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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1887
Page
1
Fragmentary text appears to mix names and terms without clear context. The readable bits mention various proper nouns and numbers but lack a coherent event or subject to summarize into a factual item. Further legible source material is needed for accurate card creation.
The notice extols Saur and Balsley as honest, long standing proprietors of a large Northwest drug, book and paint store. It highlights wide selection, low prices, and quality in medicines, perfumes, dyes, wallpaper, curtains, paints, and stationery. Also discusses the national ship canal debate and historical figures.
In a night action Jackson rode with his staff to reconnoiter and was shot in the upper arm after mistaking his party for the enemy. He urged Pender to hold ground as the last order he gave before amputation and death. News also covers Senator Hearst on silver and copper markets.
Readable scraps document a baseball crowd scene with commentary on players and officials, a timid home run mood, and a stray reference to a snake story in Indiana. Also appears are medical notes praising a purgative and insect repellent tips.
A Catholic priest and scientist from Charleston II, recently made lieutenant in the French army, claims a major breakthrough in making and using a powerful explosive. He asserts the discovery rivals early gunpowder, offering a substance that corrodes with water yet enhances destruction, and notes further tests and potential collaborators.
Dr. McDonald of Michigan attempted a snake charmer stunt in Lawrenceburg Indiana, capturing a venomous king of American rattlesnakes. The reptile bit him on the hand as he displayed it, causing serious poisoning and respiratory hemorrhages. Attendance scattered as the snake was killed and aid dispatched, with McDonald in dangerous condition.
Alfred Krupp famed as the Steel King dies leaving a vast industrial empire. He built the Tatl foundry and works into the world’s largest private concerns employing tens of thousands across Essen and mines in Neuwild Sagy and Bilboa Spain. His domain included ships rail lines telegraph stations and presses powering a network of industry and workers. He never sold a cannon to Germany and once refused a 1 million pound offer from Britain for a cannon model.
A Clinton Wis reader testifies to immediate and continued relief from hay fever using Ely s Cream Balm after a severe attack. The druggist obtained the balm at Covert Cheever and a portion was used, with strong endorsement for similar sufferers.
The journal urges feeding coarse foods like turnips beets and cooked clover hay to fatten hogs in any season. It claims shifting hog fattening from cold to warm weather could halve grain use, saving about $75 000.
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