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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1909
Page
3
A bakery delivery driver faces public blame as customers fault him for bread shortages after his horse panics and loaves spill. The piece notes delays, cold mornings, and the bread man’s long night shifts with many stops, while highlighting the harsh reactions of customers and the difficulty of delivering fresh bread in winter.
The Family theatre stock company presented four humorous sketches led by Abel in a lively performance. Walter N. Ebel and others delivered strong turns with gaffs on streetcar schedules and a curious confession ending in forgiveness. Local patrons noted the lively cast and the timely humor amid a string of town visits and social notes.
Daily social notes record Mrs David Crock winning friends here and visits by Mrs Ellen Crimpinger and Minnie Rosin. Orpha Brownlee stays with her brother Emerson Browlee south of town. Janie Sharrock hosts Waukes Aid at M B R church last Wednesday. Ada Rutherford visits Climax, Clara Hella returns from a visit with Mrs Biune in Delaware. Kenewel Wolf and Jane Kerr visit John Sulser at Powell over Sunday.
A list of unclaimed mail items and recipients in Marion dated June 1 1909 includes numerous names such as James T Black Granville Burton Henry Beiner Clint Beomer Harry Coe and Walter Fawlkes. The notice names receivers and firms like The Conkling Automatic Cultivator Co and T C G and cites miscellaneous personal and business correspondences awaiting pickup.
In Egypt the goose is Seb’s emblem and symbol of It, a revered figure found in inscribed praise. Burman and Ceylonese rites, Japanese art, and Chinese weddings show geese as tokens of peace, faith, and happiness. Ancient ties include Layard’s Nineveh finds and a giant procession near Anuradhapura.
A garbled historical note discusses secrecy in voting and a critic praising the ballot system. The fragment cites a dubious proverb and references learning, reunion, and a partisan dampening on postvote behavior. The text remains cryptic and distorted with no clear events or individuals.
In a stage bit at the Minstrels, Mistick Bones and Mistah Tambo argue over a riddle about work and difference. The sketch proceeds to Mr. Squeekin de Throte performing a somber ballad titled It Would Have Been All the Same Today if You Hadnt Done What You Hid.
The New York Globe reports Professor Rowland of Jota Hopkine University as a leading physicist since Joseph Henry. Noted for calculating the mechanical equivalent of heat and spectrum gratings, he built a machine cutting 40 000 lines per inch on polished metal and helped develop the multi plex telegraph apparatus. He reportedly answered that he was the greatest American scientist when asked in court, remarking that he was under oath.
A New York Post column cites a shopper amused and troubled by a marine painting in a downtown art store window. The piece shows a lighthouse with incorrect red and green navigation lights, prompting the observer to contemplate confronting the proprietor about the erroneous marine imagery.
A well known actor leaving a small town near Timeis spent summer there and heads to Chicago for rehearsals. He is met at the rural station by a stranger who offers to pay for one of his two extra trunks claiming it will save money. The actor pays the excess as usual.
A rustic tale unfolds in a tangled comic romance in which Prudence Smith and Zabed Winters face scheming relatives, misheard vows, and a frog in the stomach rumor before finally choosing to marry in a quiet village ceremony. The tale weaves family pressure, social expectations, and stubborn pride through a long, comic path to a wedding.
The tale centers on Archibald Gelkle the geologist and a friend’s overheard quarreling wheels of a strange farmer story. A man at the cleagh hears a wheen ticking and a lone figure with a hammer as he describes rocks and a lair of stanes and a beotund.
Dayboos of John Stuart Blackie notes the gentlest sex can become masterful and tyrannical when emotion dominates reasoning. He argues intense womanly passion, unchecked, leads to intolerance and treason, likening it to a stormy wind that ignores contraries.
The state may transfer land to a man to enable a small holding but cannot grant the energy or industry that makes the boon enduring. It may curb bad traits but cannot give men the moral character that enables those blessings.
A London Strand Magazine excerpt depicts a tense confrontation as a character declares dominance and another reveals borrowed teeth. A rural scene follows with neighbors discussing a large funeral and a boy remarking on the scale of the event while a girl comments on fate and propriety.
A dialogue snippet from a Cleveland Plain Dealer item shows a mother scolding her son Wille in a school dispute. The exchange highlights tensions in home training and expected classroom behavior.
A reproduction titled The Countg Stocus was advertised for sale in a Bertha shop window with the large caption Suitable for a wedding present.
R. R. Notes reports two new Reali Wee reviews and a Sunday timetable effective soon. Added southbound 7:38 morning and northbound 6:28 afternoon arrivals improve service. summer schedule will boost city traffic. Harvey Ryan, a Treman, dodged derailment on Saturday, suffered injuries, will miss days. Harvey Gee, son of M A Gee of the city, changes to freeman on the Bele and seeks no other work.
In a clipped exchange a reader named George hears a remark about being upright and predictable while another voice comments on a timing coincidence. The fragment hints at a private joke or misunderstanding between two people, with a casual, humorous tone.
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