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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1898
Page
1
An 1899 ad extols cash sales and agency deals for organs and sewing machines, touts North Dakota as a stock paradise, lists livestock counts and wolf bounty efforts, and claims expertise in hunting, trapping, and locating government farming land across the region.
The state legislature will convene in Bismarck next Tuesday with an opening prayer. Eureka residents report southern Russia refugees seeking U S passports, with over a thousand family heads aiming to reach the United States in early spring. The region is rapidly populating, and demand for a well-placed quarter-section of land near Eureka is expected to rise soon.
Tur N. P. has paid real estate taxes in Burleigh McLean and other counties but in Emmone viz 1 the Tax Dodger department is not satisfied with the two or three thousand dollar annual tax reductions and seeks further cuts. N P sharks demand uniform tax per acre with settlers and insist on equality across Slope counties based on Morton county India rubber plac.
A critical column argues federal lifer judges favor corporations in rulings from the Fate case to a Buffalo printers union decision against a boycott. It laments scarce pro people judgments and likens judges to a privileged aristocracy, contrasting them with monarchic control and Lords. The piece mocks anti taxation and cites a republican figure questioning evils in reform work.
The North Dakota contingent is expected to return home from Manila in April or early May as regulars begin replacing volunteers. The article argues the volunteers should be discharged promptly since the war is over, praising both groups for their service and noting volunteers left good positions to serve. It emphasizes mutual respect and duty fulfilled.
The Jamestown Alert argues against selling remaining government land to the highest bidder believing most farm land is gone and stock interests would rise if range land is auctioned. It favors giving land to actual settlers and allowing rough land use for grazing to protect small farmers and common pastures.
A fragment from The Advertiser notes the Woodmen lodge at Fessenden struggles to secure a quorum for a meeting. Officers allegedly use tricks, promising six kegs of beer and urging members to bring an ax and a tomato can. The piece mocks the tactic and references nearby Billsport.
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