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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1900
Page
2
New Zealand experiments in state socialism report loans to 7000 settlers totaling two million with full repayment. Also noted is Guadalajara Mexico’s weekly eight column newspaper E Telegrafo, published every Sunday on Manila paper with editor director administrator printer owner and staff.
The Ruelle works at Charente has been ordered to supply 100 quick firing guns for the French fleet before year end. The 16 milimeter caliber cannon fires a 62 kilo projectile at high muzzle velocity and can rate up five shots per minute. It is said to outrank any current field gun and will pierce armor plate at long range.
Observers note immense crowds applauded the bridal procession while no one looked from upper windows. The etiquette reason to American eyes is that it is improper and disloyal to gaze upon a royal family member. The piece praises duty and honor in Japanese conduct.
The Hon. Henry Copeland succeeds Sir Julian Salomons as agent general for New South Wales in London. A former Ballarat goldfields worker, he represented a division in Sydney’s parliament before his London posting. A Sydney farewell editorial lauds his unadorned Anglo-Saxon vigor and says he will challenge Mr. Chamberlain on colonial questions.
Dr Andrew Gerber a Mount Joy physician made a peculiar will granting his son Christian half the life income from a farm while nearly all remaining assets about 200000 dollars went to unborn great grandchildren. The judge ruled Christian receives all estate intended for future generations.
Sensational morganatic marriages appear common in the Austrian imperial circle as Archduchess Maria Theresa, widow of Archduke Charles Louis, petitions the emperor to marry Maj Gen Count Cavriani. She is 46, widow four years, and mother to two daughters. Her stepson Archduke Franz Ferdinand has also morganatically wed. The court is abuzz over these unions as Cavriani, a tall soldierly figure, becomes the favored partner.
Philadelphia Rec ord describes how vast amounts of U S currency circulate and are washed in banks each month. Clerks scrub notes on wash boards with soap then wring and dry them. A separate note mentions an arrest over a fifteen million dollar company plan accused of stealing one hundred seventy dollars. The piece mocks speculative zeal as absurd.
Pullman palace cars to be used on the Yukon and White Pass railway from Skagway to Lake Bennett. Cars are forty feet long and weigh 11 tons each as the railway company builds two hundred freight cars for operations.
A lively survey of summer undergarments highlights fine linens, laces, and sheer fabrics that define an elegant wardrobe. It praises well cut lingerie shaping gowns, notes petticoats with deep slashes, and features new pieces like the Marie Antoinette set, corset covers with ribbons, and decolette nightwear suitable for hot weather.
A New York woman recovering from a winter fire shows a cut glass rose bowl and a china pitcher whose surfaces darkened by smoke form iridescent black coloration. Guests at luncheon misidentify the pieces as kiln fired, sparking lively speculation before the hostess reveals the joke.
Dainty leather jewel cases designed to fit in a trunk offer organized compartments for rings pins cuff buttons and other accessories. Larger models include trays like miniature trunks and secure locks, making them a convenient safe receptacle for jewelry on the go.
Spinach is praised for medicinal qualities and suggested as fritters: boil, drain, mince, mix with bread crumbs nutmeg butter and eggs, fry in fat until brown. Fruits should be fresh and cold, with granulated sugar. strawberries hulls on, currants and raspberries sugared, peaches wiped of fuzz, glass dishes shown to please eye and palate.
A highlander explains to a recruit how to read music for bagpipes using a humorous visual of a white faced semibreve and moving speeds. He demonstrates that shaping or tying the figure’s legs makes the notes run faster and the dancer quicker, as quoted from Tit-Bits.
Mrs Bridey sobs that Harry loves her less, while her mother counters that he once hailed her as the dearest girl on earth. The exchange captures a domestic strain and shifting affection within a Philadelphia Press society snippet.
A Philadelphia Press quip notes a farmer responding to national expansion by joking his cow now provides condensed milk. The boarder quips about the era, and the farmer replies that expansion affected even his cattle. The item captures period humor and social tone.
A Detroit Journal note says the remark Your'e all the world to me is the sole basis for the idea that all the world loves a lover. The line is presented as a curious saying tied to that expression.
Instructions describe a walnut magic trick where rubbing creates a pretend electric hold. The nut’s elasticity causes it to cling to a forefinger when opened slightly and caught by skin. The piece advises practicing privately and warns against overpressing to avoid not closing.
