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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1922
Page
5
Bob Looyenga and Dick Amber transact business in Pollock on Wednesday. Mrs. Henry Becker recovers under Dr Shockey care. Miss Magdalena Amundson and Miss Jaeger visit relatives from Strasburg. Charlie DeWitt and family attend a river berry gathering and a dance ends the night.
Reports say the west bound train engine ran off the track into a ditch at the switch on Monday. Neither the engineer nor fireman were hurt, though the engine tipped onto its side. Community notices report social visits, church events, a funeral, a Sunday School picnic, and a Minnesota trip.
Washington mourns Dr. Alexander Graham Bell founder of the telephone at his Baddeck laboratories in Nova Scotia. Friends in the capital note the shock amid travels and scientific work. Elsewhere Peking reports Parliament and Yuan Hung agreeing on a permanent Chinese constitution similar to the United States.
The Shields Enterprise reports Ezra Stiles, a former Emmons County resident, was seriously injured in a runaway accident. It also notes that F C Turner and sons have been released from jail on bonds after being charged with attempting to defraud mortgage holders.
A notice to A C Briggs details delinquent 1917 taxes on described real estate in Emmons County North Dakota. The property sold for unpaid taxes, a tax certificate was issued and assigned, and redemption must be completed by November 8 1922. The auditor H F Brann signs August 24 1922.
Chicago Chiefs of the striking rail employees voted to accept President Harding's proposals and formed a committee to draft the acceptance text for submission to the president. The vote covered over 100 chiefs from six federated shop crafts led by B M Jewell, with Timothy Healy of the stationary firemen and oilers union supporting the action. The proposals mirror those the railroads had refused in New York, excluding restoration of seniority rights for returning workers.
Seven hundred fifty soldiers of the 151st Indiana Infantry are ordered back to Indianapolis from Camp Knox Kentucky by Adjutant General Smith. He declines to reveal their destination or whether they will assist Governor McCray’s plan to mine coal under state supervision amid the coal strike.
St Paul large coal users await closures amid shortages. Ivan Bowen, state fuel commissioner, reports 25 industries in St Paul hold 15,945 tons of coal against a 132,000 ton annual consumption.
Chicago reported heavy traffic as 2,000,000 riders used street cars and the elevated lines daily. Steam railroads added schedules, new motor buses opened routes, and trucks and touring cars increased in service. Reports indicated gasoline station workers discussed a possible walkout.
Paris reports a regiment of French infantry and an artillery unit moving to Coblenz from Upper Silesia to replace American forces already withdrawn from Germany as part of postwar redeployments.
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