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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1890
Page
2
A nostalgic verse laments aging parents awaiting letters from distant children. It contrasts youthful pursuits with elder longing, urging care and timely affection, while the writer pleads to remember those at home who wait for news and reassurance.
A tale follows Tony Smith and Will Kaye as night operators at a signal tower near a farm. Kaye falls for Mollie, handles train orders, and confronts a tense fire rescue when a farmhouse burns, with relief arriving from an engine crew. Mollie later marries Kaye.
A farmer tried hiring a farm helper at a Scotch fair and, delaying the bargain, sent the lad to fetch a character from the last place. The youth arrives on time and asks for the farmer's character, then refuses to come unless the farmer proves it first. Toronto Empire report.
A Philadelphia Inquirer report recounts a railroad businessman from the state interior who, while checking into the Continental hotel, mistakenly wrote John Blank and wife in the register. He then realizes he left his wife at Atlantic City and joins the laughter before rushing to the elevator.
The preacher T DeWitt Talmage argues against silent congregations, praising active hymn singing as essential to church life. He contends a singing church proves faithful, condemning members who withhold their voices and urging collective devotion through song.
A New York News account recalls a man who opened an unmarked envelope at the post office to find a thousand dollar banknote. Officials warn that millions are mailed yearly without safeguards as clerks note careless senders and recipients often forego registration or money orders, risking loss.
In Chilton Wisconsin residents report the discovery of over 3 000 pearls pulled from the Muay Towoo river. Four men have worked for three weeks with Frank and Nicholay Cheapboro and Henry and William Cheseboro each contributing notable finds. The gems vary in color and value, drawing local interest as news spreads.
The Knights of Labor obtained writs of habeas corpus at Albany demanding open court production of Reed, Kiernan, and Cordial, three Knights charged with wrecking a train. Kiernan is in Troy jail. Reed and Cordial are missing. The Knights protest secret confinement outside a jail and lack of examination.
Jim Conley recalls a brutal encounter with a rattlesnake while working a timber contract near the Utah frontier. The snake lay coiled in a bunk, was slain with an ax, its blood splattering the camp, and the 9 foot creature yielded 32 rattles and a button. The team sold the rattles to a Salt Lake City museum then to an Italian peddler.
Three brothers in uniform travel from Amritsar to Lahore after a polo game. One sleeps, his ticket is swapped to a fellow officer. On arrival a ticket is missing, but the sleeping man is found under a seat, and three tickets are produced. The scene ends with the ticket collector’s puzzled question.
Forty years ago Illinois Representative Reynolds, a rough, witty frontiersman, served in Congress and held state offices. A Baltimore trip astonished him as he observed the Patapsco River in high and low water, prompting his quip about two fresh offs in one day and no rain.
A Belfast girl wanted to marry and asked her father who beat her. She sought legal aid but mistaken the doctor for a lawyer. The doctor listened, then learned her intent. She accused him of deception and left, vowing to obtain a lawyer to help her marry and to prosecute the doctor.
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