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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
4
The school notes praise for the current term and outlines plans for improved attendance and punctuality through merit certificates. It announces a new high school superintendent, expanded faculty, and new subjects with a laboratory, along with renovations and a strengthened curriculum aimed at creating a first class high school in the region.
A narrative recounts tarpon fishing at Boca Grande with long casts and heavy tackle. Highlights include multiple leaping strikes, shocking near-shark encounters, a camera crew documenting the catches, and a seven foot giant tarpon. The piece also notes a veteran line of tall tales among anglers.
A fragment discusses Androise Pare a sixteenth century barber surgeon who improved battlefield surgery by stopping bleeding without cautery and by using egg yolk and rose oil turpentine as a digest to treat gunshot wounds. It recounts his war service in 1537 and notes the shift away from cruel cauterization toward gentler methods.
A page from a period magazine recounts a checkers game between two lovers. After a playful exchange the male player invites a decisive capture and the pair pledge love and a diamond band as they part under the moon.
The Interior Department in Bismarck reports multiple five year final proof notices for homestead entries in Emmons County North Dakota. William Scwar and Charles Lips of Linton are among those listed with witnesses named to prove residence and cultivation. Commutation final proof for Frank Metzger is also announced with witnesses.
In Emmons County Court, Judge Curley presides over the matter of the estate of the deceased Geo. J. Gilem. The petitioner requests decrees of succession and a hearing is set for May 1, 1905, at 2 o clock in the county court at Linton. Interested persons may appear to show cause why the petition should not be granted.
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