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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
3
Local notes from Emmons county cover court visits, farm sales, hay and grain conditions, and social visits. Entries mention Jaszkowiak from Osmarck, TimBer Lake trips, sales of hay and wheat, church services, and a baseball game. Civil suit and probate items appear along with multiple farm updates and obituaries.
The Yankee Robinson Shows debut a grandstand of one thousand opera chairs, all numbered like an opera house. Reserved seats carry the same numbering, ensuring seat holds regardless of arrival. Grandstand and reserve tickets go on sale morning of the exhibition. Major Jones, the tallest giant, will be in town. For sale house and lots on South Broadway opposite the depot. Mrs. Carley.
The obituary recalls Mr. Pfat, born May 31, 1854 in New Freudenthal South Russia, who died after a long life in Yankton Bridgewater and Emmons county. He was father to twelve sons and five daughters, a devout Christian, honest in business, and a beacon to his family and community. He married Magdalena Bendis in 1877 and lived near Sand Creek after moving through several states. He valued hard work, operated a store and machine shop, and left a lasting, upright legacy.
District court convened Tuesday in Linton with Judge Winchestor presiding continuing the May term. Read list includes naturalizations and a large criminal civil calendar. The State of North Dakota v Clifford Bader ended in a guilty verdict after a two day trial with Lynn Coventry for plaintiff and Armstrong Cameron for defendant. The State v Andrew Miller rape case is on trial with Cameron for the State and Linn Coventry for the defense.
Mr and Mrs P J Wittmayer of Linton received word of a tragic accident last Saturday at 6 20 PM in McPherson County. Two nephews of Wittmayer died and a third was paralyzed while riding a hay wagon in a field. The youths ages were 19 17 and 7. The Jundt brothers lived about ten miles east of Eureka and were linked by marriage to Wittmayer. A call to County Judge Charles B Carley requests proper proofs and filings.
An 18th century vignette notes Benjamin Crabb securing a five year right to rake sperm cane in Massachusetts, a Providence Rhode Island factor, and eight factors in New England with one in Philadelphia. It mentions candle prices and long timelines, hinting at a bustling early industry and social chatter inside shops.
A local item notes activity surrounding Linton Nowotte TiN Ete, with brief details readable from the fragment. The report highlights the names involved and hints at a community or organizational context.
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