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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1902
Page
2
A string of wry observations and jabs from a 19th or early 20th century page notes absurdities in politics science and society. Subjects range from Solomon's temple found yet plumbing bad to postal cards inventor dead and earthquakes jeopardizing prune crops. Several quips about czars rail workers and California events appear with a satirical tone. The column closes with a joke about a preacher and a missing worshipper.
In Egypt the cholera outbreak is described as highly virulent with deaths occurring within minutes after symptoms appear. The report stresses the rapid progression and the public health crisis facing communities.
The warning that the Egyptian sphinx is crumbling to pieces prompts American multimillionaires to contribute to a relic restoration fund as a new opportunity.
A New York dispatch states Gates’s wealth at 20 million dollars, a figure challenged as ridiculous as he allegedly wins far more weekly at poker. The piece also argues women face a setback in business by failing to calmly observe debtors performing risky behavior.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer claims one rhyme for month as oneth. The piece muses on endings like millionth and billionth. Sarah Bernhardt, aged 68, is noted as broadly stout for her years. Rose Coghlan declares intent to become a U.S. citizen in Montana’s Lewis and Clark district court.
The Baldwin-Zeigler party faces a precarious path as they manoeuvre near the pole, unsure if the push is only halted or truly ended, while Lieut Peary presses forward in his last dash of the season to reach the Arctic summit.
The question asks how many men, after a quarrel in which they were to blame, have sarcastically referred to Kipling's line “a rag and a bone and a hank of hair” from The Vampire.
In Chicago, grave diggers have struck causing a disruption at a city cemetery. The clip in is not as serious as feared, as with the advent of the automobile the situation reduces the amount to bury.
The article notes that Gens Botha Dewet and De larey would seek an audience from King Edward in London, suggesting earlier meetings might have averted an early spectacle. Dr C D Bourcart declines Swiss minister post in Washington preferring London. A girl who strewed flowers before Lafayette is dead, among only a few thousand left.
Obituaries note deaths of scientists Luther Marsh and W A Hemphill and industrialist Augustus Torrey. Others include Chester Mass death of G M Hopkins and Butch Thompson in New York. Political news covers Henry T Rainey’s nomination in Illinois and Alonzo Cornell’s mental decline in Ithaca New York. Dr Frank Crane accepts Worcester church call. Torrey died after Detroit crash injuries.
Notes report Lombardo dead on Mount Aspromonte after a clash with Italian troops, French Moor attacks near Ain Delkelll, and Emperor Francis Joseph’s birthday pageant with troops, amnesty, and illuminations. Other items include a charity show in Beckenham, a Vanderbilt speed car remark, a sculler quitting, a tobacco-like giant candy trust, Aguinaldo lectures plan, rubber tree discovery, missing pastor, auto orders, shovel price controls failing, and a Delft-like Paris letter on speed.
A special bearing 600 excursionists from Cincinnati collided with a freight at Hammond Indiana, killing one and injuring one. A Pennsylvania New York & Long Branch train was struck from the rear at Belmar near Asbury Park by a New Jersey Central special. six cars were smashed with several deaths and many injuries. Comedian Barney Flynn of West's Minstrels fell from a hotel window in Buffalo, suffering multiple leg and skull fractures. Patrick Sweeney of Hazelton, Pa, cut his hair during a strike and burned his scalp with a lime chloride mixture after choosing to forego a shampoo.
A collage of crime notes: Audrey Newman shot by a guard in Knoxville. Salden and Shoup caught robbing passengers on the Union Pacific Overland Limited. an Infernal machine parcel failed to ignite. Levi Perham and Mrs Marcus Rogers confessed to murder for life insurance. Manuel Chevese killed J C Allen in Tampa. Frances Spur found $2,000 on her slipper. Oscar Thompson admits Bartholin Mitchell crimes. John Hinsey suspended over Knights of Pythias funds. white oil-tank workers clash with nearby Black creosote workers in Houston. grave of C S Morris opened in Guthrie with ice in coffin. exhumation tied to insurance suspicions.
Reports note Cumana occupied by rebels while Miss Galdys Deacon denies an engagement to Prince Frederick William. Excitement rises over oil finds at Yatacan and royal gifts from King Edward.
President Roosevelt arrived in Hartford for a New England tour to a sunlit city in gala dress. A floral horseshoe gift from Hartford workers drew cheers as Father Michael Sullivan and thousands more applauded the leader.
A call has been extended to Rev Alexander C Mason of Duluth by the Eleventh Presbyterian church of Chicago, with reports indicating he will accept. Other items note a Seaboard merger denial, Cunard subsidy influences, Prof Olson's Nordic studies, and Great Falls land withdrawals tied to St Mary's canal irrigation.
Rockport Massachusetts reports a naval war game as Commander Pillsbury aims to land. Ad heres to wartime strategy lessons from 1898 with Higginson’s defense squadron watching for a hostile move. A fog and clearing skies affected the night attempt, leaving Pillsbury two nights to establish a base before Monday noon.
