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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
5
Chas, Tanner and Co advertise ripe pineapples of all sizes and fresh cherries for canning at low prices. This week is the best time to prepare, with daily arrivals. Leave your order and specify the desired day, and they will handle the rest.
In the court of common pleas today demurrers and answers were filed in cases involving Elizabeth Owens versus John D Owens and Annie F McNeal et al. The proceedings concern bankruptcy actions from May 17, 1907, homestead claims in Prospect Valley valued at $800, and disputes over property transfers and mortgage interests, with Judge Babst overruling a demurrer in Owens vs Owens.
Mr M J Turke of South Main street remains in critical condition today due to heart disease after months of illness. The Luther League of the Evangel Heal Lutheran church met Tuesday evening at Miss Anna Fotter's Reed Avenue home for a social with refreshments. The young son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Hollenbeck of Barnhart street fell at Kis Nome Tuesday injuring his left knee and received local medical attention.
News from the West coast of Africa reports a May disaster on the Congo river where the steam boat Ville de Bruges sank after a tornado. Six Europeans died, four were killed by canchballets, and seventy enslaved Africans drowned. Also notes a local birth and an engagement announcement in Union and Pleasant townships.
The Elks dancing club hosted the moonlight dance at Marion park pavilion attracting about thirty seven couples. Harvey Martin directed a five piece orchestra providing dance music while the event was organized by Albert Howe Charles W. Moron and Frank V. Stoll.
A Marion Ohio resident Benjamin Copeland testifies five years after recommending Doan's Kidney Pills and Doan's Ointment. He cites relief from itching rectal trouble, nasal catarrh, backache, and kidney discomfort. Foster Milburn Co. markets in the U S. Missouri Supreme Court nullifies a law banning liquor sales near large state schools, applying only to the University of Missouri at Columbia.
George Paughlin was found guilty of murdering his wife in Cleveland on June 17 and received a verdict with a clemency recommendation. He expressed relief that he would not die, remarked about hoping to save his mother, and claimed a trade as a shipbuilder if allowed to work in prison. His mother and mother-in-law showed visible distress in court. He will be sent to Columbus to begin life imprisonment.
Charles Knapp, inmate of the Columbus State Hospital, escaped yesterday afternoon aided by a man driving a horse attach ed buggy. Knapp, held on homicidal tendencies, had been admitted after a Marion county probate court hearing and is believed headed toward Green Camp area. authorities warn he is dangerous and may relapse.
A passenger train left the track seven miles east of Washington D H last night. Engineer J C Floyd of Newark was killed and Fireman George Kuninger fatally injured. Many passengers were hurt as the engine and mail car wrecked. A special train carried doctors to the scene. The cause was unclear with the track badly damaged.
Washington June 17 The mangled body of Charles Robinson 29 from this city arrived from Chillicothe after being found on the H. C. railroad track by a tramp at midnight. His throat was cut or gashed and skull crushed, suggesting murder and placement on the track. His brother William accompanied the remains. $69 found in his pocket but only $1.90 on discovery. Blood pools and trampling indicate a violent struggle. A copper cent and an item from Malmesbury abbey were noted in the report.
The fragment mentions NG'S DYSFEPSIA TABLETS described as a digestive remedy with a claim of relief. Details are unclear due to garbled text but the item appears to reference a medical tablet and its intended use for dyspepsia. Further verifiable specifics are not present in the readable portion.
Fireless stoves or self cookers have been used in Germany for years. After thorough heating, food is placed inside the box, seated for a set time, then opened to finish cooking by retained heat and ready to serve.
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