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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1903
Page
3
A miscellany of wry quips and urban observations rattles through social satire, with lines on memory, fashion, travel, bets, manners, and politics. Notable asides touch Wise’s Shelley purchase, a monkey in Paris, alchemy of love letters, and global tensions with joking tangents about diplomac y and finance.
A sharp-eyed editorial note warns Kaiser Wilhelm that the United States would readily challenge him, comparing the potential action to taking a cup away from someone currently in mind.
A clipped remark notes some MPs confuse New York state and city as one entity and jokes that New York is too English to be separate. The fragment hints at prosaic confusion in an era when transatlantic terms blur.
A Portland resident supposedly cured of swearing after observing the city peace pigeons. The quirky note warns him against tea garden cultivation or risk undoing the progress from their cooking cousins.
Report notes pallbearers at the Elkine funeral carried a substantial tribute, with a figure approaching a billion dollars highlighted as a feature. The discourse contrasts ostentation with modest observations in the ceremony.
Disjointed lines reference Chicago and Connecticut origins, carbolic acid with 1000 gallons, questionable labels, and stalled workers returning without concessions. Mentions New York women and unnamed individuals amid unclear context and dates. Unable to identify a clear single event or article.
Commissioner Ware of the pension bureau plans to resign soon. Senate delays ratification of the Isle of Pines treaty with Cuba. A special committee may travel to Cuba to probe Gen. Wood charges. Indian Territory seeks a congressional delegate. Gen. Bates recommends infantry for the Philippines. Italy’s exhibition funds rise to 130000 for St. Louis. Pure food advocates back Senator McCumber’s bill. Frick presents Charlton famous signing of the Spain protocol. Justice Pollock named successor to Hook on U S Circuit Court.
Report states Croatian peasants of Nagylak near Nagy Enyed in Transvaalina attacked Hungarian neighbors. One farmer died and many Hungarians were seriously injured in the clash prompting emergency response and investigations. A civil marriage occurred in Florence between Cornelia Scovell and Count Artuori Fabricco with notable witnesses. King Edward’s paymaster office robbery seen as clerical theft with $2500 cashed by Frank Lanham.
Hert P. Danks, 79, composer and singer, found dead in a Philadelphia boarding house. Phoebe Gifford, 100, oldest Friend in the world, dies in Providence. Linn Hartranft, Philadelphia port appraiser and son of Gen. Hartranft, dies of Brights disease. Susan G. Hayton, Lincoln resident with Revolutionary ancestry, dies at 100. Rev James Minto Pullman, brother of George M. Pullman, dies of apoplexy after a sermon in Lynn Mass.
Reports cover Russia reoccupying two points in China and San Domingo's capital surrender to insurgents. Other items note Colom bia planning 100 400 man army if Gen Reyes mission fails, and Emperor William's winter plans. Also: Turkish casualties near Spatovo, duchess injury in Lisbon railway accident, and Pope Pius meeting Quebec’s lieutenant governor.
A compilation notes extensive damage from fires and explosions. Archey and Brown iron works on Long Island burned with $100000 loss. 13 miners perished in a Bonanza Arkansas gas explosion. Baltimore Stamping and Enameling plant fire caused $50000 damage and three injuries.
A young Chicago assailant has confessed to the August 30 car barn murders. Other items note a Cincinnati race riot with mob violence, a fatal pistol duel in Texas, and various legal actions including a Kansas City senator information and a San Francisco extradition ruling.
In a dramatic scene Mayor Harrison and Police Chief O’Neil witness two youths Peter Niedermeier and Harvey Vandine confess alongside Emil Rocski to eight murders and multiple robberies. After a gunfight near Miller’s Indiana they surrender and are transported to Chicago to face justice.
The board of delegates from the union of Hebrew congregations met with Speaker Cannon Representative Hitt and Senator Cullom to urge a supplemental treaty with Russia. The aim is to obtain from the Russian government passports and recognitions for all Americans regardless of race.
Spain has withdrawn the exequators of all Venezuelan consuls in Spain, signaling a breach in relations. The action follows ill treatment of the Spanish minister to Venezuela linked to the Mexican Venezuela arbitration and the La Guajara consul incident.
