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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1911
Page
4
A rambling first person reminiscence recounts a country jail sentence for stealing a cider barrel, a sheriff’s harsh treatment, and a creative legal showdown. The speaker describes farm work and storytelling nights, spinning wild myths to entertain, including canibals and gorillas, to survive the county stint.
The document lists district court and justice court expenses including jurors witnesses fees and various salaries. It shows transfers of funds and a close of business assets for Emmons County as of June 30, 1911 with cash, lands, court-house property, and machinery. It also provides assessed valuations for 1911 and confirms warrants paid on demand by treasurer G H W Naramore and auditor John I Snyder.
A fragment from London Answers recounts a storyteller’s two years on a China Sea island and a prison misperception. The anecdote includes a staged prodigal visit, a prison sentence for manslaughter, and a warden’s cruelty. It also notes Palmyra Persepolis Ithage Amarapura as brief capitals in history.
A blunt frontier judge fined a lawyer $100 for contempt and, after adjournment, the lawyer asked for a loan of the same amount to meet a pressing obligation. The judge mocked him to reconvene court and then remitted the fine.
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