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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1911
Page
6
Judge Cowan’s eight hour opening remarks draw contrast with critics who branded Hanley’s faction a wreck. The Cowan trial has cost about forty thousand dollars, with ten more days expected, even as counties buy seed wheat and the governor vets farmers’ institute funds amid national and border tensions.
A Valley City paper editor, nicknamed Peewee, is painted as an egotist who dominates coverage of Judge Cowan impeachment. The piece claims Peewee pushed for pay, kept lawmakers in session, and abuses Barnes County legislators when angered, despite impeachment trials proceeding.
A Philadelphia Inquirer reader recalls how a mother's ridicule of childhood dreams ruined trust with her children Clifford and the narrator. They stopped confiding, shifted to minding their own business, and now guard what they share, hurting the mother in the process. The piece reflects on parental teasing shaping later strained family communication.
A late afternoon thunderstorm near Vasa produced a bright double rainbow visible to the east for about half an hour. Thunder rattled drops as the rainbows appeared to be shaken and colors wavered, suggesting the storm’s force altered the raindrops rather than lightning alone.
In New York, Brignoli received long applause from the orchestra after singing a favorite song during rehearsal. He invited the players to a champagne supper at the Everett House, saying he hoped to meet them there. The supper cost Brignoli $500.
A clergyman momentarily called away to mercy leaves a sermon unfinished. Iris, his charming daughter, reads the line about a young man of splendid promise and writes beneath it My sentiments papa exactly, turning the moment into a witty family vignette.
A Scoreman on his deathbed is persuaded by a companion to forgive a longstanding neighbor feuding for years. The neighbor visits the bedside, they shake hands and reconcile. The dying man whispers that if he recovers, Donald should remember this effort.
A quotation filled reader response contrasts a jake pursuit with a caricature of a would be humorist. The piece then reflects on Hinduism noting self renunciation as a feature and describes ascetic practices and devotion praised by Maharajas, including the wanderers who renounce wealth and pursue pilgrimages along the Ganges.
A local club diner teases a waiter with a salad dressing joke while a Moorish elder journeys to Sheffield with two sons. At a station the old man fears the arrival of trains, muttering that something will happen as the train speeds into a tunnel and the man cries out I’m struck blind.
In a brief Strety Stories item a young girl Marjorie resists church and, after thoughtful guidance, says she imagined chocolates as something good. Her quiet behavior at church earns her mother’s praise on the way home.
Robert Burns visits Jean Davidson's whisky shop to inspect adulterated liquor. Jean uses a hole in the barrel hoop to draw off tainted drink while Burns preserves the king's seal. A morning test confirms the sample is acceptable and Burns departs puzzled by Jean's challenge to his tester.
A London-Jewish style joke features a terrace landlord questioning a prospective tenant about football and refereeing. The tenant rejects both, citing caution. The landlord recalls a former referee who was harmed after a disputed call, while boasting about a lighthouse crib and nocturnal foghorns as safer work.
A Berks county politician recounts a tale from a resident about a suitor and his fiancée touring the area. Passing a confectioner’s shop, he jokes that ice cream at one dollar per gallon is costly, then orders “ice cream for this gal” with a single dollar, turning the moment into local color from a Philadelphia Times citation.
Washington, encamped near West Point, visits a mansion of a treacherous host before a planned dinner. Suspecting betrayal, he tests the host while a scarlet cavalry arrives, exposing the treachery and sparing the patriot. The tale ends with Washington pardoning the culprit after the family intercedes.
A false friend lured by a bribe invited General Washington to his camp posing in British uniform. American cavalrymen in disguise revealed him, arriving at 1:45 to test the host. The prisoner confessed later to a plot to deliver Washington to the enemy at 2 o'clock.
A curious tale recounts Darwin placing his forehead against a cobra exhibit glass while the snake struck. He believed the glass protected him, with instinct outweighing reason. The note shifts to Egypt's geography and agriculture, citing 450000 sq miles total area and a 10 million population, praising Nile irrigation and year round farming.
An advertisement invited a person to lead the village church choir and play the organ. Among the replies is a note offering services from a person who has been both organist and music teacher for several years, stating eligibility as either sex.
A historical profile recounts Napoleon Bonaparte rising to commander of the Army of Italy on March 2, 1796 with 36,900 ragged troops. He defeated 80,000 Austrians across five campaigns, ignored Directory orders, and, by mid May, secured victories at Lodi and Milan, forcing Austria to seek peace and expanding French control in Lombardy and the Netherlands.
Professor D Carruthers describes Bokhara as a religious and trading capital walled off from the world. He enters through a gate and witnesses a vivid scene of wealth and squalor, mosques, bazaars, and a central pool where people wash and collect water. The piece emphasizes Bokhara as a living Arabian Nights tableau tucked in the back of the world.
A statesman recounts an anecdote about Governor Bob Taylor in Tennessee. An old black woman named Mandy pleads for her kin Ephraim, who is in penitentiary for stealing a ham. The governor weighs mercy against his stereotype of the culprit as a “biggest scoundrel.”
A veteran physician stops a young colleague with a cohort of shabby companions and reveals he hired them to sit in his reception room to create an impression for an anticipated rich patient arriving that morning.
Pollier in Scrijner's describes caste as birth bound and inescapable in India, where even low caste workers, widows, and daughters face lifelong exclusion from meals, touch, marriage, and service. He notes systemic barriers across administration, law, and daily life that complicate governance and social reform.
Fragmentary notes describe a secretary of state and cabinet members reacting to a president’s remark about friends and upcoming changes. The text references Ohio and a reserved stance, with unclear details about who spoke and what actions were planned.
A partial manuscript note describes color, a woolen vest, and an elder's remark about a ribbon and Dumas. The legible words hint at autumnal hues and a moment of memory without clear events or dates.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a cook, a club, and a person named Knoker in a vaguely historical tone. No coherent events, dates, or clear entities emerge to form a factual summary.
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