From St. Petersburg Nov 29 reports say the czarina’s ear inflammation resists treatment and may require an operation. The czar will not move her to St. Petersburg, fearing exposure to cold, and she will remain at Skierniewice while danger lingers. Official bulletins give few details.
Police were told that jewelry valued at 25 000 dollars was stolen from The Towers at Glenside. A man servant employed about two weeks ago is believed to be the thief, who disappeared Thursday as the loss was discovered shortly after.
The Herald editorial urges combined maneuvers between British and American fleets in the Caribbean with Britain as attacker and the United States as defender. It argues joint drills would boost spirit and signal strong friendship between the two nations.
London and St Louis reports say King Edward will not send horses to the St Louis handicap race due to a royal rule against enterings. The fire destroyed a large portion of the Continental Biscuit Company plant in New Orleans with extensive damage.
Ogden Utah November 21 Police say they have captured George Wells described as a ringleader of highwaymen and murderers who have terrorized the country between Ogden and Reno with a string of crimes leading to an arrest yesterday.
In Sidney Nebraska on November 21 reports say 50,000 or more sheep froze to death while aboard Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line trains drifting north of Cokeville Wyoming.
Minnesota defeated Wisconsin 17 to 0 in Madison on November 28, earning the Western football championship on a points comparison. Wisconsin fought hard with strong kicking from Baine and Bush but was outmatched by Minnesota’s line plunges and end runs.
In Minot North Dakota on November 28 a two story Nash brick building collapsed after a basement was dug and walls unsupported. Twenty five or more lodgers fled into the street with clothing and valuables. the building is a total wreck and will be replaced. The jewelry store of J F Cooper and the Golden Rule Racket store are buried under the debris. The contractor is missing and may be among the ruins.
Duluth report says W. W. Wright owner of Swan River hotel on the Great Northern road was fatally hurt at 3 AM yesterday while attempting to board a train at Grand Rapids.
In St Paul Millie Jones six died from fatal burns when her clothes ignited while standing by a stove. She died at 12 05 this morning. Also in St Paul a basement fire at the John Wann building Fourth and Sibley streets caused about twenty thousand dollars in loss and its origin remains undetermined by firemen.
Duluth Minnesota November 28 Attorney General W B Douglas hunts an unknown thief who stole his big moose seen aboard a steamer docked between Duluth and Grand Marais He and J L Heim of St Paul arrived on the Helen Bradshaw and found the moose missing from the deck during a hunt for their game.
Indian agent Maj W H Smead reports Indian police cannot handle Joe Merrigeau and his band who hold 1500 head of stock on the Flathead reservation and refuse grazing charges. Maj Torey Capt Maxie and 50 men depart Washington orders for the scene.
An unidentified man was found unconscious in the eastern Albert Lea yard about 2 am. He was rushed to a hospital after two hours of treatment and died in the afternoon as his limbs remained frozen to the knees.
Albert Lea Minnesota reports Fred Cryer an eighteen year old youth is missing after skating on Fountain Lake Wednesday evening. A coal man heard a ice crash and calls for help at about 7 30 pm. A hole in the ice was located and extensive search continues for the body.
In voluntary bankruptcy proceedings initiated by creditors the La Crosse Cheese and Butter Company has been adjudged bankrupt. The firm has conducted large business across Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois and the Dakotas amid an attempt to corner the cheese market.
Inquest into Arthur Green s death on Wednesday evening returns a verdict of death by his own hand. A letter to Father O Neil of the Catholic church reveals his intent to commit suicide, and witnesses corroborate the cause as carbolic acid poisoning.
Washington November 28 Capt Henry A Castle may continue in his present post as auditor of the post office department if he desires. His record as a careful and able officer and his last annual report have given him additional prestige with the department.
Wheatland North Carolina November 28 a Northern Pacific brakeman Bert Michals slipped while switching and was crushed under a car his limbs severed and he died later his body sent to Rensselaer Indiana Keokuk Iowa November 28 Frank Clark a hattsbreen Indian and Mexican was change at Kahboka The crime for which Care was death penalty was the Assault of Miss Ollie Heas of July 25 last.
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