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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
7
Local briefs detail visits and trips among residents including Mrs. Schultze Sam Moen George Dexter and numerous others. Several towns report business trips illness recoveries and events such as a Strasburg elevator fire and a Westfield barn fire with animal losses.
Braddock and Dris plan visits to their parents before returning to the Fort. They all expect to depart for California within a week.
Mrs Eliza Boswell 79 died August 18 in Minneapolis after four weeks illness. Survived by three children Mrs C L Wood Minneapolis Harry J Boswell Los Angeles and Frank Boswell Seattle. Remains to be buried in Madison South Carolina. Mrs Wood accompanied them from Minneapolis.
The pastor S. M. Swaney invites all to Sabbath School at 10 30 a m with classes for all and a patriotic Red Cross program at 8 p m titled The Modern Jericho Road. An evening worship hour and friendly welcome are promised.
School children must be vaccinated before entering school this year per Section 425. The State Board of Health requires certificates of vaccination for admission, to be enforced by directors and teachers in each district. William Langer, Attorney General. A M Call, Vice President. C J McGurren, Secretary.
Guardian George L. Acheson announces a private sale of the northeast quarter of section 36 in township 180, range 77 west, Emmons County North Dakota. Sale date on or after September 2 1917, bids in writing to Guardian or county judge, cash subject to court confirmation.
Sealed bids for street crossings in the city of Linton will be received by the City Council until a stated hour on September 1917. Crossings to be built according to the city specifications on file with the city auditor and bids to cover all crossings constructed up to March 1 1917. Dated August 1917.
Old John Gargoyle guards his garden as a friend to his plants. A telephone crew arrives, lowers a brick onto lettuce, drags a ladder through a cucumber frame, and tramples bulbs and roses. The worker asks, in apology, for permission to enter the garden with equipment.
Bids will be received by Exeter School District No. 13 for four school houses on old building sites. Each bid must cover a separate house, include a $250 certified check, and be sealed and marked Bids for Building School Homes. Plans may be viewed at the undersigned home or the county superintendent of schools office. The district reserves the right to reject any bid.
The Bakker School District No 10 invites bids to construct an 18 by 28 foot schoolhouse with 12 foot ceiling. Bids open Friday September 2 1917 at Hulls Schoolhouse at 2 p m. A $100 certified check accompanies each bid and the board may reject any bid.
In a humorous Indianapolis Star excerpt, a father scolds George for spending despite a rule not to spend foolishly. George reveals he bought items with his sister's quarter, impressing his dad with his clever excuse.
In an East End Sunday school a teacher asks what Solomon would say to the Queen of Sheba’s jewels and fine raiment. A quick thinking girl replies, How much d'yer went for the lot, turning the moment into a quaint streetwise quip.
The historical books cite two instances of snow falling. Snow at Jerusalem reaches a foot or more in January and February though it melts quickly. Nazareth sees more frequent and deeper snow. Allusions to snow are common in poetical books.
City of Linton invites sealed bids to furnish cable for White Way. Bids due by 8 PM September 3, 1917. Cables must conform to the specifications set by the City Council.
City of Linton invites sealed bids for installing the White Way per specifications on file with the City Auditor J D Meier. Bids due by 8:00 PM September 9 1917. Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. August 6 1917.
Sealed bids due noon September 15 1917 for building three 20 by 12 foot one room schools to replace Nos 3 4 and 6 in Hakue district No 80. Each bid must include a certified check for 10000. Plans on file at the clerk and county superintendent. Bids opened 2 PM September 15 1917 at Hague Carl Fischer Clerk Hague North Dakota.
Notice to creditors of Konrad Dorseher late of Emmons county North Dakota. Katharina Dorscheid executrix requests claims with vouchers within six months following this notice. Claims to be presented at the German American State Bank in Linton Emmons county. Dated July 1st 1917. First publication August 16 1917.
Publication to run in the Emmons County Record for three successive weeks by order of CHARLES B. CARLEY Judge of the County Court as instructed in the citation.
The Winchester School District No. 6 in Emmons County North Dakota invites sealed proposals by August 23 1917 at 8 30 p m for a four classroom two story plus basement grade school addition at Linton North Dakota Plans and specifications by Van Horn and Loven architects of Bismarck require a certified check of five percent and reserve the right to reject all bids Separate heating and plumbing bids welcome Plans available after August 1 1917 at Builders Exchange St Paul and Minneapolis BK H Smith Clerk Linton and at the Architect Office in Bismarck ND by order of the board Dated July 18 1917 E H Smith Clerk
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