The Senate Committee on Manufactures reports food adulteration including alum in baking powders. A list shows brands alleged to contain alum such as Calumet Palace Cameo Chapman’s Chicago Yeast and Superior St Paul. The piece urges accurate consumer information and strict prohibition for powders containing alum.
In a South theater Frank F. of Omaha, a jovial soldier with a photogenic romance, received a telegram mid show about his ill brother Harry. The message revealed a family anxiety, prompting confusion until the punch line exposed a lighthearted prank and Frank’s moral humor. Harry later became telegraph editor of an Omaha paper.
The page records a brief street conversation about a baby at Twickenham who could not speak. Rambler notes the infant did not utter any words, prompting questions about the child's speech development.
At a New England Woman's club banquet honoring Julia Ward Howe on her eighty first birthday the renowned poet and thinker recounts a childhood remark from an old friend urging her not to yield to aging. She says the philosophy offers practical value for women. Philadelphia Press.
A newly appointed French mayor announced a witty notice stating that the fire brigade would be reviewed in the afternoon if it rains in the morning and in the morning if it rains in the afternoon, reflecting a playful approach to schedule changes.
Feacher asks what happens when a man’s temperature is low. Smart Scholar notes cold feet as reaction. Christian Becien appears in the fragment with terse dialogue.
Mrs Luise DeLassomm of San Francisco tells how Boers train children to shoot and fight with fierce resolve in South Africa. She notes their stern manners and stoic women who endure farewells without tears and may replace men in battle. Transvaal life and Johannesburg biking scenes are described.
English walking sticks once signified authority in royal and noble circles. Engravings show late antique forms preserved by London dealers. Six foot tall footmen bore grotesque heads behind hoop skirts, with monkeys and peg dogs as pets reflecting a taste for fancy adornment.
Cornelius Fellowes Jr and his wife Nathalie Rogers face estrangement as his father, prominent New York figure Cornelius Fellowes, Sr, cuts off support after a dispute over marriage to a poor girl. The young man plans to work mining in Mexico after announcing independence. The elder claims fraud in purchases made by Mrs Fellowes Jr and withholds an $110 hat bill prompting a court appearance. Henri de Holden’s $240,000 estate in Paris adds a rare fortune note amid the family breakup.
Miss Ruth Cordis Long niece of Secretary of the Navy John D. Long plans a career as a gospel singer. Two years earlier in San Diego county California she sang aboard the steamship Monterey for the Christian Endeavor society. A sailor pledged to reform after hearing her perform Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight and left his card, the note May God bless you for showing one sinner the true light. Since then she sang at Worcester revival and, after returning to Boston, has devoted herself to church singing.
A Palermo correspondent sketches deputy Palizzolo, arrested for allegedly hiring assassins to kill Commendatore Notarbartolo six years earlier. The piece paints him as a fixer with Mafia ties, hosting a daily levee of magistrates, officials, and dubious crowds at his bedside, illustrating Sicily's corrupt network.
The piece highlights abundant Mexican clay deposits and strong native pottery skill, arguing Mexico offers potential for American makers. It notes wide product ranges from bricks to sewer pipe, cheap labor, and plentiful raw materials, yet a complete local plant is absent and most inexpensive pottery is imported.
The text notes natives use minimal local clays while export markets drive production. Mexican clay workers are praised for proficiency in creating high art pottery, matching the world's best. It emphasizes artisanal skill and international export relevance.
The daily papers show many ads for women seeking housekeeper roles in small families without children. Advertisers avoid hard labor to protect health and hands. A former affluent woman offers to take a working housekeeper position if needed, highlighting strong demand for skilled light duties and prudent household management.
Seven men met in a West Madison Street lot to discuss their troubles, ignored by police at intervals. They proposed forming a union to combat prejudice against peddlers and displayed a tin sign reading No Peddlers.
Mile Marguerite Cassini daughter of the Russian ambassador to the United States is the only woman in the diplomatic corps who handles her own car. She zips around Washington at a pace that worries friends. She wears a mobile riding costume: cream cloth skirt, white silk waist, and a Ladysmith hat.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago News features a boarder asking someone to chase a cow for milk to add to oatmeal while the landlady commands, take the cow to where the calf bawls, in a terse, lightly sarcastic tone.
A schoolmaster recounted Caesar’s deeds ending with over 1500 years ago. The child paused then exclaims in awe, Oh what a memory you have got. The moment captures a simple, heartfelt reaction to history’s span.
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