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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
7
The notice lists rates for subscribing to United Press Tele Town Service and Market Report, detailing pricing options and terms for readers seeking timely dispatches and market coverage through the service.
On June 12 in American history notable figures died including poet William Cullen Bryant born 1704 and Civil War commander John Rodgers born 1803. Also listed are General McDowell McCook born 1831. Astronomical events note Saturn Jupiter moon positions and rising times.
The Commoner invites Democratic senators to defend votes for a lumber tariff, arguing platform binding and national vs local interests. It argues that a lumber tax burdens most Americans to aid few timber owners and urges repeal of duties on wood pulp and paper while detailing questions on platform fidelity and constituency impact.
A late century Washington op ed notes rising political storms as Secretary McVeagh and Senators Aldrich Lodge challenge tariff revisions. It cites threats to protect monopoly interests, the Payne bill, and fears of a 1910 and 1912 Republican defeat. Reports say business improves with firmer iron and steel, while other items include a quip about Mrs Eddy and an unrelated alligator mention.
Two young women Eva Grant and Huth Mack from Pueblo were sent to the workhouse for sixty days after confessing to attempting to rob a Broadway department store. Detective Mira Bennett testified in the court of special sessions in New York.
After seven minutes, a common pleas jury awarded First National Bank $5,000 plus $167 interest against William Wirt. The case stemmed from Wirt failing to repay a loan used to buy an interest in a notorious box deal last winter. Wirt, father of ex State Senator B F Wirt, denies legal security was provided.
A large fire destroyed the F. Silberman & Co warehouse and the Ohio Sash and Door Company factory on Columbus street. Several workers escaped as walls collapsed. one firefighter was injured and crews fought to prevent a wider blaze in the warehouse and factory area.
Jackson Ky June reports from Callahan bedside say he will recover. Friends guard him closely and exact condition is unclear. Sumelent jurors were admitted to permit combined grand jury to investigate the shooting. They include noted feudists and many faces of the Harglas motion.
Canton June 12 Local reports say Wayne B Wheeler superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League will visit Canton next week to advise the Canton County Anti-Saloon League and assist in organizing the dry campaign. The Liberal campaign linked with the Canton Business Men's League appears set to oppose. Awaited secrecy surrounds petition signers who are misled into thinking the effort is temperance in nature.
A jailbreak report from Cincinnati notes "Toronto Jimmy" sought for late blowing and planned removal by friends from Willian town Kentucky. Police learned of mobilization and found bars sawed out of cells, with another prisoner possibly escaped.
A Youngstown meeting of brewers and Reece liquor dealers discusses backing a measure to overhaul the city’s liquor rules despite a dry minority. A Chamber of Commerce committee also considered the issue, while John Busco was arrested for illegal voting in the local option election amid disputed residency claims.
Washington June 12 junior class at Wellington high school strikes after the arrest of five members accused of tar and feathering a weather pump. The board of education offers a $10 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of those involved. This is the second strike this spring with seniors briefly walking out a month ago over suspensions tied to displaying the claw flag.
Town residents report a wagon and group paraded shouting as graduates were set to attend Thursday exercises. Tar and feather actions followed a pump painting in senior colors. An education inquiry found no definite culprit. seniors were asked to sign statements denying involvement.
The passage argues that in Flonny Baerloth's novel Rivand a woman's back conveys emotion more than tears or facial cues. It claims women use the back to signal feelings, avoiding commitment with a noncommittal gesture, contrasting with limited hand and arm signals.
Describes extreme cold and endless darkness in the Arctic with eight foot ice, snow year round, and dry air allowing low temperatures. Notes summer warmth for skating is too mild in some years. Mentions brilliant sunrises and sunsets but harsh nights, wind, and discomforts for travelers including burning skin and thirst from extreme cold.
Members of the British legation discuss the Persian tote shah. A tale shifts from a dinner in Park Lane to offerings of sheep for various women, ending with Mrs. Wills James deemed the most beautiful, whose value equals all others combined.
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled item about promoters and stock, mentioning capital, a Ponteguths choice, and a request to write poetry for the paper. The text is incomplete with many misread words and lacks clear events or names.
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