A cable car crowded with passengers ran away from the gripman at the Ninth street incline near Union station last night. It crashed into a stalled train at the bottom, tearing the grip car and the rear coach into twisted wreckage. Gripman W. B. Taylor was killed instantly and at least twenty people were injured.
A sweep of notes shows Bottineau to gain a clothing store and a Russian exiled doctor to practice in Bottineau. Des Lacs hosts a blind-pigger raid, Langdon doubles elevator capacity, Minot opens a Great Northern depot, and several counties face public works, school bonds, and county-seat debates. Prohibition licenses exceed 800, while fires, floggings, and run-ins with bootleggers color the textured year.
Quotations across St Paul to Chicago and Sioux City show grain prices for wheat rye corn oats at varied futures and cash levels. Livestock markets in Sioux City Chicago and South St Paul report cattle hogs and sheep price ranges with current bid and bulk figures.
Washington reports amicable relations with the Porte have been re established after an annulment by the grand vizier. Minister Leishman at Constantinople resumes talks with the secretary of foreign affairs on unsettled subjects as per directed by the sultan.
About 3,000 people attended the birth of the new town of Thomas City in Custer county Oklahoma. Lot drawings began, over 200 lots sold, some worth 20 dollars rising to 1 000 to 1 500. Water and food are abundant as a barren plain becomes a tented village. A newspaper was printed soon after the drawing and a large celebration is planned for Monday.
Tacoma Aug 24. Skagway Juneau cable crews have halted repairs and abandoned the plan due to severe kinks along the 100 mile line. The cable is not broken but insulation damage is extensive, suggesting a complete new line may be required. The line had operated briefly last fall before failures resumed.
A massive forest fire on the western slope of the Green Mountain range thirty miles from Walsenburg in Huerfano county is out of control. Much valuable timber has burned and Pueblo Martinez, a prospector, is believed dead. Camping parties are feared endangered as the fire rages in the region.
The Tageblatt urges German industrial leaders not to exhibit at the St. Louis exposition arguing American protection renders German business unviable. The August 1924 piece cautions against the costly venture and questions the benefits for German industry.
Herry 8. Rog ers, a well known young man and former Thirteenth Minnesota regiment member, who had been a Minneapolis post office mailing clerk for over two years, was arrested and arraigned before United States Commissioner Howard Abbott on the charge of vetting and embezzling from the United States mails. He posted bail of $2,000 and is to be arraigned again in the commissioner's court today.
Russellsville Kentucky August 24 Hugh Marshall the man charged with murdering Miss Zoda Vick near here last Wednesday was found hanging yesterday in a barn about a mile from the crime scene.
Winona Minnesota on August 22 reports the drowning of a thirteen year old son of Joseph Smnee in the Mississippi River. Workmen at a lumber yard watched as friends cast a fish pole toward him but mistook the drama for play and did not realize the danger in time to save him. The boy disappeared beneath the water and rescue was not possible.
An excerpt from a London author recounts German publisher advertisements on taste and reading for the wealthy. It rails at dowries, circulating libraries, purchased books, and vanity purchases while stress testing how a gentleman should curate his library and reading habits.
Mrs Lee Sanders of Matthews Arkansas says Dodd's Almanac 1902 led her to use Dodd's Kidney Pills. She suffered chronic kidney trouble for years and improved quickly after starting the pills, asserting they could cure kidney ailments.
A London Daily News note recalls a Paris tragedy tied to the rise of trousers at the centenary. A prosperous maker of false calves for noble legs killed himself in the Seine, fearing obsolescence as fashion shifted away from knee breeches.
A Baltimore Herald quip notes a wife who writes for money and stamps a self addressed envelope with a ready made check. The speaker jokes it was easy to forget the prearranged payment as the wife works at the seashore.
The notice states widespread colds affecting nearly everyone and promotes Cole's Cough Cure as the best remedy. Available at druggists for 25 and 50 cents.
A man buys three pounds of meat for dinner but his hungry wife shares it with the cat. Upon return, the man asks for dinner and the wife claims the cat ate the meat. He weighs the cat, finds it three pounds, and questions the placement of meat and cat.
A judge harshly critiques a head floor walker for giving a shopper directions to locate ribbons. The dialogue contrasts the precise path to three counters left and right including necktie and shirtwaist counters, highlighting the wandering guidance. The exchange shows tension in floor walking duties and demands for clear navigation.
A farmer laments no sure plan to rid the country of locusts while a postmaster counters with a witty idea that milliners trimming hats with stuffed locusts would clear the ground of the pests for a century. The exchange captures rural wit and concern over an ongoing infestation.
A vintage advertisement claims Allen's Foot-Ease powder makes tight or new shoes fit easier and relieves swollen hot sweating feet with ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Trial package free by mail to Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
A fragment discusses Pa history and a father-son exchange about Peter the Great. It mentions Woodward Company, a Minneapolis grain commission firm, advertising a “Beautiful Picture” at half price as a legitimate public-facing promotion at crop season. The piece reflects on political bosses and wise instructors shaping ideas.
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