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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
4
An advertisement extols Dro Piorea's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal remedy for skin and scalp disease, venereal conditions, and lung ailments. It claims to purify the blood, improve liver function, and support all bodily processes, with a guaranteed money-back offer and year-round efficacy. It targets consumers seeking cures for "impure Wood" and related disorders.
A woman and four children perished and a man is believed burned in a morning fire at Delmonico Place and Hopkinson Avenue Brooklyn. The bakery basement and ground floor housed families. Firemen found Mrs Henry and two children dead on the top floor while others were unable to escape as smoke and flames spread through wooden structures. Enrich, injured in the basement, survived. Fire gutted bakery and second floor before being subdued.
Dramatic recovery tale from Jeansville Pa where nineteen days underground ends for four men. Rescue crews, teeming crowds, and hospital care follow as the survivors recount the grim hours trapped by flood and damp air.
A dramatic rescue at Jeansville mine on February 4th ends after an exploring party led by Supt. Macfarlan finds four miners alive on February 24th. The team battles mud, wreckage, and toxic air while revisiting No 6 breast and rescue efforts amid dangerous conditions. The survivors include John Tomaskucky, Bosco Prinko, and Joe Mustupkowitch among the four.
A vast, somber procession marks the Sherman funeral in St Louis. Civil and military officials, veterans, and family members fill streets and depots as the bier travels from New York to the cemetery. Guards, prayers, and a cannon salute honor the fallen general and Oliver Sherman.
A New York society promotes grammar as a noble mission with strict admission tests. Members must speak 600 words with under five grammatical errors, pass monologue and dialogue trials, and avoid copying Addison’s phrases. Applicants include lawyers and preachers. reception is selective, with many rejected for failing to meet exacting linguistic standards.
A fragment from a discussion of a new Society for the Propagation of Grammar Among Respectable People. It notes a board of censors admitting some workers to its ranks and barring many, including writers for the pope, based on grammatical accuracy. It foresees a future female branch and urges careful speech to avoid miscommunication and social conflict.
The text mentions Castoria use by a child and a phrase about a former state official in Arkansas, then reports that Treasurer Morrow has paid 68 740.50 to cover the full amount of a shortage in Wooden's cash account. The fragmentary report ties a historical remedy to a fiscal settlement.
The readable lines describe a curious claim about salvation pills sold by dealers for 25 cents a bottle. It presents a questionable cure and hints at a broader mockery of such remedies, with no clear, verifiable details or outcomes.
A dubious ad touts Johnson's Anodyne Liniment as a fortifying remedy for dyspepsia constipation kidney trouble sore throat and tonallitin. The text promotes malaria protection and general health benefits with other patent medicines and pills, urging procurement for those in a mineral region.
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