Theater Streeter Pioneer Paper of the County
The Linton firm that prints notices elsewhere instead of locally faces scrutiny over sending probate notices to a distant town. A backstory letter reveals a past appeal to secure a Philippine pension and hints at tensions between local press and rivals, underscoring disputes that once threatened the Record’s survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Record
Tour
Legisan
Bismarck
E King
United States
Streeter
Starck
N. D
Lear
Record contrasts humor and sleep with political praise
A Harvard professor claims to live without sleep for twenty years while colleagues study non sleep habits. The Kenmare papers praise Senator Englund for upright service in the legislature. Spring arrives with drying roads and a buzz of baseball as citizens notice changing days.
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Kenmare
Senator Englund
House
Senate
Englund
Legislative Assembly
Linton
Baseball in Linton Seeks Early Organization and Local Support
The piece urges prompt formation of a Linton baseball team, noting Johnnie Schenkenberger as a strong pitcher and proposing recruitment, local dances for fundraising, and collaboration with neighboring towns like Pollock Hague and Strasburg to provide wholesome amusement during the hot months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
Linton
Johnnie Schenkenberger
Pollock
Hague
Strasburg
Flood death toll in Ohio and Indiana revised to about three
After the disaster the toll in Ohio and Indiana is now estimated at about three deaths. The Omaha cyclone killed roughly 254 people. Floodwaters along the lower Ohio River have overflowed many banks but warnings days earlier likely saved lives, with no expected further fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Indiana
States
Omaha
Ohio River
North Dakota to Become Manufacturing Hub with New Plants
North Dakota advances toward industrial status as Kenmare begins a large lignite briquet plant and Grand Forks plans a flax straw pulp mill. Cheap fuel will drive growth, with state officials announcing the 1913 Session Laws edition will ship around mid month for about sixty cents.
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North Dakota
Kenmare
Grand Forks
Tom Hall
Record Publishers
Secretary of State
For Sale Land in Emmons County North Dakota
For sale: E 2 of NW 4, S W 4 of NE 4, and NW 4 of SE 4 in Section 18 Township 134 North Range 78 West 160 acres in Gayton neighborhood Emmons County near the Northern Pacific Edgeley extension crossing Missouri River Mostly pasture with about a quarter tillable Good spring Price 12.50 per acre 200 cash and six annual payments of 300 at 7 percent interest Apply to D R Streeter Linton North Dakota
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N.W
S. W
N. E
N. W
S. E
Gayton
Emmons County
N. D
Northern Pacific
Edgeley
Missouri River
D. R. Streeter
Linton
Transits of Venus and the speed of light factored
A fragmentary note cites that Venus transits occur in pairs eight years apart with one in 1761 and 1769 and then in 1874 and 1882, and that the twentieth century will pass without another transit. It mentions the shift from using transits to measure the sun’s distance to using the speed of light, and adds a Plato quotation about wisdom as a science.
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New York American
Scrappy Outlook and Morning Alarm Skirmish
The excerpt presents a quip filled scene with dialogue about Amith Has suur sou and his habit of fighting the alarm clock for about ten rounds each morning. A judge and a grouch contribute a nonsensical exchange referencing padded cello and exeertal idiot.
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Amith
Suur
Jones
Exeertal
Bosch and Schneider Barbershop Valley Ad
uF. Bosch Gn Schneider Bosch and Schneider leave word at the barber shop in City Dray and Transfer. Light and heavy hauling done. Baggage promptly transferred to and from depot. Wholesale and retail dealers in ice. Linton North Dakota.
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Uf. Bosch GN
Schneider Bosch & Schneider
City Dray
Ice
High Grade Milch Cows Scarce in Fargo March 31
U D Center sent to western states to buy 100 high grade two year old dairy cows for cooperative farmers. He secured 21 after three weeks abroad, citing a severe nationwide shortage with six buyers per cow. Demand for milk and recent culling drive shortages. best stock scarce. Hoped-for influx limited by quality and price. In other notes, Washburn Leader reports Tom Wilson assessing flax yields with 13 bushels per acre after winter, planning 1000 acres of grain and diversification, criticizing exclusive farming as unprofitable.
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Fargo
U. D. Center
Center
Winater
Washburn
Tom Wilson
Garrison
M. F. Wilson
Minnesota
Iowa
Representative Bratton in the Rugby Optimist
The piece praises Representative Bratton and criticizes Frank Packard, chair of the tax commission, calling him an unmitigated pinhead after noting Packard’s influence on the board of equalization and the veto by Gov Hanna.
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Bratton
Rugby Optimist
Hanna
Frank Packard
Tax Commission
Board of Equalization
Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor
Packard
Emmons County Telephone Company Extends Lines
At a recent directors meeting held at the Perry schoolhouse enough stock was sold to extend about twelve miles of new telephone line. The route runs from here to the J. M. Perry farm corner with branches outward, aiming to reach the river once funding allows. Northern Pacific reports securing most right of way to the Missouri river, with a few pieces still under condemnation. several hundred carloads of steel rails and materials have arrived.
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Emmons County Telephone Company
Perry
J. M. Perry
Hazelton
Edgeley
Northern Pacific
Here
Missouri River
Incomplete Materials Delays Bridge Construction Inauguration
Officials state material securement is not yet achieved and no work will begin until the supply is assured. Labor shortages add to the delay and may push back the planned inauguration of the project.
Death of an Early Settler in Bismarck
Mrs. C. M. Smith died at her home in Bismarck on Friday morning at age eighty. She had lived in the city for ten years and is survived by three children: Mrs. Alex Macdonald of Bismarck, Mrs. George Day of Glencoe, and Mrs. J. B. Irvine of Stewartdale. Funeral details not fully listed. Fort Yates set to open remaining Indian reservation lands on April 1 with allocation of lands by first choice for Indians not yet allotted.
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Bismarck
C. M. Smith
Alex, Macdonald
George Day
Glencoe
J. B. Irvine
Stewartdale
Standing Rock Reservation
Fort Yates
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Kee
Eer
Corals
Wari Nizal
Pirit
Uction Lione
Sure ‘ Roe
Emmons County Record
Streeter & Son
Pioneer Paper OF the County
Amo c
Caro
John G. Saxe
Sancho Panza
Harvard
Munsterburg
Duke
Virginia
North Carolina
Liggett & Myers Duke
Cate
ST. Louis, MO
A.F
Stone Drug Store
Iawis
Knights of
Earle Smith
A. K. Tough, K
C. A. Smith
Armstrong & Cameron
Attorneys At Law
H.C. Lynn
Listen
Db. Fuller
Varlanders
Lutheran Church
Geo. W. Lyon
Hoe
Lyon U.s
Lynn & Lynn
A.M. Britts
GH Lavedry Basket
Morford & Hagerman
Hartford
Charles B. Carley
Gov. Hanna
L. S. Henderson
Prop
Linton's New Road
FURS
O.berdman & CO
ST. Paul
Smith
Smiths
Burleigh County
Acre
German-Aimerican State Bank
Linton, North Dakota
Kelsch Market
Ben Haggard, Prop
the First National Bank of
East
F. B. Streeter
Wet En le
Dept
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