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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
3
The item lists varied town news from Linton and surrounding areas including visits, illnesses, and operations. It notes hunts restrictions, harvest work in Canada, nearby farm activity, and upcoming professional visits by Dr. Smith and others. It also covers school examinations, local weather impacts, and early plans for street lighting upgrades.
The 1911 North Dakota legislature enacted a law allowing individual voters to sign for president and vice president and for party delegates to the national convention on the third Tuesday of March in a presidential year. Nominations other than president and vp require petitions of 1 percent of party primary voters. City elections align to that date to save costs, with delegates and funding provisions outlined, including travel expenses not to exceed 200 dollars per delegate. A provision states the U S senator nominee is the party’s choice by highest votes, with runoff if no majority.
An elderly longtime Linmons County resident and World War era veteran, Dr Muench, died suddenly at home after a day spent with neighbors. The funeral, under Masonic rites, followed at Tinton Cemetery with a procession and a final salute. The obituary details his German birth, emigration, marriage to Eliza Gardner, children, and decades of service in Emm County. He served in the Seventh Infantry and was known for his medical practice and court duties.
A sectional map of Emmons County drawn to three quarters inch to the mile shows topography and fractional numbers per U S survey. Local information included. Price three dollars. Available from L H Brigegle Hazelton or Jonh Harold surveyor Bismarck.
The Gayton gossip column notes a cattle shipment to market on Friday by Hee Nae Brick Hrickson. Names mentioned include Mr and Mrs Oscar Sperry, Mr and Mrs Chas Sperry and La Forrest. Several residents visit relatives in SoG and Dismarck, with a list of local arrivals and short trips to friends and family by Mrs Lulu Baker Mrs J W Wilson and Miss Casper among those visiting relatives in Bismarck and nearby towns.
An oddity describes a French invention featuring a clock driven by a candle flame. A reservoir feeds a scentless wick, heating a liquid that expands and causes a piston, moving a shaft and turning the clock hands every five seconds.
Cleveland teacher writes on the chalkboard Tom, and Mary is not going here. A pupil asks what is wrong with the sentence. The student notes Down stroke on the 4 is not heavy enough.
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