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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1887
Page
1
A humorous reminiscence about Recorn farm animals showing inherited stubbornness and odd behaviors. A turkey-eating pig instigates poultry losses, cows dry up, and a sow milk-sucking daughter is blamed for bizarre dairy shortages as the writer vows to survive on condensed milk.
Among well known business houses in Bismarck and Emmons County residents at the Capital should visit the meat market of F. EB Stone & Co. at Fifth and Main Streets. They sell for cash and at the lowest profit margins.
An informal note about stopping at a street restaurant in Bismarck. The text mentions a tidy, comfortable dining space and markets the best offerings. T. J. Ponter is named as proprietor.
A Detroit Free Press cornu in California describes roses reaching great heights and lush cactus landscapes. The piece notes Marshel Niel rose beauty, compares California and eastern blooms, and mentions golf of growth. Anecdotes on Pasadena stoves and a Virginia public lash provide varied scenes. Dakota settler letters express interest in Emmons County lands and growth prospects.
In talk about odd habits a Chicago News piece notes gum chewing rising yearly with a confectioner reporting higher sales in 1884 than 1488 and this year surpassing last. A justice of the peace is described chewing wooden tooth picks, using 2,500 monthly, sharpening a knife to shave off slivers. Businessmen chew rubber bands by the box, grinding them into small particles and spitting them out, likened to schoolgirls chewing chalk and slate pencils.
The Atlanta Constitution notes the South harbors a last stronghold for keeping the Sabbath as God’s day holy, contrasting southern restraint with New England’s heedless pleasure seekers. It praises southern towns where church bells still chime amid the region’s distractions, while referencing Puritan and Cavaliers contrasts.
In a terse exchange Jones asks what business Smith now pursues and where his shop is. Smith responds he has no shop, claiming to be in the meat business, while Jonas questions the credibility of the claim. The conversation notes a harsh season with no clear profits and widespread road-seller losses.
The Williamsport and Livona mail route will be regularized with a new path via Buchanan and the wood trail and river road. Hawkes and wife moved nearer town and will rent the Bussey place. Wash faced a harsh winter with failed trails and a crippled horse but bought a new horse. The harsh winter makes mail-carriers’ work especially difficult in North Dakota.
A Winnipeg visitor reports a Winnipeg church incident where three young men played poker in a gambling house near a church. They won a pot and handed an envelope labeled Jack Pot to the sexton, who to the pulpit, where the preacher announced a $25 donation from Mr Jack Pot, drawing smiles from the audience.
Wm D Smith and Company on Main Street Bis marck invite Emmons County residents to inspect their fine furniture stock. Undertaking is a specialty with prompt attention to all orders.
Mrs E Ham of Main Street near Banner House in Bismarck Dak pledges a good fit and latest fashions. She notes cuts by French system on request and thanks customers for past favors while calling attention to a relocation.
The Minneapolis News Letter announces a club rate with the Sunday Pioneer Press Tribune or Globe. Subscriptions mailed for one year to any address cost $8 in advance. Inquiries and sample copies are mailed from Minneapolis. R L Durant & Co., wholesale and retail booksellers and stationers. Bismarck Dak.
A collection of local items from Bismarck area papers notes improvements at a Mrs Kurtz residence and seasonal warmth, board chairmanship and quarterly meeting plans, seed houses and groceries, public official appointments, travel mentions, business ads, and regional updates on rail expansion expectations for Dakota in 1887 along with assorted anecdotes and editorials.
An exchange contrasts Uncle Sam’s lands with Irish farming. It notes Ireland rents from 10 to 15 dollars per acre and cites census figures: thousands of families on acreages from one to fifteen, arguing land quality and rent are similar, urging readers, “Boys, don't kick any more.”
Dr Pelton of Dickinson Nebraska discusses a gopher remedy once tried in California fifteen years ago. Prepare a cheap gunpowder cartridge with pulverized sulfur, light the fuse, insert into the hole, cover with soil, and the fumes kill any creature inside.
The Duluth Herald lists visiting Dakota farmers arranging wheat shipments. J W Dwight of Wabpeton cultivated 1650 acres yielding 33000 bushels. J C Gill of Wheatland 970 acres yielding 25260 bushels. J S Stack Colfax 400 acres 10400 bushels. J W Green Fargo 1200 acres 30000 bushels. Eben Young Tower City two sections 25000 bushels. Oliver Dalrymple 12000 acres 250000 bushels. T S Woodruff Wahpeton 1450 acres 38250 bushels.
After more than two weeks of examination the preliminary hearing for Henry Baker charged with poisoning Peter Olsen closed last Saturday. No new evidence emerged. District Attorney Armstrong led for the territory while counsel for the prisoner was Mr. Register.
The official report of the Dakota Farmers' Alliance will be printed in full in the next issue of the Dakota Farmer, the Northwestern agricultural paper. Subscription price one dollar per year, including seeds. Address W. F. Bushnell, Huron, Dak.
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