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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
9
The Emmons County Record under D. R. Streeter in Linton comments on local politics and business. It favors Colonel Martin for Speaker and criticizes Ginrel Byrne while debating militia threats, legislative sessions, and rural telephone rates amid editorials from Hazelton and Hazelton Republican viewpoints.
A discussion condemns the limited power of state legislatures to fix express rate abuses. It notes inter state commerce falls under federal control and that Congress and the Inter state Commerce Commission will influence regulation. A parcels post bill could lower costs for eleven pound packages, challenging express firms and urging railways to handle urgent shipments directly.
A circular from Professor H. L. Bolley of North Dakota Agricultural College asks elevator men to help spread flax cropping guidance. It notes updated methods to reduce soil fungi and improve yields, requests farmer lists by region, and invites seed samples for testing. It also offers bulletins on flax culture and directs readers to contact the college botanist and local officials.
A drenched urchin tells an angler he can catch fish under a bridge to stay dry. The man, soaked and stubborn, learns the joke as the boy retreats after the suggestion. The scene unfolds on a rainy riverbank with only a worm-sized eel as consolation.
A Friday auto wreck two miles south of Strasburg injures Mr. and Mrs. J W McKitrick of Linton and their sons Claude and Clark along with the McKitrick in laws. Driver Kelort Masterson and Robert Masterson suffer minor injuries. Dr Wolverton attends. relatives and guardians care for the injured at Dale and nearby.
A wandering performer known as Gloomy Gos warned during a late night performance that a tour would end in tragedy. He foretold a widow, a New York engagement, and prescribed shipping his body to an address. The tale unfolds as superstition meets touring life.
In the Latin quarter art students stage a playful painters duel with tall stools, blue and crimson paint brushes, and cautious beginning turns into a riotous canvas clash. Spectators cheer as stools topple and both fighters end up laughing and washing off the colors together.
A city gentleman visits the country for a day with the birds. His poor shooting earns the disgust of a guest as the guide notes the same bird being targeted dozen times. The banter turns on a bird lingering for safety as the sportsman laments the winged game.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer report quotes a promoter and stage manager clashing over dramatic realism. The backer mocks the staged pasteboard train and a heroine stepping from the Pullman forward, labeling the effects as overdone.
An English industry in Dorset’s Purbeck district relies on the Ancient Guild of Purbeck Marblers. Nearly a hundred quarries, heirloom marble, and a guild rulebook govern access. Shrove Tuesday marks the freed status and dues in a long tradition.
A 17th century Act of Parliament under Charles II targets women of all ranks who use scents cosmetics washes artificial teeth hoops or high heels to entice marriage. Conviction triggers penalties once applied to wigcraft sorcery and related crimes, with penalties upheld by the laws then in force.
The article argues Lavoisier did not originate chemistry but redefined its aims and concepts for the era. It notes his ideas on the constitution of matter and explanations of phenomena were novel, transforming the field in the two decades before his death, while mining and earlier chemistry had already yielded rich results and new approaches.
Growth of E'sctic Science notes the 16th century shift with Thomas Gilbert's Masnete, cited as the first modern work on electricity science. Gilbert, born 1540, died in 100% Exe, influencing early electrical theory through his ideas and publications.
A playful note from the London Mail features a fisherman lover with sea life wordplay and romantic puns. The speaker vows fidelity and playful devotion while humorously mixing marine terms to woo his beloved and ask for companionship.
An aspiring author sent a long story to a first class magazine and received a brutal rejection slip claiming the piece was too heavy. He drafted a pointed response to the editor asking why the manuscript seemed to roam unread, ending the exchange abruptly.
Fragmentary notice reports a red cow with a white hide branded O on its left side and tied to property at a location referenced as Towrhin 124. It notes ownership matters and a New Year dance event at the opera house on a Friday in December.
A mare described as about three years old with a black tail white mane hairs near Praddock is claimed to be stray. A red cow with a white spot on the left shoulder and a brand on the right hip was found southeast of Linton. Owners must prove property and pay charges.
Taken up by John A. Rousu residing northeast quarter of Section 24 Township 135 Range 75 six miles SE of Araddeck N D an iron-gray mare two years old with white star on forehead white mane and dark mane tips mixed black and white hair in tail rupture on stomach around November 10 last taken up recently by me owners name and location provided but unclear due to OCR notes
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