Sour & Balsley advertise bargains and stock variety
An advertisement urges careful choices in life and business, citing avoidable mistakes and promoting Sour & Balsley as prudent retailers. It touts their stock of drugs medicines paints wallpaper and a large stationery line, promising latest styles, low prices, and ready mixed paints.
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Apoleon
Jenney County
Sour & Balsley
Saur & Balsley
Casio
Res
Sout & Bailey
Two Saloons Case Sparks Jury Over One Owner
The case against Charles Polker claims he ran two saloons with a single license while the defense asserts the bars were in one room after an archway was created. The jury and treasurer weighed the evidence, with a ruling expected.
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Praders
Treat Rer Grall
Charles Pel Ber
Common Pleas Court
Polker
Anit
Pesmeot Reed
Defiance District preacher appointments listed with Napoleon ties
The Central Ohio Conference ended its session in Van Wert and published a long list of appointment details across the Napoleon area, naming presiding elders and ministers in towns such as Antwerp Archbold Columbus Grove Defiance Edgerton Fayette Napoleon Montpelier Napoleon and others. Also noted were a Nebraska exhibit at Napoleon and local millinery and paper promotions, plus a death notice for Comrade A B Wilson and post resolutions.
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Central Ohio
M. Church
van Wert
Dafatioo
Napoleon
Gornham Leanne
Antwerp
Jonathan ©. Cridar
Archbold
Prank M. Money
Ayerviille
Augusto B. Delanoy
Bryan
George Mathews
Columbus Grove
John W. Holland
Continental
J. A.boonker
Defiance
Jobin M. Milla
Denbler
Win
We ‘Winter
Dupont
Gilbert M. Hunter
Edgerton
Aranns Barker
Eden
Frank
M. Housar
Fayette
Alonzo B. Leonard
Wilton Grelton
A. Robertson
Hickwville
Thomas H. Campbelle
Holgate
W. M. Craig
Kalida Olonit
Samuel Given
Lelpalo
Amon A
Thomann
Montpelier
Mathias
Bownys
Taano N. Kalb
Oskwood
Stephen
Goglan
Ottawa
Williams
Philpott
Payne
John DB
Smith
Yaaiding
Mortimer Gascoigne
Pionser
John R. Colgan
Scott Circuit
J. A. Venton
Sherwood
H. Deuty
Sivykor
David H. Batley
Weat Unity
Wilken
Spencer
Wiliams Center
J. Wingate
Toledo
John W. Holland I
Dowling Green
Eamund G. Bramabaugh
Grand Rapids
J. C. Sinclair
Liberty Counter
David H. Holme
Weston
Ohn
W. Miller
OG. R. Bavighornt
Bellefontaine
John J. Oates
Choate
A. B. Wilson
Wilson
Our Pont
Property Transfers and Court Notices at Napoleon and Surrounding Townships
Readable items show numerous land transfers in sections 9 and 20, scattered parcels in Barison Township and Washington Township, with buyers including Jno Prease A Casaday and Chas W Manahan. Also listed are public sale times, mortgage actions, and a wedding notice for Mr W W Dibble and Miss Alive Wine. Also included is a Shenandoah Valley excursion offer by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with targets to Winchester Woodstock and Lexington.
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Diame—Wrex
Thureday
Hamlet
Ohio
W. W. Dibble
Eva Dittenhater
Srping Lake
G.W. Long
Spring Lake
G. W. ¥Olta
Doalster
Toledo
Dibble
McClure
J. Shelter
Jonas Smith
Alice Binver
Damnecns Township
Henry County
Shenandoah Valley
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio River
Winchester
Woodstock
Middletown
Harrisonburg
Stanton
Lexington
Elowent
Virginia
Y. Richard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Ita
New York and Chicago Short Line eyed for Ohio routes
Cin cinnati Enquirer dispatch reports a four track New York and Chicago Short Line proposed to pass through many Ohio counties including Henry. Capital stock listed at 100000 with plans to grow to 75000000. Incorporators include John Jay McKelvey and Henry T Huntington among others.
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Henry County
Cincinnati Enquirer
Jess
Conemnus
Iaws
Ohio
New York
Chicago
Trumbull
Mahoning
Portage
Summit
Cuyahoga
Medina
Lorain Erie
Sandusky
Ottawa
Wood
Lucas
Henry
Fulton and Williams
Fraudulent patent medicine and sales notices flood September ads
A garbled set of advertisements promises cures for nervous and sexual ailments with a $100 reward if REFICTO fails. The text touts quick relief, digestion, sleep, and skin benefits, then lists dubious prices and mail orders. Scattered lines mention coal sales, a saw mill for sale, land with improvements, and a dealer promoting cheap goods in Ohio.
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Reficto
Reficio
A. F. Kanesorr
M. D
Vast chaotic clipping notes from wartime paper
A sprawling, disjointed reader item recounts a mix of animal capture, stage performances, dubious ads, and local notices. It references Sam Bhook and Frank Ely, a large crane entanglement, a theatrical bit by John Trumpson, debates on Sabbath travel, and an assortment of sales pitches. It also mentions a large Carnegie plant shutdown, government currency notes, and a lynching threat case in Georgia.
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Sam Bhook
Frank Ely
Crisis in British trade prompts wage cuts in cotton and shipyards
The Clyde shipyards face idled workers with only one third berths filled as 15,000 laborers sit idle. Masters announce wage cuts of ten percent across engineers iron founders and shipbuilders effective Oct 10. Clyde navy yards to lose six pence per day starting then. In Chicago educators denounce expo educational cuts amid protests by public instruction leaders.
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Ortane
Clyde Minis
Lospex
Great Britain
Clyde
Yarila
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