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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1894
Page
2
Fragmentary text shows the official local paper with editor name C. S. Brown and reference to Van Meter and temporary secretary position, indicating a mid century county publication.
A chorus of famous figures including Rev. Dr. Parkhurst Palmer Cox Bill Nye Anthony Comstock and George Francis Train share views on marriage in the July issue of Demorest's Family Magazine. Also commentary on North Dakota Populist conventions Jamestown state politics and party splits suggest radical faction influence, fading Democrat support, and uncertain fall prospects.
The letter argues that treasury notes issued for silver purchases under the Sherman act threaten the gold reserve. It states these notes, like greenbacks and silver certificates, are not a special menace but are managed to stay at par with gold. It contends some men design to weaken the reserve to force bond issues.
A critique argues that practical businessmen mainly handle banking and would not seek to increase bonds or damage national credit. It asserts banks opposed gold depletion, while some savings banks might favor bonds to protect deposits, and condemns demagoguery over financial policy.
R R commissioners passed through last week with Commissioner Stevens and wife visiting L. E. Vaughn. A Sunday School was organized with Mrs. J Woolsey as Superintendent. The Rev Mr Prindle has joined the charge and preached his first sermon to a full house. J W Straub erected a wind mill. Many from Straubville attended the farmers picnic in Guelph last Saturday.
Roy Phifer is under the weather. J Bloomer manages five teams at work breaking up his farm. J F Rae traveled to Fargo and expects a three week return. James Cutler had a misfortune while sightseeing in Verner. Alonzo Fordyce suffered slight injuries. The U P S C E social drew large attendance and generous donations with recitations music and refreshments afterward.
Malvern Cresworth, an English miner, reports finding a large deserted city about eighty miles west of Lake Colorado in the Sierra Madre. The site features red stone blocks two to three stories high and a narrow planned street grid, but no records or artifacts to identify its builders.
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