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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1910
Page
2
A reprint discusses Emmons county and North Dakota census figures from 1870 onward. It highlights early settlement, sparse populations, and projected state growth, contrasting historic scarcity with anticipated gains while noting a bank safekeeping caution through a Kansas theft report.
Ady condemns state making as a political evil and says a secret twenty one member committee met in Valley City to fix a slate. He questions whether progressive voters will ratify the slate at the polls or back President H A Aaker for governor. The action is presented as a choice for the people.
A National Monthly essay honors the Old Turtle Trace a famed historic road linking colonies to the west. It recalls the turtle clan name legends a stage line symbol and how the route helped shape early American development along the Cumberland plateau near Tracy City Tennessee.
A column recounts humorous tales about grace before meals. It contrasts a Presbyterian blessing with a Rolling Fork deacon’s lengthy invocation and a hired man who began eating prematurely, leading to a witty benediction from the deacon and the guest’s eventual return to humor and sociability.
A lion attack on Harry Williams details a brutal struggle ending with the hunter’s rescue and survival. The piece also tracks lottery origins in Bruges, Florence, France, England, and Paris, noting early schemes and profits. A separate anecdote recalls a stuttering celebrity meeting, captured by Lippincott’s.
Sir Robert Anderson notes Reade combined genius with steady labor. A brass scuttle by the fireplace held weekly illustrated papers and cuttings, which he selected and filed in scrap books to later shape his novels and plays. The Westminster Gazette praised the accuracy of his event and place descriptions.
In a universal provider’s sporting goods section a woman shops for a beginner golf outfit for her husband who never played. A chatty clerk shows a driver brassie midiron and a two club starter set while she jokes about tees and caddies, aiming to spark his interest. The piece includes a separate quip about heirlooms and a fire from Mrs. Lysander John Appleton.
A city resident recalls a bare wall space beside an apartment door where wallpaper had peeled. The superintendent delays repair, fearing patch color mismatch. A tradesman then uses faded original paper from a sunlit roll to patch the space, matching pattern and color, with optimism that hall light will further even the look.
A collage of antiquarian notes traces long distance horse riding feats of Squire Chalstone at Newmarket, a Dutch rendering of the Stebbins name, rapid overview of St Steven’s name origins, and a glimpse into Archytas’s Dove, with Danish and Norwegian spinster homes and a humor strip on marital gifts.
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