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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1890
Page
4
Local sports column lists players Weems and Cante from Tas Em Hen Inenrtnd ahead of a league game. The note records local teams and site details, noting community interest in the matchup and resulting standings.
Readable notices advertise a pension claim letter to Chas E Reynolds, loan terms, a farm for rent, and inquiries to W Z Marrepont. Bohrn & Bro claim top goods, and Wd Premerevor Dentist advertises services. Beetley’s lamp shop promises a large stock of lamps and hardware.
An extensive local advertisement touts Calvin S Brice’s fortune and promotes a busy Napoleon shopping scene. It hawks wagons and harness, fine linens, wooden furniture, and a wide assortment of clothing and farm tools from Eagle Clothing Home and other merchants. The piece also notes Brice’s vast wealth and discusses savings by buying cheap, urging readers to start saving now.
In Gallipolis on August 8 a state commission debated selecting a site for an asylum. After two sessions and high level consultations, President Walter joined Col. Vance in favor of Gallipolis, defeating Mr. Buanelle who supported Sidney.
Fragmentary 1800s text covers agricultural reports from the Ohio Board of Agriculture, harvest dates and crop conditions, plus miscellaneous items on weather, law, and local anecdotes. It references wheat and corn prospects, oat blight, hay harvests, and pasture conditions amid drought. It also mentions business figures like A T Stewart and a Michigan congressman, and includes scattered civic and health notes.
In the Ohio Senate this morning Mr. Sherman attributed the decline in farm land values, about 20 dollars per acre, to competition from the West. He claimed knowledge of every Ohio county and noted that while New England and other regions hold similar values, Ohio trends downward due to western pressure. The rambling text includes garbled fragments and unrelated lines about products and shops.
The Grand Forks dispatch reports the Democratic state convention nominated John D. maten for congress, Geo. P. Garrett for governor, F. A. Wilson for secretary of state, Charles S. Beech for auditor, Isaac P. for treasurer, and J. N. Brooke for attorney general. The platform backs tariff reform, free coinage issues, and alignment with national platforms, while avoiding local issue entanglements.
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