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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
2
A fragmented OCR list shows Republican ticket selections for Congress and various state offices. Names like Taylor, Gilreath, Weatherby, and Hansen appear among district, attorney, clerk, and sheriff roles, with multiple counties or districts referenced in a political roster.
The document outlines amendments to North Dakota law on justice of the peace in organized counties, Supreme Court terms and election outcomes, and land sale and school lands provisions. It notes passage by the Eleventh Legislative Assembly and submission to the Twelfth for approval or rejection, with Alfred Blaisdell as Secretary of State and dated August 1910.
Twilight fades the red flowers first losing color while grass and leaves turn gray. White flowers are left out. the blue or violet flowers retain color the longest guiding insects moving by twilight to avoid predators.
A Kansas land story from the Kansas City Star follows a city man who becomes a farmer. He learns hard lessons about hog market volatility hog cholera and the need for seed corn after reliance on a local advisor. The narrator discovers his universal error and the humor in rural missteps. The tale closes with the farmer realizing he had forgotten to fill his seed box and the mentor Brown’s blunt praise.
The text explains that most plants use leaves as mouths to absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, with thin blades capturing gas under sunlight. However prickly pear stems and branches perform this function, while older stems become woody and lose leaflike insulation.
A trained ostrich at a London music hall disrupted its exhibitor by repeatedly trying to escape and climb over the footlights into the orchestra. The act ended abruptly and the professor apologized, citing the current orchestra leader as ineffective and noting the bird’s belief there was no air on top of the head. The engagement was halted until a new conductor is secured.
A humorous naval anecdote from Lippincott's Magazine recounts Irish and Dutch sailors vying in feats of daring aboard an American wooden warship. An Irishman, eager to outdo a Dutchman atop the mainmast, attempts a risky ascent, falls multiple times, then miraculously lands upright on deck shouting a bold taunt to the Dutchman.
A traveling Italian prince with his famed Sicilian cook and kitchen staff fears a perceived loss as a sudden splash reveals a body in the torrent below. The cry from the rear confirms it is not the cook but Don Prosdocemo the chaplain, prompting relief from the prince with a humorous misidentification.
A Philadelphia mother helps her daughter with arithmetic only to learn the next day that every problem was wrong. The girl reassures her mother, saying all the other mothers were wrong too, a lighthearted note from the Ladies’ Home Journal.
Wallie a six year old finds four kittens in the cellar. A visitor wants a peek at the new babies. Wallie fetches them and whispers only gentle handling as he carries them by their stems while his mother pleads for kindness. Scraps.
A teacher asks a boy to explain peace after a patriotic poem. The boy replies that peace comes when there are no children at home, explaining that his mother says she will have peace after washing and dressing her six children for school.
Clerk asks for higher pay before marriage. Employer declines, offering reduced hours for the first three months to allow time at home, then longer hours later so the clerk has an excuse to leave. Dialog excerpt from the New York Journal.
The article describes Andorra as a tiny, independent republic wedged between France and Spain. It notes Charlemagne’s charter dating to 752, preserved in a six-locked iron armory in Andorra la Vella, and mentions Napoleon’s regard for it as a curiosity. Andorra is portrayed as isolated, conservative, and wary of modern tech, with no written laws and a government founded on long-standing traditions. Entry routes are limited to high mountain passes, notably the French pass of Selden, about 8,000 feet high, with other routes being mule tracks or blocked in winter.
An examination of corduroy links the fabric’s name to imagined royal kinship rather than a French source. Sir James Murray notes no French usage. references show English terms and Sens 1807 listing elosies de coton fulaines kingscordes, suggesting borrowed wording from English. The ribbed cloth became associated with labor and rugged work.
A garbled excerpt shows an editor inviting a visitor into a editorial space amid playful banter about what an editor's room is like. The dialogue mocks editorial life and ritual with a cheeky tone and improvised phrasing.
A fragment discussing 17th century ideas on drowned bodies floating to the surface and the fate of sailors. It references Thomas Browne and London queries about whether drowned individuals drift to shore or vanish, reflecting historical beliefs and rites.
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