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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
3
An early warning on using ointments for catarrh warning against mercury in such products. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as a safe internal remedy and notes availability from Druggists at 75 cents per bottle.
Two poets discuss manuscript handling at the Quarterly. One notes poems sent both sides of the page are returned, while another says writing on one side keeps offerings from being discarded. The Boston Transcript cites the exchange.
A Chicago Evening Post quote depicts a father who has endured civic parade vicissitudes telling his son he will be put in a cider press to experience the sensations without traveling. The exchange captures street level irony and local celebration tensions.
The Surprise notes a barter of cigars with a straight twenty five cent payment. One speaker questions the price while the other defends the deal, saying the cigars are fine though the payment raises surprise.
Tess recounts that Ng Hurry proposed today and urged immediate marriage. She refused, telling him he must wait until tomorrow, showing she would not be hurried into a decision.
List of patents issued to Northwestern inventors includes James Broughton Walkerville Montana for a boiler compound Lawrence Driscoll Minneapolis Minnesota for a temporary shoe lacing Frank Howey Valley City North Carolina for an advertising envelope Milton C. McDaniel St Paul Minnesota for a bolt holding tool Joseph Schutz Minneapolis Minnesota for a dust collector Henry Stussy Beresford South Dakota for a cream separator Hartson Woodard Minneapolis Minnesota for a lock for windows Lothrop and Johnson patent warreers 911 and 912 Pioneer Press Bldg ul His Way.
A collection of quirky lines and sayings from various sources. The Washington Star quotes Meandering Mike on work and thought while a Van Buren Indiana note praises Pises Cure for throat and lung ailments. Other remarks include advice on creamery prices and a blunt take on persistence.
Julian Hawthorne, who began as a hydrographic engineer for the New York dock department, recalls that literature came to him by accident. He says writing paid his bills during a job lull, but he still hopes for another major engineering commission, perhaps a bridge or canal, even at fifty seven.
In a private office a powerful magnate propositions marriage to his daughter for a noble, offering hundreds of shares in Amalgamate Can Opener, Gold Hinge Power, and other assets, plus control of Fish Scale International. The duke refuses, demanding $100 in cash.
The piece notes Bennet Musson as both novelist and actor with a new Harper Press fairy tale "Maisie and Her Dog Snip in Fairyland" and recounts anecdotes from performances. It also recalls a Bronx department store wagon delivering vaseline to a servant and a Rockefeller prayer anecdote reflecting on Mr Rockefeller’s daily devotions told by New York Press sources.
A Chicago News theatre note reports a dramatic critic calling a play “Nothing but Opportunities” unfit, saying the current form could drive men to drink. The author-manager asks for the critic’s reasoning as the critic cites the work’s division into severe acts.
A Connecticut woman recounts years of indigestion and heart trouble worsened by dieting. After trying Grape-Nuts her symptoms improved, she can walk 10 miles daily, has not needed medicine, and feels youthful again. The testimonial cites Postum Company Battle Creek Michigan for the product.
Maj Murphy a prominent Minot figure and ex government official has been indicted by a Grand Forks grand jury on perjury charges. Tracy Bangs represents him as not guilty is entered Judge Amidon sets bonds at 2000. The case centers on a pension claim for Mrs Josephine Grinnell alleging remarriage facts.
Secretary J H Worst announces the Tri State Grain and Stock Growers association convention in Fargo January 19 to 22. A farmers exchange will be established for seed grain and sires, with samples, pedigrees, and discussions on crop rotation. One fare rail rate is promised for Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and Nebraska. About 2000 delegates expected. Manitoba to be represented.
Dickinson Fire and Pressed Brick Company ships its first car of locomotive fire blocks for the Northern Pacific. The blocks, made from Dickinson clay on site with local lignite, meet extreme heat tests and vibration. Expected annual NP demand reaches 10,000 sets, with strong Northwestern road orders forthcoming. Company leadership includes D. H. Beecher president, C. F. Williams vice president, and W. S. Russell secretary treasurer and chief engineer.
In Sturgis on December 3 a Springfield Creek oil well reported slow drilling progress with depth over 600 feet and an 800 foot target several weeks away. Separately, Reservation State Bank stockholders voted to increase the bank's capital by 15 dollars per share.
Prairie du Chien Wis Dec 3 Edward Raymond James Murphy and Otto Koehler three alleged bank robbers held here four weeks after their capture by Detective Charles Linderer have been identified as the men who blew up the Bank of Spring Grove Minn Oct 16 and at preliminary hearing were bound over to the February grand jury
A man displays extraordinary nerve while watching his fiancée embrace another man during a private theatrical show. He remains calm and composed, remarking that the display is an unmatched example of nerve in public. The tale, recounted from a New York Times account, highlights restraint under provocation.
In France and German Switzerland families exchange children to immerse them in a third language. An exchange agency established in Zurich promotes rapid language acquisition. A Swiss child can learn French, German and Italian with minimal cost, becoming conversational in six months before formal schooling.
An officer in a Dublin stationed cavalry regiment boasted of his own tall status and criticized his partners. At a ball the M C. introduced Miss Me to him and she overheard the remark. He asked to see her program but she gave a frosty inspection and told the M C. to trot him back.
The Stroller notes a town incongruity a flunky doorman in an uptown apartment house must wear a formal court style costume with brown tail coat knee breeches stockings buckled shoes and a powdered wig He was reading a Yale Princeton football game description in a red fudge evening paper.
The athlete laments a lack of excitement in games he has played including baseball football polo shinny and lacrosse. A friend suggests joining a labor union and going on strike as a way to guarantee a hotter time and more fighting, according to Judge.
Lon Manley, told by doctors he could not recover from Bright's Disease, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with his cure after years of kidney stomach and liver trouble. He says he regained health and can work again, praising the remedy and life saved.
A light exchange on gendered chatter in Cassell's London Journal noting men who talk shop and women who talk shopping, highlighting social quips about conversational habits.
An old advertisement promotes an internal remedy labeled as a universal cure for piles. It urges readers to obtain the product through their local druggist and claims complete relief from piles.
Quote from Farmer Corn tessell about a boy named Josh in a new situation. He says the boy is safe and unlikely to risk being blamed for mistakes, implying cautious behavior and limited effort. Washington Star notes the cautious outlook.
Fragmentary text mentions trying to pick a race winner as a one-horse affair with unclear context and garbled wording about Mrs Winslow and syrup.
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