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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1890
Page
2
Fragmented readable text hints at a sequence of events with scattered words about a ceremony or process. It mentions Monday and Tuesday phrases and inserted items, but the overall meaning and key entities are unclear due to garbled OCR. No clear people, places, organizations, dates, or outcomes emerge.
A promotional notice extols truthful advertising and praises Saur and Balsley as Northwest gift leaders. It highlights a vast holiday stock including books, encyclopedias, gold pens, perfume cases, albums, bibles, and gift books. No purchase required to browse the assortment.
War talk shifts to Ireland as Parnell and anti-Parnellite leaders arrive in Dublin. Healy and Maurice Healy among supporters, crowds clash with police, Parnell seizes United Ireland offices, receives torrent of cheers at Rotunda. Death notes include Indiana Supreme Court Judge J A S Mitchell, a noted jurist and DePauw alumnus.
In Akron Ohio during a Buchtel College birthday celebration nine Indy students dressed as Santa Clauses burned when cotton on their costumes ignited near a gas jet. Three girls died or are dying, others injured. Teachers Dora Morrill and Estelle Munson helped extinguish flames. Additional reports describe gas field concerns and a separate railway accident with multiple fatalities.
Saturday night Thomas Franklin quarreled with two Indians in Armago New Mexico, striking them with a billiard cue. One man died, another was seriously hurt. Apaches sought Franklin’s scalp but he was hidden by the sheriff. Indians demand justice while townspeople arm themselves amid potential trouble. Nearby a deadly cyclone near Monroe Georgia wrecked homes, killed residents, and injured a baby. A hermit in Kendall County Texas recalled a singular family claim. Millinery bargains tempt shoppers as Davison sisters offer new lines.
A garbled overview records a string of disasters and crimes across Indiana and neighboring states. Firefighters save lives after building collapses threaten to claim more, a man dies at a hospital, and others suffer life changing injuries. Reports mention gas line fears, a missing man later found, and a fatal railroad accident near Needles. Other items note political maneuvers, presidential commutations, and local misfortunes including an eagle rescue and a boy mauled by a boar. The document also cites economic anxieties, safety concerns, and social upheaval affecting workers and communities.
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