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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1894
Page
3
Timetable shows weekday and Sunday service details for the James River Valley Line with agents listed. Notes indicate trains operate daily except Sunday and westbound trains run on a continuous schedule with specific stations and agents named across the line.
A scanned letter argues the Willson Bill would ruin US farmers and poultry keepers by reversing McKinley era protections. The writer warns foreign egg competition and tariff removal threaten markets, urging farmers to defend tariffs and insist on contribution to government financing.
Oakes residents plan Fourth festivities and a busy week of community activity. Local figures report work in painting, brickyard, hog farming, and brief town visits from nearby towns. A baseball game against Harlem teams ends 21 to 16 in favor of Harlem. Memorial sermons and church events are noted alongside infrastructure projects and school notices.
The annual farmers basket picnic will be held in Guelph with races such as a hurdle relay and foul race, plus sports and a bowery dune features. Readers are urged to come early, stay all day, and enjoy a grand salute at sunrise and sunset. Cows will be herd after the date for a daily five cent fee. O. Bly.
A collage of assorted notices and ads appears, touting ice cream at McGoyiers and Hood’s Sarsaparilla, rental inquiries, farm listings, and various goods. Also local government minutes mention taxes, repairs, and bids, with notices for renters, livestock, and a sale of farm property in Dakota Territory.
In Ellendale the nonpartisan convention met May 20 with 36 delegates. C A Nichols won the informal ballot with 18 votes and was declared the nominee after formalizing the ballot. A subsequent nonpartisan caucus in Gorder's Hall named delegates to Ellendale for the convention, led by Christ Gorder as chair and M N Chamberlain as clerk.
A grainy OCR page lists a Western Printing Company catalog of blanks and legal forms including mortgages leases and notices. It also contains testimonials for Dr King’s New Discovery promising cures and urging trial at S. L. Harris’s Drug and Crandall’s Chief of Police notices, with pricing shown for regular and larger bottles.
After the adjournment of the caucus, a citizens meeting was held to gauge support for celebrating the Fourth of July in Oakes. A unanimous vote favored celebration, and a committee including W. B. Howland, EB Bittman, Frank Brainard, T. S. Marshall, J. B. Root, Christ. Gorder and FP. S. Peabody was chosen to solicit funds and arrange details.
The Veterans and Sons of Veterans association of Dickey County announces its fourth annual reunion to be held in Oakes on April 4, 1894. All veterans and families are urged to attend, participate, and help ensure a successful gathering. A program is being prepared and plans will begin to make the event memorable. By order of committee, N Chamberlin President, B S Angel Secretary.
A garbled OCR passage presents a string of fragmented phrases and nonsensical words lacking coherent facts, names, dates, or identifiable events, making extraction of a readable news item or summary impossible. The text appears to be corrupted with numerous typos and misplaced characters, offering no actionable content.
M E church Oakes holds services Sundays at 7 30 pm Sunday School at noon prayer meeting Thursday 8 pm Pastor J C Pike Baptist Church Oakes extends welcome with services Sundays 8 pm Sunday School noon prayer meeting Thursday 8 pm C H Brooks pastor Presbyterian church services 11 am and 8 pm Sunday School at noon prayer meeting Wednesday 8 pm John C Linton S 8
On November Sth and 29th the North Western Line offers Home Seekers Excursions to points across Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Manitoba Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah Idaho and Montana at low round trip rates. Tickets are valid for return passage within thirty days from sale date and allow stop over privilege. For full information apply to agent Caro & North WesternKey, 2.
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