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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1896
Page
4
Generous ladies treated the men to a merry elegant lunch at the camp. Daughters and gentlemen enjoyed wood for camp use and a late hour. The millemen felt honored by the surprise and promised to be braver next time.
Public plea for moral reform through education argues that schools alone cannot build citizenship. It contrasts American universal schooling with European ideals, urging a civic congress to curb selfishness and promote the greatest good, ending with a call to resist tyranny.
Cook in Ludden again E G Barnes was at Ellendale Saturday. The short child of Mr and Mrs dames Turnham is very ill with little hope of recovery. Mr and Mrs Shomaker arrived from Minnesota Friday for a visit with daughter Mya Randall. Perley Pletcher was involved in a runaway last Friday in town with no damage. Ladies Aid will meet next Wednesday afternoon at theparsonage. Wm Bateman plans to move from farm near Guelph to T W Bush place he has rented. Emma and Raehael Ward of Holl visited sisters here and attended the dances Friday. D Moriarty misplaced his pocketbook containing 83 and 4 dollars last week, found and restored by Mrs Heasinger, reward $5. Song service Sunday at Guelph at 11 preceded public service Preaching at Ludden 7:30. Bible reading Tuesday 7. Bring your bibles. John Kendall came from Ellendale Saturday for a few days. This is Kendalls first visit since leaving three years ago.
Friday's event featured a stage reading with Joss and a list of performers including Miss Ivy Bott and Miss Aggie Baker. The cast portrayed Peggy the obstinate maid and other roles while a dance and refreshments followed at 2.
A fragmented Fullerton column notes local happenings from Ellendale to LaMoure. Mentions Ray Porter and Williy Sr. visits, infant death, a mayoral style shift, new garbage dumps, power plant improvements, skating talk, and a town gossip arc centered on G A Kellett, W N St John, and bachelor tax debates.
A quackish ad claims Pry Electric Bitters cure appetite loss constipation headaches fainting spells nervous sleeplessness melancholy and dizziness by miracle, promising health and strength for a price. Harris's Drug Store sells it for five and a half cents and one hundred dollars.
The Mistorie Route of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway, a famed model railroad line, offers connections to Atlanta with sleeping car service and routes via Evansville Nashville and Chattanooga. Included are mentions of Dixies Flyer and sleeping car arrangements, with inquiries to Briar Hill and railway offices in Chicago and St Louis.
Henry Hansbrough profiles Cushman Kellogg Davis of Minnesota, tracing his birth in New York 1838, Civil War service, legal career defending common citizens, and rise to governor and U.S. senator. The piece lauds his public reforms, notably railroad regulation and government works contracts, hisPension committee leadership, and his international law stature.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as used for over fifty years by mothers to ease teething pain and diarrhoea in children. It promises quick gum relief, a pleasant taste, and claims worldwide sale at twenty five cents a bottle. Authors urge customers to request the original product and avoid substitutes.
A Canajoharie resident says Dr Kings New Discovery always helps his family and he would not be without it. A Catskill druggist testifies it is the best cough remedy and has never failed in eight years. Trial bottles offered free at L Harris drug store with regular sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar.
North West Railway announces Home Sectors excursions in January February and March 1886. Tickets sell to many points across Kentucky Mississippi Louisiana Territory Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas. Apply at station offices for itineraries and rates.
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