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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1902
Page
2
A collage of quips on economy and work ethics, politics, and social trends. Notes on Uncle Russell Sage, school strikes in Illinois, a bullet proof shirt for hunters, a New York golf college, and the Serb cabinet. Witty lines on shorthand, poker, and San Francisco mayor’s view, plus a mention of a 1904 sultan visit.
A witty line places Zion City by Lake Michigan and Beulahland by Long Island Sound, suggesting a real estate man should map Jerusalem on Great Salt Lake. The quip blends grand naming with a touch of regional geography, reflecting local humor about ambitious platting schemes.
Sir Thomas Lipton states he prefers chances of fair play in the United States over other lands. He recalls Dun raven in noting differences. Lord Roberts warned Britain faces physical decline in recruiting. John Bull seems ready to pay the price with a tin bathtub reference.
Lord Kelvin warns of coal depletion in 400 years while many claim bins are empty today. J. D. Rockefeller Jr. misses Sunday school due to physician orders, upsetting local children. News from the czar's mental state sour notes for Russian court observers. A famed season hunter tale returns early as a man who escaped a bear’s hug promises more to come.
The head of a large wire house sent at noon Friday a terse message: Things look so bad now that I think the worst is over. This quip suggests cautious optimism amid deteriorating conditions in the financial markets.
In a terse social remark a speaker warns that if young Mr. Rockefeller keeps urging wealth is not everything and people should be kind to others, someone may physically retaliate with a five dollar note or a ten dollar bill as payment.
East St. Louis man Geo Diehl tried to flee after owing 1400 dollars. Creditors caught him and forced payment at gunpoint. The incident was not a formal legal proceeding but it was carried out effectively.
A New York gentleman who climbed from office boy to president of a trust company in two years was sent to the penitentiary for fraudulent operations. The remark suggests being too bright can backfire in crime.
A Connecticut pastor recalls a New Hampshire parson who, while having a funeral engagement, was found at a circus as his congregation waited in the pews. The incident links two clergy figures across the region in a reflective reminiscence.
A Chicago church aims to use a brass band at all regular services. The plan hopes to keep the trombone artist steady to avoid the congregation confusing their enthusiasm with angelic Gabriel.
A severe Atlantic coastal storm wrecks vessels causing major losses. A schooner breaks apart and the crew perishes, with multiple ships reported lost and lives claimed. Rescue operations are underway as port authorities assess damage and maritime dangers.
A December storm battered the East from New York to northern New England, causing wrecks and feared marine disasters. Ships Koln and Underwriter reported missing or foundering, Scandia and Wesley M. Oler crew rescues followed, and Arethusa transport feared lost. Rail and telegraph lines, especially in New England and the Hudson valley, faced severe disruption as roads and ferries ran erratically.
Seven members of Engine Company No. 14 were buried under debris when a wall fell at the Likly and Rocket factory in Cleveland. Capt. Daniel Funican, James L. Osberger, Arthur Garner, Lieut. Robert McKenna, Samuel Jones, Charles Nieding and Patrick Joyce were caught under brick and heavy machinery. Joyce died. McKenna Jones and Nieding were seriously injured. others lightly hurt. The rest are expected to recover.
A joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to grant Congress power to enact uniform divorce laws nationwide. The plan has long been discussed and thousands of petitions urge a uniform law, but passage would require a constitutional change and could take many years or may never occur.
St Paul and Minneapolis publish mixed grain prices led by Wheat No 1 Northern at 73 74c and No 1 hard at 74 3 4c. Duluth Chicago Milwaukee and Sioux City quoted cereals and cattle hogs and sheep, with ranges for each class and region. South St Paul reports cattle and hog price ranges and sheep values, reflecting broad market activity across midwestern centers.
Telegrams report severe weather across Europe with temperatures below freezing, Dutch canals frozen, Copenhagen harbor iced over, and ships ice-bound. Heavy snowblankets the Alps while some Swiss villages become isolated. The bora wind roars from the Adriatic.
Topeka Kan Dec 8 Mrs Carrie Nation was jailed yesterday on the charge of disturbing the peace. She went from place to place where bars were maintained and was forcibly ejected from several drug stores and a hotel. A hooting mob followed her, druggists and saloonmen slammed doors, and she was arrested after the scene.
A heavy snowstorm in Pottsville and the Schuylkill region cripples coal mining. Snow to nine inches in places halts operations, nine trolley branches abandoned, coal washeries idle as miners face delays and disruptions.
Charles Holada alias Harry Moore pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree for the death of James Gallauger of Iowa City and was sentenced to life imprisonment in Des Moines Iowa. His attorney urged clemency claiming Mrs Gallauger incited the crime and deserved acquittal.
