30 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1886
Page
1
The notice column invites readers to examine the current issue and review financial terms and advertisement rates. It urges writers and advertisers to submit notices on Wednesday and clarifies that marriages and other announcements may be included in the public notices.
A long promotional notice extols Saur's Mammoth Drug and House as a one stop shop for books, stationery, Christmas goods, Bibles, toiletries, paints, oils, wallpapers, and window shades. It touts reliability, full stock, fresh medicines, low prices, and friendly service, inviting inspection and urging holiday purchases. The piece also notes local events and community happenings in McClure and surrounding areas.
Reports of rain and sowing progress for wheat, visits from Mrs Ritter and Mrs Long, fisherman catches from the river rise, funerals in Napoleon, family visits in South Napoleon, cider mill installation underway, various travels to Findlay and Montpelier, fair attendance at Fulton and Findlay events, a burglary of $110, a lightning-killed cow, and a 24th birthday celebration with friends and gifts.
Local items from Richfield and surrounding areas span harvest notes town visits and family events. Reports mention the Withem and Garwood families with travel to Napoleon Miam Anna Frankfather and others, plus school and church linked tidings, road conditions, and community socials.
The piece records a testimonial of respect from Choate Post 00 G A R and Napoleon Lodge No 254 Masons for late comrade Nathaniel H Hartman and Brother Jacob Hales. It includes mourning declarations, resolutions of sympathy to families, post draping for 30 days, and newspaper publication requests. Also notes on defective sidewalks, local business ads, and a money loan notice.
A Columbus based report details Governor Foraker's charges about the handling of convict bodies from the Ohio Penitentiary. Doctors and medical colleges in Columbus provide affidavits disputing the governor’s assertions as false in every particular. A separate dispatch notes a minor Charleston earthquake felt over several towns with no damage beyond toppled leaves.
Florida notices announce a special Thursday train from Toledo to the Defiance Fair passing Napoleon at 8:00 am. Round trip fare is 50 cents, urged as a capital chance to visit the big Defiance fair. Also a death notice from near Napoleon Ohio for Jacoby Bales aged 6 years 11 months 26 days. Local advertisement mentions canton flannel at 6 cents per yard and an item about RonmmadSvm.
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