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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1898
Page
4
On the Friday before Christmas December 23 starting at 8 o clock the Williamsport school will present Christmas exercises at the school house all are invited to attend.
A scanned ledger lists brands and owners including Allen H W Armarong Winona and many others. Entries cover cattle horses sheep and branding marks such as A on right hip Y B on right hip and various logos like a half diamond and a chair. The roster names multiple owners from Williamsport Winona Glencoe and Emmonsburg with marks on hips shoulders and ears.
An agent advertises Celebrated Liteerwood Flour in first to third grades with corn meal bran and shorts also offered. Trade possible for wheat. Apply at Elevator Braddock Station on the Soo, 1 H. Rosinson.
A 15 year old Mulatto girl, Sophronia Ford, was shot dead on upper Sixth Street near Frank Moorhouse’s home. J W Cole, a known local figure, admitted the murder after being pursued to the jail. Letters found beneath the body suggest a love triangle motive and possible plans for further self harm. An inquest and post mortem were ordered. Cole pleaded guilty in district court and faced either death or life imprisonment, with a dramatic bid for suicide thwarted by an immediate physician.
Commissioner Macdonald trips from Glencoe. Seo freight man Cole visits Williamsport. Mitchell of St Croix Lumber from Braddock. Melton closes Sterling stock and heads to California. Christmas event planned at Woodmen's hall. local families recover from illness. Rev Wray to Ireland after Christmas for eight weeks. Union- hat stories mix with local notices and county-building plans.
A Christmas Eve program in Williamsport features music and talks by the Tittle family, with Santa Claus distributing sweets from a Ferris wheel replacing the tree. Santa plans home visits that night, a collection will fund his errands, and any surplus goes to the Sunday school treasury. Committees for music, decoration, purchases, and literary program are named.
Annie M Elgar wife of William Elgar died November 22 1898 in the hospital for the insane Jamestown ND aged 27. She married April 14 1898 and died of quick consumption ending in gangrene of the lungs. Burial was November 28 1898 in Catholic cemetery Jamestown. She was a teacher at marriage and well regarded by family and friends. Card of thanks from Franz Grams Mar Grams Mus Grams and William Evear expresses gratitude to doctors attendants and sympathizers.
Reports from St Petersburg note that many ladies in the czarina’s household oppose a request to quit smoking in her presence. They cite rulings at European courts and point to royal smokers such as the dowager czarina, empress of Austria, queen of Roumania, queen regent of Spain, queen of Portugal, and Princess Irene wife of Prince Henry of Prussia. The ladies await the czarina’s decision on this restraint.
Hunters discover a remote Clinton County cabin where a lone woman, lived with a trained St Bernard. She built the hut ten years ago and forbids most visitors. Bear and deer skins line the floor and a rifle hangs on the wall. Locals offer no solid history of her past or why she chose hermit life.
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