The Northwest Advertisements Insight
Fragmentary notice in The Northwest presents an advertisement about free baby items and a sale of bathing products, with unclear specifics and illegible names.
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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1887
Page
5
Fragmentary notice in The Northwest presents an advertisement about free baby items and a sale of bathing products, with unclear specifics and illegible names.
Ohio Governor Foraker faces pressure to arm militias amid border tensions with Canada. Reports from Washington and Albany discuss War Department aims, local defense plans, and fear of incursions as Canadians reinforce maritime provinces with British warships. A Canadian herring incident provokes Yankee anger and calls to Senator Frey. A drowning death in Ohio is ruled accidental after a inquest.
The Herald reports a New York syndicate purchased the town and surrounding assets in Alabama, including furnaces and other facilities, totaling about four million dollars. The move is framed as boosting local economies, with claimed benefits from reduced internal revenue and stamps. Aimed at improving local industry, the purchase is tied to various market and health toneings, including references to tonic medicines and general commerce.
Police Captain Schaack reports a drawing of basement tunnels centered on the Jail yard with lines extending to Clark street buildings. Five shoe dealers planned to lease a basement with partitioned fronts to conceal planned passage for delivering and removing items. Authorities, keeping a clove watch, fear tunnels intended to aid anarchists in blowing up the condemned and officers during executions.
An obscure religious faction dubbed the Come-Outers rattles Weston and Deshler with public healings and controversial acts. Allegations include a wealthy member selling a home to fund a preacher, ties to a drunken hotel scene, and threats of violence. The episode features local gossip, a vaudeville-style joke about a Methodist preacher, and questions about printer's money.
A fragmentary piece discusses a larva in fruit and the life cycle of a worm, then pivots to a nostalgia filled commentary on the United States Senate. It notes Calhoun Webster Benton and Wright as former giants, with later figures like Edmunds Sherman and Chase, Payne Ingalls and Sawyer cited as past great men. The Mayor’s Message is invoked, urging praise of Salvation Oil for rheumatism and recommending its household use.
Obscure 19th century price list note lists wheat near No. 2 grade and bran as commodities. Mentions New York import prices per barrel and various traders, including Jereanthae and Plagtor with foreign currency headings.
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