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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1892
Page
3
Oakes ND May 18 1912 local notes report residents at work and leisure. Mentions Mrs Thomis Crimion Mr Peak and others with daily tasks and small business. Also notes Decoration day preparations hospitalities and a visit to Jamestown Tusany Asylum with praise for its management and facilities.
Misa Holmes falls ill with quinine mumps victim Dora Hank noted. H. P. Boardman visited Fargo on business. Harrison Nichols visits from El-Heatte Harrison appears frail. Mrs. Jus, Bureatt visits Mrs. Howard, returns to Fullerton tonight. Frame of Society building rising under Bitterbush & Son. Slocum's pond being filled. bathing warning issued. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised for strength and blood. Dr. W. H. Whitaker to visit Oakes for dental work. Tadies return from Jamestown trip. Mrs. Bessie Starr Keofer lectures on the I. O. G. T. Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. to perform. Siberian bloodhounds and donkey comedian Jerry featured. Willie Root breaks collar bone. treated by Dr. Boardman. Snow blankets the ground. oldest inhabitant notes unusual spring storm. Seeding progress improves. 90 percent of last year’s acreage expected in. Warm rain spurs rapid planting.
A shipment of premium horses to North and South Dakota arrived last week via the Northwestern route for Marshall. The standout is Bravante, a Durbin’s Brilliant son, dam Avellante, with high breeding and expected to weigh around 1,200 pounds. Other notable entries include Membrino Tucker and Haakon, both praised for speed and quality as potential trotting champions. Oakes is rising as a premier horse market in Central Dakota.
Mrs P B Powlody traveled from Oakes to sell millinery but wind kept buyers away. later, Mat Mather arranged to stay and take the Whetzel house. Community notes announce Decoration Day planning and church youth events, with local residents improving health, attending socials, and preparing spring and farm plans.
Abnormally low temperatures and scant sun have hurt farming. Central counties report above normal precipitation while eastern areas see below average showers with little sun. Wet soils hinder regrowth. early sown wheat rotting in low spots and oats damp at Warren, Cass county, though some areas in Bittineau, Cass, Kidder, Logan, and Stutsman report good emergence.
A collection of scattered items from a rural community: seeding on a valley farm, moves and business changes, property sales, a runaway horse incident, and weather worries. Mentions include Nels Tollefson, Mr Kennvy of Minneapolis, Gilbert Togenson, Dinkerson, Andie Larson, Migs doasto Miller, E Kent, and local schools and pastors.
A collage of ads and notices offers wall paper sets at ALP with price mentions, poultry and duck listings, legal notice about trespass warnings, reduced-rate railroad ticket sale for a convention in Chicago, and various medical remedies and sewing machines with prices and contact hints.
A fragmented item mentions a call for bids near Keyeton town along Maplecreek Vial and an old physician offering a vegetable remedy for consumption bronchitis and nervous ailments. The notice promises free instructions by mail in German French or English from WA Noves at 20 Powers Block Rochester.
A farmer reports two missing bay bronchos four miles northeast of Harlem. One named Yeldin with a white face stripe and a scroll saw brand weighs about 1800 pounds. the other named Balainae with a facial stripe weighs about 1200. A reward is offered for information leading to recovery.
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