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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1887
Page
3
A former prisoner recounts mistreatment by a warden and guards, details a dungeon stay and lashings, and describes a prison uprising driven by poor food and harsh discipline. He asserts his innocence in a prior crime, notes selective punishment, and contrasts kindly officers with abusive superiors.
An account recounts M. Paul Berthaud a Frenchman who journeyed from Trimavaal to Delagoa Bay amid a feared pest in southeastern Africa. He learned the tsetse fly now spans a wider area, destroying livestock and spreading panic among Delagoa Bay travelers. A missionary aided him with transport through the dangerous belt.
A Buletin reporter asks a roundup of locals about their work with quirky replies. The artist says his business is chewing crowds, the undertaker claims his is being run into the ground, the Judge calls his vocation fine, a farmer cites fare, a conductor notes gain, the rag man hints at hustle, and a manufacturer touts Old Medford rom.
The article details King Kalakaua of Hawaii, his costly palace, coronation, fiftieth birthday celebrations, and lavish expenditures. It cites misused funds, limited royal income, and public works underfunded, with native depopulation and missionary influence shaping governance and culture. It notes a failed annexation aim in Samoa and broader colonial tensions.
A veteran account recounts a Civil War march toward Franklin and Nashville. It details a unit's retreat after rumors of capture, a disastrous fight near the pike, and Gen Casement's brigade under Hood's army. It recalls heroism of Highberger and Montgomery, battlefield divisions, and a vow never to surrender amid chaotic skirmishes.
A garbled excerpt shows a man returning home intoxicated and trying to enter without waking his wife. The text suggests a scene of missing memory and improvised narration, with rough dialogue indicating concern over his inebriation and prior behavior.
The text records a partial speech about a land sale where a Kansas City teacher notes that a father’s forty lots could be sold to buyers from Chicago. The speaker asks how the money would be divided if seventeen and twenty lots are bought, wondering who remains financially advantaged.
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