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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
8
Tribesfolk of the Tribe of Ben Hur announce memorial services for members and leaders. Community members are invited to participate in the observances and share memories at the gathering.
Nine vacant chairs were set to honor nine deceased members Anna Wells Florence Parkerson W Garvin A J Eckfeld J Bi Rhoads Mary Harahbarger Otis Keightley Hattie Battenstein Rebecca Miller as white clad children laid bouquets. Rev Currin of First Baptist spoke on Ben Hur. A lodge ceremony added evergreen on the altar. A strawberry social was planned for July 10.
An old classified style notice claims deafness from catarrh can be cured by constitutional remedies. It asserts the Eustachian tube inflammation causes hearing loss and offers $100 for a cure through Catarrh Cure. Includes Toledo 0 based company and product pitches.
Annual meeting of the Marion Retail Merchants’ association will be held at the Y M C A building this evening. Election of officers is planned and topics include whether to host a fall home coming week or an annual outing and possibly both as a compromise. President R Tews will preside with remarks from George B Christian W E Spofeld and others.
Marion delegation failed to secure removal of Sheriff Crown as Governor Harris ruled he cannot act to oust a nonperforming sheriff. The Law and Order league sought action over enforcement of Sunday laws outside Marion, while local sentiment shifts to public opinion and grand jury avenues.
Bride to be Mary Sybil from Urbana and Carroll H. May of Louisville announce a forthcoming wedding. Both are well known in Urbana and graduates of Ohio Wesleyan University. May teaches Latin and Greek at Louisville Male High School. The couple began their life together after the ceremony, with hopes for a refined, cultured home.
The Ganz steam motorcar, dubbed Wee Exie, arrived in the city around 3 PM after departing Dayton at noon. It drew many local machinists and railroad men, who praised its design and passenger capacity, while a nearby rail wreck caused delays for trains No. 32 and No. 33, altering schedules and transferring passengers.
Promoters urge timely orders for strawberries suitable for canning and Merlot wine slated for May delivery. A. ry Lewis & Co. emphasizes prompt response to secure stock and schedule shipments.
State's star witness Merbert Glenn testified in the first degree murder case over the 1908 Westbrook killing near Cardington. He implicated William Mauch and Glenn in a plot to murder Westbrook for his money, describing a head blow with a binny and strangulation after which the body was buried on the Olentangy bank. The courtroom drew wide attention as farmers and townspeople attended.
An advertisement touts a Mystic Care remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia promising cure in 1 to 3 days. It claims rapid system cleansing and immediate relief after the first dose, with pricing at cents and one dollar, sold by The Damble Pharmacy opposite Pil Inn.
The twelve year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Luellan Owings stepped on a broken bottle at Nevil Main street injuring her right foot. An artery was severed and bleeding was profuse. Dr A Rhuwan arrived but the child fainted from blood loss before treatment. After four attempts the doctor stopped the flow and the patient was reported to be improving today.
Charles F Bett files for divorce from Adda M Bent in the court of common pleas. He says they married August 29 1901 at LaRue. He states she left with their two children June 24 1907 and threatened to kill the children when asked to stay home. She allegedly refused housework and sometimes locked the children inside.
Bent requests a divorce and custody of the children after an extended absence, seeking a legal settlement on parental rights and arrangements.
Police arrest Digashe Falvatory, an Italian, on a theft charge after a German employee Schroeder says a ten dollar note vanished from his pocket following a drink. The case lacked sufficient evidence and Falvatory was discharged in Abe ty ers court. Peru claims Pasco as loftiest city, at 14 875 feet above sea level with cool year round climate.
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