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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1891
Page
4
A garbled, interleaved text mixes mock verses and political critique with a long advertisement for Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. The piece references semi official publishing, imperial politics, and a curious money back offer, ending with Dr. Pierce’s medicine sales pitch.
A rock weighing at least 200 pounds fell from a mountain side onto the center coach of the Washington express near Duquesne heights Pittsburgh at about 8 50 in the morning injuring three passengers and killing Mina Clara Fleming a 19 year old student of Duquesne college. J F Donahue 20 was badly hurt while Mamie Baldwin 18 suffered head and arm wounds. The victims were en route to school as rain drenched the line and no blame was placed on the railroad. The train continued to Pittsburgh after the wreck was cleared.
A major blaze in New Westminster on the 16th consumed about 500000 dollars in property. Fireman Tobn McCannon died after being buried beneath the Masonic temple collapse as flames and smoke engulfed Columbia Street and the surrounding block for hours. The fire destroyed a four story brick building housing stores, offices, and registry offices along with the Masonic lodge area.
John W. Pease and his wife Agnes, residents at 1510 Wabashaw, Chicago, faced a hydrophobic attack after a church walk. Agnes suddenly lunged at John, biting him while she tore at her own wrist, bleeding heavily. He restrained her as police took her to detention hospital, awaiting diagnosis of hydrophobia.
Coroner's jury fails to implicate anyone in the death of Mrs. C W Cowles wife of the Pacific bank president of Clarks Nebraska. The investigation notes that much evidence challenged the burglary theory and questioned the theft claim of fifty dollars found later in a teapot.
The prosecutor said no further proceedings would begin against suspected parties unless local citizens filed information making charges. He emphasized a shift away from jury stories and suggested voluntary information as the path forward.
St Petersburg dispatch in Daily Telegraph quotes British sympathy as worsening Jewish sufferings under Russian laws. Governors issue new circulars enforcing anti Jewish statutes and brutal conscription practices. Recruits endure three years of recall, severe transport, and risk from gangs, while Moscow officials show selective mercy. A few Russian intellectuals urge humane treatment and appeal to the Czar, who reportedly remains aware of abuses.
Reviving the Rock Advicus from Kusela states that few scenes since the Inquisition mark Europe. Agents of the holy wynod probe charges of heresy against nonconformists, with arrests and brutal coercion to force orthodoxy. Catholics largely spared, but churches in Poland suffer closures. the robe faction blames Jews for the Novgorod cathedral fire, amid widespread ignorance.
The social democrats enter Austrian politics for the first time, aiming to broaden franchise limits that tax-rich workers cannot meet. The movement, though supported by many workers, currently reaches only a small minority of artisans and faces a cautious path toward potential expansion.
An interview with Dr. Henson and local figures discusses Brights disease. The doctor asserts kidney ailments precede serious illnesses and claims his remedy, War a Bufo Cure, can cure Brights disease after personal and others experiences.
Gen William Tecumseh Sherman died in New York City at 1:50 PM on the 14th, surrounded by family and officials. The report details his final hours, the grief of relatives, and the swift dispatch of telegrams to President Harrison and cabinet members. Biographical notes trace Sherman’s rise from West Point to major campaigns from Shiloh to the Atlanta and Savannah campaigns and his later roles in the army and literature.
In Manchester Iowa two masked men entered the home of Jameea Linden and assaulted his wife before stealing a large amount of the school funds kept in the house. A spree of fraudulent health claims and product ads appear in the damaged text, mentioning Syrup of Figs and other remedies. The fragment also notes a separate failed company with $40,000 liabilities and incoherent advertisements for supposed medicines.
Geo Gates of Corinth Mississippi writes that August Flower cured his severe dyspepsia after using several bottles. He proclaims himself well and urges others to try the medicine. The letter endorses G G Green as sole manufacturer of the product from Woodbury New Jersey.
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