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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text presents per line entries about locals and names in a noisy style. The readable portions hint at community notes or brief items but lack clear events or actions. Strong entities are sparse. no definite dates, places, or scores emerge.
The article extols savings through steady budgeting and encourages buying wall paper and paints from Saur & Balsley. It notes the value of home decoration with affordable patterns, promotes the store’s broad stock, and highlights availability of drugs, stationery, and school supplies. It also mentions thanks to community aid after a fire and local notices about appointments and events.
Court house records list real estate transfers with names such as Saka McClure to John G. Markley and Mary B. Hitr to Alion Edwards, plus various parcels in Marion, Liberty, and Deshler townships. Also includes notices of new court cases, lodge resolutions, obituaries, local notices, and scattered ads referencing services and goods.
Polly Parker of Liberty Jp leased twenty acres to John Pennell a year ago on a verbal farmings condition. Parker demanded eviction after one year but Pennell refused, Simmons rented the land and had his team moved off. Pennell faced assault charges from Simmons but case dismissed for lack of costs. Forcible retention suit proceeded in probate context as jurors evaluated the farmer’s right to hold the property.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers excursion tickets to Louisville for Benevolent and Protective Order of Hiks members and others. Group fares for ten or more travelers are one fare round trip, valid May 16–17 for travel and return by May 22, 1891. Individual tickets May 14–20 with return by May 28, 1891 at one and one third fares under certificate plan.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a "new discovery" claimed to cure nervous and digestive symptoms including bad taste, throat issues, constipation, and general malaise. It references Mills and a product named Fille with doses noted as 0, 2h, and 1aH, but the text is incoherent and unreadable in places. The source lists women and children, suggesting widespread usage.
A permeant substitute for emery has been developed using tempered steel heated then quenched in water to create a pulverizing finish that mimics emery for grinding. Backlen's Arnica Salve touted as the best for cuts, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, chilblains, corns and skin eruptions. guaranteed to satisfy or money back. For sale by Dr. Homphrey. ice 25 cents per box.
Reading notes describe a simple method to revive withered cut stems by trimming an inch of the blackened end and placing them in water heated to about 120 degrees. Reported to revive flowers like violets kept on a table overnight, giving a fresh appearance as if just gathered.
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