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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1890
Page
6
Population figures for North Dakota show 182 475 residents with no change amid early 20th century chatter. A French national is held at Bart Grail Forks awaiting charges in a murder case involving a boy. a coroner and undertaker are noted in terse reports. A grave desecration earlier prompted discovery at a cemetery with ongoing in vestigations and local reactions.
A garbled South Dakota item mentions population figures and local events. Notable jumbled notes include a Brookings geology reference, Aberdeen creditors, Mitchell water well issues, Egan barn lending, Chicago train wreck attempt, Bradford murder, and various legal actions.
Consul Tyner reports to the state department on American coal trade via St Thomas. The past year saw 25,577 tons of coal from the United States aboard twenty-five steamers. the prior year included ships from Britain and the US. The Bahamas trade balance and customs views on certificates are discussed.
Fragmentary text reports an 840,000 shortage tied to a St Louis bookkeeper and a fatal shooting in Columbia. Police probe links to a suspected Italian plot and a double murder involving a man named Hurdt, with confusion over a woman named Wurman and a missing wife.
A late night Belleville Kansas fire destroyed First National Bank and Philip Block with losses around 60000. A Kentucky train wreck near Somerset killed Conductor Lew Lowman and injured several others. A boiler explosion near Marioi damaged a touring car and caused severe injuries. A Troy New York fire at 1417 Third Avenue forced four families to flee as the building burned to ruins.
Fire teams answered quickly as a boarding house fire at a Solomon Wickes and family owned building left Ralph Gatey and another resident found in bed in a gas filled room. The cause of death was not yet determined though the gas jet was on and questions about self harm remained.
A garbled 19th century column reports Patrice Boucieaurt Boucienult’s death at 22 from London linked notices. It mentions B A Beatty of Joliet Illinois missing status of his wife. Louis Walt arrested in Grand Rapids Michigan as a drunkard with past Louisville ties. references to large sums in trust and a deteriorating downtown scene.
Reports from Rome say the pope will denounce plans of campaign and deny wine sacraments to plotters. News from Lisbon and London discuss Portuguese territory, King Salis bury views, and tensions with British interests in Africa. Manila shiploads rise as incidents in Vita and Vilka stir colonial tensions abroad.
Reports describe union influence delaying non union workers, aid to the emmittoyera from London, and a strike in New Zealand with prosecutions for contract breaches. In Mashonaland, fears grow over Matabele resistance and a powerful expedition from Port Hobart preparing to explore mines and agriculture with strong force and artillery.
Audge Wheeler of the United States district court in Rushland Wis holds the mailer envelope law violated by through mail letters bearing Excelator Collection Agency on the envelope. An important sale of real estate near Sts ten Inland was announced with a price of 425000. The property includes water front at South Beach and stock yards. Government Inspector Chis of Chicago continues his investigation into customs hinge and patent objects.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports peach crops failed in Delaware this year with losses to growers, while tomato production surged. Caneries in New Castle county Kent and Sussex canned pumpkine and tomatoes. tallies suggest about 12 500 tons of tomatoes purchased and up to 5 000 000 cans produced though waste and rot cut actual yields.
In 1888 Pennsylvania marriage data reveal 13 percent of men wed older women, 80 percent wed younger wives, and 7 percent with wives the same age. Average ages were 27 for men and 23 for women, with notable pairs such as a fifty nine year old man marrying a thirty one year old and a seventeen year old boy marrying a fifteen year old girl. Some couples show large gaps, while others are closer, and age differences rise when men are older.
A historical note states that among fourteen thousand seven hundred twenty six married women with ages listed, four thousand sixty five were under twenty years old, a figure equating to about 27.5 percent, implying a recurring early marriage pattern.
In St Louis Republic article, inventors Pennington and Butler unveil an airship using buoyancy vacuum and a large front propeller to create suction and propulsion. Aluminum construction and a rotary gas engine power the mechanism, with plans backed by significant funding and endorsements from other inventors.
News from Rorkmart reports the 30th murder of Miss Baker of Stileshoro. She was beaten with a heavy club near a railroad line and her body hidden in brush. Her father found her, and a nationwide hunt for the killer follows as passions rise toward lynching.
The Iowa Supreme Court heard the Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern Railway case on the joint rate law. Rail attorneys argue the law is unconstitutional for forcing intercompany contracts and car sharing, while the Attorney General defends its validity despite a printer’s omitted line. No opinion will be filed until next year’s term.
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