Washington December 8 the subcommittee of the house judiciary committee reported favorably to the full committee the publicity bill. The committee then referred this bill and all others to a special subcommittee made up of Littlefield Overstreet Powers Clayton and DeArmoni.
The Black Hills Teachers association meeting in Sturgis, S D closed after two days with many teachers attending. Officers elected include President J N Pare and Treasurer W Jones, for the ensuing year, as the gathered delegates praised a pleasant and instructive session.
In Bemidji Minnesota on December 4 the body of Andy Hanson was cut from the ice under a dock. He disappeared last Thursday and was found to have been in the water while intoxicated. His valuables were found on his person.
Park Rapids Minnesota December reports a saloonkeeper Dick Palmer shooting Tom Seelye in Wilson's Spur, killing him instantly after a personal quarrel. Palmer is under arrest.
Bathgate has a band Medina grows rapidly new drug store planned in Medina Milton readies for more lights Harvey seeks a farmers institute Cando to join with new water works Bismarck enforces estray law Wells county lands sold Smallpox rising Casselton boy breaks leg Emmons county smallpox scare Jamestown Catholic fair a success Jamestown electric plant to expand Bowbells town roped by a door-to-door salesman Bowbells area coal supplies Ward county druggist permits rising Major aye on fire limits Lidgerwood may extend Talk of contest at Bismarck exciting Wood fire risks rise Deer hunting down Metro plans for Wimbledon telephone exchange Ramsey county teachers join Uncle Sam Eskimos? Buffalo seeks rural telephone connection Ward county precincts thrown out by canvassers Kenmare man elopes with another man’s wife Powers elevator burns at Brinsmade Leaking stove starts farmhouse fire Trans-Missouri creameries wealth Fargo public building boost Minot doctor returns Grand Forks merchant cited for Sunday selling Hillaboro bowling clubs Hotel Northwest improvements Mutual insurance laws to be changed in coming session Canada homesteaders moved on Glasston hotel fire new wholesale establishments predicted Lidgerwood fire serious court case Goodrich crime to kill deer Portal debtor Canada arrest ends in payment Advertising efforts to boost Enterprise Denny Hattin marshaling forces for events
A compilation of North Dakota items: Hillsboro fire damages an elevator cupola but causes little loss. Sheriff Parker fine dispute in Cando. Cantankerous insanity cases in Bismarck and Jamestown. Welton McDonald returns to Dickinson. multiple jail escapes and thefts in Richland County. Drake town developing east of Balfour. Lyric of farmers seeking work in Minnesota woods. Miss Daly and Sheriff Carroll arrests in Minot. fires and accidents across Ward and Grand Forks counties. oil and gas hopes in western state. Kadence of races in Montreal with Norval Baptie.
A blaze at the Lincoln hotel on Madison street killed fourteen and injured several as occupants fled stairways and a collapsed rear fire escape. Coroner Traeger denounced the building as a fire trap noting two exits, inadequate rooms, and a stove explosion on the third floor as the likely cause.
A woman from Crown Point Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after long derangement symptoms and ineffective treatments. She urges other women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice in Lynn Massachusetts and to share the remedy with friends.
Chicago December 5 Mayor Carter Harrison declares he will not seek another term after nearly six years in office. He says he is tired played out and not motivated to run again, noting many capable Democrats are available to take the job.
Maj. Estes G. Rathbone, once Cuba director of posts, pardoned after the American occupation, visited the capitol to press his petition seeking a senate investigation of his conviction's methods in Cuban courts.
Washington December 6 Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was yesterday confirmed by the senate to succeed the late Justice Gray on the United States Supreme Court. There was no opposition. Cleveland Ohio December 6 two Big Four freight trains collided head on at Lyndale near the city last night, five crew members were injured.
Pierre Dec 4 report from the state board of agriculture filed with the state auditor shows the state fair receipts totaling 4982.85 with premiums paid 1716.50 and other expenses 3314.40. The overall expense equals 3002.56 after adjustments.
An article fragment discusses deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, claiming constitutional remedies as the only cure. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back guarantee and advertisements for Cole's Cure and druggists' boxes, reflecting common 19th century patent medicine rhetoric.
In Rochester today Charles Melsenzahl, a carting contractor, sent Martin Slayer to haul three and a half tons of coal to the Rochester Gas and Electric plant. Slayer did not deliver as promised and instead sold the coal on Lyell Avenue. Police arrested Slayer on a grand larceny in the second degree charge.
Ashley North Dakota reports J H Hanson of this place praising Dodd's Kidney Pills after recovery from Rheumatic Heart disease and Dropsy. He says he can work again and feels better than in five years. Mrs Hanson also shares in the improvement and endorses the remedy.
A reflective aphorism on responsibility noting that many err but few choose to right the wrong by making amends. It emphasizes moral duty over excuses and urges proactive repair of harm.
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