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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
1
A statewide column lists upcoming events and local issues. Mandan hosts fairs on Sept 2 30 and Oct 1. towns like Cando Rugby and Cogswell face local concerns from public marriages to film laws. Reports cover thievery, school repairs, hunting, and crop pest actions across North Dakota with notes on local penalties, rewards, and civic debates.
Weathered notes from Braddock cover road improvements, land dealings, and crop outlook as heat affects markets. A mix of local business chatter includes Hoarder Moorman selling land, Independent Telephone completing lines, and farmer concerns over hitching posts, wheat seed purchases, and flax thrash timing.
Awe on Miss Josephine Appert spent summer with parents and returned to Bismarck. New cement walks laid before Corner Restaurant and Hazelton Mercantile store. Main street cross-walks nearly complete. Louis Otterson ill in Bismarck. brother John called and returned, Louis improved but not out of danger. Harvest begins this week with barley cut. crop outlook mixed with northern Kidder and southern Wells counties near total failure. John Goehring and family relocate from Steele, joining local trade as stonemason and aiding cement sidewalks. Bro. Streeter notes Linton team trips to tournament and recovery from sadness.
Mrs Joseph Peters wife of a Northern Pacific employee saved her three year old son from drowning after he fell into a rear well at their south side home. Despite a heroic struggle the child clung to a water bucket and the mother pulled him toward the surface. Neighbors speculate she may have descended and ascended by the windlass rope to reach them.
Mohall residents report a major gas discovery near town as experts confirm gas under the region. At L P Stromswold’s farm an artesian well yielded natural gas at 200 feet with a three foot flame, and near Fred Dictes’s farm another gas well was found at a similar depth, fueling hopes of prosperity and capital investment.
In a New York Press piece the speaker extols women’s skill at managing several tasks at once. He contrasts a man’s single focus with a woman’s ability to juggle coffee, toast, eggs, and table setting, arguing men must learn to master multiple duties to succeed.
Sam Weller made Dickens famous with the Dick Wick Papers a financial failure until this unique character was introduced. The press praised Samival as an original creation. Dickens earned over $16 000 for Pickwick Papers and at twenty six was the era’s most popular author.
A girl who mocked poor spellers receives three fat letters weekly from Iwan who struggles with spelling but has a big house and money in the bank. The irony sticks as she realizes what that wealth implies.
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