03 Jan 1907
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
1
A man chased a departing train at a terminal but arrived as gates closed. He taunted a bystander and circled the fence, while the other commuter claimed his watch was fine and predicted the next attempt would come in about five minutes.
A divorced woman meets Lin after years and asks about remarriage. Lin explains he now lives for himself, acting without explanations, valuing personal freedom. He cites Randace’s teaching and vows to bear joys and sorrows alone, fully responsible to himself.
A London Field tale recounts a curious bird death after a yellow linchmer head was found in a yard. The bird struck the head with force. its upper mandible bent, driving a sharp point through the lower jaw and starving the bird. Reports note other avian injuries near lighthouses and widespread lingering deaths from starvation.
A Hoboken lawyer notes New Jersey and New York laws differ on a deceased wife's personal property. In New Jersey the husband inherits all personalty. in New York half goes to children with the remainder to the husband, unless there are no children.
An ambulance surgeon recounts a tense incident at a police station where an unconscious prisoner, muddy and disheveled, was found in a cell. He concludes the man had been drugged, and a shocked officer admits to drugging him while en route from Carney's saloon about nine hundred yards away.
A fragment explains a method for handling accidental ingestion of non edible objects by using absorbent cotton threads soaked in bread and milk to cover the object and protect the throat. It mentions items like buttons and pins gathering cotton and guiding through the mouth without injury.
Bride speaks of returning from wedding task and managing morning routines. Garbled lines mention eight hours sleep, breakfast ready, and setting up, with odd phrases toward a London Tit-Bits style.
Disjointed text discusses a preacher and a bad preacher, referencing Archbishop and Jared. It suggests a contrast between a good preacher named Meachey and a poorer one, mentioning money and messaging but lacks clear events or dates.
Poetic fragment presents a confrontation where a figure named Ato rejects all verses as the poetess AV bis sou from London remarks on the exchange.
The text traces lettuce as food of the dead in Adonis myth and its cooling, narcotic notes in ancient feasts. It notes Jews using bitter greens at Passover and the invention of a salad dressing with oil vinegar sugar salt and mustard. It mentions Irish salads of sorrel and wood sorrel two centuries ago. It recalls Cambyses' death linked to a lettuce cause.
A Boston Transcript reader recalls a Cape Cod scene where a roadside house, painted white with green blinds and summer comforts, is revealed as the town poorhouse. An accompanying twelve year old explains the overseers contract with a neighbor to rent it to Boston folk for the season to pay its upkeep.
A 19th century-style tip explains boiling water properly. Use fresh water, wash the kettle, bring to a quick boil, then remove from heat before it steams away. Flavor with lemon for drinks. Delmonico recommended it for appetite, noting careless boiling can spoil the water and harm health.
A doctor in The Alternative jokes about bloodletting advising a leech for a pitman's wife. Geordy, unable to obtain a leech, instead uses the ferret bed, leading to a worsened condition by morning. The tale, from the London Tatler, humorously contrasts medical advice with a misapplied home remedy.
The Liakoys off the Lena mouth in Siberia are frost bound barren islands with arctic moss. They yield enormous fossil ivory, making them extraordinarily valuable with an estimated annual revenue of 1,000,000 pounds.
A physician criticizes the lax sense of proportion in disease assessment at Lengua hospital. He cites a man distressed by three months without sneezing while ignoring early signs of leprosy.
A Cleveland Leader note reports Kjones, despite country manners and fashionable dress, revealed his origins by giving up his streetcar seat to a woman today. The remark contrasts polished presentation with a simple act of courtesy on public transit.
Quote about daily toil shaping life and growing stronger through resisting small temptations. Affirms meaning arises from patient work and self discipline.
Jim Iow asks if love is about looks or wealth in a column featured by the Pittsburg Gazette. Beth says she is pretty rich, sparking a lighthearted exchange about affection and status.
A notable quote describes a very wise man who, when feeling self important, uses a universe map to seek his own place. The idea emphasizes humility and perspective through cosmic scale.
