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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1891
Page
3
Oakes North Dakota February 18 1991 report notes a busy week with visits Ritt erbachs from Jamestown a string of local sales and auctions at the Round Elevator and the Casa Mercantile Co. mixed with farm notices horse sales seed wheat shipments and letters from residents detailing health weather and community events including theater and club gatherings.
A mixed local page reports visits by Sheriff Cross and Dr Matthews, travelers from Fargo and Jamestown, and town notices. It notes a well attended farmers meeting, a St Patrick's dance, a funeral after Mrs Head’s death, and a school exhibition with a detailed program. Medal contest set for Yorktown church on March 19 invites community support.
The Dickey County Board of Commissioners met February 25 1891 with no quorum and adjourned to February 26. They discussed seed grain bonds of 20000 dollars to finance seed purchases, approved notices for sale, and set a March 13 1891 deadline to settle accounts and obtain county credit. Several motions passed and staff bills were reviewed, with adjournments through March 4 1891 and a final note from the County Auditor.
Annual city election to be held in Onkea at the polling place to elect one mayor, one city treasurer, one city justice of the peace, one police justice, and one alderman for each ward. Incumbents listed include Chr. Gorder, P.S. Peal, and J. B. McCarthy. T. F Luansuane and J.E. Sronuiva named mayor and city auditor respectively.
The notice touts moving to the New South for farm or mineral land investment, urging readers to escape northern crop failures. It advertises cheap land in Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, round trip rail tickets, and requests pamphlets from Monon Route agent L. Sessions, Box 581, Polis, Minn, with rates and information for southern states.
An aged United States remedy praised by many mothers for guiding teething. It is said to relieve pain and calm stomach distress during teething, with claims of reducing dysentery diarrhea wind and colic while aiding the child’s health and the mother’s rest. Price 2?6.
An old physician offers a free remedy for constipation bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous debility claiming a radical cure. He will mail the recipe in German French or English with directions upon request to 820 Powers Rochester NY. Also a rental notice seeks tenants for a store building formerly McCarthy Bron. Inquire with Bald yan Wise and C W Millham.
A mix of lease offers for dwellings and farms, warrants notes from county funds, and a bank condition statement for Oakes Bank dated February 24. 1801. The text also includes weather cautions, market ads for livestock and forage, transport notices for the Minneapolis rail corridor, and promotional lines urging traveler information from Northwest agents.
A damaged OCR fragment lists names such as Dickey Pull, Nutihy Jinkoyn, and Uakoa Ithekuy Ua along with references to a court, a county, and officials like Baden and Waldom Potter. The text hints at a legal or civic notice with names, places, and dates but is garbled and hard to decipher.
Foreclosure proceedings reported in Dickey County North Dakota over the property of Delayed mortgage by Lewis Ie Matfield to Jon Hae Apalg. Notice lists the May 18 date, debt figures, and sale at the courthouse in Ellendale with the sheriff’s sale scheduled.
Stock sale and trade notice from HP Moore of Strmulville North Dakota. Stock to be sold or traded on final day of October with cattle at 1.80 per head and horses at 2.50. There is 226 acres of pasture with ample water available for payroll in. Also offering horses for sale or trade for cattle.
Advertises Bucklen’s Avoca Salve and Chamberlin’s Cough Remedy as world best cures. Includes testimonials from I B Loughran and others praising relief from coughs colds and sores. Claims patent help through C F Co Patent solicitors in Washington and notes purchase at A P Slocum store.
A letter from Mrs. Ada E. Burd of Groton Massachusetts recalls that a severe cold settled into her lungs and led to a grave prognosis from four doctors who gave little hope. She describes surrendering to her conditions yet resolving to live for her husband and family, seeking strength through faith and persistence.
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