03 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1905
Page
1
Emmons County Record under D. R. Streeter marks North Dakota publication as pioneer county paper and second class matter at Linton post office.
Editorial from Bismarck reports both houses moving quickly through measures this week including terms of court for Emmons County, witness fee increases, and deputy pay for county officials. It notes a primary law fight, farmer influence, and comment on local politics, with Burleigh County staff and other officials visiting the capital.
State Superintendent Stockwell says Coventry acted unfairly in Schweitzer’s permit request. Schweitzer, qualified from Lu Valley City Normal School, sought a permit to teach until the next examination, while a prior permit had expired and a new certificate issue was in question.
In Des Moines and other Iowa cities many business houses and factories closed for four hours to engage in prayer as a reform wave spreads. North Dakota reports a similar but milder spiritual stir described as a cool wave.
Eureka Post notes North Dakota faces a prohibition vote after Representative Streeter introduced a bill to resubmit the issue. The prior measure was defeated, and supporters insist the state remains bound to prohibition.
Delegates from across North Dakota and U S Reclamation Bureau officials attended a recent irrigation convention in Bismarck. The aim is closer government contact to establish pumping stations, including near Bismarck and at Trenton Fort Buford. Meanwhile Russian unrest eases somewhat though dissension remains among workers.
The article notes extreme cold across the United States from New York City to Oklahoma City with zero or subzero temperatures and deaths among seamen. It reports twenty inches of snow in New York state and highlights widespread hardship due to dry, frigid air.
Monthly report from the intermediate department of Linton Bubble School for the period ending January 27 2004. Includes enrollment numbers average daily attendance half day absences and cases of lateness. Notable perfect attendance by Georgie Welker Vincent Shier James Patterson George Rowerdink Marty Patterson Frank Meier and ExiMA.
Several of Linton's young men narrowly escaped serious harm when Jake Lang refilled a lamp with gasoline mistaken for kerosene. The lamp ignited and flames shot from the chimney before State's Attorney Farrington carried it outside and the blaze was extinguished.
The Record reports a wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Bechtle as their son William wed Adolphina Schulz of Lipsig North Dakota. Rev. Finkbeiner officiated. About fifty guests attended with Daniel Bechtle and John Meyer as best men and Martha Geigle and Matilda Bechtle as bridesmaids. The couple will reside with the groom's parents until spring.
A Montana boy writes a humorous piece on newspapers, joking that editors are the missing link and that editors never die. He quips about the paper’s quality, its publishers, and the strange, repetitive world of editors with a playful, irreverent tone.
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