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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1884
Page
2
A garbled OCR style listing outlines terms for one year advertisements and rates. It cites payment of $1.00 and mentions business notices, ads, and public announcements. The fragment references various departments and sections, with incomplete names and locations unclear in this readable portion.
A detailed portrait of Napoleon Kansas Harper County business life. The Golden Mortar and Crystal Mortar attract townsfolk to a grand drug and books house run by the Little Dutchman. Inside are lamps, cigars, pocket books, surgical tools, and a vast book collection. The writer notes the impact of literature on children and praises the store’s varied inventories and hospitalities. Also included are Harper county real estate notes and a quasi-epistolary segment about local commerce and town growth around Harper and Crayne in 1844.
A long testimony recounts efforts to obtain or withhold letters from Mr Blaine as part of a political bargaining. Witness describes meetings in a barber chair and a city room, including threats of ruin and pressure to surrender papers tied to Mr Blaine and Mr Fisher.
Correspondent from Loxton notes a Chicago meeting of Irish Americans forming a new militant Fenian movement modeled on Joh. O Mahoney with officers and future action planned in Paris. Berlin reports say arrests tied to an incendiary conspiracy with possible U S funding. Cork uncovers seized rifles and ammunition buried near the barracks. Galicia rail plot fails as dynamite attempts are halted. anarchist arrests continue in various locations.
Des Moines dispatch reports smallpox cases in the county linked to an emigrant group. Two soldiers died and seven neighbors fall ill after travel. travelers reportedly had health certificates. Also noted is Rev H A Grant, a colored minister aged 28, found guilty of drunkenness and immorality and suspended by a Warren Ohio church. Colored waiters are described as keeping quiet about table talk.
Special to the Detroit Free Press reports mounting revelations of theft by disbursing officers and confederates across departments. Burnside is accused of diverting proceeds from dead letter office items and old supplies, with losses exceeding tens of thousands. Defaulters emerge in the State and Navy bureaus as well. The piece notes Republican fears of a Democratic victory and hints at racial and political tensions.
A reader denounces Harris and ally Cobb over fish rights at the Maumee River dam. He threatens action if Ohio laws do not protect fishers and criticizes reform efforts and authorities. The letter ends by asking who five men who testified last Monday evening were and what they were doing.
W. Atkins of Girard Kansas reports he strongly recommends Electric Bitters to customers for kidney and liver relief and blood purification. He says they sell rapidly and save money on medical bills. The Washington Monument dedication is set for February 23 with extensive preparations underway.
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