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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
3
Community brief compiling town events in Linton and surrounding area. Mentions visitors from Janesville and Wishek, road improvements at the Linton State Bank, farming updates, theater and band news, a marriage report from Hazelton, school commencement details, illnesses, and assorted ads for lunch, lodging, and supplies. Includes Mayflower passengers roster excerpt.
On Tuesday August 20 1907 C B Mingnam will sell a car load of horses at the Lin ton stock yards to the highest bidder for cash or bankable paper. The lot includes heavy draft horses with three 1500 pound mares drivers and a pair of young mules. The sale will be to the highest bidder and bargains are promised.
Blue mare found at a Kalund area place with brand 339 on right shoulder. Owner to prove ownership, pay charges, and claim the animal at Hart Jerky, Winona, North Dakota.
Taken Up Dog description notes a valuable female setter with black and gray coat brown nose and brown feet. Owner must prove property pay charges and claim the animal from A M Britts of Linton North Dakota.
Two red yearling bull calves and a red heifer calf about six months old with a white and red spotted head found on the signer’s property for six weeks. Owner must call, prove ownership, pay charges, and remove calves. Also a red heifer calf about four months old with spots on forehead and jaw found in Sec 10 Twp 129 Rec 76 around July 5, 1907, Klaas Huizenga requests owner to call, prove ownership, pay charges, and take animal away.
C Oo Smith, a dentist in Linton North Dakota, lists a pharmacy named Flaneny nearby with office and residence contact numbers. The ad provides phone references for office and residence.
The article argues that most right handed people favor the left leg in actions such as marching, running, dancing, and mounting. It notes soldiers start with the left foot, courses and dances favor rightward movement, and jumps begin from the left foot, concluding that right handed people are generally left legged.
During the Iron Duke’s campaign General Picton’s disposition to receive Soult’s assault frustrated Wellington. He rode to the front, the regiment cheered, and Wellington mused Soult would not attack in force without checking the cheer. The plan delayed the clash enabling the Sixth division to arrive and Soult was repulsed.
The rule against smoking in Congress was adopted after Kansas Senator Ingalls complained that smoke wafted from corridors into the chamber. The rule was later linked to waste burning near the Capitol and wind carrying the odor inside, yet the rule remained in effect.
An attorney objects to a question as impertinent immaterial and irrelevant arguing it would reveal his client. The judge considers the point under advisement while the exchange is reported by the Philadelphia Ledger.
Katharine treats a visiting suitor as a game of chance and bargaining. Eva notes the plan while Katharine hints she will cut him if he lacks wealth and prospects. The dialogue captures a sharp, loaded exchange in a Chicago News style.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes the Mississippi River’s bends cause a southbound teamer to meet itself coming north. The humorous line illustrates river navigation quirks by a seasoned humorist.
A brief quotation from the New Orleans Times-Democrat questions American decorations such as the Victoria Cross and suggests the double cross as a nearer stand-in. The dialect note expresses curiosity about recognitions and status symbols.
A Bohemian quip contrasts a husband who spends all he earns on his wife with the wife’s operagoing display, highlighting social pretensions and marital strain through sharp humor.
Houston poet notes a witty exchange on marriage with a brief line set in dialogue form. The fragment hints at domestic harmony through a terse question and answer about happiness.
The London Globe recalls Arab fatalism and the execution of Suleiman el Aleby who killed Kleber. Condemned by a French court martial, his right hand was burned, then impaled and his body left as a skeleton. The subject’s impassivity under torture or penalty stands as a chilling vignette from Louvre history.
A northern storm over the California Alps creates long cone shaped snow banners streaming from mountain tops. The sun lights the drifting snow, yielding a rare luminous display. The form results from regular mountain curvature and wind action shaping the snow.
Barrel racing on ice features Canadian boys skating a quarter mile course with empty barrels set along the way. Competitors dash to the first barrel and must crawl through each barrel to win. Barrels spin and skaters often end up off course, provoking laughs from spectators.
A colored woman in a rusty dress and purple hat visits a Carolina courthouse asking to be appointed to “Le dere executioner” as probate judge. She speaks to the judge of probate about her late husband, seeking legal rights and appointment.
An American visiting Dublin hears an Irishman joke about New York skyscrapers. The Irishman claims a newly proposed hotel will be 50 stories tall to allow the top floors to binge. He adds they must let them down as the moon passes. Pearson's Weekly.
A Strand Magazine remark by Princess Di Teano warns against leaping from a balloon as it lands. It notes a balloon bounces twice before settling for the final touch, urging a handler to stay with it until completion.
A Brooklyn Citizen tale features a quarrel between a customer and a milkman over blue milk. The milkman explains melancholia in cows due to recent weather, offering an apologetic, humorous explanation.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt shows Mr Wysun asserting he will judge what is good for his wife. Mrs Wysun responds with thanks while acknowledging his authority in the exchange. The dialogue notes control within a marriage.
A playful note cites that abstemious and facetious are the only English words with vowels in strict order. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer fragment repeats quirky lines about bricks absorbing water and a character Boozem, with a stray line about a professor and the Joker.
A pamphlet-like list of Swiss canton rules imposes fines on boys for mischief from throwing stones to teasing teachers, with punishments and fines in francs. The piece notes how an American reader might wonder what Swiss boys can do without punishment, suggesting the measles or whooping cough as safer options.
A Woodbury Connecticut Reporter opinion questions the plain laws of health. It asks if ancient figures smoked, chewed gum, or overindulged in sweets and asks how long perfection lasts after a mince pie. The piece mocks average man behavior and self control.
Recount from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune of a bugler and his circus pony serving with General Custer. The horse proved a keen sentinel, alerting camp to danger three times in four months and biting a sleeping sentinel to wake the camp. Both horse and boy died in Custer’s final battle. the pony bore twelve arrows when found.
A reporter at a costume ball asks a woman dressed as Helen of Troy which character she represents. She replies Helen of Troy, while the reporter, noticing her ample figure, quips that he mistook her for Woolen of Avolrdupols, showing humorous misreadings of appearances.
A half dozen eminent physicists discuss a pulley puzzle with a stone and a monkey. Debate ends without result. Also recounted is an Anecdote of Agassiz where he remarks I am not a bird after examining a selling artist’s Cambridge view.
A fashionably dressed guest presented herself at the wedding and, when asked by the usher which side she favored, explained she was the fiancée of the organist, Lippecott, prompting blushes and a lighthearted ripple of attention.
The speaker extols the American eagle as fearless and enduring, insisting it will not cower or retreat whether roaming Indian deserts or climbing Canadian forests, expressing a confident and defiant national sentiment.
A brief exchange from Brooklyn Life features a quarrel between a wife and husband. The wife asserts prior advantages in appearance, while the husband and wife exchange pointed remarks about past attractiveness and marriage.
The passage reflects on internal sources of sorrow, suggesting most grief arises from self-made fears and choices rather than external forces. It emphasizes personal responsibility in shaping emotional hardship and the need to confront inner doubts.
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