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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1886
Page
1
Correspondence from Winchester notes local movers and shakers. Haak and Holland settlers visit. several townsfolk travel for business and supplies. Social life blooms with dances, sleighing and wood-cutting debates as residents report deer sightings, cattle wintering plans, and wedding or new union cheer.
A tale describes the Blizzard snatching a judge's hat during a pursuit at the jail, sparking claims of assault with intent and highway robbery. The judge complains the Blizzard started before the command. A red bandana-guarded hero emerges and a Derby hat circles into the gossip around Goose Lake and Bis marck Oak.
Emmons County shoppers are urged to visit K Brady & Co on Main Street in Bismarck to view a large stock of millinery stylish hats for ladies and misses from 50 cents upward and sewing machines offered at bedrock prices for the next thirty days.
Among the well known business houses in Bismarck is the meat market of F. E. Stone & Co. at Fifth and Main streets. They sell for cash and at the lowest margin of profit, a fact Emmons County residents should note at the Capital.
President names Judge Louis K. Church as Dakota governor replacing resigned Gilbert A. Pierce. Judge Emer N. Corey of Bismarck dies, serving as clerk of the district court and U S commissioner. Illinois Mr Springer introduces a House bill to admit Dakota Montana Washington New Mexico. Steamer J M White catches fire at Bayou Sara Louisiana killing or drowning over fifty people.
The undersigned offers a $10 reward for information identifying the thief or thieves who stole a portion of a shack in the southeast quarter of section 80, township 134, range 75 near Williamsport Oak. Also included are brief notes on a cake promise story, voting division opinions from Minnehaha farmers, and John R. Buttz reporting 1800 bushels of hard corn yield with diverse varieties and plans to plant 25 or 80 acres next year.
A fragmentary notice describes a man who, upon reading an editor's sheet filled with rage, imagines a demon with claws and fiery appetite. At home with his wife, he appears meek and peaceful, a drinker of soda and eater of pic, contrasting the imagined ferocity with a tranquil private life.
A colorful roundup of Christmas bargains and local notices from Bismarck and Emmons County. George Jennings bills groceries and holiday goods. banners advertise 81 per day rates at Banner House. De Graff offers 50 percent off, De Graf’s and Parker’s feature toys, gifts, and seeds. Various items note hotel stays, fresh groceries, and several social and editorial snippets about community life, dances, and local personalities in Emmons County.
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