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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1890
Page
5
An 19th century style page advertises 50c tea shipped from Japan and cheap groceries at Howland and Goodrich. It promotes photography at William Canfield's Gallery, Mrs George's cough syrup, and Chamberlain's Colic remedy with local notices about notes and stalled payments.
W P H Ballard & Co advertise daily market prices and a broad inventory for sale or commission. They list items including butter eggs cheese apples pears peaches grapes beans hops wool beeswax lard mutton venison dried fruits vinegar furs onions tobacco broom corn and more. Based in Chicago at 20 and 25 Desphines Street with cash payment and commission options.
Mrs Anne E Hurd of Groton South Dakota recites a dramatic testimonial praising Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. She credits eight bottles with recovery and urges readers to obtain the cure from Oakes Pharmacy along with Electric Bitters for digestion liver stomach and kidney complaints.
A mix of poetic verse and early journalism discusses railway derailment risk and conductor training. The Railroad Gazette argues the air brake offers faster stopping than bell ropes, urging emergency-stop training for conductors and brakemen to reduce preventable accidents.
A dialogue captures a quarrel between Little Leiter A Long and his smaller brother Gus on the street. The exchange hints at fear and blame over a morning mishap as they navigate a windy morning and warning to adjust clothing.
An engineer in Manchester, England, introduces paper firehafts and tool handles claimed indestructible and cheaper than wood or iron. Under a steam hammer they flatten but do not split or crack, according to the New York Commercial Advertiser.
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