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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1890
Page
6
In a dramatic tale from the Cuban insurgent war, Diego Gomes rich with vengeance spares a dying rival by saving Adolph Navara from a rebel trap. He braves flames to rescue Navara, later delivering a traitor to punishment, and dies by his own dagger after earning Isabella’s gratitude.
A publisher argues a baseball novel could find large appeal and even become a craze among fans. He cites potential romance around a key incident and a clever plot, noting successful precedents like Hawley Smart and From Post to Finish. He believes strong excitement from sports lovers would attract general readers.
A local woman asked for Thomas almanac in a bookstore. The clerk said it sold slowly and offered a spare copy tied to another order. She balked at ten cents, claiming half the season passed and the book not half price, and left.
A veteran Union general in a rural town laments New York’s “extraordinary wisdom” of children and his own fear of waiters. On a trip with his young niece on an elevated train she reveals his imagined wealth, joking that generals should spend on her lunch at Delmonico's. The tale ends with a luncheon decision and a girl’s charming bid.
Joseph Jefferson in his forthcoming Mid summer Century recalls Ward’s deathbed scene at Southampton with Tom Robertson urging medicine for Ward who refused saying he could not take that dreadful stuff. Ward died a few hours later as Robertson pressed him to swallow. Jefferson also recounts how his reminiscences tie to The Little Church Around the Corner and the Transfiguration church tale.
A jurist presides over a burglary case where a defendant cut a hole in a tent to reach valuables. The defense argues no complete person entered, so no offense. The judge allows a partial verdict, convicting the right arm, right shoulder, and head, sentencing them to two years with hard labor, while noting the rest of the body may be disposed of.
An elderly well dressed man in a black silk cap enjoyed a midday meal of cold chicken bread and milk in a Mills building top floor restaurant. Nearby a younger man indulged in clams, lamb, lobster salad and champagne, both described as paying with earned money and the elder identified as Collis P Huntington per the New York Times report.
In the Chicago Tribune style vignette a young couple strolls near the pavilion and notes Professor Bruynes, an eminent health lecturer. He warns against cold foods in heat while the pair, in a playful exchange, mentions the famed man, with the woman declaring courage beside her companion.
A veteran recalls a night near mid-April in East Tennessee where news of Lee’s surrender triggers unprecedented celebration. Soldiers burst into shouts, drums, bugles, and riotous revelry across camps, with songs, whisky, and wild parodies filling the air, all amid a moonless, smoky night among the mountains.
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