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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1891
Page
4
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pallets and Anti Bilious Granules as gentle, effective aids for digestion and constipation. It claims lasting regulation of the system, mildly acting laxatives, and satisfaction guaranteed with money back.
H B Walmeley urges Superior residents to subscribe 100000 to a construction company to build the Duluth Red Wing and Southern Tailroad line as their share of 750000 intended to launch the project. He spoke at a chamber of commerce meeting detailing benefits of building and operating the road. State Senator Fam0a accuses New York police of taking blood money from liquor interests. Canadian government responds to Lord Pauletote. Oct 13 set by Provident House for the transfer. Anodyne liniment Beecham’s touted for pain relief.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant, refreshing remedy for kidneys, liver and bowels and effective against colds headaches and fevers. It claims rapid action, easy taste, and broad benefits from healthy ingredients. Sold at $1 per bottle by California Fig Syrup Co Louisville and San Francisco druggists.
A Philadelphia Press note questions the value of automatic fire extinguishers for railway cars and lamps. It outlines a simple carbonic acid gas system triggered by concussion, designed to flood fuel with extinguishing gas and halt combustion. The piece also discusses traveling bank clerks on trains and critiques early airship tests shown in Chicago.
The old champagne method, over 150 years in use, is tedious and costly. A modern process now subjects large wine portions to fermentation under gas impulses captured from the atmosphere, using wool fiber moistened with sugared water. Fermentation is precisely controlled, yielding cheaper wine with medicinal qualities and wide hospital use.
A freight train crew risk life performing duties by moving between cars via the roof when brakes fail or lines are lost. An inventor patented a narrow rod device passing through end apertures to connect inner parts, aiming to lessen the danger to workers.
Professor Fliha Thompson’s electric welding system powers soldering of brass German silver copper and zinc alloys. The method promises welding of difficult metals and potential use in machinery, with electricity enabling fusion while maintaining joint integrity for durable results.
A Wisconsin town reports a grim chain of events: A Bale and his wife quarrelled, Bale hanged himself after claiming Mrs Bale poisoned Zell, an elderly man and father of Bale's first wife. Zell died after drinking soup tainted with green poison, followed by Bale allegedly bashing a child to death. Authorities arrested the wife who confessed.
Coiled springs embrace the rods and bear upon the end of the car and the outer cross pieces, keeping the rods extended and the bars in contact. The rods are placed three inches apart and extend the full width of the car to protect against a misstep and prevent falling between the car and guards.
An American resident in Germany notes that U S timber and American-made tools and machinery now advantage German industry. A piano factory in Weimar uses American wood and hardware, praising durability and finish. German industry increasingly adopts American hardware, tools, and machinery for quality and longevity.
Electricity will operate all Erie Canal bridges in Rochester with electric motors. Fifteen bridges proposed to gain power, four may lift simultaneously, each lift about fifteen seconds. Bridges would be tied at least eight times per hour during peak canal traffic periods.
A vivid tour of Tiffany’s diamond and gold workshop reveals how American artisans shape jewelry. Gold bars, rolls, and dies feed a craft of soldering chasing and setting, with gem cutters, lapidaries, and finishers ensuring exact patterns and brilliant results amid meticulous quality control.
Disputed grain shipments between Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk trigger retaliatory moves by taking ships and rail routes to Montreal and Saghla. The conflict heightens as efforts to cut rates challenge Amuro interests. Also reported is a deadly Alabama and Great Southern railroad wreck near Springville, Alabama, where engineer John Colten and Virenan Charles George died after a bridge failure caused by missing fish plates.
An old fashioned spring remedy promotes blood cleansing for cures of scrofula salt rheum and similar afflictions claiming to give strength and overcome a diseased feeling, presented as a popular medicinal item of the era.
A fragmented advertisement-like passage discusses Hood's Sarsaparilla and jewelry making, noting a wide stock of patterns, the claim that 10 000 patterns exist, and promises of new designs upon order. It contrasts handcraft quality with cheaper machine produced goods and includes a closing remark by M C WitRtas.
In Detroit a city railway strike pitted employes against the employing corporation over terminations of several conductors and drivers. About 200 of 250 workers supported the stoppage, halting services on the Grand River Avenue system and the Michigan Rambull and Gratiot lines along with the Chene street new road. Police maintained order as 7 oclock morning crowds faced severe travel disruption.
Vienna advices say a European customs union plan aimed at retaliation against American French and Russian tariffs will be the topic of a forthcoming Vienna conference. Delegates from Germany Italy Austria Hungary Switzerland and Belgium expected. Officials deny knowledge of active negotiations.
A train of 100 Pinkerton detectives arrived in Pittsburg from Tyrone and Chicago. They refused to name their destination but boarded a Southwestern Pennsylvania rail line toward the coke region after breakfast at Union station. They carried twenty cases of Winchester rifles, reportedly sent by operators balking at Gov Pattison’s decision to reduce the national guard presence in the coke area.
The piece complains of a sweeping but flawed tonic claim promising relief from stomach issues and constipation. It mocks the advertised remedy Castor oil style tonics and recalls a mother treating her child with Castor, implying skepticism about quack cures and parental trust in such advertised products.
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