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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
2
A collection of assorted aphorisms and quirky notes touching on conclusions, military toy pistols, aging, scents, friendships, dental quirks, gates, happiness, clergy images, pests, a Glasgow fire, coal prices, and a future mosquito-proof coat of mail.
A collage of light social notes and curiosities. A lawyer need not be, a bar admission aside. Newport fashions drift toward bikes as heat and novelty shape leisure. Brook trout and saloon tales raise eyebrows. The smallest woman’s heat death stirs irony. Eastern students do charity work in Kansas. An Italian cures feverish hopes, yet many cures exist. Captain Wringe surveys the Shamrock II and Reliance, noting no cause for alarm.
The speaker questions whether the war department's order forbidding marriage for young officers has been rescinded and notes America’s naval and army slogans while praising Tommy Atkins and the Navy.
A San Francisco firm sought to corner the bean market and now lies under receiver care. The item hints at the risky nature of monopoly tactics and signals a cautionary note to investors elsewhere.
A Missouri inventor develops a burglar alarm that could photograph a break in and notify the family and police. He notes that if time allows he might add a feature to grab and hold the intruder.
The article reports that St Louis policemen with larger waist measurements than chest measurements will be removed from the force. It argues it would be an outrage to require such men to work for a living. It also notes Sir Thomas finding Reliance can sail fast and suggests grappling hooks along her keel as a possible workaround for a race.
Connecticut judge shows it is possible to sit on the bench in shirt sleeves on a hot day without contempt. The piece discusses whether courts bow to personal feelings. A scientist offers kissing as a cure for hysteria with potential trouble finding the proper kissers.
The note suggests experiments with campaign cigars after discovering tobacco effects on men. It mentions Sir Thomas Lipton facing chickening danger of being kissed by soubrettes and the need to win the cup despite peril.
President Pando returns from Acre with troops still stationed there while denying clemency for Benjamin G. Hill who killed his wife. The government plans a new Archives Hall site west of the state war building. Rural free delivery starts September 1 at Lafayette Minnesota, serving 32 square miles and 570 people. The Danish West Indies treaty is dead, hindering U S acquisition. Justice orders tearing down eleven miles of fence on government land in Cheyenne County Kentucky.
Herman Eppinger of Eppinger & Co. San Francisco is indicted by the grand jury for allegedly obtaining 11500 by false pretenses from the Bank of Monterey. He was released on 12000 bail. Arthur M. Farmer of Boston, held in Denver for bigamy, escaped from State Detectives Whitney and Harmon at Ayer Junction while being taken to Newburyport.
Reports describe floods in Chifa China with heavy loss of life and property, a potential abdication plot in Bulgaria, and a rail disaster in Glasgow killing thirteen. Other items note King Menelik's new mint in Addis Ababa, Japan's refusal to remove the Seoul to Busan line, and Germany's June pig iron output rising.
Sir John Rigby former lord justice of appeal dies in London. Police Inspector John D. Shea veteran Chicago officer dies aged sixty. Harvey W. Scott Portland Oregonian owner chosen president of Lewis and Clark exposition. H. S. Tabor actor dies in Phoenix tuberculosis. Capt Edward L. Giddings Boston banker dies age sixty eight from lung congestion. Judge Ellery A. Hibbard Laconia NH dies of spinal trouble. he was Democratic congressman, NH supreme court ex judge, noted lawyer.
A string of incidents reports heavy damage and casualties. Hayden Chemical works in Garfield New Jersey burned with losses around 250000 and twelve injuries including two fatalities. A wreck west of Hutchinson Kansas injured twelve. Four men found dead from Union Pacific mine in Hanna Wyoming. Sixty rescued from the Allegheny river near Pittsburg with several drowned including Joseph Brown Henry Brown Fred Bugler Jr and Edna Shipley. Others drowned in Thames river New London Connecticut after a pleasure boat capsized. Clifton Boneville New Rochelle auto works destroyed by fire likely from gasoline explosion. A kerosene lamp explosion at a Slavic boarding house Newcastle Pennsylvania caused one fatal and five serious injuries. Coleboro New Hampshire saw several blocks burned and Jesse Forrestal may have perished. A man drowned crossing the river at Newendon Connecticut after a pleasure boat capsized.
A North Atlantic fleet battleship squadron reaches Bar Harbor Maine. Another item notes a New York stock exchange sale at 60000 dollars, with the last sale at 67500. Various obituaries and incidents follow including deaths of Dr. Donald MacLean and F. J. Kimball.
The item aggregates violent incidents and prosecutions across several states. It notes Rev H D Milson killing his wife in Kansas City Kansas. a mob wrecking four black families’ homes in Evansville Indiana. R N Franklin fined for peonage in Montgomery Alabama. Dora Cox jailed in Watonga Oklahoma. Lawrence Murphy found guilty of grand larceny in New York. clashes in Kentucky and Wyoming with fatalities. arrests for a New Washington store safe blow. F Fred Smith linked to telephone robberies in Chicago. a stabbing at Salt Lake City. racial tensions in Blue Ridge Virginia. Chicago graft grand jury hints. and Annie Strong shooting a white man in Tennessee.
Rome August 2 The largest conclave in church history gathers 62 cardinals and hundreds of attendants in confinement within the Vatican to elect Leo XIII’s successor. Predictions are uncertain as Italian contenders Rampolla and others are repeatedly debated while security remains tight around St. Peter’s and surrounding areas.