A London tourist bought a Dutch book in Amsterdam for 10 shillings and forgot it for years. A whist game led to the book’s owner discovering watercolour sketches inside by Cox and possibly Whistler. Auction later fetched nearly 320 guineas, with other works by Stirket-Foster and Law noted. The article cites Clive Holland in Chambers' Journal.
The piece explains that thirteen is called a dozen in many countries and a baker's dozen in America Australia and Britain. It cites Italy's cobbler's dozen origin related to boots and nails and notes a center nail was added for luck.
A man visiting a lunatic asylum engaged with outdoor patients. He commented on a horse that was running faster than expected, prompting another patient to say he had seen a horse flying. An old Scotch patient warns Diana to keep the claim quiet, noting there is trouble for less than fleeing horses.
In a club poker game Smith asks Jones to join, but Jones refuses citing his pattern. He says his wife forces him to share winnings or pay the losses with new bills, leaving him perpetually in debt and lectured about gambling.
In the records of St Thomas Hospital London an entry from 1570 notes that during harvest time the poor receive daily three pints of beer for two months with a quart at dinner and a pint at supper. After two months they revert to the usual allowance. Food and drink are to be treated liberally and served in the best style without bones or marrowbone.
A dialogue from Vittsburg Dba patch shows Mrs Randolph questioning Aunt Phrome about wages. The cooks Ali Ab and Al Hives discuss work and weekly pay with Ab charging for family meals and higher rates if extra duties are needed.
A fragment cites love as the motive force behind life and the world, noting that love can make the mind feel light and inside a swirl of emotion. The passage hints at a playful clarification of why love drives perception and action.
A fragment quotes a person asked about beauty and answers I do nothing. The brief text reflects a casual exchange with a focus on appearance and self-perception.
A London fashionably led correspondent reports mixed views on a group including Lord Derby's grandson Mr Stanley and Mr Denison sailing to New York for a tour of the United States. The plan met wide disapproval and predicted disappointment in the west end of town.
In Vienna a man and his wife were summoned for begging in the streets. Only the wife appeared and said her husband had gone to Bedem to seek a cure. The attorney noted beggars in Vienna earn good incomes and referenced a man returning from Carlsbad to resume begging.
An auctioneer cautions readers that pawnshop sales rarely offer real bargains. He says pawnbrokers use pledged items as a blind and sell pawned jewelry, silverware, watches privately rather than at auction, implying most auction stock isn t genuine or desirable.
The text recounts a legend about a kinstisher bird once gray that, when released from the ark, flew west toward the setting sun and gained radiant colors on its back and underparts. It also tells of a dried kingfisher hung as a chain against thunderbolts and moths, positioned to point its bill to the wind.
Washington Star notes a dialogue where Pickaninny Jim asks why he was not named George Washington and Sonny replies adults avoid naming children after the first president while children grow curious about the lie story and begin experiments in speech.
The Detroit Free Press quotes a domestic line about sitting beside a loved one as tea is poured and hands toy with cups. A remark about not placing another leaf at the table hints at intimate, private seating arrangements between partners.
Fragmentary line reads like a diary snippet about a person named Beenawar and a son going from bad to worse, noting he stayed home and lacked a return coupon. The text is incomplete but suggests a personal anecdote or travel note with distressed mood.
A historical proverb contrasts luxury with essential need, noting that wealth speaks louder in what is desired than what is truly required. The line reflects a common rural wisdom about value and restraint.
A quirky prose excerpt notes a parasol as a device to conceal Liushes and imagined Crushes. It suggests social manipulation by hiding unwanted traits or people and discriminating against those deemed undeserving, in a sardonic voice.
A brief note cites Genesis forty four fourteen where Joseph shaves before Pharaoh marking an early biblical shaving reference. It states Romans introduced shaving the beard around 200 BCE, linking ancient grooming to Roman practice.
A father explains optimism to his son by a sharp joke about not caring what happens so it does not happen to him. The exchange frames a practical view of optimism through humor and distance from risk.
A short note from the Saint Louis Globe-Democrat remarks that the wages of ain have remained largely the same for thousands of years, highlighting enduring economic constancy across eras.
