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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1894
Page
4
A New York Jeweler showcases ornate women’s revolvers from pearl handles to silver carved grips, illustrating the era’s trend toward ornamentation in firearms. A fashionably dressed woman considers purchases while a Sun reporter observes, hinting at social dynamics in owning lookalike weapons.
A A White of St Paul earned a diploma at the Minnesota state fair for the best Ghent grain exhibit. Raised without irrigation at Kalispell in the Flathead valley of Montana, the grain was shown on the Great Northern line near the Juicy Mountains. Oats reached seven feet high and thresh 100 bushels an acre, wheat to bu per acre, with a wheat stool featuring 134 heads from one seed.
A concise note urges caution about losing one path to self and purpose, warning that neglecting inner guidance could lead to lasting regret and drift. It emphasizes mindfulness and steady focus on core values.
Uncle Bob recounts the legend of James Hogg a mean greedy youth whose acts harmed many. He details Hogg s rise from a poor family to frauds foreclosures and bank control culminating in his murder during a burglary and his mother s subsequent death leaving the state to inherit his fortune.
The throne passes by primogeniture after the death of Muley Mussa, with Muley Abdul Aviz as his successor. Circassian mother Lula Kekhia wielded influence, while the young sultan is described as tall, bronze-skinned, with a soft but not highly intelligent expression. The German envoy’s gift impressed the father, who valued the boy as a mascot.
The excerpt contrasts city and country life, detailing a woman torn from a squalid tenement to a village room with wages, yet longing for crowded streets and street life. A labor organizer known for broad charity is noted, expressing concern that workers may resist affluent elites while appreciating solidarity with the poor. A worker recalls moving to the countryside for children, yet misses city excitement and belonging to something larger.
A worldly man visits a house, courts a maid, and learns the mistress is away. On a return visit he is denied entry by a new maid who directs him to the kitchen, revealing a social snub and the maid’s firm control of access.
Milkman explains that many customers have not paid, forcing him to chalk the milk up as bad. The exchange shows tension over adulteration claims and unpaid bills.
A Dayton interview recounts a mother’s years of illness, rapid recovery after October 1893 with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and her gratitude. The piece endorses the pills as a blood and nerve tonic, citing other women and noting price and distribution details.
The article extols a healthy lifestyle for women through ample outdoor exercise and proper diet, praising a pleasant laxative syrup and Hostett Stomach Bitters as top family remedies. It claims improved health, appealing to physicians and promising relief from rheumatism neuralgias liver complaints malaria and other ailments.
A garbled quotation speaks of reliability and judgment as a discussion on builders and cost. It mentions a five thousand dollar house, a ten thousand dollar figure, and a sense of better performance than expected. The fragment implies local voices weighing outcomes and value in construction.
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