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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1887
Page
1
J C Saur markets a busy season with low prices and pure goods. The Little Dutchman advertises medicines, wall papers, paints, oils, brushes, and a large book department, claiming daily customer influx and cheap, fresh products. Safer, purer remedies and wholesale prices target households across Ohio.
Real estate transfer notes list multiple moves among individuals and firms, including Clymer to W A Bowen and Be Sizubie within Hancock County, with accompanying 1946 era notices. Additional items touch on money loans, property sales, and varied short notices about local business and public affairs.
A Columbus letter from a regular correspondent reports on political fund-raising. describes Mayor Ben Ten canvassing for Republican campaign funds, notes party loyalties in this county, and mentions a scandal at Ohio Penitentiary with food mismanagement under Foraker allies. It also covers Ohio legislative moves, court decisions, and remarks by Governor Foraker amid a broader political clash between parties.
The will of the late Henry Ward Beecher was filed for probate. It appoints executors Henry B Beecher William C Beecher and Rev Samuel Scoville of Norwich New York with power to manage and distribute the estate for the benefit of Beecher’s children and provides for life installment payments to his wife from life insurance. The document also details per stirpes succession and estate sale powers.
A Merchant's Traveler column offers humorous samples of girl types with punning names such as Sal Vatson a good girl Annie Manity a disagreeable girl and a fighting girl Little Mogin. The list mixes playful descriptions with invented identities and ends with the quip the best girl of all your own.
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