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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1894
Page
4
A brief tribute praising the World’s Columbian Exposition as the peak of human enterprise. It lauds the event’s lasting memory and enduring fame, noting its place in history as a marvel for all time and a symbol of achievement.
The award to Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder marks the highest honors at the Exposition. The endorsement reflects the powder as peerless in leavening power, purity, and uniform excellence, judged by a jury led by the United States Department of Agriculture Chief Chemist.
A satirical jumble of product pitches and moralizing text on Hindoos and child marriages. The piece mocks popular patent medicines and ends with a discussion of Brahmin daughter marriages and dowries, noting social pressure to wed before puberty.
A travelogue on waiter girls from Orsova island on the Danube to Berlin Paris and London observations. It notes Turkish influence on Danube island life near Belgrade and compares German French Belgian and English barmaids, describing practice in cafes beer halls and at the Antwerp exposition. It mentions Spain and village customs and a dramatic incident of a waiter girl stabbing a man.
A city observer recalls the simple joy of garret play from rainy days in a small town. He describes narrow stairs, a large chimney, swinging from beams, old magazines, brass nailed trunks, and dresses from past eras. He asks what in the big city can replace such garret wonder.
An express agent on a Topeka to Smith Center run heard a voice from beyond as two coffins and other express matter rattled in the car. After alarms and checks, the crew found the talking source among miscellaneous cargo, a parrot perched at the bottom of a pile.
A historic warning from Carl Judson on hog fattening and market timing is recounted. The piece notes 1891 crop failures, a rush to sell hogs lowering prices, and a later surge to eight dollars per hundredweight in 1893. It urges Minnesota and Dakotas farmers to fatten hogs on wheat and barley to miss future losses and capitalize as corn failures push hog demand higher. It cites South St Paul and McAllister, plus a Chicago Evening Journal note about Story County feed issues, underscoring regional hog demand dynamics.
The California Fig Syrup Company advertises its Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system, dispels colds, headaches, and fevers, and cures constipation without weakening organs. It emphasizes medical approval, treats kidneys liver and bowels, and warns buyers to insist on the California Fig Syrup Company label on 50¢ and $1 bottles.
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