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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
2
Emmons County column notes quips about wisdom and ignorance, comments on a Frankfort death by own action club, and reflections on juvenile court. It contrasts tempering leniency with the court’s role in offering second chances, citing the truancy case and its lessons for youths.
Dr Manby of the Sanitary Institute at Southampton links typhoid cases in Liverpool to contaminated ice cream. Since 1898, 319 people sought permission to sell ice cream and 56 were refused due to premises unsuitability. There were two convictions and Glasgow considers adopting a Liverpool like policy and seeking parliamentary powers.
An Italian countess gives her vast estates to a hygienic society on the condition a hospital for consumptives be built. The act reflects a world movement to aid those threatened by the deadly disease. Prevention, isolation, and treatment are advancing the fight, replacing old fatalism with hopeful measures.
In a Paris Academy of Sciences paper D Arsonval reports caoutchouc at 1 to 5 atmospheres absorbs carbonic acid gas and swells becoming gelatinous and less elastic while oxygen passes slowly and nitrogen hardly at all. Gas exchange reverses on air exposure, suggesting tires could be inflated with nitrogen though ordinary air suffices as oxygen content diminishes with repeated deflation.
A noisy miscellany notes inkless printing as the coming practical marvel that may eclipse wireless telegraphy and automobiles. It also mentions Becker the wife murderer opposition to capital punishment, Austrian postal card humor about doomsday, Jane Julia Arthur delaying Hamlet, and the need to wait until January 1 for regulations.
A short profile of Marguerite a celebrated comedienne who grew from a Paris charity debut to being in demand in Paris London and New York. It notes her beauty talent and rapid salary growth and hints at a man enjoying a comfortable empire with a large income.
The French Minister of War achieved a monumental reform covertly, aligning the army with republican principles without public proclamations. He reassigned officers, promoted trustworthy ones, and taught that the army serves the people, enduring ridicule from royalists and critics like Rochefort and Drumont, with the change progressing unnoticed by Paris correspondents.
Queen Victoria's sons inherit a German duchy Saxe Coburg and Gotha about 750 square miles home to 200000. The prince of Wales renounced, the duke of Edinburgh accepted but has no son, the duke of Connaught and his son faced rights. The heir to the throne is the son of the late duke of Albany.
A magazine advises co parenting unity and mutual backing in discipline. It warns that a divided household harms children and undermines authority. The piece urges private conflicts to yield to joint decisions for effective parenting. It also notes Virginia timber pests and economic losses from wood borers.
A poem traces how a single pair of trousers passes through generations. Dad’s worn clothes are shared among brothers, sisters, and finally the poet, who reflects on aging and the end of an era as the old breeches are exhausted.
In polar regions the sea contains less salt than near the equator. The statement notes a measurable salinity gradient with colder waters being fresher, affecting density and circulation patterns.
A fragmentary description recalls the sanctuary door knocker at Durham Cathedral where fugitives found shelter for thirty seven days if they reached sanctuary before capture. The last sanctuary admission was on September 10, 1524, with no record of the individual.
At the International Commercial Congress in Philadelphia, George N. Daniels of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad extols railroads as the backbone of commerce. He cites growth, foreign imitation, and state canal history, highlighting freight, passenger service, and international fare comparisons while noting vast regional outputs from New York, Midwest, California, and Pacific Northwest.
A New York Journal excerpt quotes a California apianist debunking the notion bees are virtuous. He notes drones as male and describes worker bees' drunken, paralyzed behavior on flowers and roads, likening it to rum-dazed humans on bee farms. The passage uses humorous, cautionary tone.
A brief critique of a social chatter book viewing etiquette as outdated. It notes the shift in female accomplishments from piano and drawing to walking and tennis, while French fluency becomes a social necessity for status.
An active young crocodile bursts from its shell and immediately heads for the water. It moves with eagerness and agility, pursuing prey during the first hour of its life outside the egg.
Weary Willie claims he once acted and earned fifty a week, inviting disbelief. Frosted Feeter counters that if he had truly acted he would boast of two hundred fifty. Puck.
London society notes profile Miss Mercedes De Laski one of the citys latest debutantes at six feet three inches tall tying attention to her height and stature in fashionable circles.
John Jones, 53, of Newark, lived as a woman for years using female clothes and makeup to imitate his wife after her death. Det. Kelly noticed the disguise in Jersey City waiting room. he revealed his true age, confessed grief, and said he was a bookkeeper with Montclair ties. He remains in custody at the First precinct station house.
Detroit News reports ruins of an alleged Indian village in Silver Creek township near Indian Lake. Evidence suggests a church site used in the 1820s 1830s with baptism records and a later schoolhouse on the same farm. Nine sugar camps with copper kettles and bed frames were found on the property. Local Indians recall no knowledge of the church or village. Indian Lake name links to the area’s maple sugar gathering.
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes artificial palms rise in popularity in dry goods stores and bars. The faux trees fool patrons until heat causes leaves to sag and bindings to loosen, revealing their sham life.
The British government prepared a report on merchant marine losses in 1898. Total vessels lost 1,141 at 820,725 tons. Causes: wreck 624 vessels, 356,503 tons. collisions 90 vessels, 73,204 tons. abandoned at sea 96 vessels, 62,752 tons. burned about equally between sailing ships and steamers. 24 steamers and 79 sailing vessels disappeared at sea, totaling 72,773 tons. Loss rate GB 2.23 percent, Germany 2.33, United States 4.14.
Mrs Hickse asks about keeping children clean while Mrs Wicks replies she has no trouble and does not try. The exchange appears in a Detroit Free Press fragment.
A succinct proverb notes that joyful people safeguard their wealth from theft, contrasting material loss with inner abundance. It suggests happiness confers resilience beyond material misfortune.
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