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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1890
Page
3
A fragmented text juxtaposes an ornate meditation on certainty and fate with a practical note on dangerous tropic environments. The first excerpt muses on mortality, eternity, and human plans, while the second describes the fer de lance snake’s coloration, behavior, and danger in Martinique, urging caution after dark and in forested areas.
St Louis Republic reports on a proposed bridge across the English Channel as an alternative to a canceled tunnel project. French engineer M Hardque and English builder William H Northcote explore a route from Folkestone to Cape Grisnez via Varna and Calbart reefs, highlighting navigational hazards. The note also cites the tale of Prince Albert Victor selling the queen's autograph letters to fund school expenses, as recalled by the San Francisco Argonaut.
A homespun tip suggests catching a full grown rat and tying a sleigh bell to its neck then releasing it. Timid rats will flee the bell ringing, leaving homes free of rats in about two days. A note recalls Byron swimming the Hellespont swiftly, though not extraordinary for modern swimmers. The tale contrasts old feats with current performances.
The London Times notes Jeremiah Lynch’s Egyptian Sketches, published in London, has stirred furor among foreign Egyptologists. Lynch, an American brainhosa man based in San Francisco, spends much time in study and has produced a standard work on the land of the Pharaohs.
A New Jersey Central engineer, famed for never using profanity, surveys a smashed locomotive after a severe accident. In a separate incident near Cusetta, Georgia, a man and his mule are stung by countless bees, with grave fears for recovery after an estimated 2,000 stings.
Springfield Republican reports Amos A Parker of Fitzwilliam New Hampshire nearly 99, a University of Vermont 1815 graduate and longtime state legislator. He traveled with a brown wig bought decades ago, recalls Lafayette's 1825 visit, and recently married Julia Smith of Glastonbury. Parker, son of a former NH senator, remains sharp, reads widely, and enjoys recounting memories as he rides the circuit.
The New York Ledger notes raisins carry names from place or grape such as Smyrna Muscatel or sultana. Quality hinges on curing. Best raisins are picked when nearly ripe and sun dried by cutting stalks, then dried in sun. Next quality gathered ripe, dipped in ash lye and baked, interior dried in an oven.
The message notes that patent activity surged through the century with No 1 issued April 10 1700 and No 425895 by then. It cites that early decades saw few patents while 1889 produced 22080 patents and the U S Patent Office ended with a $250000 balance after expenses.
An exchange between a schoolmarm and Robert Reed unfolds with a tense, ominous undertone. Robert admits fighting after a bully mocked the teacher’s appearance. The schoolmarm delivers a warning to control temper and promises mercy this time.
In England the sparrow nuisance grows, with Dorsetshire authorities paying bounties to reduce numbers. Old birds fetch two pence a dozen, young birds four pence a dozen, and damaged forges eleven and three quarters pence per dozen. The birds threaten crops gardens and even thatch on buildings.
A Springfield Homestead note recounts the long use of cowcatchers on American locomotives to clear obstructions, crediting an Ohio engineer with the invention that shaped the current design. It warns that removing this feature raises fears for safety and rail operations, noting England lacks such devices.
The Danish envoy Baron Dal Borgo, famed for honor and humor, once faced a mob pursuing Espartero during Queen Isabella II’s youth. He unveiled a Danish flag across his doorway and warned that any harm to it would trigger Denmark’s responsibility to Spain, causing the crowd to retreat.
In an eastern town a young woman wears a diamond necklace set with thirteen stones, each from a former engagement ring. Her richer friend asks about its value, and she explains the piece holds sentimental value from past relationships, making a composite necklace a personal emblem rather than mere jewelry.
Eugene Field reports in Chicago News that the Shah and retinue troubled the royal family with constant trepidation during their visit. The shah wandered palace halls barefoot and even walked barefoot into the street to observe a procession, forcing the queen to mount a grand display of hospitality.
Captain King of the India army shot a tiger through the heart. The dying tiger gripped him, giving him a brief shake that sent him to hospital for weeks. He says an unwounded tiger would cause a similar shake, though perhaps milder.
A Louisville Times reader notes a tale set on Sylt about a fisher mother who lights a window candle for her sailor son. The story traces a long vigil of hope across years as storms, absence, and longing test a mother’s vow to guide him home each night.
A passage from Nineteenth Century recounts how royal favor and lettres de cachet were sold under Cardinal Fleury. Jeanneton, a Paris flower girl, bought freedom from an abusive husband, while the Chevalier de Coigny learns she later faced her own imprisonment as a result.
A professor argues that a person cannot live long with one lung. A student cites a woman who has lived for years with one lung, the wife of the Chinese minister, as example. The exchange emphasizes astonishing endurance and challenges medical expectations.
Frank Wertland a Hoboken writer and his wife and five month old child drowned after financial distress over a $25 mortgage on household goods. A female friend loaned $26 and took a mortgage on belongings, triggering debt pressures. The husband reportedly sought death by drowning, body of the wife and infant found at Fifth Street dock Hudson River. Wertland’s body not yet found.
Washington lawmakers debate Powell renda influenced withdrawal map in the senate. Allen Squire and Sanders Power challenge the plan, arguing Montana North Dakota and irrigation concerns. Casey Moody and others from older states oppose land withdrawal from homestead settlement.
Coroner’s office records over forty heat related deaths by noon as inquests loom across Chicago from Indiana line to lake and west boundary. A cooling front from Texas to Canada promises a drop toward 70s as cities report hot readings and weather bulletins show varied highs.
Police linked a local boy, Johnny Hampden, to a string of arson attacks in southern Indianapolis. He confessed before trial, admitting fires at Antioch church Excelsior works and Frick's livery stable to free up horses for the fire department, and the mayor bound him over to criminal court.
A cyclone struck Reading Michigan on the 20th alt, blowing down seven buildings and killing one man with several others injured. Wires were down hindering details. A second cyclone passed over Portland and Grange in Ionia county causing great damage with Barn Harwood burned by lightning and overturned, horses killed, and five buried in the wreck. all others survived.
A British Pacific squadron reportedly ready to defend English shipping as American prizes head toward San Francisco. The Behring sea dispute and possible Canada invasion are debated, with warnings that winter campaigning would prove brutal and blockades unlikely. Sealing fleet tensions rise as Maple Bay vessels gear up to confront Yankee seizures.
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