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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1891
Page
3
The Official Paper of City and County reports on social calls, visits, and illness among residents, church services, and a revival planned for February 17. It notes mail changes, warrants, and treasury issues, plus a sweep of local business, weather outlook, and a move of P A Lowentes and wife to Great Falls Montana.
Local notes from Aber and Guelph report residents visiting Aberdeen Deadwood and Ellendale, singing sentiments and social events. The Odd Fellows announce a masquerade ball around February 28 with a school bond election of $3000 to fund warrants, 9 am to 4 pm at the Post Office building in Oakes.
The record notes several unusually warm winters from 1289 in Kool Germany to 1874 in Norway. It cites early violets in Christmas hair, flowers on fruit trees in North Germany, ripe grapes in April France, and frostless winters in multiple French years.
The Newark Times reports a new social event at T E Riggin's residence. A curtain divided the room for a shoe marking game where wearers partner based on marked shoes. Jimmie Stockwell chose a shoe and stocking filled with cotton, learning appearances can mislead.
The Minneapolis Journal warns North Dakota friends about a move to repeal a wise banking law requiring private banks to incorporate, publish financial condition, and be subject to state control. The piece argues the measure targets a strong, public-minded framework and notes court defeats of private bankers challenging the law. It also mentions local notes from Ellendale and ongoing county proceedings about seed grain bonds and agricultural aid amid winter conditions and economic strains.
The text blends fragments about farming, kitchens, and meals with stray names and places, detailing a range of topics from poultry to mothers, education, and local life. It reads as a leaking, partially legible page with scattered references and no clear narrative.
Public notice states mortgage conditions between Andrew McKeown and Hada Nielsen and Karen Gy al uuu Auoot on property in Dickey County. Court actions and sale terms include a public auction date in March in Grand Forks.
The Bear Creek Alliance meeting at Cli minx school No 1 elected Thomas Singleton as chair and welcomed J B Butler of Ludden as county organizer. Members pledged to join, stressing farmer protection against powerful buyers and collectors who might push prices and control supplies.
A fragmented page shows rental notices from 1801, shop ads for boots and hair restorers, and public notices. It also contains promotional text for Ayer’s Cheruy Postural, Hall’s Hair Renewer, and Alliance material urging farmers to join, with political and economic rhetoric.
A terse market notice from Oakes Grain Market corrects the date for a wheat sale. The corrected details clarify when the new crop wheat would be available for bidding and purchase.
About twenty five thousand young salmon, roughly half a year old, will be released into the Hudson River five miles below Port Edward. Previously planted in Adirondack streams, officials expect better results from southern waters as a result of this relocation.
A mixed news item notes Swiss railways to introduce zoo tickets after Austro-Hungarian success where over thirteen million passengers rode in the first year of the zove Cari. It also mentions Jerusalem railway progress, Chamberlin cough remedy endorsements, and a wages suit in Virginia with Sebastian Albrecht.
The Burlington Ohio man, under care of prominent physicians, used a trial bottle at Oakes Pharmacy for consumption related illness. He claims substantial improvement, noting past severe chest trouble and inability to walk Tin street without vesting.
An Eastern farmer recalls decades of hard work turning modest beginnings into well stocked farms, solid homes, and debt freedom. He notes many North Dakota farmers now own 160 to 640 acres with good buildings and steady income, valuing themselves from 3,000 to 25,000 dollars after selling crops and assets.
A garbled excerpt reflects a critique of classical forms in Negro melodies, noting their undefinable charm beyond formal constraints. It mentions plantation songs, their fading legacy with slavery, and a distant hope for future exploration by travelers and scholars.
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