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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1891
Page
4
An advertisement claims a tonic cures asthma and nervousness and improves vision and senses. It promises guaranteed results or refunds, and pitches as a legitimate beverage with sugar and no ordinary medicine. Address listed at 63 Main.
Berlin dispatch reports the Kaiser's mention of a future war while naming Count Waldersee to a Ninth Army corps command. The move contradicts hopes for European peace and signals tight control over military leadership, with Haeseler passed over as rival commanders are sidelined.
London dispatch states Charles Bradlaugh died in a coma after a week of illness. He remained an unbeliever in religion, not denying a deity but deeming insufficient proof, and continued to challenge pretenses of the elect while striving to leave the world better than he found it through honest morals and charitable deeds.
In Barcelona on the Sth, a peaceful parade for republican leader Don Nicolas Salmerons Alfonso escalated after an officer ordered mounted gendarmes to charge the crowd. Pistols and carbines fired, injuring several, with bullet marks seen on the hotel frame. The crowd dispersed and a government inquiry is expected.
Mrs. William Stanton of Sing Sing, New York, recently gave birth to a child several days ago and faces severe hardship due to lack of corn and food. Her husband, a pipe moulder, roams near the post nearby and is described as a drunk and neglectful partner.
Bay City Mich reports a massive ice floe disaster with over 100 fishermen missing. Ice carried out to lake by south wind buried crews, six reached shore east of river, others lost near Charity Islands. Essexville workers half frozen, two survivors amid ongoing search.
The American house of bishops met in New York to elect a missionary bishop for Japan. Forty two bishops attended with Rt. Rev. Dr. William presiding. Rev. Henry C. Swentzel of Scranton was unanimously chosen, noted for pulpit skill and Episcopal policy knowledge. consecration expected soon. Bishop Hare to proceed to Japan to aid mission efforts and attend the Far Eastern Protestant Missionary conference.
A carriage drawn by two horses in Chicago with no driver rushed north on Clark Street. A liveryman claimed to invent an electric braking system activated by buttons in the carriage. Tests near North Park boulevard drew crowds and approval for the device, which uses copper pegs, wires, and a battery to apply current to the horses’ reins. A Morning News reporter witnessed the device stop the team after a brief run at speed.
A chaotic column reports a double tragedy in Columbus Kansas where Lauta Holay of Arizona killed his wife Annahie Re Halsey then shot himself after a divorce dispute. Also details a farmer James McCord’s suicide, a plot in St. Louis to burn a restaurant, a surgical attempt in Cincinnati to reclaim a child from idiocy, a boiler explosion in Little Rock, a morphine death in New York, and a note on railroads possibly uniting under one management in the Northwest with various named companies and figures.
A man recounts a six day death struggle in 1881 with Brights disease and kidney failure. After doctors failed, Rev Dr Foote urged a trial of Warner's Safe Cure, leading to rapid recovery and a vow to publicize the remedy's benefits. He credits the treatment with regaining health, weight, and life, arguing Brights disease underlies many so called heats and related deaths.
The McCarthy faction of the parliamentary party faces a funding crisis as MPs rely on stipends for support. Funds are tied up with evicted tenants, and Parnellite leaders resist using them for broader needs. Mrs O Shea aids Parnell and allies, while plans to tour America threaten future contributions. The financial squeeze complicates party unity and proposed adjustments of differences.
The Iowa temperance alliance moves to close saloons in counties where authorities fail to enforce prohibitory law. President Harvey and ex-Attorney General Baker returned from Carroll with injunctions against seven saloons. Witnesses from Des Moines helped investigators. a mob and harassment followed. Fort Dodge dispatch notes injunctions sought against twenty five saloonkeepers, as detectives collect evidence to shut all county saloons.
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