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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1890
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR lists candidates for lieutenant governor and secretary of state. Names Roger Allin from Watau and Professor Ogden from Mo'in Vol appear among partial party lines and unclear titles. Readers should await full ticket details and official confirmation.
An 1880s style North Dakota platform excerpt condemns Republican surplus use and promotes economy in government. It scorns Boss Tweed tactics, endorses fair ballots, pledges to re submit Prohibition, opposes the Federal Election Bill, and calls for silver coinage. The language reflects partisan rhetoric and a provocative, sourced voice.
The piece rails at the McKinley tariff and proclaims broad Europelinked labor support while denouncing Democratic reformers. It highlights Republican tariff revision, voting rights, prohibition enforcement, and veterans pensions as core issues, amid neighborhood notes on local presses, coal finds, and county-seat politics.
Sargent Cousty Independent reports big railroading progress set to transform the northwest next year. The Northern Pacific extends from Oakes to Pierre and Milner to Oakes, linking Black Hills markets with Duluth and the east, boosting land values and train service for Denver Vivian Whitestone Hill Milner Hall. Soo Line plans Monango to Bismarck and connections toward Great Falls to access coal regions, linking to Canadian Pacific routes via Great Falls and Sault Ste. Marie. Additional Soo feeders include Forman north to Turtle Mountain, as executives tour routes. Oakes is poised as a rail hub, city growth anticipated without a speculative boom.
Eastern friends may visit via a series of rail excursions with half rate tickets, one fare round trip. Send names and addresses to W A Thrall, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago and North Western Railway, Chicago Ill, to receive full circular details promptly from W A Turatt, G P and T A.
A brief note promotes a small book recounting how a neighborhood planned to visit the Corn Palace in Sioux City. The Illinois Central Railroad passenger department offers free mailed copies to interested readers, addressed to JF x I L Bowes at Manchester Iowa or 194 Clark St Chicago.
The piece recalls London in 1790 a compact city around St Pauls with old central streets and rising suburbs Islington Hyde Park the Mall and Chelsea amid expanding travel by bridges ferries and narrow riverside life It notes low but improving death rates and the social whirl of fashion shows royal processions and popular entertainments including Paris inspired spectacles and reforms debates led by Price and Stanhops ending with Burke reflections on the French Revolution.
Strict at tention to all work done. Horseshoeing a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The note explains that numbers in brackets refer to the Percheron Stud Book of France, while other numbers denote the Percheron Stud Book of America, clarifying cataloging identifiers. The statement serves as a key to interpret horse registry references.
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