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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1890
Page
2
Fen Butler counsels a young man to avoid mean actions for money, while Ben lacks moral eminence. The note recalls Lord Gough's capture of Punjaub decades ago and critiques postcolonial governance by young men. It argues that minds remain open to debate, and each generation learns, broadening the world and advancing progress through discussion.
The excerpt surveys urban lore and social opinion, noting Washington is said to house many haunts and family skeletons, praising beneficial insects and criticizing Sunday theatricals. It questions immigration restrictions, admires farmer economy, admires early New England memory, and reflects on pirate treasure myths with measured skepticism.
A Menominee man named Wnapovss was taken to Milwaukee by U.S. officers. He is charged with raping his daughter. He was found guilty and sentenced to death under tribal laws.
The article portrays Irish peasant girls from ages thirteen to sixteen entering farm work, learning to milk, clean, and care for the family, then moving through a ladder of domestic roles from kitchen maid to parlor maid. Sundays bring finery and churchgoing, with social attention from local boys, while mothers push for better wages with other families. The piece notes a cycle of circumstance where daughters shift between farms, often toward Protestant households, and concludes with marriage into poverty as a possible but mixed outcome.
A New York woman invents a wire rope twisting machine with a $25,000 royalty potential. A Massachusetts girl creates a leaf trimming machine for publishers. A Pennsylvania woman designs iron hooping for barrels and others improve stereoscopes and locomotives. Women also pioneer fur lifters and various household devices.
Excerpt from the Dry Goods Chronicle surveys hair and beard customs across ancient Britons Gauls Romans Saxons and Franks. It notes long hair as rank mark among Franks and refere nces laws restricting flowing hair among nobles while beard held reverence, with oaths implied by touching it.
An Atlanta sale featured a pair of crutches suited to a poor crippled boy who bid bravely as an elder in the crowd outbid him. After the boy exhausted his funds the thoughtful elderly man bought the crutches and, in a surprising turn, gave them to the boy as tears filled his eyes. The man disappeared before the grateful boy could thank him.
A critique argues that a volume titled The Middle Class Cook Book would fail in the United States as the idea of a middle class household recipe collection would alienate American housewives and render the book unappealing or unusable in the market.
A humorous note captures Johnny's popularity with teachers. They keep him after class, joking that he is so beloved they never let him leave until six o'clock. The exchange highlights affectionate schoolyard wit and the light tone of Harper's Bazar.
A reflective portrait of Joseph Merrick known as the Elephant Man and the fate of a lucky penny tied to greed and kindness. It recalls Merrick’s life from mercy at the London Hospital via Treves to royal charity, public decency debates, and his final quiet death amid superstition and compassion.
The tale follows two pennies minted in 1835 that stayed apart for years before ending up united in a coffin. One cent bought a newspaper and mills for a newsboy’s mother, while the other went into a rich young man’s pocket for luck on his way to Europe. The barroom owner later kept the cent as his “lady penny” during cards, until a mysterious event interrupted the tale.
In a Georgia town a funeral for a woman drew a crowd and escalated when the bereaved husband, a large man, challenged a white man over seating and treatment of the ceremony. He warned of consequences if the man did not stay in place, declaring he would impose discipline with force and insist on his sole status as mournful widower. The incident reflects racial tensions and disputed conduct at a community service.
A critic questions why decent citizens are dragged before courts to endure libelous insinuations from processions and why judges tolerate violations of court etiquette. He challenges sport lawyers who imply that honorable witnesses fabricate perjury and are inherently suspicious on the stand.
A Boston area job seeker's interview ends with the applicant promising a safe, slow, careful ride. She asks for a driver who dislikes speed and sharp turns, and the man recounts his prior experience driving a hearse with steady performance.
An Acotin Washington paper warns residents along the creek to act quickly to guard against bull trout that roam the bank in search of chickens. Wednesday Dr Fulton caught one weighing one and a half pounds that, when opened, yielded the neck of a chicken.
A parade of curiosities from around the world and nearby, noting electric omnibuses in London, earnings of jockeys, empires and doves in flight, and a mix of quirky locals. Highlights include a 108 year old Birmingham dancer, a New York skeletons contract, and a Boston church blending religion with socialism.
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