Robert M. Wilson editor of the Durand Clipper will begin a 8000 mile walk today from Chicago to Capt Tisburne on the Arctic Ocean. He travels via Minnesota Canada coastal route from Vancouver to Cape Nome and will be away about fifteen months.
Senator Lodge completed preliminaries for the Alaskan boundary commission meeting in London. He lunched with Premier Balfour and dined with Colonial Secretary Chamberlain. the panel will likely assemble at the Foreign Office.
La Crosse Wisconsin August 2 1900s report states William Renz the boy pulled into the river by a large catfish refused to let go and was dragged downstream. The body had not been recovered.
The Daily Mail quoting a St. Petersburg dispatch reports Russia plans six battleships of 16,000 tons each and three armored cruisers, to be completed in 1906. In North Dakota, a light frost was observed Thursday morning in western Stutsman County, with frost at Bedina, Dawson and Mandan.
Janesville July 28 The Luet ta Forepaugh-Fish Wild West circus is attached for 23000 dollars by Mr and Mrs Fish and the sheriff has possession. The employees will be paid off and the stock sold at auction.
A dispatch from Providence Kentucky reports a fight in Madisonville area leaving five black men shot with some said to be dying. Local authorities investigate the incident as details unfold.
Gov. La Follette in a Madison speech asserts direct charges of attempted bribery connected to the 1901 Wisconsin legislature. He says bribery is a crime of the dark and notes money offered and refused. proof is hard as officials fear corporate power.
Insurance Commissioner Zeno M. Host ruled mutual life companies in Wisconsin must distribute surplus to policyholders at least every five years. The decision affects about 1.6 million held in reserve and may trigger widespread litigation as heirs seek unclaimed sums and interest.
Maj George Stein deputy fire warden directed the response to a forest blaze off Star Island government reserve near Cass Lake Minnesota. About thirty men aboard the steamboat Columbia fought the fire all day with trenches dirt water and watch crews after a long effort to subdue fast moving underbrush and tall pines.
Five men including Julius Dreyer and William Buelow were arrested in Oshkosh and Fond du Lac for the Van Dyne postoffice robbery. Cash stamps jewelry and paper valued over 4000 were recovered and hidden a mile from Van Dyne.
Deadwood South Dakota residents report a band of alleged cripples with crutches and bandages arriving as a supposed advance guard for a traveling circus. Police rounded up five or six in one day, surgeons examined injuries, but none were found.
New Paynesville Minnesota August 1 1903 returns from the first threshing of rye show a very good crop but chinch bugs damage wheat on lighter land. In parts of the western county the entire crop may be ruined.
Tyndall, Aug 2. The oat harvest is well along with oats described as very heavy. Wheat yields are only medium due to blight, with some wheat already cut.
Mrs. Joseph Shandreau of Stevens Point Wisconsin dies at age 101. Born January 6 1803 in Green Bay she lived a long life reflecting early settler roots in the region. Her death marks the end of a century spanning Wisconsin’s frontier era.
Ole Vold aged thirty was killed when intoxicated he fell from a fifteen foot bank by the Zumbro river near Zumbrota Minnesota. He rolled into the water and would have drowned if not already dead.
Three business houses in Little Falls Minnesota were burglarized in July. Entry gained by break in and cash registers robbed of contents totaling about $2. Sheriff reports ongoing investigation.
Federal grand jury returns seven indictments involving nine persons over alleged conspiracy and bribery tied to post office affairs. August W. Machen heads four indictments with Bush Crawford, Leopold Western, George Lorenz, and Martha Lorenz named among others. Bail posted by some, warrants issued for others, with more indictments anticipated in coming days.
Thomas F. Woodrock extols a three day Lake Erie to Duluth steamer trip by the Northern Steamship Company. He praises the ocean-type vessel, restfulness, fresh air, courteous staff, first rate cooking, and varied scenery from Detroit to Mackinac Island and Lake Superior, noting no monotony and the voyage as an Atlantic voyage without its downsides. The Northwest sails from Duluth to Buffalo weekly at 11:30 p.m.
Victoria B C Aug 2 The steamer Aiur arrives with news of a new placer strike in the Tagama river district about 180 miles from White Horse. Stampers returning from White Horse say gold in paying quantities is visible on the surface along the Ruby and Fourth of July creeks, though bedrock has not yet been reached.
Coroner's inquest into the Checksfield child's death opened after the family moved from St. Louis to Bunker Hill. It emerged that Checksfield planned to take over Joseph Cutler's job as local dairy plant manager. Witnesses testified Mrs. Cutler disliked the children and bought poison at a drug store.
In Chicago last night robbers entered the basement of Touls Weber at Clark and Harrison, cut holes through the floor and the platform, and stole two trays of diamonds worth about 5000 dollars while the shop was crowded. A second item reports eleven year old Peter Chilla, son of Mrs C Chilla, drowning in the Wisconsin River after cramps during a swim. his body recovered two hours later.
A Black man who insulted women by cursing and firing into their houses was lynched yesterday near Alto Texas. Local authorities did not prevent the mob action.
In Thacker West Virginia on July 31 Mrs William Davis of Warfield Kentucky killed Salie Evans a neighbor girl with a rifle after being enraged by her husband s affection. Mrs Davis escaped.
Fire heavily damages a four story building housing the Atlantic and Pacific Tom company in Philadelphia on July 31. Water and smoke damage affect a second building. Loss placed at about 100000 dollars.
A facetious exchange cites a twenty foot sardine remnant rumored on the Penobscot and a box sale, then shifts to a quip about obstinacy versus firmness as a way to rise to the occasion.
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