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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1894
Page
4
Gilbert Stanton, under suspicion for Raymond Wild's death, battles a torn confession mislaid in a chambers mystery. Edith unravels the truth with a candle wax trail, a fleeing kitten, and a hidden confession that proves Stanton's innocence.
The Chinese tree that yields rice paper has thrived in Florida, dispelling fears of cold sensitivity. A small tree under fifteen feet tall produces pith cylinders sliced into thin rolls, creating sheets of uniform thickness. If rice papermaking grows as an American industry, modern machinery may replace primitive hand methods.
An old traveler notes Isthmus practice where women avoid formal divorce by living with a chosen partner, raising his children, and remaining married to no priest. Unions last while partners are content, separations occur only when one side is unsatisfactory, with life-long U.S. style judges uncommon.
The French president Casimir-Perier endured a nearly three hour band of photographers at the Petit Bamboo in Paris. Ushers barred the camera men at first, then his son joined him in several poses as cameras clicked from many angles. The restraint showed his patient temper as many negatives were ruined by haste.
The speaker laments receiving over a dozen mirrage offers this season. Hess-Good expresses astonishment and asks who the suitors are, while dess responds with a curt Juck.
Miss Pipkin describes a lively evening spent trying a new polka style while Jack Potts laments not being present and wonders about the limits of the dance. The lighthearted exchange captures a social moment and playful banter.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Walt threatening to scare and force a mark while Miss Gruffpoy cautions care. The exchange hints at a tense pursuit or contest over a dangerous task with implied consequences.
Hinckley Minnesota September 14 nearly all timber in the fire district burned. Three skulls found near Spuke river. An enthusiastic business men meeting formed Hinckley Building Association with Daniel McLaren president and R C Saunders secretary to aid recovery. speeches by J T Mann Minneapolis Judge Netty Mayor Webster and others urged rebuilding and relief efforts. About 300 people fed and relief headquarters established.
Paris and Cologne express train wreck near Apilly between Noyon and Creil yields escalating death and injury counts. Initial estimates of ten dead rise to forty to sixty casualties with twelve bodies recovered. Officials, including M Burthou, inspect cause linked to slow freight shunting. Train engineer reversed upon sighting wrecked cars.
Want Herry Ramasen in West Superior reports Casey sues Sergeant Erickson and Officer FP KR Smith for 5000 damages claiming false imprisonment after an impersonation charge. case dismissed for want of execution and updated to possible 5000 claim. Separate dispatch notes sailors resigning to join the Chinese navy with European pay under a 150 tacks monthly and 5,000 welts to junk lie estimates.
Memphis Tennessee September 11 a prominent Mount Pleasant farmer Con Lin eu was shot and fatally wounded by neighbor Thomas Barker after a dispute over remarks about Barker s wife. Lincoln collapsed after the wound and the assailant fled the scene. In Chicago Col Thomas Jefferson Dolan a Democratic politician wandered the streets in a confused state and was placed under police care after forgetting his own name.
In Ottumwa Iowa a Martin muletkin case raised a court dispute as keepers were arrested for serving free lunch in saloons in violation of an entertainment ban. A test case will be made.
In Asiland Wisconsin on September 11 William G French was found guilty of murder in the seventh degree for the 1801 killing of Gavin M Stele after a two day jury deliberation.
Collage of short, humorous vignettes and ads from a historic page. It includes mock dialogue on reading lessons, a Lion Coffee premium offer with wrappers, a joke about a lunch-stealing armless wonder, a sea-breeze chat, and a note on irrigation Well machinery by Loomis and Nyman of Tiffin Ohio touting reliability and worldwide reputation.
A garbled paragraph extols various remedies for multiple ailments, citing Hos tetter's Stomach Hitters and Hall's Onnarrh Cure among others, with assorted claims about digestion, malaria, rheumatism, and kidney issues. It also mentions a photographer, a waitress, and a summer girl joke in a stray, incoherent style.
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