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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
1
Statewide notes report a summer school to be conducted at Valley City and various political and civic items across North Dakota. Mentions include Memorial Day address by Senator McCumber in Valley City and sheriff Ward County buying bloodhounds.
April notes from Braddock report Fred Junge Jr. back on the streets after flu, Braddock Rural Route No. 1 starts south of town with Wm Beard on first trip, and Oscar Pearson with Mike Anderson win post office warehouse extension contract.
Local column notes Mrs. W L Yeater at Bismarck hospital following operation. New barber Eby touted as strong addition to Hazelton IMa zeton team. John Wilde visits from Livona noting slow response from Old Missouri to spring advances. S E Kurtz travels to Dickinson for range horse sale. may return with top horses. Mrs S E Brindle and Ruth visit Mandan to see pioneer resident Mrs M J Shields. Miss Gracie Wray reports early spring chickens. Chris Winterton closing his barber shop due to ill health. Eby becomes new barber. Paper short of home set due to accident. cause unknown after misadventure with galley and pups.
Arthur W Page discusses forest fire fighting by rangers across the western mountains from California to Arizona. He notes causes of fires including campfires locomotives and camping parties and praises ranger vigilance while warning of severe blazes in chaparral and big timber.
A Boston Herald note describes a Chelsea classroom where a teacher asks for a sentence using the word fright. A quick witted pupil replies with the line We had fright eggs for breakfast this morning, reflecting a humorous mispronunciation or misunderstanding.
A fragment echoes a Life magazine quotation about a burglar and a newspaper reporter. The text critiques the cunning of criminals and the desire for sensational reporting, contrasting criminal craft with journalistic intrusion.
A London Lancet reflection honors unseen fighters who battle disease, accidents, and unknown dangers, noting they win or die without public applause while war heroes receive praise. The piece extols quiet courage across unknown seas and lands.
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