A fragmentary column recalls Senator Piatt of Connecticut as a capable statesman and scholar with sharp judgment on public speaking. It quotes a Philadelphia Ledger joke about courtroom eloquence and a student’s response to a judge.
The article traces Britain’s population as a blend from Celtic origins to Germanic, Scandinavian, and Norman invasions. It notes the Celtic base in England and lowlands, the Welsh and Scottish Highlands remaining linked to ancient Celts, and Ireland showing admixture, with multiple historic migrations shaping modern identities.
Gilson Willets notes in Leslie's Weekly that New Yorks Empire State Capitol, at 24 million dollars, costs more than the national capitol and the Library of Congress combined. He contrasts its price with Washingtons capitol at 12 million and the library at seven million.
The passage credits Benjamin Beale a Quaker with introducing the first bathing machine at Margate in 1750. It notes Beale's ruin, his widow recalling the family using the covered cart to reach the sea, and claims that Beale’s devices could be driven to great depths with careful guiding.
Fragmentary report notes that honors for pendulum isochronism were disputed. It claims Gal del allegedly discovered the law while studying at Pisa in 3581 and states the pendulum was used for a correct measure of time by Arabs as far back as the year 1000.
A speaker boasts of a bright son in law and a renowned mother in law in a witty town tale. The dialogue previews social standing through intellect and eloquence within a literary circle.
Fragmentary line from a New York Times item notes a confusion about a local place name. The speaker reflects on years of believing something about the holler and the surrounding hills, suggesting misremembered geography and identity.
The fragment features a mythic exchange with Adam and Eve and Puck weaving spiritual longing and discovery. Amid muing, Eve laments and Puck asserts sense of finding what was lost and suggests a playful mischief.
A Washington Post account recalls Sethi Bully, Helena's early era figure, using a clever ruse to obtain a fancy drink. In a frontier mining camp, Bullock orchestrates a plan with a bartender and a grocer to mix a pricey beverage, showcasing opportunistic wit in 1860s Helena.
A Vermont farmer develops a trout hatchery feeding the local meat market and supplying thousands of small fish for stocking streams. From a modest start, Johnson expands with inexpensive infrastructure and water dividers, branding a profitable venture and bringing sport fish to nearby towns.
Describes a Boer War assault on Ladysmith where British troops climbed a steep wall in darkness. A Boer guard alerted to fire on the approaching force as the crest was reached. The commanding officer ordered bayonets though none were present, and the attackers intensified the charge forcing Boer gunners to retreat.
The streets of Vera on gala days or in celebration attire are among the most picturesque. Their narrow streets resemble Chinese lanes in proportion, with varied color decoration creating vivid contrasts and a distinct Latin atmosphere.
A passage cites the author of A People at School noting Burmians orient by the teerlle rather than relative positions, naming east west north and south for objects and streets. An English traveler lost in a forest fog would be guided by Burnein servants who identified the correct course as between and toward the northeast.
In 1831 the 21 year old violinist Ole Bull wanders to Paris amid a cholera outbreak and a lost violin. A stranger offers help for 5 francs at Frascati's, where Bull doubles his money to 400 through red at rouge et noir, aided by Vidocq.
A cryptic quote warns against delayed effort as a speaker named Crowgull cautions that giving in to laxity today yields theft tomorrow. The saying frames idleness as a social risk and moral counsel.
Green and Brown discuss a famous line about songs outlasting laws. They recall a nameless but wise figure who claimed music shapes a nation while laws may be evaded. The exchange highlights the enduring power of popular songs over legal control.
The readable fragments show a court or trial context with partial phrases about a unit, a tile, and a path to a decision. Names and specifics are largely unreadable, leaving only vague references to a legal setting and possible timings or actions.
Unclear OCR excerpt shows fragmented names and terms. No complete event, date, or entities withstand identification. Further readable text needed to establish a proper headline and summary.
Ambiguous OCR fragment shows garbled text and stray punctuation. no coherent event or identifiable proper nouns to summarize.
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