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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1905
Page
2
A collage of brief items from various papers covers Paris fashion trends with thin women as the rule, the Earl and actress intrigue, a New York novel dedication to red haired women, and odds and ends on Wall Street, Panamanian beer, and naval thoughts. It also notes reform ideas for servants, Roosevelt policies, and a quip on universal peace and an American hen’s supremacy.
A Pennsylvania judge who stated the husband is master in his own house must sustain the court’s decision at home. The ruling centers on domestic authority and marital property expectations.
The piece satirically claims Germany protests American authorship of literary concepts while noting German beer culture faces similar accusations. It frames the issue as a cultural dispute rather than a formal accusation, with Denial of plagiarism from both sides implied.
A pointed remark questions the theory that petroleum derives from fossils, urging reconsideration of Mr. Rockefeller’s appearance rather than the scientific claim.
A Berlin professor says he has found a serum to cure hay fever. Many sufferers may greet the news with relief next August. Noted generals Ma Pflug are mentioned but details remain unclear.
The speaker questions why a Congress of Motherhood would initiate a newspaper to spread their gospel. They imply many newspapers already advocate for babies, arguing that adding another publication would be redundant and crowded.
Mr. Grover Cleveland began his sixty-eighth year with a hunting trip. The joke fellows compare to Dr. Osler that a man should retire before that age.
The circuit court holds that decorative hosiery with embroidery counts for duty. If the embroidery forms clock motifs, the ruling suggests the item could be treated as timepieces for tariff purposes.
A press agent denies in advance the rumor that Slugger Jef Fries will appear in a George Bernard Shaw piece. Shaw prefers to handle dramatic slugging himself rather than delegate such onstage action.
Mrs Cornelia Claffin asserts that man’s bones muscles and nerves are built to endure four centuries. The claim notes bones and muscles may not last as long but nerves align with the model.
A Chicago man recalls a disagreeable encounter with a woman who could “wipe up the floor” with him and urges men to avoid marrying heavier girls than themselves. He jokes he deserves royalties from anti fat potion producers.
A Paris correspondent asks if a report about a French surgeon sued for dropping eyeglasses and accidentally sewing them into a patient’s surgical sound is serious. The publication will wait for the verdict before replying.
Jersey City police place pianos in the station to give patrolmen leisure time and keep them occupied during shifts. The move reflects how constant ties to crime can affect officers even when they are otherwise upright.
The Navy Department opened bids for eighty six three inch guns the largest contract of its caliber ever placed by the department. Also reported are political, diplomatic, and health notes across Europe and the Americas.
The Russian emperor and imperial family skip the Horse Guards parade with Tsarskoe-Selo as fear of terrorists grows. Wives of soldiers report hunger, charities strained, and police actions escalate as crowds in Nizhni Novgorod demand bread. Protests flare in Solomensky village with banners calling for death to the czar, then dispersed by troops.
A string of deadly incidents includes the Abbott sanitarium fire in Fort Wayne with $35,000 loss and fatality to John B. Hays in New York. Another New York fire kills an elderly woman and three children from gas inhalation. Cripple Creek and Bay City see fatalities from fires and nitroglycerine storage. Railway accidents near Toronto and Fort Plain claim deaths among crew. Forest fires near Hagerstown intensify as rain is sought. A carpentry shop blaze in Atlanta kills a father and son. Union Metallic Cartridge plant blast in Bridgeport kills three. Brockton boiler explosion death toll stands at fifty seven. Arcola interlocking switch failure averts a collision. engineer Cassell sustains severe burns while passengers escape.
Reports tallied from the era include Andrew Pibbett and James Schud der, both negroes, hanged in Nashville jail yard after singing Old Time Religion. Wallace A. Sewell of Chicago, known wildcat promoter, denied new trial after conspiracy charges. Mining disaster at Joseph Leiter’s mine blames afterdamp for 43 deaths. Charles L. Tucker denied new trial for Mabel Page murder. Burrows home looted in Kalamazoo. lawmakers believe silver moved to Washington. Ohio bank staff arrested for embezzlement and conspiracy. Ex-pastor Cordova begins four year term for abandoning his wife after elopements.
A patient asks if he will recover as the doctor cites statistics. The doctor quips that of a hundred cases only one survives, then adds he has treated ninety-nine who died, insisting there is no humbug about statistics.
Notable deaths include Jose Huau of Cuba acting as a Cuban junta representative in the war with Spain, Daniel Knowles aged 75 survivor of the Merrimac and Frank C. Montgomery long-time Kansas City Journal editor, both reported as dead. Ralph Peters elected president of Long Island Railroad, to succeed deceased William Potter. Four hundred Inland Steel strikers at Indiana Harbor return to work under open shop with a 2 percent pay cut. Colorado court consolidation with the state supreme court formalized after a November vote. Lavina Steele, former Coon Rapids resident, awarded Carnegie medal for rescuing George Hill while skating. New York Assembly passes stock transfer and mortgage tax bills with penalties for stock tax stamp fraud. Talks continue on merger of Southern iron firms via Blair & Co. and Ladenburg, Thalman & Co.. project valued at 125 million dollars in capitalization.
