08 Apr 1885
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1885
Page
1
The locally titled publication serves as the county’s official newspaper, providing official notices, announcements, and community news from the county government and public bodies. It functions as the primary channel for legal and civic information within the region.
The RECORD notes Emmons County readers spend locally but directs that Biemarck merchants should use the paper to reach citizens. It frames the paper as a conduit for local commerce and notes the impact of purchases in state capital markets.
A disputed election result in Emmons County reports a tie with 157 votes for division and 157 against. Attorney Douglas pushes affidavits from residents near Williamsport, while Clerk Parks declines to incorporate them. The piece critiques the plot and notes community safeguards and subsequent local happenings.
Col Lounsberry sells majority stock in the Bismarck Journal to a Democratic firm. The daily will be discontinued and the weekly published with political content for the unterrified. Chicago voters join the Democratic press landscape at Dakota's capital.
The desks and seats for the new school house were brought down from the Capital and school will begin next Monday. County Superintendent Worst is praised for his diligent work and ongoing efforts to advance public education. The Commissioners recently increased the salary to 300 dollars as recognition of his service.
The piece contrasts a warm spring with regions still buried in snow. It notes no rain since late February and clear days, while the old folks’ hometowns report stacked snow, fences, barns, and subzero cold, including a New York letter mentioning piling snow since January thaw.
The Williamsport Pleasure Club hosted a Monday night dance that lasted past midnight with a luncheon by the ladies. Local officials Commissioners Gayton and Childs, Register Parks, and Assessor Bumstead attended along with guests from Glencoe.
Correspondents report river has fallen, no overflow danger now as farmers seed. Families move to farms, preaching services held at Fairview schoolhouse, a new church society organized, and locals plan monthly preaching. Residents note land claims and growing crops while Beaver river bridge serves as a test of its status.
About 7,000 acres in Dickey County will be sown to flax this year. A 110 acre farm near Elk Point, sold to Wisconsin parties for roughly $33 an acre, signals rising Dakota land value. An oatmeal mill is planned for Fargo to fill a Red River market gap. Columbia mills exchanged 50,000 bushels of wheat for flour and bran. R. E. Wallace and Robert Gray returned from South Dakota with 1,800 cattle for breeding purposes. Coal exploration spurs legislative rewards, Brown County reportedly yielding a three foot vein at 180 feet.
The Williamsport School Township Board adopted Barnes Readers and Arithmetics, Sill Practical Lessons in English, Monteith Deorepiies, McGuffey Speller, and Eclectic History of the United States. Published by A. B. Barnes & Co and Van Antwerp Bragg & Co. County officials examined many titles before recommending these for uniform countywide use.
Commissioner Yeater sought frost protection for potatoes last fall. Major Dickey suggested dumping the tubers on the pond and layering hay and soil. Yeater followed the plan and recently opened the pile to find every potato untouched by frost.
Last Wednesday a rapid ride ended after a motor mishap near the scene of the dent. From the time Mr Hobe left until Mr Roop arrived, a three mile distance was traveled twice in half an hour.
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