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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1911
Page
3
Long column of local notes from Linton and surrounding Emmons County with arrivals, visits, and incidents. Mentions many residents, travel between towns, small accidents and medical notes, church announcements, business moves, and a near-fire scare at the Fogle residence. Multiple names, places, and dates sprinkled through the report.
A major fire swept through Pollock South Dakota destroying the principal business block along the main street. The two story Frank Loutzenhiser Building and eight neighboring structures burned, causing an estimated loss of about 75000 with only 25000 insured. Firefighters saved the Meisner livery barn and a blacksmith shop across the alley. Pollock plans to rebuild as residents cope with the calamity and report no fatalities. Ed I Halsey joined Dr Hogue’s drug store in Linton after arriving from Hebron. Mrs Hagen of Wisconsin will return home after visiting relatives in Pollock. The pro-cathedral at Bismarck was robbed of two gold chalices and other items worth over 200 in total. Postmaster notices and local ads appear throughout.
A meeting at Kla bundes hall Hazelton last Tuesday organized Emmons County to exhibit at the North Dakota Industrial Exposition in Bismarck in September and October. H. Reamer was elected president and Wood Irwin secretary with an executive committee and district committeemen named. The group urged county residents to contribute paintings, needlework and farm produce for display.
A horse owner from Strasburg tracked a thief to Burnstad and then to Ashley where Joe Snyder and Joe Tyler were found at a local supper. Snyder admitted stealing horses belonging to Will Cleveringa and another owner. The horses were later located. one was shipped to St Paul and returned to its owner. A separate missing person notice asks for information about John Haveman, a 16-year-old last seen July 23, 1911, near Hull North Dakota with a striped blue suit.
Obituary of Sister Aloysius a Benedictine nun who served at Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Born in 1865 in Switzerland, she joined in 1851 and spent decades caring for Indian boys. Funeral services held at Fort Yates with St. Benedict order rites and tributes from Frs Bernhard Ambrose and Francis.
ONews notes hay prices climbing to a premium this July as a good rain blesses the Braddock area, easing concerns of drought and boosting forage prospects for farmers. A brief market and weather update from the Braddock section.
Saturday and Sunday updates from Braddock cover residents relocating to Sand Point Idaho and Alberta, medical cases including Henry Sorem with appendicitis and Hedblad improving after ear treatment. Ben Coover and wife depart Braddock for Alberta homestead. town values his loss. Local stock owners warned to roundup cattle and hogs as produce prices rise.
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