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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1890
Page
7
A group of young women discuss the faults they find in men and the kinds they would not marry. They cite stingy rich husbands, loud voices, boorish hosts, indolent partners, and egocentric behavior, noting many flaws surface after marriage.
A Tennessee dispatch from Harlan Court House dated the 19th describes a 1:20 PM clash seventeen miles east in Hack Mountain. Sixteen soldiers led by Lieut Milton and Sgt Pahilian engaged about thirty fortified outlaws in an old barn, five soldiers wounded, and unknown outlaw deaths as news of reinforcements and supplies were kept from townsfolk.
The Dominion government studies the Tracadie lazaretto in N B where twenty leprosy cases, nine men and eleven women, are cared for. Four new cases arrived from Caraquet and Shippagan. three inmates died. The report notes improved health, strict discipline, and housing upgrades. A call is made for an inspection act to allow entry to suspected homes for examination and potential segregation to curb spread.
The western situation grows worse with each development. A transportation combination formed to move through freight between the seaboard and Missouri River via Duluth, affecting rates and shipping.
A proposed system unites lake and rail routes from Boston to Buffalo Duluth and Sioux City. Four companies share a rate reduction pact that lowers prices whenever matched by rivals. President Hill of the Northern leads the scheme, controlling the Buffalo to Missouri river segment.
Describes a 176 foot tall circular lead shot tower on Conter street four Worth street belonging to Colwell Lead company. Details the cupola and tower access, the two-shot making methods including touper and casting, melting lead in kettles, pouring through colanders, drying, and the multi-drawer separators followed by polishing with powdered black lead for a shiny finish.
The Times-Democrat Bayou Sara special recounts a heroic yet futile struggle to save the city as the levee at fountain street broke at 12:30 a.m. People used boats and rafts to salvage belongings while widespread ruin emptied streets. The Fisher building, home to Megoe Irvine, is submerged as chaos reigns. Heavy rain followed, amplifying the devastation.
Weathered and uneven conditions described along Pointe Coupee including Taylor levee with widespread tan water. Fanny Yoor crevasse has breached, signaling potential disaster. Large levees from tantao: poeta remain intact though overall scene appears crite cal.
A country newspaper tale recounts a fake New York wife ad leading to jewelry gifts and a Cuban suitor’s rage. An editor stages a redacted fake obituary and locals witness a dramatic payoff that spares violence, the ruse ending amid moral retribution in Philadelphia.
A New York Mail report quotes a dynamite producer claiming the explosive is less dangerous than common black powder. He cites seventeen years without a factory disaster, notes atomizing effect, explains cartridge safety with rubber at base, and states workers earn one to two dollars daily, arguing miners face higher risks.
A James town investigation by the board of health revealed 15 children aged from infants to 11 years in filthy sleeping quarters and meager meals. The Gibson couple run the home and rely on scripture for support as grocery costs run from 12 to 15 dollars monthly for about 30 people.
On the 19th in Nate dez Miss the river stood 1-10 foot below the 1832 high water and rose 0.15 foot per day. Government steamer Gen. Newton landed 25,000 feet of lumber for levees after entering Lake Concordia. Materials raised can resist ten feet.
Report notes water limits unlikely to hold for long as levee near capacity. Residents express concern as the riverfront reaches heights comparable to nearby levee stages near Vidalia, with fears of overflow and flooding potential.
An Englishman in Brigham Young’s community arranged a marriage with a Danish-born woman while his first wife, after joining the church, suffered. The wife became despondent, jealous, and violent, abducting and attacking the other woman. She set fires, wandered with her children, and was later found near death from hunger. The children returned to their father. the mother was placed in Provo asylum.
Burglars entered the White Murphy and Pickering office in Des Moines on the 19th, forcing a kitchen window. They drilled a safe, stole $25 in change, and fled. George Keeler and his wife, asleep with two children, were threatened but not harmed. no gang was identified.
Mrs H Kennedy, secretary of the association to aid Jefferson Davis's family, has received stock totaling 10960 dollars with 2400 from Savannah and the rest from New Orleans citizens. An additional 5000 dollars has been pledged to fund the debt, bringing the aggregate to 40000 dollars. Subscribers may send money to Mrs Davis at Beauvoir Mississippi and receive stock certificates in ten dollar multiples.
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