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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1885
Page
6
A wide-ranging piece recounts Apache hunting culture, buffalo herds, and frontier warfare across the Arkansas, Republican and Platte rivers. It notes decline of buffalo, brutal conflict with settlers, and bleak prospects for soldiers in harsh desert campaigns. A second feature recalls a Cincinnati tragedy where a mother mourns her son killed in a drunken assault, and a doctor defends himself in court.
A San Francisco reader recalls grasshopper invasions in North California and the plains. Exchanges retell episodes of trains halted by swarms, encampments buried twenty feet deep, and air holes blasted with powder. A wagging humor thread ends with a jokey exchange about twins named Thunder and Lightning.
A cattle board quarantines the Mitchell herd after pleuro pneumonia signs are found in cows and a three year old cow is slaughtered for examination. Dr. Butler’s diagnosis is confirmed. indemnity ideas are urged. The piece also reports on Tammany boss John Kelly at Clifton Springs amid rumors of mental and physical decline and praises his leadership and character.
A 60 year old widow, troubled by a 15 year presumed tumor, underwent surgery led by Dre. McFatrick Jay and Clark. An abdominal incision revealed a fully formed infant instead of a tumor, the child living briefly before perishing from operative effects.
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