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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
2
A volatile Hazelton writer in the Republican columns accuses the Record author of a so called liable bill and lampoons dictionary sales while recounting a past tale. The piece mocks local figures as shifty and notes the need for up to date chatter in Sargent county.
Representative Knut Knutson of Swift and Big Stone counties met in Linton to discuss prohibition county option and compare it with North Dakota resubmission ideas. The Q&A covered state vs county controls and a shared view on tailoring liquor laws to local populations. President Taft’s recent message summarized urged reforms include injunction notice, postal savings banks, ship subsidies, statehood changes, anti trust, and public health measures.
A government document outlines aims to investigate tariff matters via a new commission, push changes in war department methods, and ensure Congress actions align with fiscal restraint. It notes the sugar trust frauds, urges pensions for aged officials, and advocates U S representation at the Brussels 1910 world fair. It also discusses the treatment of Americans claimed as prisoners of war and broader foreign relations.
A Medina Citizen letter refutes false reports of harsh North Dakota weather. It argues the state offers a mild, workable climate, praises low death rates and high wealth per capita, and urges newspapers to report facts without sensationalism or bias.
A skeptic notes editors across the country predict North Dakota will trigger a broader panic. He dismisses fearmongering and argues against sensational coverage about the state becoming the next crash point.
A literary man orders shirts that won’t show soot. His wife buys coal black shirts size 15 and two dollars each, claiming they fit his color choice. He accepts them, then returns to his work and children without further protest.
A reader questions why deformity in characters is linked to villainy in classic works such as Hugo's Notre Dame and Ibsen's Ghosts. The author argues such portrayals stigmatize real people with physical differences and urges reflection on harmful stereotypes.
A Family Doctor warning condemns eye poultices in all forms. Do not bind moist applications over an eye as hours long or overnight use can cause irremediable eye damage. Alternative home remedies such as tea leaves bread milk raw seafood or raw vegetables are equally dangerous to eye tissue.
Count Bertrand of Paris lived in isolation each year for three months in bed. As Paris faced a German siege bread quality revealed the danger. He then returned to bed and stayed there until the siege ended.
A Lippincott's Magazine anecdote notes a congressman's four year old son named Willie deflecting jokes about his father's appearance with a poised reply. The tale underscores light political satire from a bygone era.
A New York wife asks about tickets for a play and learns they are in demand. She notes her husband secured seats for two months from tonight and urges him to begin getting ready. Kansas City Journal style reflects romantic domestic banter and theater enthusiasm.
In a London street a lady hands a tract to a cab driver who, politely declining, replies he is a married man. She glances at the tract's title Abide with me and hurries away, drawing amused attention from onlookers.
A humorous dialogue quip suggests a quick fix for a trouble seeking man by placing him on the police force. The exchange implies that being on law enforcement would curb his habit of seeking trouble. The remark reflects a light civic joke about police service as a deterrent.
A doctor asks if the patient sleeps with mouth open and the patient, delivering sarcasm, says he will check tonight while asleep. The exchange highlights humor in a medical setting without further context.
A fragment from a humorous dialogue recalls a professor asking if any gentlemen wore three rubbers by mistake while a company breaks up leaving a note about missing items.
A brief exchange from the Philadelphia Record questions why the top remains unclimbed while Billicus quips that many who reach the peak fall off. The witty banter contrasts ambition with fragility in a light column item.
A humorous quip from the Cleveland Leader contrasts a lawyer’s modesty with a lawyer’s fee for handling a union case. The exchange hints at legal costs and value without detailing specifics.
A fragment from a historical wire of quotes shows Iriah Proverb about hope, a Chicago Record-Herald line on original genius, and Chicago News exchange where an artist boasts of praise while a humbler reply notes the profession humorist line.
A London Telegraph excerpt recalls Billy being hit by a train under a railway arch, Mrs Smith mourns her loss and wonders where the accident occurred. The tale contrasts a postman’s long walk for a single paper with a doctor’s one line remark and a Buffalo Express quip about loafers and discipline.
A Royal Magazine snippet jokes with a boy asking about Bolomon’s many wives and the famed phrase Give me liberty or give me death. The father concedes, and a Dutch proverb about sailing with the wind follows.
Quotes from Life on how history hinges on perspective, noting King figures and disputed narratives. The passage emphasizes two sides of history and how the Eden garden and American Revolution vary between narrators. It frames history as tedious due to unfamiliar protagonists and repetitive themes.
An elderly man, once Duchenois's intimate friend, laments that though he dined with the famed French actress at her home for thirty years, she left nothing in her will. Kind words fail to console his apparent sorrow over the supposed betrayal.
A theatrical lessee grills a comedy for lacking humanity in its humor and heart. The dramatist protests that the hero’s habit of borrowing money from friends is central, sparking a clash over what qualifies as human drama.
A tense exchange reveals a feud between two families over a marriage. One character questions why Hix may marry his daughter, prompting the other to expose the deeper feud and the motive rooted in enmity. The remark implies a calculated pact benefiting the mother-in-law.
Mr. Hornbill boasts he could pick his wife from a crowd by her style while Mrs. Hornbill laments wearing the same dress for two years in the domestic exchange.
A witty exchange features an Insurance man asking about appendicitis and a skeptic replying that he was operated on but remains unsure if the surgery was for appendicitis or professional curiosity. The quip appears in the Washington Star.
East half of section 22 township 134 age 76 frame house and barn deep well with water piped into barn 160 acres fenced and cross fenced 200 acres under cultivation three miles northeast from Brofy price 35 per acre by B Tempel Larvik North Dakota
Emmons county North Dakota invites sealed proposals for two bridge projects. A steel Devil's Gulch bridge in township 135 range 78 sixteen feet roadway and a Sand Creek angle rail I beam bridge in section 28 township 133 range 77 twenty four feet long. Bids due January 4 1910 at 1 p m. County Auditor J G Pitts. Linton November 15 1909.
The Record office offers bilingual German and English auction bills on the same sheet. Farmers reading German attend sales as actively as English speakers. Send English copy for translation into German and printing. Price 4.50 for English German bills up to 800.
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