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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
3
A visitor recounts a chaotic night in a small town where a quarrel with a landlord and his three sons escalates. The local sheriff intercedes as the traveler fears jail after a heated exchange and a bid to run him out of town. The episode ends with a jailer warning of the next stop.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a man claiming engagement to a preferred girl and a friend teasing about pretended betrothal, hinting at social pressures and wedding expectations amid unclear relationships. The exchange underscores affection, pride, and pressure within a close circle.
A torn, fragmentary letter passage describes casual talk about locals, a post office scene, and a challenge to a shooter. The dialogue mentions Silas Enid and a squire, with rough rural slang and references to shooting accuracy and alleyways.
Wheat and farm product prices listed by Pacific Elevator Co with several grain grades alongside a city diary of visitors, health notes, business, and social events. Notables include Adrian Keuhl, J D Fuller, Adam Jangula, and Frank Devan. routine visits to Linton from Temvik, Strasburg, Hazelton, Winona, and Reynolds. smallpox toll and a forthcoming church service. local auctions, auto travel, and banking statements highlight Emmons county activity.
Article by C P Gynness explains how engine size and fuel influence ignition timing. It outlines that ignition should occur before top dead center, with timing advancing as engine speed increases, to avoid back pressure and pounding while maximizing power.
A cautionary note urges farmers not to plant seed corn unfit for seed as it leads to poor crop prospects. The piece stresses learning from mistakes to avoid repeated failures and improve yields in the season.
Advice warns buyers to avoid nurseries with uncertain reputations and agents selling stock. Emphasizes paying a reasonable price for stock and accepting only old stock. Recommends using plants adapted to local conditions.
The column notes Mrs. Fr M Long on sick list and several area residents traveling to New York and Dickinson. It reports Elwin Glines returning home from Burrandon Saskatchewan and other locals including engine installation, potato orders, visits from Elsie Seares and Mrs Johnson, and a Sweden trip planned by John Lindtseth with brothers Olaf and Adolf. Also coverage of a Moose gathering, a sprained leg for John Rowe, and a movement by German Americans in Mandan to allow limited strength beer under North Dakota law while preserving prohibition.
John Schaefer of Emmons County North Dakota defaulted on a chattel mortgage to Carl F. Roman for 210 dollars at 10 percent interest due November 1 1911. The notice sets a public auction at the Linton courthouse on December 21 1912 at 2 pm for Tim the gray horse wagon J I Case pulverizer Plano mower and related chattels with total due 132 83.
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