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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1906
Page
3
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Report from Walhalla notes the fox hunt went ahead as planned with six foxes and Kune! Delay Beer among the featured attractions. The piece also comments on severe snow in the Red River Valley and critique of road labor practices.
The president’s daughter married Nicholas Longworth in the White House last Saturday. The couple received abundant gifts, including many silver table articles, leading to a humorous belief that Mrs. Longworth could run the house for a month without washing dishes if she wished.
Fane plans a major street-improvement drive long past due as city finances strain under a fake prohibition regime. Tax limits bite while Moorhead and Pargo reap license and drunkenness revenues, delaying essential repairs.
The article notes that government weather stations often record warmer temperatures than cheap thermometers, with instruments showing five to ten degrees less cold than the informal readings. It emphasizes communicating the discrepancy in morning temperature reports to the public.
Standard Oil presses temperance groups in North Dakota to oppose Marshall's free alcohol bill. The firm laments rising gasoline costs and looming competition from alcohol as a motor fuel, warning it will hurt motorists and increase dependence on oil magnates.
The author notes vaccines have lengthened life and reduced small pox deaths. He recalls past grim outcomes, contrasts influenza grippe with milder small pox, and cites Emmons county and Linton cases where patients are isolated but not bedridden. The piece argues small pox has largely run its race.
The next regular teachers examination will be held in the school-house at Linton North Dakota on Friday and Saturday March 9 and 10 1906. Work will commence at 9 am sharp. Necessary supplies furnished. Linton ND February 20 1906. Charles Coventry County Superintendent.
A brief notice notes Ge Fight-Loaf Universal Bread-Mix ers priced at 42.50 and available at Magge's Hardware. The passage remarks on railroad growth prospects in North Dakota, asserting strong state prosperity and expected construction activity, citing the Grand Forks Herald.
Pebble Peb. 14 item roundup. Agent Privitz returns from Oshkosh to surprise his parents. E Brindle reports twin calves with one dead. Buckleys visit from Burr Oak. hand injury from a broken needle. Wintertons plan homestead housekeeping near town. J. A. Johnson, Emmons County artist, near Red Wing Minnesota, writes Braddock friends. Goughnour buys an Edison phonograph and a future scene of courtship. Booklovers review discusses Alexander McKenzie and Nome mining case with varying viewpoints. Further account promised later.
A satirical tale follows Joseph A. McGinnis a firm union supporter who demands the union label on all purchases and even questions his newborn son. He campaigns for higher wages shorter days and walksouts while his wife shares his union-minded views. The piece ends with a punchy line about the union label as he dies and greeted in afterlife with mock applause.
Attend the dance in Brophy's Hall on March 2 with music by the Hasselstrom brothers. A picnic supper is provided and tickets are 75 cents. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Walter Kelly and L A Thoreson installed the new bell in the Methodist church belfry on Monday. The first ring occurred at 2 25 p m. The bell was funded by money raised by Linton schoolgirls. It has a pure clear sound and can be heard far away. It is expected to draw many locals who had intended to attend church but missed the time before the clock stopped.
Messrs Belden and Adams of Kidder county stopped in Linton overnight. Adams remained on business and returned to Steele Tuesday morning. Belden, named by President Roosevelt as Indian Agent at Standing Rock, pressed on to Yates to inspect the field, Sheriff Shier accompanying him to Fort Yates. Enamelled No 9 Tea Kettles priced at 85 cents at Hayy’s Hardware.
Across the state reports note new settlers, a wolf hunt in McLean county, steam plows sold for Morton county, a hotel cook jailed for thirty days, robberies near Keumar, a reform school intake in Mandan, and a tour by the First Regiment Band generating interest.
The Mandan community debates Charlie Patterson's departure from horse racing. Some say he sold his ponies to avoid state track bans amid insinuations of fixed races, while others question his motives in establishing a character.
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