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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1887
Page
6
A feature discusses Ohio canal plans and water management, the Miami and Erie waterways, and potential future canal links. It includes a letter praising Warner’s Safe Cure for kidney disease, its alleged medical merit, and conflict with medical authorities in England.
The item argues Governor Foraker’s proposed mortgage tax would force foreign capital from Ohio, raise interest rates, and depress real estate values. It warns of treble taxation, reduced state revenue, and harm to home merchants and farmers, urging the legislature to drop the plan.
Knox ville Tenn Chief of Police J J Atkins writes that his family and friends have benefitted from Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and regard it as all it is claimed. Trial bottles free at D J Humphrey’s Drug Store Lange Sine 1.10.
The column discusses Senate votes on the Inter-State Commerce bill and anti Mormon measures, noting rail freight impacts and political stances. It describes a White House reception, Marine Band pay, and criticisms of wartime and cabinet treatment, with reflections on Republican and Democrat positions.
The piece notes a likely January thaw across the country driven by the sun's southern hemisphere maximum. Reports from captains Quick Reynolds and Blackford describe thick vapor at sea as evidence. The thaw is expected to raise flood risk in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
Fragmentary lurid tale recounts a con man era with "owl Oil Johnny" who rose from poverty to wealth through lavish folly. His fortune vanished after buying horses, carriages, diamonds, and mistresses, ending as a tramp in a Mt. Holly jail. The piece mixes rumors of herbal cures and sensationalized anecdotes.
The piece outlines feature sections such as editorials on current topics by leading writers, special articles in dramatic literature, poetry and miscellany, and a detailed market report. It mentions a focus on labor movement sympathies and a department on the psychology of public law.
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