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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1884
Page
1
Local notices include marriage announcements and other notices. A weekly schedule lists services and religious events. The page invites readers to call for subscription rates and ad details.
A detailed, period-voice panorama of Napoleon's grand drug and book firm led by J. Saur, the "Lite Dutchman." The piece extols Crystal Mortar frontage, imposing three story brick blocks, vast show windows, and a vast stock of medicines, papers, books, and hardware, noting the store’s influence on local culture and commerce.
The Defiance Democrat lists probate notices and guardian accounts across multiple counties. It notes hearings in July 1864 for Curtin and others, plus various probate rulings, guardianships, and notices of estate sales in Henry and Napoleon counties with dates, locations, and appointed administrators.
Thousands Say So. W. T. Atkins of Girard Kansas endorses Electric Bitters to customers, praising rapid sales and complete satisfaction. The ad claims the medicine purifies blood, steadies kidney and liver complaints, regulates bowels, and saves doctor's bills, priced at 60 cents a bottle by Mur.
A bank near the brick powder magazine northwest of Axton, Ohio, exploded after workers removed powder. Woods allegedly threw a light into the area causing the blast that killed Perry Peck, 16, whose only remains were a scarred skull. Several nearby youths were injured but not seriously.
Washimatox of Washington DC states that after years of neuralgia she found relief using St Jacobs Oil. In a recent attack extending to the neck shoulders and back rubbing the affected areas three times removed all pain as if by magic and has not returned.
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