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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1894
Page
2
The item lists publication details for a weekly paper issued Tuesday and Friday in Oakes, McLean County, North Dakota. It credits Western Printing Company as printer and C S Brown as editor.
The Dickey County Republican convention in Ellendale on June 30 adopted broad resolutions endorsing party principles, denouncing Populists, and pledging support for lawful money and prohibition. A state-ticket candidate, George H. Keys, led to a list of ten delegates including W. B. Dille and John C. Hamlin, unanimously elected to attend the Grand Forks state convention.
After the delegate elections a half hour or more was spent on political outlook. Delegates voiced unanimous belief the Republican party in Dickey county is in better working order than ever. With careful ticket selection, prospects for success are excellent. Harmony and good feeling prevailed as the convention closed. The county and state governance were seen as moving away from incompetence and mismanagement.
Mud Hook Yacht Club regatta at Hunters Quay in Firth of Clyde opened with a collision between Valkyrie and Satanita. Valkyrie sank within minutes. Satanita damaged yet salvaged. Britannia won the 50 mile race by 85 seconds, with Vigilant and Britannia finishing second.
As the strike continues, thousands of workers with no direct road ties lose jobs. About 800 to 1,000 laid off in flour mills. over 2,000 more may become unemployed if other mills shut down. Shipping crews in saw mills, around 300 men, idle. Planing mills closed due to lack of loading capacity, possibly 850 more out of work. Numerous others receive an unwelcome holiday.
Consul J W Summer at Bombay reports natives prefer American manufactured articles and will pay more for US products than English or other foreign goods. He also notes many letters asking him to direct writers to firms handling American power machinery used locally to save labor costs. List of Albion colliery victims grows with 268 bodies recovered so far.
News from our correspondents in Bare Creek covers livestock losses, school resumptions, and visitors from Crookston. A wind incident damaged a fruiting item and horses were affected in two local spots. Oakes plans a July 4 celebration. An advertisement promotes Huller's Sar SAParilla Burdock for blood cleansing with local dealer S L Harris.
Eb Kent faced questions over toll for crossing the Jim River with W C Polka and others saying they were asked to pay. Kent learns a license fee of twenty five dollars is required to charge toll, but now claims the crossing is private. The note mentions scarlet rash illness among local children and Supt. Kent being buried at the Morgan School house.
Excursion tickets to Toronto will be sold at one fare for the round trip due to the Baptist Young People's Union of America convention. Tickets go on sale July 17 and 18 and are good for return passage until August 7, 1894. For tickets and full information contact Chicago and North-Western Railway agents.
The North Western Line offers discounted excursion tickets to Denver Pueblo and Colorado Springs on July 21 and 22 with return valid until August 25. Tickets and details available from Chicago North Western Agents Ray.
Over fifty years of use by millions of mothers for teething children. Soothes the gums relieves wind colic and diarrhea. Pleasant to taste. Sold by druggists worldwide. Twenty five cents a bottle. Ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
During the grippe season the article touts Dr King’s New Discovery for speedy recovery and relief from throat chest and lung diseases. It claims cures for asthma hay fever and long-standing ailments with rapid effects and offers free trial bottles at S L Drug Store.
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