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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1890
Page
2
The jury's verdict finds Birchall guilty of murder in the first degree and condemns him to death. The article describes the trial's closing arguments, Birchall's demeanor, and the scheduled execution details, including reactions from Mrs. Birchall and others. It also reports related property injunctions and pending legal actions involving city marshal disputes.
A group of masked men abducted widow Mrs. Jane Cody from her bed and shot her with buckshot near her home in Calhoun County. She died from wounds after midnight. she could not identify her assailants. A secret regulator band aims to purge immoral characters and sheriffs vow action.
A Leavenworth County marshal, enforcing geoholitery law, seized and padlocked a saloon and boarding house after repeated liquor seizures failed to stop sales. He moved the occupying family and furniture to the street, effectively ending liquor sales there.
John Keen a Newark machinist rushed from his home on the 20th alt and killed two people at the Vandyke house No 28 Bowery New York after suffering the deaths of three of his five children from alumtheria in thirty hours and fearing for the remaining two. Dr Clark calls the case one of the most religious he has seen and cites possible danger to the mother.
At the vounter residence near Des Moines the revolver discharged during a belt incident in a hail of tragedy. Mrs John Devins, newly married to Tessie Crom, died instantly, leaving husband John Devins prostrate with grief. John Devins is a Cornell graduate.
Edward Pearce reports a clash between homesteaders and loggers near Burchard Michigan. Settlers armed with rifles claim land rights across several counties while the lumber company plans to deploy armed crews. Authorities threaten intervention as risk of loss of life rises.
In the Catskills a Rip Van Winkle Club invited me to portray a character in their town. The event drew Nicholas Vedder, a claimed lineal descendant, and locals who transformed a skating rink into a theater. Rain and crowded doors framed the opening as farmers and townsfolk queued for tickets to the performance.
An excerpt recalls a crowded village scene in a play where characters ask about Falling Water and Cat Skill. The crowd’s tension rises as the audience reacts with keen interest, followed by a club reception where the president awkwardly introduces the performer referred to as Washington Irving.
A distinguished chemist discusses how artists have sought pigments across animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms. He notes ancient efforts with lapis lazuli and cinnabar, modern artificial versions, and lists many earths and natural sources such as umber, ochre, Indian red, indigo, madder, quercitron, cochineal, shellac, Prussian blue, ivory black, and India ink, with origins and processes.
A camp near the Little Colorado River hears a tale of Jack Long and a spectral visitor who guides a man to a silver ledge. The miner and partner confront past death, uncover wire silver ore, and plan a company purchase to secure independence.
A country gentleman places his son with a dry goods merchant. A silk dress buyer discovers a fault, and the merchant declares the boy lacks tact, asking the father to remove him. Though distressed, the father learns the lesson that buyers must guard themselves against hidden flaws.
Emperor William has called a conference of literary men to discuss a uniform German orthography. The meeting aims to standardize spelling rules across the empire and settle disputes over pronunciation and transcription.
A St Louis Globe Democrat report outlines Zanzibar and Pemba as the world’s main clove producers with about 13 million pounds yearly. Introduced by Sultan Said bin Sultan around 1830, clove cultivation has grown into the islands’ chief industry though hurricanes in 1872 damaged much of the crop. The article details planting, cultivation, harvesting, and how cloves, buds, and stems are processed to yield significant revenue for the Sultan, with annual duties approaching 400,000 dollars.
The Ny Tribune notes parlor usage fades as homes adopt distinct color rooms. A stylish housekeeper reconfigures a two alcove room into yellow, olive green, Japanese, oak, and rose areas, rotating bric a brac and furniture for fresh appeal and occasional storeroom nostalgia.
The Sevres porcelain manufactory, long under direct French government control, faces potential abolition as pressures from a British syndicate grow. Reportedly the factory has received an annual subsidy exceeding 100,000, while current public esteem remains low and annual sales total about 20,000 dollars.
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