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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1890
Page
1
A dated plea urges consideration for others in public venues and churches. It warns against bringing babies or pets to certain events and emphasizes restraint to avoid disruption. The text uses playful yet pointed language about behavior in shared spaces.
A scattered, opinionated survey traces famous lines from Horace Walpole to Franklin and Shakespeare to modern manners. The piece critiques fashion, social custom, and polite behavior, including dress, conversation, and debt collection, with anecdotes from Malinta and a Western town noting progress and local events.
Probate court records show licenses granted George Bunk to Catherine Young and Chas Walker to Martha Rodabaugh. Also listed are estate accounts, land sales petitions, and letters at the Napoleon post office for week ending November 20th 1500. Local official notices include court terms and public sale actions.
Reports from Grelton note ongoing mud and construction as Mrs Alman spends weekend in Grand Rapids and H O Thompson nears completion of the labor house for school. An illness prompts C H Thompson and wife to cens on account of sickness. Woodell died of fever after a nine day illness at about two years old. D J Humphrey advertises a large stock of medicines and toilet goods.
The council met with Mayor Meekison presiding. Committees reported on street widening, lamp purchases, and repairs. Voted to delay land condemnation review, allowed several bills, and discussed expenses for a fire department convention trip. Repairs planned for Washington Street and the Miller House route, with sewer and depot access work requested.
Three months ago twins weighed a pound and a half at birth in a Baltimore linked retreat near Nonvorts. Mother hid the delivery. matron Mrs Morris nursed the infants named Maud and Mabel. Maud weighs two pounds, Mabel remains underweight, doctors hopeful for survival.
A Kentucky man sued for $500 promised by his late grandmother if he quit smoking briefly. He did so but died before the period ended, yet the executor honored the vow and paid him. The court upheld the claim, noting the promise stood despite the death and the man’s brief cessation.
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