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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
5
Emmons county residents travel to and from Linton this week with many business calls. Messages report visitors from Aberdeen Hague Dale and Temvik while local officials and Red Cross activities fill community life. A marriage license and tax office details accompany social events and health updates.
The ME Church invites attenders to Sunday School at 10 30 a m and Epworth League at 6 45 p m next Sunday with a goal of 100. Evening worship at 7 30 features Human Weakness Divine Help. Prayer Meeting is Wednesday at 7 00. The pastor S M Swaney invites strangers and those without a church home to attend.
Persistent effort is emphasized as key to progress in education. P. P. Claxton sends garden notes for school directed gardening and Tag the Shovel Day on January 30. Upcoming teachers exams set for February 14 and 15. Junior Red Cross auxiliaries organized in multiple districts with many staff and volunteers named. Several schools lack teachers and call for qualified graduates to fill vacancies. Attendance certificates awarded to numerous students across districts.
Darel Brown joined the Brownie class last Tuesday. Clark Gillespie returned after a two week absence. Katie Hager in A first grade was absent Friday due to illness. Fifteen primary pupils earned perfect attendance for December. Emil Quashnick was absent last week. Sixth graders Laura Kyes Martha Vossler and John Krieg gave talks for opening exercises. Adam Vossler is on the sick list.
School work resumed January 3. Students earning over 85 percent include Kraft Hagel and Kramer. Perfect attendance certificates awarded to Hagel Krafts. Absences 24 and tardinesses 18 this week amid blizzard. Teacher spent days alone. coal delivered. literature on corn meal oatmeal meatless days and teeth care received. Thrift cards being started. carpenters await better weather for new school house. Basket social planned if weather permits with prizes for best decorated basket.
The Red Cross Room at Linton Branch reports a busy week with 42 sweaters 25 pairs of socks 8 scarfs 7 wristlets 1 helmet 25 hospital bed shirts 17 pajama suits 9 convalescent robes 22 bed socks 12 wash cloths and 4 pillows turned over to Emmons County Chapter. Mrs C Backhaus tops knitters with four sweaters in under two weeks while Mrs Lester Briggle sews twelve hospital bed shirts in six days. A 50 pound yarn shipment arrived Jan 14 costing 115 dollars and more is needed to keep knitters at work. Materials for hospital and refugee garments are also needed.
One yellowish cow, branded O L or C L on right chin, unsure of first letter. Found two and a half miles west of Westfield, section 21 30 76, reported by Peter V. Wolf of R. Strasburg North Dakota. Publication January 17. Paid.
A one day mare about four years old and weighing around 1300 pounds arrived at a residence three miles northwest of Westfield around January 2. The animal is in critical condition and the finder, WM. F. Cleveringa, requests notice of any owner. First publication January 10. Paid.
A Chinese inscription notes patience and a mulberry leaf can make a silk gown. The proverb contrasts simple effort with grand results and reflects traditional wisdom.
Advertises shipping live and dressed poultry and cream to Northern Produce Co in Bismarck North Dakota. Invites inquiries for prices tags and coops from a reliable house.
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