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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1907
Page
2
The Record suggests a state law to color all whisky red to curb alcohol hazards similar to the oil inspection rule. It notes rising print paper costs and announces new pricing: local entertainment ads with charges will be five cents per line, with display ads at legal rates.
The Times voices concern that adopting initiative and referendum could threaten prohibition and disrupt state politics. It notes regional stakes and cites lawmakers who shifted positions at the latest assembly session. The paper resists political capital from opposing an amendment that lets people legislate directly.
The column questions whether the capital's three druggists and incoming outlet set a proper example for youth, contrasting licensed saloons with prohibition zealots. It condemns public figures who shout for prohibition yet flout the law, urging reform by personal example rather than political posturing.
The Bismarck Tribune criticizes prohibition enforcement while recalling a past role by a Bis marck editor as a license dealer agent. The piece notes shifting attitudes toward licensing and politics in the Missouri Valley amid growing calls for sumptuary laws.
In Bismarck a heated controversy over prohibition fuels accusations against the Tribune and local reformers. The piece argues anti beer laws push drinkers toward drugstore whisky, linking governors and local politics to the shift and critiquing the Democratic faction and press coverage.
Neche and Walsh county papers once harshly attacking Streeter now laud him for stopping several bills in the recent session. The bills would have harmed newspaper finances while the libel law targeted editorials, a reversal noted as the purse outweighing the pen.
Reader from Dallas Center writes about the B F Burge wedding, praising the bride Taylor for lifelong church and camp meeting involvement. He recalls her Des Moines roots, birth in Ohio, and long shared work with Methodist families, noting North Dakota citizens gain a worthy resident while Des Moines loses one.
The Primghar area mourns Attorney J. T. Stearns who died after months with Brights disease. A founder of Brock & Stearns helped lay out Primghar, was a respected Mason, and left a widow and a large circle of friends. Funeral services were held in Primghar and Hamp ton with many floral tributes.
An Onawa letter to the Fargo Forum dated March 29 describes several hundred farmers from Monona Ida and Calhoun counties planning to relocate en masse to North Dakota. It cites soaring Iowa farmland prices over the past decade as a driving factor and suggests the move aims to improve their life prospects.
The article notes farmers in three Iowa counties plan to relocate this spring to North Dakota seeking cheaper land and fewer landlords. It claims 200 plus farmers will depart, bringing families, stock, and farming methods, while arguing many will return to build new homes and contribute to the Dakota communities.
The Bismarck Tribune reports the legislative session ended with the initiative and referendum bill just barely passing by two votes. The bill sparked a clash between prohibitionists and resubmissionists as its constitutional questions were repeatedly altered before final passage as introduced.
A catalog of livestock brands listed for owners in multiple towns, detailing cattle and horse marks such as initials, numbers, and combined symbols. Names include Allen H W Braddock Joseph Winona Backhouse Herman Linton Baker Livonn Bakker Anne Hull Chapman Hazelton Clark Gayton Compaan Westfield Coover Glencoe Davis J B Hazelton Doereching Brummell etc, with marks like JB JC 4, 7, X G, and other alphanumeric brands.
Catalog of livestock brands registered or observed in multiple towns including Winona Emmonsburg Hampton Winchester Gayton Hazelton Linton Westfield Hull and others. Brands noted include letters and symbols on hips shoulders flanks and necks for cattle and horses with various markings such as P T C D 4 41 76 and cross brands.
The Edmore Herald notes local merchants criticize mail-order houses while still ordering stationery from Curtis Printing Company. It observes the same men would protest if ads or goods came from Montgomery Ward, highlighting a tension between local and distant suppliers.
Paint Yes Paint offers quantity and quality for houses barns sheds fences wagons buggies implements chairs floors doors plaster walls porches railings and more at Linton Bazaar.
For rent a 176 acre improved farm seven miles west of Lin ton with 130 acres tillable and rest fenced pasture. Five rooms, well, improvements good. On share of crop basis. Apply to M B Orford Hartford N D.
A red heifer calf about eighteen months old with a white face and a white shoulder is held by Frank Sails at Hague North Dakota. The owner is asked to call pay charges and take the calf away.
Notice describes a blue roan horse with leather halter and brand marks found or available for claim. Instruction specifies payment of charges and removal by owner. contact details appear to be incomplete or garbled.
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