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MARION, Ohio. "The Moving Ball".
The greatest curiosity in the vicinity of Marion is the famous "Moving Ball" which
is thirty-six inches in diameter of highly polished granite and rests on the
monument in the C. B. Merchant lot in the cemetery. The monument was erected
in the fall of 1896 and the huge sphere which weighs 4200 pounds rested in the
position as placed until 1903 when it was noticed that the rough spot as shown
in the picture had in some manner moved out of the socket where it was originally
placed and since then it has gradually moved until July first, 1908 it is estimated
to have covered 56 inches. The movement is much faster in winter than any
other time of year and always in the direction of North to South. One explanation
is given that freezing and thawing hundreds of times and as the socket is nearly
always damp and heat expanding finally forced it out of its socket. However,
scientists in Europe and this country are not agreed as to its movement.
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C. G. Wiant, Bookseller & Stationer Souvenirs. No 12 Marion, Ohio.
APR 24
5-PM
For Correspondence.
Dear Gertrude:
Hope you
by
are lots better
this time. Having
fine time
Clara
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Miss Gertrude Roose
Perrysburg
Ohrio.
