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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1890
Page
2
Fragment of a poem describing a winter walk with a singing voice guiding through cold streets. The speaker clings to a memory of a companion, hoping the song remains and eases life’s pain. It contemplates memory, longing, and the ache of loss in snowy imagery. The voice urges enduring harmony as a response to sorrow.
The narrator recalls a turbulent coach journey with Lena Vereker and Phil Blake, where chestnut horses bolt on a country road near St Runwalds and a near disaster is averted by Lady Bracewell. Reunited years later, he weds Lena and keeps the chestnuts as a cherished pair, a symbol of renewed fortune.
Aaron Tyas of Glances ter City was found embedded up to his chin in mud along the banks of Little Timberreek. Discovered by John Brick around 10 am, he was aided by George Mienbarh, William Perran, and others. Recovered at city hall, he showed signs of mental impairment from exposure and sun, saying he was covered with ice as doctors worked to restore him.
Julian Ralph quotes Jay Gould discussing the New Jersey Southern affair, noting Gould's familiarity with the Jesse Hoyt and other boats. Gould praises the news, expresses curiosity about missing Ameri cas vessels, and invites further information as he speaks informally of his past rides and fondness for the boats.
A historical method proposes using water tubs with bricks and brown paper to lure rats into a drowning trap. Bacon scraps attract rats, a brick toppled into water traps any that venture beneath the paper. As rats fight for the brick, others fall in, producing mass fatalities in a single night as described by The Worohill Magazine.
A Fresno attorney’s wife found a mouse in the bathroom tub. Eleven mice crowded the tub chain as a trapped mouse clung to the plug. The freed creature leaped to liberty just as the stopper rose and the mice fled to shelter.
Billy Knox, back from England after a year and a half, shared a joke about Jeff Davis with English reporters and Americans in The Herald office. An English journalist soberly noted that without Davis there would be no pockets, prompting quiet laughter from the Americans.
A New York Sun diary piece recounts a man’s quest to reconnect with a former secretary from a Broadway shop. He visits daily at 2, hopes she remembers him, and after a Chicago accident returns heartbroken, finally confessing to the clerk while the tale ends with a wistful request for reminiscence.
The article quotes a breeder with kennels arguing bloodhounds are gentle, faithful and intelligent. He notes their history in England, declares the breed unfairly feared, praises their beauty as pups and their affectionate nature, and blames popular depictions for their reputation. He compares them to mastiffs in temper and hopes for improved public view.
The Pittsburg Bulletin laments how a mild eyed seal becomes a flashpoint between Uncle Sam and John Bull. Once a family quarrel over seal skin pelts, now a broader confrontation looms as a symbol of war.
In Belfast, an attempt to prevent small boys from ringing bells the night before the Fourth failed despite five police on duty at each church. The boys managed to enter a bell tower via a lightning rod, illustrating the futility of policing such a noisy tradition.
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