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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1890
Page
4
The exchange notes weariness with political records and urges Dickey County to pursue manufacturing growth. It forecasts Fullerton as a growing hub once the Soo Line rail expands, highlighting farming resources and enterprise. Proposes establishing factories or institutions to spur prosperity, including a driver yard as a base to ship to nearby towns.
Brookings Register notes a shopkeeper’s poverty and stinginess degrade trade. The quip says a generous printer and choice advertising would lure customers, while the clumsy rubber-stamped letters reveal tightfisted tendencies and poor business judgment.
An editorial urges strict enforcement of new state laws starting July 1 and laments delays in arranging the North Dakota Press Association’s second annual meeting at Devils Lake. The piece questions Secretary Bowsfield’s responsiveness, notes rising western immigration, and cites shifting fortunes in North Dakota towns as optimism grows for steady prosperity.
A report from Minneapolis, repeated in Aberdeen papers, claims the Soo railroad is preparing construction tools and work for a rapid start on a line between Aberdeen and Bismarck. Supposedly the project could begin within two weeks, with broader Missouri slope benefits and new coal markets for South Dakota.
A. J. Wells has been buying barb wire from Mr. Roberts and is now stringing the wire around a thirty acre pasture lot. Last week at an evening gathering, the Youth's Temperance Club entertained settlers with music, recitations, readings and singing, with Mrs. A. J. Wells presiding at the organ. Charles Johnson is described as cheerful and helpful.
Teichman the blacksmith creates sweet music from his anvil as he quips there is no rest for the wicked. C W Porter boasts perhaps the county’s finest wheat. Settlers around Fullerton have earned in and broke 100 acres for the leader of the Fullerton Bund.
In the heart of Northwestern Towns corn belt new towns arise along the Sioux Falls and Onawa branches of the Illinois Central Railroad. The Cherokee and Western Town Lot and Land Co. owns many sites and invites inquiries for rates and the pamphlet Homes for Everybody. Manchester.
Disjointed notes claim an alleged policy to impose a 250M gas charge on car owners with a call to avoid discrimination between ouiles and females. The fragmentary text questions why any such distinction would be made and references an example.
The Illinois Central Railroad announces excursions to Tennessee Iowa Mississippi and Louisiana on April 22 May 20 September 9 and 23 and October 14. The rate is a single fare round trip with 30 day tickets and stop overs south of Cairo. Tickets via west of Duncomb and O T Me branch on evening trains prior to dates. For an excursion circular write to J Merny Assistant Gen Pass Agt Manchester Iowa.
The Chicago and North-Western Railway will sell excursion tickets to St Paul and return at one fare for the round trip, with a $2.00 membership fee for the National Educational Association. Tickets and full information available from C and N W Railway Co agents.
Final Proot in Foro North Dakota May Win ch Muthex announces continuation of probate actions. Names listed include Alan Pakeheart and others seeking judgments and sales of estates. Proceedings set for Saturday, July 18 at the county courthouse with heirs and witnesses named.
Public notice announces a mortgage sale of a North Dakota property described by parcels in the county and state. The lender Oakes Bank and Loan Association issues the sale timetable with publication and deputy service, to recover the debt and proceeds from the auction. The sale is set for a specific Saturday in May at 10 o clock, at the property door in the city specified, with all conditions described in the mortgage deed.
Northern Pacific Railroad unveils a new schedule effective June 15 1890 with sixteen daily through passenger trains eight eastbound and eight westbound plus 105 local trains west of St Paul Ashland and Duluth. First through service Pacific Express leaves St Paul 8 15 am Chicago 6 30 pm with connections to Portland via Helena and Tacoma.
A terse note references Striet Abs tension and AUL work related to horseshoeing. It mentions Doi and Guardatech in a compact industrial context. The fragment suggests affiliations with specialty satisfaction in the horseshoeing trade.
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