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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1891
Page
3
An old period piece advertises a vegetable female tonic marketed to treat nervousness melancoly and insomnia, with claims of restoring sleep and digestion. It promises relief from period pains and internal issues, guarantees refund if not satisfied, and highlights no alcohol or sugar syrup. The maker asserts faith in the product and lists location at Main 1.
The Kaiser criticizes peace aims and appoints Count Waldersee to the Ninth Army corps, stirring talk in court and army circles. Haeseler is passed over, seen as a Moltke-like talent, while the Kaiser avoids sharing leadership credit and keeps tight control over prominent commanders.
London dispatch notes Charles Bradlaugh died after a week in coma while religious tracts and preachers visited his bedside. He held no definite belief in a deity, avoiding both Christian church membership and atheistic zeal, yet lived with honesty, charity, and a wish to leave the world better.
In Barcelona on the Sth inst a peaceful demonstration for Republican leader Don Nicolas Salmeron Alfonso ended when mounted gendarmes charged the crowd. Several were wounded as bullets struck the hotel balcony where Salmeron spoke, sparking calls for an inquiry into the officer’s conduct.
Mrs William Branton of Sing Bing New York bore a child years ago and has since died from neglect. Her husband, a pipe moulder, worked in the foundry and failed to provide food or drink, leaving the family in dire need and hardship.
Bay City Michigan awoke to fear and excitement after reports that fishermen on an ice field carried out of Saginaw bay by a south wind were lost. Details say ice drifted, men scattered for miles, six reached shore while others vanished amid high seas and freezing conditions. Local figures name Dennis Bennett and others as those with homes on the ice, with several near Charity islands and Essexville shoring up provisions as a rescue effort unfolds.
The house of bishops meeting in New York unanimously chose Rev Henry C Swentzel of Scranton Pa as missionary bishop for Japan after about five hours of discussion. Hare is to travel to Japan to prepare for the mission's needs and a forthcoming Protestant missionary conference.
A liveryman unveiled a two volt electric stopping system mounted under a carriage with copper lines and aluminum nose balls to halt a runaway team on St Clair Street Chicago. A Morning News reporter tested the button and the device worked, drawing applause from onlookers. The inventor, Holson, also patents a method to start lazy horses via electric stimulation, plus other humane aids without whips.
A Kansas City couple, married eight years, divorce negotiations failed as the husband shot his wife then killed himself in the Empire House parlor. A farmer in Indiana hanged himself after family concerns and a failing washing-machine trade. A St Louis restaurant fire plan derailed a deadly plot with many lives at risk. A Cincinnati hospital performed a pioneering operation to clear idiocy in a four year old girl and a Swedish artist died at a New York hotel from morphine. A Little Rock boiler explosion damaged Pettifer Bros. mill. no injuries. A vast railroad consolidation rumor to place Northwest lines under single management. Western commission dealers clash over stock handling rates at South Omaha. A California professor cites an error in liquor measurement methods in government tables.
A Rochester reader recounts a dramatic recovery from Bright's disease after relying on Warner's Sale Ouro. He details years of misdiagnoses, severe weight loss, and near death, then credits the remedy with restoring health, gaining 26 pounds, and ending pain. He urges wider use and warns of underrecognized kidney disease dangers.
The article notes fiscal strain within the McCarthy faction of the parliamentary party as eleven majority supporters rely on stipends. Some are cash poor while funds held by the league remain blocked unless tenacious terms are met. Parnellites reportedly have varied income sources and Mrs O Shea aided supporters, with hints of a collecting tour to America affecting future funds and shaping party adjustments.
The Jews state temperance alliance pushes to close saloons where local authorities fail to enforce the prohibitory law. President Harvey and ex-Attorney General Bakeringe returned from Carroll with injunctions against seven saloons. Detectors from Des Moines gathered evidence as a mob, led by a saloonkeeper, attacked the case but witnesses were jailed then released. Fort Dodge reports injunctions filed against twenty five saloonkeepers as detectives continue weeks of evidence collection.
A mixed cluster of items from different issues reports on a California incorporation of a Rumian Jews trust with capital of 1 000 and 200 000 shares, a weathered battle reference, the spread of a cough remedy, and a Kansas investigation regulation accusing Judge Theodore Botkin of corruption and drink. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper roundup.
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