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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1884
Page
1
The Northwest. LL L. OnHWIG. Term One Year, $1.5 in Advance. Ads paid at col wall and with rate quotes. Rates: 16 cents per line for legal notices, 1 cent per word for other listings. Insertion costs and discounts shown. Ads must be handed in by Wednesday morning for publication.
A vivid colonial era stroll through Napoleon's landmark drug and book house, the Golden Mortar, with its Crystal Mortar at Perry Street and a vast three story brick block. Inside, clerks unveil a grand showroom of lamps, cigars, pocket books, surgical instruments, and a vast book and news depot, with walls lined by walnut cases and a vast 15 foot marble slab for compounding. The piece extols the store's paper stock, painting department, trusses, dyestuffs, and a daily effort to keep shelves orderly from cellar to garret, highlighting its role in shaping local readers and families.
A remarkable monstrosity born Monday afternoon near Delphos is described as 150 wall with one head two eyes four ears eight legs two tails and doubled organs. It drew hundreds of onlookers as details of its anatomy were shared in the Delphos Herald style and a local ad promotes Dr Warren's Dyspeptic Delight.
A cluttered miscellany notes the pocket edition of the B and O Red Book detailing past presidential and state elections, with an eager push for its stamp-entrance request. Also pitched are health elixirs and the tale of a well-digger trick, plus Mr Mapleson’s plans for Mme Patti’s farewell American tour featuring the prima donna Mile Rhetti.
A fragment describes frightened carriage horses near collapse from fear. A boy is told to feed them Day's Horse and Cattle Powder, priced at 25 cents per unit, and to stable them to prevent further loss of animals.
The Detroit Free Press reports a letter quoting Ellis accusing the Republican National Committee of lavish spending, with over 2.2 million dollars spent in the campaign and 1.4 million moved into Ohio in five days. He alleges federal power used to sway the state, Dudley’s office overreach, and shipments of revolvers and ammunition to Ohio via New York arms channels.
Friends urge Hurd to contest the Romels victory on fair ballot grounds amid alleged tainted Fifth Ward poll book entries and Republican funding claims. If contest pursued, bets should be withheld until the matter is settled, per Bee editorials.
Bargacre Maryland Oct 18 The Butler movement in Baltimore appears to have shifted to action. Committees traveled to New York to urge Butler to come and speak, citing assurances from National Republican Committee about canvass control and funding. National Greenback labor leader denounces Butler as a trickster using their party to split Democratic votes for Blaine.
Democrat John B. Follett announces a contest of the congressional election alleging major frauds on election day. He claims evidence includes a ward roll totaling over two thousand four hundred and substantial disbursements in the fourth ward. The notice blends campaign graft claims with an unrelated patent salve advertisement.
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