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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
3
Local items include Miss Clara Carley stricken with mumps, several residents added to the mumps list, and frequent visits among Linton and Temvik residents. Community notes cover honorable mentions, millinery displays, baptisms, theater plans, and upcoming events at the opera house and Episcopal church.
R M Black president of State Normal Industrial School at Ellendale visited this office to offer a six week summer program beginning about June 15. Teachers urged to request the special catalog. Local bids opened for three new modern schoolhouses. F C Gay of Linton the winning bidder at 2190 dollars and E D Fogle placed a 506 dollar order for school supplies. Missouri Slope Educational Association held a two day meeting at Mandan with over a hundred teachers. next year at Glen Allin. North Dakota Educational Association proceedings received. next teachers exam the second and eighth grade exams in May. Certificates awarded for three months perfect attendance to numerous students.
Myrel Dilly was absent Monday due to mumps. Fifth grade top spellers Lil lian Quast and Clara Bechtle, plus a large attendance certificate for Clara Bechtle Lillian Quast Lillian Ponath Ernestine Irvine Hazel Dilly. Fourth grade top spelling five Merrill Mewing Alma Bechtle Nyla Atha Zona Smith Alvin Atha Gladys Briddell. Full attendance last month: Alvin Atha Nyla Atha Dorothy Bredburg Anton Bosch Francis Chesrown Ruth Gillespie Michael Hager Ruth Irvine Cypr Karhoff Frances Meier Merrill Mewing Theodore McCrory Joseph Mitzel Emmons Petrie Johanna Schott Zona Smith.
The last twenty one names are noted as pupils of the Linton schools. Nellie Sabraw of Hazelton receives a certificate for nine months perfect attendance, marking a noteworthy school achievement.
A pest control ad touts Mickelson's Kill-Em-Quick as guaranteed to exterminate gophers at not more than one cent per acre. The product supposedly safe and easy to use, with a money back guarantee if it fails, and sold by R. R. Hogue at Linton Drug Co in Linton North Dakota.
A young man in Atchison Kansas telephoned his girlfriend at midnight claiming he dropped a dime on her front porch earlier. He asked her to get up early next morning and look for it before anyone else arrived. The anecdote is cited from the Kansas City Star.
The piece notes that needlework is rapidly becoming a lost art. It claims that about fifty years ago young girls learned threading a needle at two and a half and by age three began patchwork, culminating in quilts for future use.
A small sorrow distracts, a great one makes us collected. The remark notes how minor troubles divert attention while major challenges compel steadiness and composure. It frames resilience as a disciplined mindset guiding response to adversity.
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