Indictment of Post Office Official and Civil War Gloom
A government official in New Jersey, charged by the grand jury with embezzlement, faces an indictment. Across the page, reports describe Gordon's doomed Khartoum relief scenario, garrison desertions, and prisoners at Shendy, followed by rural farming notes and a dramatic Midland Ohio incident where a man escaped a man-eating stallion aided by a dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waseixeron
Burndile
Bover
Dongola
Khedive
Gordon
Shendy
Kohartoum
Khartoum
Bouton
E! Mahdi
Midland
Ohio
The Gloom and Gossip at Charlestown Gathering
A fragment from Charlestown reports a mood of gloom over a supper scene and a failing economy, where Effie jokes about pork shortages and a plan to issue invitations for wooden wells. The piece shifts to a Presbyterian Synod debate on evolution, concluding with a dissenting vote. Additional items mock advertisements and odd notices from various towns, including a brash marriage plea and a deadly ad in Deadwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darling
Effie
Richard
Charlestown
Presbyterian Synod
Greenville
Woodrow
Columbia Theological Seminary
Columbia
Fatal shooting during play at Cobb home in ZanPaville
Two boys aged nine and seven played with a loaded revolver found on a shelf in Grant street. Eddie Cobb pulled the trigger and a bullet struck Albert Carlow above the right eye. Carlow is expected to die. The weapon had been used days earlier and one chamber was loaded. The report also notes a court ruling on home lessons and a lighthearted anecdote about Mrs. Parvenu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Carlow
Cobb
Delaware for Cleveland and others curious pages
A fragmented 19th century item mixing a mock science explanation about milk dipping, quips about geography and race, and stray notices. It mentions J C Sur and medical salves, then shifts to General McClellan as a society figure and decorative bouquets, conveying a noisy collage of tricks and social satire.
Terme and Notices in The Northwest Advance Ad Rates
Legal notices and executor notices published at one cent per word with 10 cent minimum and 1 dollar for position. Advertisements must be paid in advance and adhere to the publisher’s schedule.
Napoleon’s Golden Mortar and Crystal Mortar Emporium
A detailed portrait of Napoleon town’s largest and oldest business house owned by J. G. Sam the Little Dutchman. The three story brick block, grand parlors, vast drug and book stock, walnut book cases, holiday gift selections, and a busy news depot are described along with extensive merchandise like lamps, cigars, medicines, and surgical supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
J. G. Sam
Perry Street
Saul
Garrett
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York
Cleveland
Grover ¢.Eveland
Thos. A. Hendricks
New Jersey
Gen. Gordon
Alabama
New Yorker
Louisiana
Guysett
St. Louis
North Carolina
Nashville
Sarah
Keers
Issure
Bucklin
Maryland
Kentucky
Connecticut
Mississippi
South Carolina
Texas
Tennessee
West Virginia
Aed
New York Star
J. B. Lawes
Missouri
Florida
Virginia
Georgia
Delaware
J.C. Saur
Quebec
San Francisco
Smith
Jones
Arkansas
Griggs
D. J. Humphrey
McClellan
Theotomac
Indiana
Northwest
Nontha
Feall
Iora
A L. Orwig
Jernvo Vastoch
Napoleon, Ohio
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