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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1887
Page
1
An energetic promotional piece for J.C. Saur the Little Dutchman highlights strong customer traffic, insistence on pure medicines, and deep discounts. It touts wall paper stock, paints and oils, diamond white lead, and a large book department with aggressive pricing aimed at making homes more attractive and affordable.
May 13 reports warn of devastating forest fires in Plymouth and Wareham areas, forcing evacuations near Saw Ivy and Tahonat, with mills shut and residents fleeing. Michigan also suffers widespread blazes around Nestoria and Le Toy, threatening pine forests and crops as smoke blankets northern cities.
Frightful blast near Mresirdan Crvy Indiana as 21 year old Martin Bout was plowing when a dynamite bomb buried underground exploded. He suffered severe injuries including loss of his right hand, broken bones, deep cuts, and loss of hearing and sight. Cause of the bomb remains unknown.
A garbled May 16 news digest reports the death of Justice Woods, with funeral details and court adjournment plans. It also touches President Cleveland’s land policy, railroads, and party debates, interweaving editorials on taxation and public lands with scattered local notes and humorous items.
A Yale professor named Heness advocates the Natural Method to teach German. He starts students as children, guiding them with finger prompts and spoken responses to build language through action. The narrator recalls a lively session, noting the professor’s playful insistence on using all senses to learn language.
A fragmentary advertisement promotes a patent medicine claiming to purge blood, stimulate kidneys, and restore vitality within an hour. It touts non stimulant tonics and bitters as ineffective, urging readers to buy a so called health remedy at a nominal price.
A prominent lawyer argues the oath in law should be dropped. He claims truthfulness comes from conscience, not punishment, and perjury grows as the oath remains. He urges making lies in court at least more decent and less profane.
A garbled collage reports on conspiracy claims about price controls and market withholding, a Geneva town clerk race with Briggs prevailing, repeated local vote ties and penny votes, royal superstition fears around a prince, and Rhode Island governor titles in a dull political aside.
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