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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1890
Page
3
A fragmentary piece links forehead shapes to mental traits and temperament, noting retreating foreheads suggest imagination while high firm foreheads imply concentration. It adds odd lines about remedies, nostrums, and a punning closing product pitch.
In this piece the author questions female posture and seating etiquette, noting women’ s tendency to fidget or sit with limbs displaced while comparing to male stability. It muses on training the female body to sit erect and unmoving, pondering if women can imitate the steadiness seen in men and in Greek ideal poses.
An old advertisement promotes Syrup of Fig as a gentle remedy to dispel headaches fevers and cleanse the system. It claims to relieve costiveness and biliousness and to permanently cure habitual constipation while awakening the kidneys and liver without injury or weakening them.
A curious claim praises Ho tetter's Bromuach Bitters as a cure for indigestion and a wide range of ailments. The item asserts many are relieved daily from dyspepsia and lists fever, ague, debility, constipation, rheumatism and kidney troubles as conditions benefited by the remedy.
A damaged passage discusses consumption and care, mentioning hopeless cases and a personal appeal. Names and exact details are unclear, but hints at medical or charitable context and a request related to a sum or payment. The fragment references an individual and a location suggestive of a historical document.
The siege of Grenada ends as Boabdil gifts safe passage to the women and surrender follows. Quexada and Leila witness the collapse of the Moorish fortress while Almamen and the royal army withdraw. The tower finally crumbles, leaving Leila torn between her father and her lover amid the Moorish retreat.
Boabdil pursues Salabrena to link sea and Grenada, hoping to tap Moorish aid and starve the city. Almamen confronts his daughter’s peril, urges a broader Cordovan unrest, and plans a perilous voyage with Ximen toward a secret vault of wealth as Eliah warns.
A dramatic advertisement describes consumption symptoms and warns readers to seek prompt treatment. It extolls Dr. Sieen’s Golden Medical Discovery as a guaranteed cure, claiming it has restored health to “thousands” worldwide and touts its supposed effectiveness against scrofula and all lung afflictions. The text cites Buffalo, New York as the association’s address.
A review discusses The Martyrs of Science showing how progress is resisted, then embraced. It cites Stephenson’s railway, Rochester trains, the reaper, and cell-binders as examples. The piece argues labor-saving devices raise living standards and expand human capabilities for future generations.
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