentiary, and a divorce suit involving William Adams and Lot Adams scheduled for Wednesday.
The mayor advocates wage increases for city departments as living costs rise, noting that costs have climbed while salaries have stayed flat for several years. The push targets reducing disparity between expenses and pay.
A neighbor horse thrashes and awakens Mr Imbody at a farm four miles south of Agosia, enabling timely calls to extinguish flames in a hay barn valued at over 1600 dollars. The horse’s warning likely prevented greater loss, while officials discuss city wage increases and police fire department concerns.
Police were called to Prospect Street where a drunken mob attacked a circus crew outside a show tent. Joe Percente, Chicago fighter based at the quarters, was injured trying to stop the damage as knives and belts were used. Several assailants fled before arrests.
County auditor Allen led talks with school board and city council to cut expenses and lower the county levy. The city tax stays at 8 mills, school board increases 1.7 mills, county levy decreases 1.4 mills to 6.855 mills, with the township at 5.10 mills. Funds are redistributed across county, children’s home, bridge, pike, soldiers relief, ditch, judicial, and debt accounts while banked interest helps temper overall costs.
Charles Allen was in Diyton today fooling after buttons. Edward Stivel of Cleveland is the guest of friends in the city. Miss Catherine Waddell of Walia left for Chicago to spend the summer with her sister Mrs. Mile Irwin. Mrs Charles O'Dowd and children of Mansfield visit with Charles and Karl. Mer EB. H. Smith and family of Ashbe are spending the week with her sitter Mrs Waters of Barn Tart.
A marriage license has been issued to Martin V. Neal and Sarah B. Melate, both residents of Caledonia. The rest of the fragmentary notes reference church activities, a funeral at East George Street, and the First Annual Conference of the health board in Cleveland on June 13 with James Lita representing the local health board.
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