The Philadelphia Press reports a joke about Lashley catching a frightful cold and drinking hot rum punches as a cure. The quip questions the logic behind using alcohol to treat a cold and plays with the idea of remedy folklore.
A humorous exchange between characters Isabel and The Knowing One about preserving complexion. The Knowing One suggests storing it in a cool place tightly corked as a clever quip.
Myron C. Baker, former secretary to Edward C. Swift and manager for the Boston Elevated, told a federal grand jury hearing on the beef trust that he provided inside information. He testified for nearly two hours saying he spoke truthfully and believes jurors have decided on action against the packers.
In Hayden Colorado Apr 9 angry bands of White River Apaches threaten a pow wow with President Roosevelt as game wardens push them back toward the Unitah reservation. Deer slaughter continues despite warnings. Roosevelt may encounter further unrest if he stays long.
Mrs Katherine Ferber files in district court a $5500 damages suit against Ethel Douthitt a Ponca Nebraska schoolteacher for beating Rose Ferber ten in the head and spine causing paralysis and convulsions. Plaintiffs assert Nebraska residents involved and the teacher was in Sioux City on a shopping tour.
Bridgeport society ends after Daniel Loeser, last surviving member and president, dies of natural causes. The club, formed ten years ago by thirteen members, had held the title Death by Own Action.
Latest quotations from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee Chicago Sioux City and South St Paul show wheat prices for various grades ranging from about 99 cents to $1.15 a bushel and corn oats rye and barley in fractional cents. Cattle hogs and sheep prices are listed for each market with ranges for good to prime steers cows and calves and respective lamb and ewe values.
London April 9 Baron Sugemat su former Japanese interior minister writes that Japan will continue the war until Russia agrees to indemnity. Rain snow and hail hinder roads making operations unlikely for some time. Nebogatoff's division sailed from Jibutil and reports of 27 warships near Penang and Japanese naval patrols in the China seas.
Frazee Minnesota April 9 Capt Wellman reports from a test of wheat from I J Collins farm that frosted wheat germinates at 100 percent for 100 seeds sown across the test.
In Dubuque Iowa on April 9 an unnamed hitchhiker burned to death after striking a match and igniting shingles in a box car on the Milwaukee road at Green Island. Workmen gathered after the flames but could not save him.
A. J Parshall of the United States geological survey confirms reports of rich gold deposits near Kendall in Unitah county Wyoming after arriving in Cheyenne on April 9. The find could impact mining prospects in the region.
An eastbound passenger train and a westbound freight on the Baltimore and Ohio line in Bethesda Ohio collided head on last night. Engineer Atherton was killed and several passengers sustained injuries in the crash.
Swea City Iowa April 9 about 1 oclock yesterday morning the creamery in Irvington township caught fire and within an hour burned to the ground.
In Oklahoma City on April 8 M L Sheppard shot and killed his wife then took his own life. Domestic troubles were cited as the cause for the tragedy.
Theodore Roosevelt arrived in San Antonio amid patriotic displays and cheering crowds. He reviewed Fort Sam Houston troops, spoke at Alamo Plaza, and received a warm reception from 8,000 schoolchildren in Travis Park before meeting Rough Riders and dining with the Business Men's club.
Senator O H Platt, stricken with a serious illness in Washington Connecticut, showed improvement as congestion in the right lung cleared. Doctors reported a comfortable night and renewed hope for recovery after a previous decline on Thursday.
Sioux City Iowa April 9 doctors report two cases of cerebro spinal meningitis or spotted fever in the city. Physicians fear the eastern epidemic has reached the west as meningitis historically appeared first in the East in 1830 and 1850 before moving westward.
In Rensselaer Indiana on April 8 Joe Marshall a member of a prominent family shot Dr L M Washburn regimental surgeon of the Third Indiana National Guard as he sat in his study. Marshall, described as crazed by socialist literature, was arrested in a cemetery and will be sent to an asylum. Washburn expected to recover.
A Belle Vue Michigan woman describes five years of severe eczema ending after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She reports dramatic relief after the first bath and one application, leading to full recovery despite prior failed medical attempts.
A quirky exchange centers on Jones who deflects praise as a writer of pathos. Another voice challenges the claim and invites a sample of the work. The dialogue hints at literary self-awareness and humor.
Three tubs of moderately warm water prepared for washing blankets. Use Ivory Soap to make a strong suds in the first tub, wash the blankets, rinse in the two remaining waters, then rinse again with a little soap. Wring and stretch on the line.
In a New York Sun column an elderly resident reflects on the city’s cosmopolitan mix. He notes breakfasts at a Greek restaurant, service from an Italian barber and German motorman, Russian newspapers, a French laundry, Irish conductor, and numerous Jewish dealings, joking that the only American sign is a wooden Indian outside a Cuban cigar store.
Mrs Nettlie Darvoux of Detroit faced nine years of chronic dyspepsia and weakness. After doctors failed, a booklet led her husband to Dr Williams Pink Pills. within three boxes she recovered fully, restoring strength and appetite. Pills sold worldwide. booklet available from Dr Williams Medicine Company.
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