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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1887
Page
1
Saur & Barnley proprietors of the mammoth Drug Book and Paint House of the Northwest boast unwavering reliability and a century of service. The store emphasizes variety, low prices, and high quality across drugs medicines wallpaper curtains paints oils brushes and dyes with a large book and stationery department and wide assortment of toilet articles.
A Northern winter's extreme famine led to cannibalism among Fort Chippewa Indigenous communities. Reports describe deaths, exposed food shortages, and a one eyed chief Onitehe directing desperate acts. Survivors include scouts and families who faced starvation, with several children missing and eight believed to have died. Government aid and transport were disrupted by fires and isolation.
A portrait of the quiet girl who avoids frenzied fashion and public chatter yet quietly holds power to shape her life. She shuns ostentation while filling roles left by more conspicuous sisters, proving inner strength over outward display.
Readers witnessed a dramatic scene as a centipede and tarantula fought in a banana box. The centipede overpowered the tarantula with a swift leap and then killed a mouse tossed into the jar, showing its lethal predatory behavior.
How to preserve corn on the cobs by boiling in a hickory ash solution. Remove husks except last layer, tie silk end, dip corn in boiling liquid eight to ten times, then hang in a dark dry place. Instructions claim Tadian method preserves hundreds of bushels with no failure.
A puzzled conversation centers on partisan appointments with a substitute jotter carrier, an old Republican soldier, and Nelson. The exchange questions whether a Republican office holder would assign a position to a Democratic soldier, underscoring political tensions in a small community.
Farragut Post GA R organizes a Blue and Gray reunion in Evansville from August 20 to 23, inviting generals and former foes. Ex Senator Roscoe Conkling of New York regrets missing the event, sending warm wishes for unity and peace and praising past hospitality to veterans.
A testimonial ad for Electric Bitters touts cures for malaria fever jaundice and liver stomach disorders. It cites Mr D J Wilcoxson of Horse Cave Ky as a believer that the remedy saved a life and claims broad healing benefits with price points 50 cents to 1.00. The copy mocks medical doubt and touts the product as vital to restoring vigor.
Readable fragments suggest a person named Reeinn linked to a place called Adorin with unclear context and surrounding notes. Names and locations appear garbled, but the core mentions a male figure and a locale.
In Wheeling West Virginia a clash erupted during the Army of West Virginia reunion as a banner showing President Cleveland prompted threats and a near riot. Governor Wilson and Governor Foraker exchanged sharp rhetoric as veterans debated marching under the convened banner.
A crowd of negroes from Atlanta rioted in Decorer Georgia on August 22. They drank heavily and seized the guardhouse. Marshal Heard was shot dead, Tom Stevens mortally wounded, and another negro killed as troops from Atlanta quelled the disturbance.
The State Live Stock Commission bans unloading Texas cattle into Ohio from Sept 1 to Sept 30 unless separate yards are used and disinfected. Texas or Gulf states cattle brought into the state are quarantined at owner expense with a $500 fine for violations. Railcars must be cleaned before reuse. The commission warns violators and urges dealers to verify stock origins and avoid diseased districts.
Readable fragments show a presidential reply to Patton on a wartime dispatch. The text includes a Grover Cleveland message, wheat pricing estimates from farmer CH. Rameau, and guidance on farming tasks from plowing to marketing. Also notes a Nebraska widow who wed a "regulators" group in a public ceremony, plus a joke exchange about a cyclone and a sketched anecdote of a lightning-struck man seeking his watermelon.
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