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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
14
City officials warn of heavy fines for bootleggers and speakeasies amid claims illegal liquor sales persist. Police plan strict enforcement as central district raids target covert whiskey traffic and hotel vice.
Notice proclaims Edward A Sloan appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Mary A Blow, deceased, late of Marion County. Dated Marion Ohio November 3, 1808.
The undersigned has been appointed and qualified as special administrator of the estate of Silas W. Briges, late of Marion County. The oath was taken and filed in Marion on November 1, 1908. Otto H. Briges, Marion, Ohio.
The column debates prohibition, citing anti saloon rhetoric and moral law. It contrasts protective civil law with social welfare aims and quotes ministers and editors from the Union Signal and Christian Evangelist on the saloon’s harms and constitutional questions. It also references trials, governors, and liquor revenue debates as supports for prohibition.
Formosa tribes in Giran province offered to submit to the government under two conditions. The government demanded nine skulls and surrender of arms. the former was accepted, the latter rejected by many, leading to renewed resistance and government troops advancing guard lines and fortifications near Alyudideda.
An aging lawyer is noted for calm presence that yields victories even when odds seem insurmountable. He advised his young client to cry loudly at each courtroom setback, a tactic that drew sympathy and helped secure favorable outcomes before a judge.
The presiding judge asks what is wrong as a crying defendant hints the lawyer taunted him by thumping a tire. The estate lawyer pivoted the moment, telling the jury to judge crime against childish candor and simplicity, and he gained a favorable verdict.
Readable fragments show cattle receipts around 600 with mixed to steady prices, hogs steady to strong with large Monday estimates, sheep and lambs steady, and grains with assorted bid levels. Locations include Spokane and Cleveland with market activity noted. numbers vary and many lines resemble sensor data rather than full reports.
A series of curiosities show nature’s fakes from misread footprints to shells mistaken for bones. It recounts misidentified fossils like the vaeniite and the cozoon, plus doctored plant markings and a Napoleon nail tale from Waterloo era relics reported by the Argonaut and Saturday Evening Post.
The issue lists mixed commodity quotes for cereals and livestock from New York, including oats and corn futures, and notes dairy items like butter and creamery products with price ranges. It records several opening and closing figures, warehouse terms, and month baskets, with occasional misspellings and garbled OCR marks.
Corrected daily figures show wheat at Sie per Li and various grains and produce priced per bushel sack or pound. Notes list corn prices old and new, cloverseed, timothy, lard, butter, sugar, tea, vinegar, salt, beans, rice, corn meal, flour, prunes and several brand name flour and oil prices with small lot descriptions and a few vendor initials.
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