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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
1
The Grand Forks Times moves into new quarters as Stutsman county reports 14 schools in operation this winter. Local social life includes many Napoleon weddings. Judge Bryant kept busy. Insurgent primary talk, divorces, new settlers, and various town updates fill the regional column with notes on lawmakers, rail service, and community events across North Dakota communities.
F PP Wernli takes over as manager of the Merrick lumber yard in Hazelton. Frank asserts he will excel in the new post. J E Davies mourns a baby daughter lost last Thursday. Due to her mother’s illness, Miss Over resigns from Hazelton primary teaching. Miss Moran replaces her. Joe Healy and W M Matthews return from a visit to the Twin Cities.
In Braddock notes, local flour mill hopes for spring start. Mrs. Cole reopens the Old German restaurant over the Best building. Ed F Savage returns from eastern Canada after a marriage to Mrs Kate McLachlan who will join west in spring. Northern Pacific train to Linton now departs at 4 p m with uncertain arrival.
A German clockmaker living in Gommer near Magdeburg constructed a clock inside a bottle. He used a cylinder escapement and a 45 millimeter plate split into halves, built a tripod to hold the movement, and wound the mechanism with specially made tools. The dial is a 20 centimeter ground glass with skeleton numbers, lit from behind for night time reading.
An assorted miscellany notes the tongue as a health indicator, the folly of lip service to drinking denial, and humorous exchanges. It contrasts tongue exams with pulse checks and eye signs, and features a New York jab at old boot leather turned into combs and overcoat fashion cautions.
A Washington Herald quote imagines a melodrama where the villain lights a clear during a snowstorm to set the snow aflame. The line reflects theatrical invention rather than a feasible hazard.
Dialogue shows Mr Younghub chiding Mrs Younghub over bread taken during heavy work. He cautions her against such tasks, saying she is not strong enough for heavy labor. The exchange suggests household strain and gendered labor expectations.
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