27 Dec 1895
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1895
Page
1
The column records small town life with names like Mrs Campbell and Mr Kurtz, notes travels of George and William Payne, and local concerns about crops, railroads, and politics. It includes quotes about Monroe doctrine era figures, a Wadsworth murder verdict, and regional updates from Grand Forks and Bismarck.
A new religious initiative in Chicago named the Militant church aims to aid the unregenerate through charitable and sanitary reform work. A twenty five physician corps, free medicines, and women workers will provide food clothing and gospel outreach. Saloon tolerance reflects practical charity over confrontation. The movement centers on Christ’s simple teachings and broad charity.
Brussels doctors face low pay from worker mutual aid societies as middle class members join the fund. Fees are eroded by widespread donations from better off people, provoking resignations and threats of a strike. The piece notes doctors fear a strike could oddly coincide with a falling death rate.
In Paris the Saint Germain l Auxerrois district police commissary receives a yearly gift of ten pounds of composite candles. Origin traces to a dispute with the Chatelet notaries over candle duties at entry to the chamber. Once a prior indemnity was contested, the practice evolved from wax candles to the current ten-pound box.
Fort Yates postmaster Graham rides a southbound stage. Emmons and nearby towns send visitors to Bismarck. Fort Rice dramatic club stages Fruits of the Wine Cup with Bert Caddell and Givens delivering remarks. Santa Claus appears as Billy Stevenson distributes gifts at the Fort Rice event.
A blunt, reserved Ibsen rebukes a painter's wife who claimed Hedda Gabler could not exist. He retorts that he draws her from life and ends the exchange by calling her an idiot.
A collage of short excerpts notes scenes of a theatrical suitor, a moral reply, and comic dialogue. It includes a dramatic insistence from a persistent admirer, a decisive response, and a witty exchange about life and death.
A night deer hunt near Longlake described with a guide and companion stealthily approaching deer at the water’s edge. The sudden crash, lantern beam, and a four year old buck felled by a rifle end the suspense as the boat returns to shore.
Northern Pacific and Southern Pacific inaugurate a through tourist car route via the Shasta line. Cars depart St Paul and Minneapolis each Wednesday afternoon on the Overland and reach Sacramento and San Francisco the next Monday morning. Berth rate is six dollars. Reservations through N P R R ticket agent Sterling ND.
Out of Al House's corral in Emmons County three horses were taken up by the undersigned under law and advertised in the Emmons County Record. The descriptions include a sorrel gelding with a white facial stripe and three white feet, a bay mare with a white line on the left front foot, and a chestnut horse with an mark on the forehead branded with an and.
A session of the County Court of Emmons county will be held at Williamsport on the first Monday of each month. Judge Joskrint Kalberer serves as County Judge.
The Menoken Elevator opens for farmers to sell wheat at top prices and buys oats in small quantities. Northern Pacific offers through tourist car service St. Paul to San Francisco via Portland and Shasta route, with weekly overland trains. Farm Stock and Home Inter Ocean Record year offer available. Public gambling report from Sydney notes rising arrests and futile fines. A Spanish cattle episode in Estramadura describes cattle deterring train and attackers using shelters in cars.
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