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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1891
Page
4
An ad extols Dr. Pierce Pleasant Pellets as the best liver pill for sick headache bilious issues and digestive derangements. It claims cleansing, gentle action, vegetable content, small size and guaranteed results with money back if ineffective.
Martin Schafer, convicted of Edward Howrey's murder in Logansport Indiana, tries mail to his wife claiming insanity to avoid prison. Sheriff Donathan opens the letter revealing escape plans and property dispositions. Judge McConnell promptly sentences Schafer to fifteen years at Michigan City as trial proceeds.
An 19th era ad describes nervous distress and ailments like uneasiness by day and fitful sleep. It promotes Hostebter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy to calm the nerves, aid digestion, and restore strength. The copy asserts the tonic also tones the kidneys and liver and claims benefits against malaria and related complaints.
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as pleasant tasting and effective for kidney liver and bowels, cleansing the system, curing constipation, and dispelling colds headaches and fevers. It claims unique quality, quick action, and broad acceptability, with bottles priced 50 cents and 1 dollar and pro cures via any reliable druggist.
The Jacksonville Southern fast passenger train from Peoria bound for Santa Fe derailed at Havana on a sharp curve in a fierce storm. Eight or more are killed or badly hurt. carriages burned as rescuers battled the blaze. Aboard were mourners traveling with a casket. one passenger recounts escaping with family through a window as the wreck split the train.
In Toledo Ohio a young man registered at the Boody house on Charles J Edwards and died by his own hand the same afternoon. Rev Father F Quigley questioned, locating laudanum aconite opium and acids among ashes of burned letters. The man claimed to come to Toledo to murder Quigley, and a masonic emblem was noted. Quigley tried to deter him, obtaining a 24 hour pledge. Authorities suspect a suicide intent amid sensational claims of a past sermon about former danger to the priest. The deceased was about 24 to 26, 5 ft 6 in, with no clear identity.
A detailed description of a well dressed man with gold rings and a silver watch appears amid reports on the Mitchell Mary Zoldoski poisoning scandal. Authorities confirm Ella Maly died from poisoning, Rosa Zoldoski jailed, and Mrs Mitchell’s death previously ruled poisoning as well. Chemical analysis by Prof Haines reportedly finds strychnine in the stomach of Mrs Mitchell.
Ex US minister John H Smyth writes to President Harrison arguing the exposition bill should include a distinct Negro display. He asserts the nation’s greatness relies on recognizing African American intellect and achievements in industry agriculture science and art to reflect all people of the United States.
Sir Charla Gavan Duffy writes to the Freeman’s Journal tracing independent opposition to 1847 free confederation. He claims bishops resisted the policy, banished priests to penal parishes, and that independents fell from fifty to five amid clerical treachery.
After Secretary Windom's death rumors questioned his finances. Friends and admirers in New York quietly organized a memorial fund among bankers to honor his public service. About $40,000 had been subscribed by the first of October, with $1,000 more expected the next day.
Sir Leonard Tilley presided at the St John branch annual meeting of the Imperial Federation league. He cited events showing concerns over unity and warned some members withdrew from their party to avoid choices seen as harming imperial unity. Judge Pale Verapoke spoke on the issue of commercial annexation.
The report, though garbled, notes the emperor delaying withdrawal of orders tied to ill treatment accusations near the frontier. It mentions a plan from April to shift to intimidation requiring Reichsland arrivals to announce residences, then aborts that change, with hope the ruler might reconsider.
The lion tamer Beets faced six lions after drill when one refused to cage. A lion sprang on Beets, threw him down and ripped him before another trainer struck the animal with a lance. Beets died soon after.
An Irish letter reports Archbishop Walsh condemning the extreme action of excommunication against Parnell's followers while urging equal religious treatment of all supporters. He cautions against national folly and moral harm in backing Parnell, noting other prelates disagree and that Irish people may soon choose between Parnell and the church.
The Protestant Episcopal church in Magland worries over the growing Reformed Episcopal denomination transplanted from the United States. Revivals have spread across major cities and rural districts. Bishop Alfred S. Richardson defends apostolic succession and equality, arguing for legal and spiritual recognition without coercing the established church.
London dispatch reports fresh details in the murder of Dr Leilermann whose body was found in a ravine near San Remo after he stayed at the National Hotel in December and traveled with two German companions to Monte Carlo. Police suspect a staged gambling death and link a Polish countess and her German associate to the case, while the killer remains unidentified.
The article outlines 1801 celestial events including four eclipses two solar two lunar a Mercury transit and Saturn ring disappearance with dates across May to December. It notes visibility worldwide from the Pacific to Europe and Asia plus observers may gain data on solar parallax and ring dynamics. Professor G W Coalley provides transit contact times for U S observatories.
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