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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1887
Page
4
A color woman with a large aneurysm in the neck near the subclavian artery underwent ligature after locating the artery. The surgery lasted three and a half hours with careful dissection and a successful result, aided by a new contrivance for threading the ligature.
A large crowd gathers at the White House for New Year’s reception with President Cleveland presiding despite fatigue from illness. Diplomats, officials, soldiers, and citizens mingle in the roped corridors as weather aids décor. The event marks Mrs. Cleveland’s appearance and prompts political chatter on Illinois Senate succession following General Logan’s death.
A reader denounces Dr Simmons Liver Regulator sold by Zeilin & Co calling it fraudulent and useless. The correspondent laments poor previous purchases and urges sending genuine product from honest hands, warning that counterfeit goods could harm buyers. Letter ends with initials and date fragment.
The article describes soap production with rendered soda lye and tallow, detailing the causticizing, mixing, and molding stages. It shifts to an advertisement for Athlophoros kidney and liver remedies, with testimonies from William J. Hutchison and claims of curing rheumatism and related ailments.
Scribner's Magazine will be a broadly illustrated general literature periodical. Notable early contents include unpublished Thackeray letters, Washburne reminiscences of the Siege and Commune of Paris, Mortimer diaries glimpses, and early New York social letters. Fiction from Harold Frederic, Stevenson, Harris, Janvier, and many others. Special papers planned include on socialism, Babylonian cylinders, portraits of Civilis, and coast defence. Subscriptions $3 per year or 25 cents per copy. Agencies listed in New York.
Brooklyn Engle Taturviow reporter describes pigeon shooting clubs across the country. Birds are trained for rapid dashes from hides, with one third escaping unhurt while others are killed or badly wounded and recovered by retrievers. Dead birds are sold to restaurants.
The January Cow I von collects notable fiction and essays. Salvatore Farina writes Signor Io in its third and fourth chapters, praised as witty and profound. Frank G. Carpenter surveys Martha Washington critically. L B Platt’s Beirut to Batbtee offers humorous travel notes. William M. Bris contributes A Humble Castle In Spain. Other strong stories by Garshine, Louise Chandler Moulton, and Earnest Winchert appear alongside poems and pieces. Price 20 cents. Klicht & Field Co. Rochester NY.
A collage of odd notes: Pomona man shoots a four legged quail, grape acreage in California tops seventy thousand acres, Germany shows extensive agricultural land, France hosts many all male Masonic lodges, a giant cheese from Ontario weighs 4500 pounds, bees react to South Carolina quakes, Columbia name traced to 1701 poems, a Mexican flower reputed to change color and scent, Tehuantepec tree grows the plant Thy, buckling idiom travels to Lincolnshire England as a guide to how livestock are tilted when killed or hauled up.
Chicago capital aims to create a resort at Cheltenham Beach with half a million dollars, a large hotel, cafe, iron pier, and steamers. Admission would be free to draw crowds, hoping to replicate Coney Island’s appeal in Chicago.
Report describes Washington luncheons noted for vivid color schemes with yellow and olive candles and yellow flowers. Pink luncheons use pink favors and violet accents. Chicago tidbits mimic fashion and decor trends in social gatherings.
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