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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
2
The Emmons County Record and an Advocate editor clash over county operations. The Record accuses improper bridge contracts and biased printing practices, calling for transparent investigations and an expert accountant while denying misdeeds by county officials.
The special election to settle the legislative tangle and fill the Twenty sixth district with representatives has been called. Emmons county currently has the senator and one representative since the state canvassing board seated Mr Streeter. Mr Tuttle will run again, a fact that caused opponents to block the election, hoping the district would be underrepresented at the start of the session. The electorate will choose between a political trickster seeking district suffering for personal ends and a candidate with money from legitimate business but a troublesome marriage.
The Tas tiret issue of the People's Herald, published in Templeton, has reached the Record office. This five column quarto features lively local news and encouraging advertising patronage. Editor and publisher L. G. Smrcina leads the publication.
The Record offers to perform concise news summarization from OCR segments. It promises compact titles and focused summaries highlighting names places dates entities and key facts. The service targets accuracy and period-appropriate tone in a brief card-style format.
A cryptic voter plea from D. R. Streeter urges Emmons County residents to back William P. Tuttle as Kidder County’s choice in the upcoming election, questioning county and precinct lines and urging a vote for the named candidate.
A short story line humorously defines a safety match as when a bald headed man marries an armless woman, spoken by Mr. Henpecked to his son.
The Kansas City Journal quotes a remark about luck and odds with a wry tone. The speaker likens recent favorable turns to a hero in a poker tale and notes outcomes feeling inevitable.
The sea rose is a leathery creature that clings to a sea bottom stone in youth and grows to about three inches long and one and a half inches wide. When undisturbed it unfolds into a pink rose like bloom with petals an inch long, but quickly folds back into its leather pod when disturbed.
Instructions mix cornmeal with boiling water then cook five minutes. Stir in butter eggs milk and salt, beat thoroughly, bake thirty-five minutes in a hot oven in a greased dish and serve from the dish.
The Washington Star quips about memory and schooling with a tale of a son seeking lessons to improve memory while a farmer bets he recalls every tune ever whistled. The exchange playful touches on knowledge and memory.
Lil Han notes Challie will be a strong fighter on both ends once better. Town and Country comments on Challie’s potential and skill.
Emmon county residents are informed that the Fiske Photography Studio will be open all winter with up-to-date equipment and high quality work. Appointments can be made by post-card. Address:
A humorous look at how English manners define a gentleman by wearing a silk hat and insisting on the title Esquire in letters. It notes that few are legally entitled to Esquire and that the term signals social distinction rather than real rank.
A New York businessman notes a type of person who must hear the word listen before any statement is understood. He cites a stenographer and a telephone operator who require that prefix, insisting without it they cannot process messages or write letters.
Public notice announces a special election to fill representatives for a district. Voters will cast ballots December 28, 1988, at designated polling places. The county clerk warns of eligibility, deadlines, and election procedures.
A dense list of townships ranges precincts and school-house locations in multiple counties of North Dakota. It names townships 144 143 141 etc with ranges 7 74 and 76 as well as precincts from Emmons to Kidder and beyond. The document records election precincts and school districts including Arlington Norway Norwegian and Tappen with at least two named townships per entry and mentions the sheriff’s office and county designations.
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