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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
6
An old telephone and train timetable notice from 1907 lists New York Central Lines with the Big Four route. It notes daily trains except locals and provides a contact, L. B. Nebbergall, ticket agent, and an information operator for further details.
An old advertisement for Colonial Country Club Hotel in West Baden Springs Indiana. It touts mineral baths and water cures for kidney liver stomach and nervous ailments with weekly year round rates from 6 to 5.40 per day and offers home treatment options using six gallons of mineral water for four dollars.
Marion defeats Twin Cities in a tight Tuesday night game at the arena. Key players Reichert and WIM excel in the Merh Hine defense while Hampered by rough play and fouls. Attendance and event details hint at a larger celebration plan for the town.
Local business leaders back a polo league plan with teams in Marion Lima Canton Zanesville and Ashland promising strong support. A five game series with a potential extra match is proposed to establish a winter polo circuit rivaling Ohio State baseball in structure and salaries.
March 16 report on Jake Daubert’s early pro tryout with the Cleveland Naps after a strong showing in Pennsylvania and organizational interest. The left handed first baseman is competing for a corner spot with Stovall and Hinchman, with prospects of a minor league assignment if not landed in Cleveland.
Teale the barber notes that he generally pologs when the home team wings, reflecting local chatter about game evenings and crowd energy.
Local chatter centers on the Ohio State league pennant with Lancaster excluded. Lanks eye a Newark victory to boost morale as plans for new organization and development of young players loom. Managers push trades to strengthen the roster with prospects like Hi Cherry and Hi Hetene drawing attention.
A garbled line from a historical paper quotes Leslie claiming Cleveland will win the pennant in the Maca City League with confident phrases. The wording appears unfinished but centers on a hopeful sports outcome for Cleveland.
O Day completes a trade sending Porter Heckman L Uhl Harry Hardy and George Hogan to Marion in exchange for Linfielder Lotshaw from Charleston HL The deal centers on Lotshaw who O Day believes could become a regular contributor while the four Marion players join under contract.
Charles Mason and Anson Sanford led the Marion bowlers in a Delaware encounter against the VMCSA team. Sanford rolled a 207 and Mason a 240 in strong showings, while other scores varied as the Marion squad impressed the rivals and onlookers with solid håndling of the lanes.
Lodge Motes Marion Lodge No. We Knights Of Pythias will host a social evening with cards billiards and a pot luck. All Pythian Sisters plan to meet Friday at 5 87. A Norwegian tribute event is announced to launch in Chicago today by Norwegian Americans across the United States to support a memorial fund.
An advertisement offers a catarrh remedy from Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes N. J. Cheney as honorable. The notice claims the product cures catarrh by direct action on the mucous surfaces and includes a testimonial and price. Also lists a wholesale druggist and a laxative product.
Hilda Smith arrives at Paddington and, misdirected, is taken to Ballarat Mansions by a wary housekeeper. She meets a tall mysterious man, Mr John Smith, who clarifies the mix up with another John Smith at No 8. The scene shifts to breakfast as she grapples with the odd encounter and social manners.
In a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item, Miss Hilda meets the other Mr. Smith at 8 Ballarat Mansions. Her husband explains a spare room kept for entertaining an angel, while the visiting Smith, John Smith, a company director, hosts dinner and theater visits before a last change of name to Miss Smith. Ivory playing cards from Persia are noted.
A busy housewife fails to keep food waste from the refrigerator drip tray, despite a warning alarm. The story notes a tweet tied to the drain pipe and the drip water entry, suggesting a domestic mishap or quirky gadget issue.
The text describes a hazardous overflowing waste and a convoluted method to stop it. It details sending heat to a refrigerator, a reservoir that rises violently, and a vibrating spring bell. It then shifts to cooking instructions involving pork and mashed potatoes.
A fragment outlines a beef drying process using malt sugar and pepper. The method involves salting for three days, turning, and drying with hot air, claiming the beef will dry in a week. A note discusses automobiles and injuries, then mentions a Boston court in a dissenting context.
An ambitious note states the goal of becoming the leading flour supplier in the region through Carnation Flour milling. It promises constant improvements and urges readers to demand Carnation Patent flour guaranteed for quality in baking and other uses.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company began proceedings to release a 225000 mortgage on the late Charles T. Yerkes New York property bequeathed to Moy Yerkes for a Pablo art gallery. The mortgage matured soon after Yerkes' death and the suit proceeds amid local notice and administration by Bishop Potter.
The fragment suggests a New York City scene on upper Fifth Avenue labeled a society group with misused terms and unclear purpose. It hints at social clubs or women’s fraternities under scrutiny, with potential implications for propriety and class networks.
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