14 Apr 1893
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1893
Page
1
An 1893 item promotes Quaker Catarrh Cure with direct application and promised permanent relief, offered by druggists at 50 cents a bottle. Also a notice from G. M. Meres of Williamsport North Dakota states plans to herd cattle for the season, charging $1.00 per head for good bulls.
A compilation of local items from De Graff and Bismarck areas notes seasonal birds and rising wheat, shop ads for De Graff’s bargains, hardware and hat businesses, and several community updates including health, school meetings, weather, property sales, and local accidents. It includes brief sketches of residents and recent events such as sales, hospital visits, and a bridge mishap.
I will drive cattle to herd during the 1893 season. Ranging to Lower Buchanan valley with free range and water. Price is one dollar per head. C E Coover Williamsport North Dakota.
The article traces a Roman Catholic clerics beard ban to early church history. It notes early Christians shaved faces and kept hair cropped to reject pagan vanity. Tertullian linked long hair and beards to effeminacy, and the St. Peter's tonsure left a narrow head rim. Modern custom retains only a small lock of hair.
April letters from Lower Beaver Creek and Winona report flocks of wild geese winging southward and crossings at Beaver and Sand creeks returning to normal. Local events include visits, a school entertainment, auctions, new homes, and spring farm work. A North Dakota migration and a potpourri of farm news fill the pages.
Hampton reports Mills Beech cleared by U S grand jury after summons linked to a stray letter. G K Carmany acted as postmaster during Beech’s absence. Henry East departs town. Frank Dothenwhy to Emmons county with E Ryder and family. Miss Annie Small notes Mr Parker’s improving health. Glencoe correspondent covers blizzard, storms, and local medical work by Dr Harcourt.
The Milwaukee and St Paul line piles ties and iron at Eureka as a potential twenty to twenty five mile extension nears. The move could reach Emmons county near the Holland settlement with a possible further push to Bismarck this year.
Local ad lists tools and farming goods with discounted prices including bucksaws at 75 cents and No 3 Burrell churns at 3 75. It also promotes steel shovels wheelbarrows and Hickory axe handles with low ratios. Lorenzo O Gramps of Bismarck runs the sale. Milllet seed for sale in Section 2 Township 184 Range 76 and a drugstore cough and cold remedy is advertised.
Farmore offers Dowagine Drills Disk Harrows Steel Lever Harrows Walking and Riding Plows new implements at below Fargo dealer prices. Goods come with a guarantee and improved patterns. Interested buyers should write Lyons & WoopMANSE N D before March 1 for arrival by March.
The undersigned will take stock to herd for the season of 1803 at terms: Horses priced at 1.50 per head and cattle at 1.00 per head. Cattle will not be corralled. horses will be taken out early and brought in late. Range on Spring Creek with ample water. Seasonal begins on April 1. neh Sec. 80, Twp. 134 Ryo. 7.
The undersigned will take stock to herd during the season of 1893 at prices for horses 1.50 and cattle 1. Spring water and recharge range available at Long Lake. Season begins near April 1 with provisions listed.
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