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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1903
Page
2
A compact column of snappy notes and jests covering global affairs from Spain and Santo Domingo to Venezuela and Port Rico. It cites missing persons, weather quirks, social gossip, and light observations on golf and apples. It notes a Minnesota hailstorm cost and references to public figures.
A New York man purchased a Roman chariot believed over a millennium old in Paris for $109,000. The buyer could have bought a modern car for less than that amount.
The statement says reformers will limit remarks to weather reports and poems praising the Empress Dowager, signaling a shift to ceremonial praise over political commentary. The note frames future Chinese celestial newspapers as focusing on benign topics and beauty.
Two motorists finish the first cross continental car journey. They may retrace their route by recognizing tombstones along the way. A California woman falls down stairs and is cured of paralysis and loss of voice, with homeopathic cure noted as a remedy to take in small doses.
Manhattan completes installation of nine thousand street signs in a year at an expense of $40000 with six thousand more demanded. When supplied, the unbeliever seeking a sign will have only to go to the nearest corner.
Amid frequent accidents Parisians abandon automobiles and embrace air travel while a playful note suggests trying a toy pistol as a quaint alternative.
Lawmakers press for constitutional reform while acknowledging that a document alone cannot enforce itself. The discussion notes that many rely on ink rather than action, as demonstrated by emblematic cases and effort to resolve breaches of promise suits.
A special commission is likely to be sent to Indian Territory to investigate alleged land frauds. Other items note high land sale receipts, a naval collision, Cuba postal treaty protocol, and various international political and scientific developments.
John D. Slayback of the New York Stock Exchange retires after long service. Noah Brook, 67, journalist and former New York Times editor, dies in Pasadena. Rev A A Cairnes stirs Carlyle parish by ordering hats in church. Moses Pollock, aging publisher and bookseller, dies in Philadelphia after a 72 year career.
Traveling engineer Ed McGuire is killed at Murillo Station Manitoba by a locomotive. Fires burn in Austin Texas copper mines, and a Kansas River rise suspends traffic between Kansas Cities. Cleveland Masonic Temple fire, damage $75,000. Mersey steamer wreck off Quebec. five of eight aboard drown. Collision at Van Wert Ohio kills two, injures fourteen. Silver City flood leaves many homeless as dam damaged. Waukegan death by Chicago & North Western locomotive. Boston factory gas blast injures several of 250 workers. loss $150,000. Ice cream poisoning sickens Colorado Springs residents. Denver woman dies from head injury after runaway accident. husband injured. Danville Illinois straw stack arson uncovers an unknown burned soldier corpse. possible murder.
Reports from various regions describe Castro imprisoning foreign merchants, a delayed yet not rejected treaty, dispatches to Britain's Mediterranean squadron, a poised Panama secession amid canal debates, Manchuria openness pledges to the United States, Ottoman-Russian tensions near Constantinople, Turkish atrocities and massacres in the Balkans, Odessa volunteer fleet planning Black Sea to U S service, and a Leeds Forge London-St Louis car order amid quality refusals.
Coney Island faces counterfeit coin flooding while heinous killings tied to feuds unfold. Chicago river rescues occur as embezzlement charges mount in Red Bank New Jersey. A wave of self inflicted deaths and acquittals marks a chaotic crime scene across multiple cities with police facing factional violence in Whiting Indiana.
Reports note potential rail express workers strike if wage scales do not improve. English golfers beat All Western at Chicago Golf Club. Dr. Matthews of Chicago reports a cure for lockjaw. Wheat crop estimated at 200 million bushels.
Dispatches from Sofia, London, and Vienne describe a widening uprising in Macedonia. Turkish forces clash with insurgents near Vasiliko and Gehgele as villages burn and officials are taken hostage. Bulgaria tightens frontier defenses amid fears of wider conflict.
Secretary of War Root sailed for Liverpool on the Celtic to join Senator Lodge and former Senator Turner as U S representatives on the Alaskan boundary dispute. He said he would leave the cabinet about the middle of the winter and would not discuss his future political plans.
Minister Quesada of Cuba announced to the state department that Havana is ready to finalize formalities for leasing Cuban coaling stations to the United States. Ratifications not exchanged yet, but action expected in a few days to implement the accord. Suspected murder case heard in Ashland Wisconsin as two men are held in custody for the killing of Willie Ernest and the Sioux River robbery.
