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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
8
Hazelton residents attend events and keep up with community life. Visits to Linton and Dickinson are noted, high school play preparations for Mrs Tubbs of Shantytown proceed, and a tennis court project is underway. Local ads solicit stock hides and Rhode Island Red poultry, with farming notices and political convention attendance in Jamestown mentioned.
Hazelton and surrounding areas gathered for the Rebecca circus with a successful fundraiser including a band, candy sales, lunch stands, and entertainment. Local farmers advertised eggs and birds for sale, while community members attended the Masonic lodge and various events in Linton and Hazelton over the week.
The New York Sun extols the Brooklyn Bridge and the Upper Reservoir as a romantic, Venice like walk. It praises stately houses, icy and melting water, horseback riders, and a sunset fountain that paints rainbow spray, turning the scene into a moment of transport and beauty.
Report from the eyrie notes 22 racing pigeon rings found in a peregrine falcon's domain. The hawk commonly hunts peewits and other coast birds, with the golden plover also listed as prey. It catches prey by extending talons as it dives.
Archaeology notes that playing cards evolved from the divinatory use of arrows in China and India. A museum collection shows primitive arrow marked cards, with ancient Chinese and Corean examples appearing long and narrow. Corean and Chinese names for cards translate to fighting tablets.
A white friend's office is briefed by a Black man named Sam who asks to use the phone and jokes about checking up on a job as described in a quotation from the Argonaut. He asks if the office still seeks a good called man and remarks the current worker is satisfactory. The scene ends with Sam leaving, claiming to be the one who has the job.
A 1922 Hazelton post column urges patrons to assist the mail service during Postal Improvement Week. It stresses clear addressing, placing return addresses on the upper left, proper stamping, and using prepaid mail to speed delivery. Readers are urged to keep envelopes labeled OFFICE REQUEST, stock stamps, and cooperate with carriers to maintain routes and boxes, with the postmaster inviting further public suggestions.
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