Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1898-01-14
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oAKEs MARKET,
No. Northern, .......... "
No. 2 .... 73
Flax 1.O1
Good comfortable house for rent
Inquire at this Office.
Mrs. w. Conner returned to Ell
lendale last Saturday.
O. H. P. Moore of Straubville was
looking for lost COW over this way
Saturday.
]. G. Isberg, one of the early set
tiers of Kent township, was in town
Wednesday.
Mrs. Baldwin was quite i'll this
week with rheumatism of the heart.
She is now much better.
S. L. Harris received, this week. as
fine set Of prescription scales as
can be found in large city.
Miss Pearle Trauger was obliged
to give up work yesterday on ac-
count of an attack Of the grip,
A little girl of Abe Craft got a
button lodged in her nose so far
that DR.. Boardman had to be called
to remove it.
The Bank Of Oakes has pocket
book containing money which was
found about October 1st. The own
er will please call and get it.
Bill Davis was yesterday deliver
ing some very handy cooking uten-
sils for which he has taken large
number of orders at this place.
D. w. Holbrook is now in the ho.
tel business in Sprague, Wash, {
place, he writes, a little larger
than Oakes. He is enjoying a good
trade.
The .Oddfellows are preparing te
give masquerade ball on Feb. 4th
Prof. Holcome has promised to come
from Minneapolis and furnish tho
music.
The oldest daughter of Mr.. ane
Mrs. Semple of Kuhn died Monday
morning of scarlet fever. Theil
many friends sympathize with then
in their loss.
1t is expected that the State In
dustrial and Manual Training Schoo
will be equipped for opening at Ell
lendale, Sept. l, 1898 as the trustee
are making satisfactory negotiation
of bonds.
DR.. Hobart has been appointed
member of the board of pension ex
auiners for this district, He receiy
ed his commission Wednesday. Thi
gives Oakes two members of tn
: board. DR.. Boerdman being pres
. ident.
Attorney Fay the first of the weel
, enjoyed a visit from a McIntosl
, county acquaintance, ]. B. Ogden
son of our former State Superinten
dent of schools. Mr.. Ogden is SO
Letting orders for the Standard Col
lection Company of Minneapolis.
a. The people living in the east thi.
is is winter are bemoaning their blizzart
1t stricken condition with the thermom
It It eter ranging about 40 below and say
o. that there is only ono good thing
t. about winter and that is that it is
y = followed by spring.
L John Kennedy says that our state
ar ment that he went to jamestown
- last week to take the Commander,
s. degree was a mistake. He took thi
degree about nine years ago and onl,
went with the other boys to furnis]
,g bail when they should get run in.
= DR.. Hobart went over to Kuln
y. last Saturday on the train to see Hat
tie Semples little girl who was YER
i'll with scarlet fover. Sunday al
/. urgent request was sent for Dl
4. Boardman and he made the drive O
so miles in the afternoon but wa
unable to save the child.
= Willie Root brought over fror
Kuhn this week about rs bushels c
the new Russian grain called split:
and found ready sale for it at Z
cents per bushel. He reports that
great many buyers are canvassin
tho country about Kuhn for the see
but that only limited quantity of
is to be found as it was introduce
only three years ago.
Hankinson News,-While the "ho
rid" northwest is enjoying some {
the finest winter weather it Was ev,
mans fortune to witness, New Yorl
ers are being refreshed with a fe
feet Of snow, with tie mercury hove
ing around the 40 below mark. b.
the eastern papers will have nothin