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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
7
A wartime correspondent explains camouflage beyond disguise with a French term. An Uncle Sam officer proposes using papier mache figures to simulate troops, fooling the enemy into wasting shells while real units advance.
Nora Monahan, assistant to the president, notes romance stirring at the office where Virginia leaves for a coastal assignment and Miss Hodgkins plans to wed. An unexpected talk with Mr. Magione reveals his loneliness and longing for a simple home, leading to a country outing and visions of a cottage.
A terse exchange shows a man asking why the boy no longer attends Sunday school and the boy replying they will have Christmas. The dialogue hints at social or religious tension in a local setting.
In Carmel Indiana a woman, Miss Gertrude Graves, outdid local hunters by catching a possum treed in a grape arbor. She grabbed the animal by the tail, hauled it down, and kept it under a tub for later garnish with sweet potatoes.
A humorous story follows a colored trooper who jokes he will earn a major’s commission. He overhears a discussion where a sergeant alleges lieutenants and captains lack both knowledge and effort, while a major supposedly does nothing and knows nothing.
A fragment shows a speaker lamenting difficulty in finding work. The lines include a rebuke about trying to get work and a claim that two friends were refused employment, illustrating hardship in obtaining jobs.
The City Council of Linton North Dakota invites sealed proposals by September 2 1918 for the construction of one street crossing on Sampson Ave and across St Paul Avenue. Bid must include a 15 percent certified check to Fred Heinrich City Auditor. Completion by September 15 1918. Council may reject any bid.
The Bakker School District No 10 of Emmons County North Dakota invites sealed proposals by 9 AM September 5 1918 for a 2 room school house on the old school site at Hull North Dakota. Plans available at the clerk’s residence. A certified check of 200 dollars payable to Anthony Compaan is required. Building size 24 by 40 by 12 feet to be finished by November 1 1918.
The London Chronicle notes playing cards pressed into war service. Soldiers wear cloth heaves on sleeves with suit symbols in colors as regiment marks, while other badges are removed before going over the top.
A party of American agricultural experts has arrived safely in Paris en route to Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco to study and advise on increasing colonial agricultural output. The group was sent by the U.S. government at the French high commission's request and is led by E. Chilcott who oversees dry farming and plant industry research.
Mortgagee State Bank of Commerce Minneapolis files foreclosure on 1918 loan by Giles W. Brown and Mabel E. Brown. Property: N half of Sec 31 Township 132 N Range 77 W Emmons County North Dakota. Sale set for August 1 1915 at 2 PM at court house front door, Linton ND. Mortgagee seeks $51823.30 plus costs. Attorneys Armstrong and Cameron.
Notice is given by Walter B. Peter executor of the last will of Alexander Rutherford Cochrane a deceased resident of Bunker Stanley South Dakota to all creditors and claimants to present their claims with vouchers within four months of first publication to G A Lenhart agent at Farmers State Bank Hazelton Emmons County Now Detour August 17 1918.
The Glanavon School District No 4 seeks bids by September 14 1918 at 2 PM for a 20 by 20 school house with 12 foot ceiling. Each bid must include a 15 percent certified check payable to the clerk. Bids opened at Glanavon School House No 1. plans available at the County Superintendent's office. Signed.
Notice is given by Frank Simon administrator of the estate of Eleanor H Caldwell late of Braddock Emmons County North Dakota deceased to creditors and all claimants to exhibit their claims with vouchers within six months after first publication at Kintyre Emmons County or to the county judge of Emmons County Linton North Dakota Dated August 7 1918 First publication August 5 1918 4wks
The Board of Directors of Emmonsburg School District No 27 in Emmons County North Dakota invites sealed proposals by September 26 1918 at 2 pm for two 18 by 24 by 12 foot school houses One site NW 44 Sec 14 Two 132 Range 76 80 rods east of NW corner and the second SW percent Sec 8 Twp 132 Range 78 80 rods north of SE corner Building to be finished by October 15 1918 A certified check of 150 payable to the clerk Plans and specifications available at the Superintendent's office.
The essay notes Aristotle observed beauty in land with flowers and fruits and linked it to an excellent, intelligent class of people. He reinterprets this as a sequence rather than a coincidence, recognizing a causal or patterned relationship.
Destructive rats in Britain are estimated to have destroyed food valued at about two hundred million dollars, or about five dollars' worth of food per head of the population.
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