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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1909
Page
4
The article discusses tobacco use influencing physical effort and intellectual activity, noting moderate smoking as a stimulant for some but hindering others. It cites studies and personal observations, compares effects in physical labor versus quiet study, and mentions political tensions over tariff revisions and party dynamics shaping national policy.
A Cleveland pastor defies the Presbyterian general assembly by declaring he will not quit smoking. The piece argues about sin, liberty, and historic hypocrisy in American prohibition and church discipline, noting the struggle between personal conscience and ecclesiastical authority.
James J. Hill argues that if Congress adjourned for years and left tariffs and other issues alone the country could prosper. He notes that regulatory reform often harms more than helps and that lawmakers always draft new laws to replace those repealed. He laments constant legislative action and praises the foresight of lawmakers in preserving the nation from excessive rules.
Middletown N. Tune. Clement Hopkins formerly with the Diandrie Vale company, stabbed himself with a ton-inch knife in his Montgomery bungalow near the heart after asking guest Peters for water. He had been deranged for some time and there was no hope of recovery.
Boyle brother from Mercer Pennsylvania travels to Pittsburgh to decide the best course to secure freedom for his sister. The court proceedings are summarized but no appeal plan has been decided.
Wapokanett and nearby towns play a role in a counterfeit sting where Lyman and Larton allegedly conspired with LyMAA and Kohl proprietor to pass fake bills. Police say first a $10 note passed as genuine then $10,000 in counterfeit money was offered for $1,000 cash. Lyman admitted, implicating Lorton, with arrests on technical charges and bond set at $1,000 each.
Dr. Charles Edward Stowe recalls how his mother wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin after a vision and shared it with church members who pledged to fund a Negro education project. She earned little from foreign rights or dramatization, hoping to found a school for Negroes, but the funds fell short.
Bankers and traffic managers report Washington Oregon and Montana faces the largest harvest in the inland empire history. Indications point to record wheat prices as up to 80 million bushels were produced in 1907 and about 80,000 men expected to harvest this season across twelve eastern Washington counties.
Detroit reports two men dying and several others including two women and a child injured in a series of auto incidents between Saturday noon and Monday morning. An unidentified man died late Saturday. John Noonton, a warehouse foreman, died in hospital from injuries after being struck on Jeffora avenue. Mrs. Fran Jim and Morenen Mart, a six year old girl from Tymden Ont, were also injured.
Mary Gill, a 26 year old woman from Brooklyn, was charged with vagrancy and arrested in a Fulton Street department store by detective Grace Berg for taking items and concealing them in her garment bag. She claimed to be Mary Overton from Madison, New Jersey, but later identified as Mary D. Gill of Brooklyn. Magistrate Dooley set her in $500 bail for examination tomorrow.
Reports from Clark County near The Knobs describe mysterious cries heard at night. Farmers, led by Lester Loveless near his farm, chased a strange animal that fled into brush, sparking theories it is a panther, a large wild hog, or possibly a human in the wild. Locals note The Knobs is rugged, poor ground, and a famed hunting area.
Sheriff and a posse dispersed a large gathering of roosting bird fighters in Canton Ohio. About 50 men were assembled in nearby woods with 75 game roosters, a roasting pit, and a luncheon table. The event drew participants from Pittsburg and Cleveland and others, but no arrests were made.
In Somerset Pennsylvania a torture and robbery case links a man dubbed a necro miner and three Italians to attacks on Mrs Mittle Ashe, 90, her daughter Mrs Mary Ober, and Miss Annie Ober. A woman in disguise as a man reportedly participated, with arrest efforts centering on Ellis and the Italians.
Tutt revolved into Teplice Aimbanwador White as the party agreed to accept the position. Rumora of Me White nears retirement causing genuine regret, especially in the official circle and among the American chamber of commerce. Dr Shannon of Shieburgh stated that among 1000 city children under three, 647 had tuberculosis.
A damaged fragment notes a school board discussion about students who wore feathers and painted two young men at a ceremony. It describes taunting and an undesirable incident, with references to discipline likely for the offenders and a prior action by senior students.
Mollie Riche was stripped, tarred and feathered, and thrown into Pike Run by 16 men near West Pike Township after being accused of improprieties. H O Wright was found with a woman in a nearby house, stripped and beaten, and both filed charges against Jy J Charles, Clifford Wright, and Charles P Wright for aggravated assault and battery. Warrants issued. no arrests by late night. The incident follows prior warnings to the woman to leave the area.
General Frederick Funston commander of the army service schools at Fort Leavenworth fired three shots at an intruder in his quarters after waking to a burglar. The man escaped and Funston was unharmed. He said the intruder waited until he was asleep to rifle his pockets.
At a Monday meeting Joy Cooper Post No. 117 G A R adopted resolutions of appreciation to Marion citizens for Memorial Day observances. They thanked merchants for closing stores, the board of education and students, Mrs J F P McNeal and a quartet for music, the W B R C for cooperation, the luncheon organizers, the Milk Company for butter milk, and all who contributed to a memorable day for veterans.
In Columbus during Mayor Bondle's honeymoon the doge will be required to wear muzzles. With a mad dog scare, Acting Mayor At fotlog issued a ten day order mandating muzzles on dogs in public, allowing one dog without a muzzle per owner while on city streets. The Humane Society criticized the move and warned of potential legal action.
The Supreme Court today held that Columbus cannot levy a local wealth or commerce tax on farmers and others living outside the city who pass through for pleasure or business. The ruling narrows the applicability of city taxes to residents and those conducting business within Columbus.
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