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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
3
A short reflective poem contrasts a dizzy world with bursts of happiness and sorrow. The speaker notes inner heaviness yet finds solace in nature’s gladness and a hoped shared smile from the reader.
Ainslee's Magazine notes a new dishwasher capable of handling fine porcelain without chippage. It promises rapid, thorough washing, drying, and rinsing at high speed, potentially displacing large numbers of human servers in hotels and reducing losses from breakage.
Ostrich feathers have long adorned crowns and costumes, once a luxury due to hunting wild birds. Domestication lowered value. few wild ostriches remain north of the Vaal and Orange rivers in South Africa. Ostriches, genus Struthio, have undeveloped wings and run with remarkable speed aided by wing stumps for balance and agility.
The passage discusses the dull routine of washing dishes after meals, detailing the labor of scrubbing cups, plates, and bowls in hot suds, drying and wiping each piece, and the roughened hands of Noah’s wife. It notes the fragility of fine wares and hints at the futility of daughters’ worries about such chores.
A white china silk blouse features a tucked vest in the same color and a double collar with a sailor's knot, giving it a refined and distinctive look.
Pale gray straw hats with alternating folded bands and stitched satin and tulle. Bands are brined with large black and white silk roses and a grenadine scarf, creating a refined summer millinery design.
A humorous exchange features a cannibal king remarking that a new missionary is fully armored and that he cannot tolerate canned goods. The chief cook timidly reports, and the king dismisses the missionary with a casual reply about tins.
A Londoner explains peerage titles to an American, detailing dukes marquises viscounts and barons, their historical roles and forms of address. He notes courtesy titles for heirs, the Arundel earldom by tenure, and contrasts baronets and knights with life-only knights.
United States Consul Joseph Brittain at Nantes says California prunes outrun French quality, with duties at 10 francs per kilogram or less than a cent per pound. Prune packing method flaws risk French orders. sample credibility matters as imports from New York show losses from thin lumber boxes. The piece also traces late 19th century imperial leases in China, Port Arthur, Wei Hai Wei, and related spheres of influence.
A British officer stationed at Pretoria complained of boredom in a letter home claiming the prison library had nothing left to read. The Boer censor added a blue mark and a note asserting the library actually held 10 741 volumes.
In a Manila Letter note, an American seated on a street car brushed a Filipino. the Filipino punched him, prompting the American to strike back, and another altercation followed. The Kansas mention notes a Dickinson county farmer pausing harvest to attend his three daughters weddings.
A bystander at a funeral tells an undertaker he is a mourner by relation none, noting the deceased owed him $5. The exchange is reported in the Chicago News with a dry, darkly humorous tone.
A broad plea compares millions spent on baseball gear to the vast sums lost in health pursuits. The message urges those who have spent much and lost hope to try Hostetter's Bitters, claiming it strengthens digestion, eases dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness, and weak kidneys.
A comic quip from Puck mocks radical parental views on government. The two Boston boys debate the idea of punishment and obedience, highlighting tensions between parental discipline and civic consent.
An old advertising blurb claims that Cascarpets Cascar dets cure a range of ailments from headache to cancer by putting the bowels right. It touts Cascaret candy cathartic in metal boxes with C C C stamped on each tablet and warns against imitations, priced at 10 dents to start.
A humorous quotation from Puck about the average woman’s ability to say no and convey many meanings. The line contrasts direct refusal with a spectrum of implied shades, reflecting early 20th century wit on gender speech.
Justice Laughlin in Buffalo enforces a permanent injunction with costs and full accounting of sales against Paul B. Hudson and a Brooklyn dealer for selling Dr. Clark's Foot Powder as an imitation of Foot-Ease. Allen B. Olmsted of Le Roy owns the Foot-Ease mark and advertised nationwide. Similar suits will target others infringing on Foot-Ease trade mark and common law rights.
A terse remark raises questions about individuals who insist on a favorable underworld view. The quote hints at skepticism toward those who insist hellish realms are pleasant.
Two women report dramatic relief from ovarian pain swelling and bloating after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Mary Surry of Arlington Iowa recovering from abdominal swelling after five weeks in bed and pending operation. Mrs Evsm Bryan of Otisville Michigan cured after two years of falling of the womb and bladder inflammation with six bottles.
The Scottish Countess and Lord Dundonald, away in South Africa, quarreled over highway improvements near Abergele. She cut trees, but news of Ladysmith relief prompted forgiveness. She gifted land for the highway, now named Lady Smith Avenue, ending the dispute as castle and town reconcile.
The Notre Dame University in Notre Dame Indiana invites readers seeking colleges for their sons to request a free catalog and learn about terms courses and the preparatory school. The Commercial Course St Edwards Hall and higher studies offer thorough training with devoted faculty and fifty six years of educational service.
A Boston Post excerpt notes Miss Gould’s handshake as a deliberate, eye contact act designed to convey genuine warmth in quick exchanges with many people. The piece contrasts this with a Michigan joke about a Pennsylvania girl signaling danger by waving a red petticoat, highlighting humorous views on bravery and social cleverness.
A restaurant clerk overhears diners praising a street parade calling it a show with everyone dressed up. One remarks the crowd clearly shows Uncle Sam. In a second fragment Ethel jokes about paying Harold ten dollars to bet on Pocahontas, which lost and led to a demand for a refund from the bookmaker.
Mark Twain, while at his Hartford home, is interrupted by a phone call. In a moment of irritation he uses striking language, only to realize the caller is an eminent divine he knows well, who asks for clarification after his butler can’t hear.
A short excerpt showcases London humor with Mr Greene and Miss Brown in a witty exchange. The father, an ideal listener, is mocked as an absolute idiot while the two visitors spar verbally over social chat and conversation.
A historical clip cites Dr J H Rindlaub a Fargo optometrist and ENT specialist. It includes quotes from the Prince Albert man and a vest wearer, to illustrate a boast about a college and a top baseball pitcher from last year and a record setting shot putter from the same context.
One summer girl asks about an ideal man and hears tall, intellectual types. A short, dark, brainless youth arrives at the hotel and seems to fit the questioned ideal after all.
List shows inventors from North Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin with patents for an aerial wheel steam log holder garin sieve suspenders device for overcoming dead-centers track gauge and other items. Names include Stewart Circross Lorenzo J Cody Catherine T Dukes Hugh G Macwilliam Janes Martin Howanmi Luke Edwin H Me Merwin Johnson and more. Patent attorneys are 011 & 012 Press Building St Paul Minnesota.
The fragment mentions teething relief and inflammation reduction with vague health claims. It cites a controversial line about earning money and work not guaranteeing pay. It states the population of China as 803,000,000 and appears to be a garbled, partial OCR.
Mary J. Kennedy of Armour & Co. extols Peruna as a permanent remedy for summer catarrh. She claims eight years of dieting and travel caused stomach upset, that doctors offered little help, and after about three months on Peruna she feels rejuvenated and cured. The ad explains summer catarrh stems from chronic catarrh, stomach and liver derangements, and impure blood, all allegedly remedied by Peruna. The firm offers free samples of Summer Catarrh guidance.
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