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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
2
A collection of quips and social notes contrasts money value, gossip, and public figures. Topics include a minted without ads remark, a Southern lost sheep ad, Panama's quiet revolution, and musings on heiresses, editors, and embezzlement tales.
Patti will earn more than 200000 dollars for singing about 300 songs on her farewell tour though some critics doubt her high notes. A grocery trust is mentioned as essential to avoid hunger, while The Red-Headed Philosopher quips that the gap between hard and easy workers is small, though biased.
The women congress at Hamburg resolved that corsets are barbarous in a society where only supposedly civilized women wear them.
A New York physician has created a paste that can substitute for a razor. The invention would upset barbers and women who borrow their husbands razors to mend clothing seams.
A playful glance notes May Goelet with 30 million and a Rockefeller heiress with a billion could wed a duke or czar, while declaring the United States should not permit Russia to control its kerosene industry.
Fragmentary note suggests Adirondack moose moving north into Canada, possibly fleeing hunters' gunfire incidents. The text implies fear of increased hunting dangers and misidentifications.
The American trotting association rejects Crescens mile in 1 69 percent but will print Lou Dillon’s 1 58 percent standard as official record in red ink confirming its status.
A commemorative monument in England honors the 400,000 horses killed or wounded during the Boer War. The article notes the fate of military animals and contrasts it with attention the American mule may soon receive.
The report that J. Pierpont Morgan will retire is denied at both his Wall Street and London offices. Accepting the denial as true, the prudent public should keep its hands on its pocketbook.
An Arkansas man weighing 615 pounds died recently from inflammatory rheumatism. The report notes the extreme weight and the severity of the illness, reflecting a tragic health case.
The young girl confessed to collecting dollar bills shaped as x marks saying she did not think it was wrong and felt she needed the money. The remark was noted as a striking example of alleged innocence in the case.
A Boston man was stabbed by highway robbers but survived when the blade struck a bundle of love letters in his pocket. The incident raises debate over assessing love letters by the harm they cause in breach of promise cases.
Summer sails in the southern hemisphere as a new British expedition sets out to engage the mad mullah. It follows last year’s clash in which the mullah held the field before.
Representative Tawney introduces a copyright bill for exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Capt H A Castle of St Paul is considered for Washington postmaster. Spalding and Marshall back Joseph Powells for Milton NC postmaster. Supreme Court arguments begin on oleomargarine case. Henry C Payne of Milwaukee appointed postal head, Henry C Payne of Zion City named Dowlette carrier. Proctor of Vermont proposes Fredericksburg battlefield memorial park. Civil service exams set for several Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota cities on Jan 6.
The record load reached 22 929 barrels and 1 540 boxes. Other items note Russia sending warships over a Tokyo dispute and British denial of a Port of Spain cable claim. A Munich dispatch reports the death of Joseph Mayer former Oberammergau burgomaster. Maj Gen James F Wade finishes Jolo Mindanao tour and notes heavy Moro losses.
The report lists multiple catastrophes including a deadly typhoon off China killing thousands, a Cleveland baker’s accidental poisoning, and major fires in East St. Louis Kinmundy Hayes City and Ottawa. Structural losses exceed 500000 with numerous injuries and several deaths across incidents.
The British do not plan to occupy Thibet capital. Czar Nicholas narrowly escaped poisoning by oysters. Cubans see a snowstorm covering fields. Russo-German commercial treaty talks adjourned in Berlin. Russia and Japan may settle their troubles amicably. Dreyfus case documents allegedly forged. Manchurian issue not referred to The Hague. Goethe house construction unaffected. Revival of Dreyfus case stirs public interest. decision expected soon. Canada seeks immigration to oppose annexation by the United States. London Lyceum Theatre wind up voted after a stormy meeting. Chilean government sells Battleships Libertad and Constitution for 9 million, believed bound for Japan. Ambassador Meyer injured in Rome but lightly. Pope Pius X commission finds Leo XIII loaned millions. coercive measures planned.
Reports list various incidents including shootings in Te kamah Nebraska and Chilesburg Kentucky, hangings in Canada, treasure theft at a Philadelphia suburb, a $15,000 Michigan contract delay due to bribery charges, and a Nebraska grand jury probe into post office appointments. Other items note jail detentions in Casper Wyoming and Hamilton Ohio, along with embezzlement indictments and a Philadelphia graft investigation.
Joe Grim to perform with Barney Gilmore in Kidnapped in New York. Speik may become Chicago's next team captain. Hughey McGovern and Dusty Miller to meet soon at a Chicago club. Mike Schreck tracks Hugo Kelly for a fight with Chicago middleweight. Harvard nights coffee house closed by President Eliot. Logan transports Twentieth infantry from San Francisco to Manila via Honolulu and Guam. Adam Lohman found Pastor Levi Wilcox dead and died soon after. US importers push to organize for fair customs administration. Edward M. Brown, former New York Yacht Club commodore, dies at sixty four. New Orleans board votes to merge with maritime exchange. John Hopkins to inherit over $500,000 on daughter’s death. Yale Harvard Michigan and Minnesota draw 100000+ spectators this season. Al Weinilg returns to Buffalo claiming dupe in coast battle. Capt De Witt to travel abroad three years post graduation. Princeton directors hail him as Princeton’s best developing athlete in 35 years.
President Roosevelt’s annual message praises progress in foreign and domestic policy, endorses the new Department of Commerce and Labor to supervise interstate corporations, enforce anti trust laws, and secure public information. He urges careful economy, supports arms for naval and postal needs, and backs Panama canal treaty strategy and public land reform.
Collier's Weekly notes the failed Cook and Dunn expedition to Mount McKinley Alaska. It compares Mt Elias and McKinley routes and discusses the challenges of arctic alpining including ice walls and Greenlandic climates.
The Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics reports women now comprise about one third of gainful workers. Self-supporting women and working girls have more than doubled, with 40 percent more women in professional roles and nearly 50 percent more women as partners or stockholders. Yet sociological notes warn of declining marriage rates, rising divorces, and dropping birth rates over the past decade.
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, nephew of the regent, pursuing a career as a physician and musician. He attends theater rehearsals and works as a doctor between duties, contrasting with a traditional aristocratic idle image. The piece notes past quirks of Bavarian rulers and court life.
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