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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1891
Page
3
The paper covers city and county news with a Republican voice. Local officials, political developments, and community happenings are highlighted in concise notices and editorials.
Washington's Birthday is noted in Oakes with tax updates and local items. News covers visitors, births, a new illness, store foreclosures, livestock losses, and plans for a bandstand, plus school and road committee actions and railroad progress toward the Black Hills line.
On February 28 1891 a special election will be held at the Post Office building Oakes North Dakota to vote on bonding the Jaks Special District to raise funds and cancel warrants. Bonds payable in fifteen years polls 9am to 4pm by order of the Board of Education President Clark and officials.
The W C T U plans a Euro Supper at the Odell store building on Saturday evening Feb 2 with dinner service from 6 20 to 9. The bill of fare promises a true European style and features a magazine promotion touting high quality literature for families, noting its educational value and broad appeal.
Ludden locals report two week extension of school term. Edward Pletcher back to woods work. Steve Dunton staying in Ludden. Social at Mrs G E Norton’s. Mrs HR Eaton returned from Oakes visit. Streets busy as clothing distribution continues. hides bought by F B Smith. R H Walker from Ellandale via Minneapolis. Miss Ponsley returned home from Stroubville. Ellen Putman preached to large audience. Odd Fellows staging social and ball. refreshment committee named. Forty plus barrels of clothing shipped to Ludden, destined for Sargent and Brown counties. GC AN W freight runs on roads east of Chicago. Amos Watson praised for aiding clothing efforts. Dr Bush back from Bismarck reports capital cooperation. Republican Lovell township caucus set for March 24 in Ludden to nominate township officers.
A meeting of the County Farmers' Alliance will convene in Ludden at 1 p m Tuesday February 24 1891. Each subordinate alliance gets one delegate at large and one for each ton or major portion thereof. Full representation is requested. Reports cover transportation and seed supply amid drought, with local leaders HJ Matrony Pyes W M Huraitsiumi Suye.
Local snippets mention Armintrong Sundae at Ho in, Ellsworth’s rheumatic week, Mrs W B Sidelair visiting Elune, revival advice near Van Tori school house, youth events, a masquerade dance at Ludden, and Holstein cattle by G M Baker. Reflects scattered community notices and farm stock notes from the area.
In Bear Creek a school No.1 event on Saturday at 2 p.m. will nominate candidates for the town meeting. A public gathering noted two dozen youths attended Mrs W Lookiey’s home for a lively G.P. party with conversation and refreshments. Everyone left satisfied after a pleasant Friday evening.
A garbled page lists drug store wares masks and warrants, farm for sale offers, and a long run of ads. It mentions McGarthy Bros store space, Bald win & Wasson inquiries, and warrants on the County General Fund. Also notes Ayer's Pills, Bucklen's remedies, and Kings New Discovery for consumption. Oregon authors plan a poetry volume for the Chicago World’s Fair.
Oakes Grain Market issue notes a correction in the date of a sale. The record references a Northern Wisconsin location and a revised sale listing. Details are limited by the fragmented OCR text.
A Washington Letter from February 16, 1891 laments the deaths of Admiral Porter and General Sherman and reflects on Mr. Cleveland’s position on the free coinage bill. It notes political upheaval among Democrats in Congress, predicts factional splits, and discusses the impact on the Farmers' Alliance and possible extra sessions. The piece also comments on public grief and the lasting legacy of the two figures.
A Safe Investment promises satisfactory results or a refund of purchase price for Dr King’s New Discovery. Advertised by the pharmacist to relieve throat lung chest ailments including consumption bronchitis and whooping cough with a pleasant safe formula. Trial bottle offered at the akon Pharmacy.
Hubbard attempted to pull a pony with pinchers when the animal kicked. A pincher handle struck his head above the right eye and exited the ear. He was carried home unconscious and, though alive, with little hope of recovery. Carried in bystanders at Cleveland Leader. C A Snow & Co patent solicitors in Washington DC claim decades of success in patent grants and appeals.
A letter recalls J B Loughran once a city printer in North Des Moines. He reportedly used a homemade remedy to treat a persistent cough during setup, praising Chamberlin's Cough Remedy as the best in the world. The writer asserts strong personal belief in the product and notes it is for sale locally.
A jittery report blends coinage lore with medical ad copy and a Sebee pond incident. The piece cites Dr Chamberlin and mentions Ureo coinage marks and mint locations in San Francisco New Orleans Carson City Philadelphia. It also touts Chamberlin's Cough Remedy and describes four youths skimming pickerel from Hirriman pond after breaking the ice, a total of thirty six fish taken as trophies.
An 1850s style notice touts Healy as a universal remedy for children addressing dysentery pain griping and wind. It references a clock at Chatham dockyard affected by nearby iron ships and their vibrations, causing irregular hammering and necessitating relocation of the clock, per the New York Commercial Advertiser.
The piece notes how terms like old man and my boy circulate among men and boys and even women in reference to husbands, with such terms straying from polite sentences. It mentions the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway offering routes from St Paul and Minneapolis to southern Minnesota, central Iowa, and beyond, via agents in the Northwest and M2 Pratt in Minneapolis.
An elderly practitioner claims a universal vegetable cure for consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, and nerv ous debility. He will mail the recipe and full directions to all who request it, sending details to E. A. Noyes at 820 Powers’ Block, Rochester, NY.
From May first to October fifteenth cattle priced at 1.60 per hand and horses at 2.50. A large run with 22 acres of pasture and ample water offers grazing. Horses available to sell or trade for cattle. Located Sec 8 T129 R58 0.1 P Moore Straubville North Dakota.
A fractured 19th century note discusses a myth about a hatchet tale linked to George Washington’s birth anniversary. It questions its truth and cites obscure references, names, and local officials, hinting at contested origins and wartime memory.
Property records announce final proof notices for multiple parties in Dickey County North Dakota. Names include Lewis Hatield mortgage holder, John Pavehett assignee, and Blanchard as assignee. proceedings involve foreclosures, mortgage details, and sale of lands in Osler and Bilonde, with dates and front door auction at the county courthouse.
The article extols the South's rising development in agriculture industry and commerce as rail travel and winter tickets from Monon Route promote mobility to southern markets. It highlights cold winters, blizzards further north, and calls for investment in farming and minerals, with shipments and pamphlets available from Monon Route agents in Minneapolis and Kentucky Georgia and beyond.
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