The body of an unidentified man was found on the Milwaukee track one mile east of Winnebago City Minnesota. He is believed to have been stealing a ride and fell between the cars.
Urbana Aug. 28 Maidie Demlow a girl abducted by gypsies nearly ten years ago from this city returned to her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Demlow. She had been forced to travel as a blind girl selling trinkets and was believed dead by her parents. A recent tip led to her escape and journey home aided by funds from a gypsy train sale in Alabama.
Secretary Moody plans to urge Congress to appropriate funds at the next session for several scout ships of about 5000 tons. The Navy Bureau has tested models and chosen a vessel suited for scouting to study opposing fleets and assist communication within fleets.
London observers doubt Shamrock can recapture the Americas Cup under any conditions after Thursday's abortive race. British papers argue both boats showed limited merit and praise Capt. Barr for sharper seamanship in light winds.
Evidence presented before United States commissioner Thomas Preunell tied Daniel McDonald of Bates and McDonald and John W. McKinley timber cruiser to cutting pine on government land in Cook county. Both men were bound over to the federal grand jury with bail set at 3,000 each.
Amos Acre and his son Doc were shot dead by Granville Tabor and Eph Rector after an insult to a relative. William Acre tried to intervene, a fight followed, and both father and son died instantly. Bystander Pierce Hubbard was fatally shot by a stray bullet.
New York Aug 22 Lieut Com mander Isam Te Shira of the imperial Japanese Navy plans to back a racer for the next America's Cup. He came to watch Shamrock III and Reliance and says he will enlist Japanese financiers to build a contender for forthcoming international racing.
Joe Lefay, arrested in Ashland and brought to Washburn, faces murder charges in the Willie Ernest case at Sioux River. The district attorney asks Gov Lafollette to raise the reward beyond the $200 sheriff’s offer.
Perham Minnesota announces the election of Prof. F. A. Schuetz of Grinnell Iowa as the new superintendent of the Perham public schools. The appointment highlights a regional education leadership change effective immediately.
A Russian official source in Belgrade reports King Peter has twice threatened to abdicate within ten days. He would do so personally and for the Karageorgevitch dynasty as tensions persist in the Serbian capital.
Paris reports Mlle Marie Louisa Marsy formerly of the Comedie Francaise has wed Count Louis Vassart d Hosier in a ceremony marked by Paris society presence. The union links a renowned stage actress with a titled noble, drawing attention from cultural circles.
Gov. White plans a September special session to authorize emergency bonds totaling 750000 for state institutions and a 100000 caplital bond, seeking agreement among Jamestown asylum Valley City Mayville Fargo Grand Forks Devils Lake Mandan and other sites to fund essential building and avoid friction. The session may last three to four days with an overall cost under 10000, and additional questions on the treasurer’s bond and permanent school fund.
North Dakota farmers may harvest well above average with an expected 50 to 60 million bushels. Wheat yields vary by route, with excellent crops from Fargo to Casselton and La Moure, while some regions like Park River and Grand Forks show lighter output. The cool wet spring fostered strong roots, and early cutting is advised where heads look heavy.
State department of public instruction reports an 7 percent rise in school age children from 103 728 in 1902 to 111 034 in 1903. McLean county up 79 percent. Williams 53 percent. Bottineau 21 percent. Ward county expected to rise, with new districts listing large gains. An August distribution of the interest and income fund amounts to 66 620.40 for advolage children.
The Walsh county case asks whether county commissioners may levy taxes to support agricultural fairs and whether funds may be diverted to one fair from another. The Minto fair seeks to block payments to Park River fair, contending constitutional limits on state or county donations. Judge Fisk heard part of the matter at Fargo and briefs will be filed before arguments. The ruling could affect multiple fair associations seeking similar levies.
Norbeck and Nicholson struck a three inch artesian well at 1100 feet in Litchville, pumping over 200 gallons per minute with 75 to 100 psi. Water rose 65 feet, charcoal emerged, Prof Willard of the US Geological Survey investigates, stock company formed for fire protection, water tested to rise above the town’s buildings.
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