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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1899
Page
2
A compact miscellany from Emmons Co. includes satirical quips on women leadership arbitration gas trusts and public offices. It notes Pat Funston ambitions and Kipling reproofs while touching on whipping posts in Delaware and satirical digs at editors and writers.
Commissioner Peck aims to showcase the largest display of electrical devices the world has seen at the Paris exposition, signaling a bold plan to attract attention and charm visitors with modern innovations.
The report notes Professor Hadley’s election as Yale president signals progress for liberal and progressive currents while preserving conservatism’s core. It also remarks that his lay status breaks an unwritten clerical rule, yet the institution’s religious side remains unharmed. Separately, California contemplates sea lion raids to protect salmon fisheries, warning of the animals’ size and spawning-spoiling impact.
Dispatches say Admiral Kauts will arrive in San Francisco on June 24, returning to American waters. The hero figure on the California coast should reassure locals until General Funston returns. Sympathizers should not dwell on the English envoy’s reception amid Krueger urging Britons to respect the empire. Yale University elects AST Hadley as president, ending a months long vacancy with many names speculated for the post.
A fragmented line indicates a groom who married and paid $600 for his path, implying the week paid amount he could afford. The text is incomplete but centers on wedding costs and financial choice related to the nuptials.
A detailed description accompanies an illustration of Kemp and Bradfield operating Marconi’s wireless system between Wimereux near Boulogne and South Foreland England. The setup spans 32 miles across the channel with masts over 150 feet high, using a coherer detector and a tape writer to relay Morse code signals without wires.
A historical piece describes trap door spiders building hinged cork like or paper thin doors to conceal nests. Some create branch doors to retreat unseen. An anecdote recalls a garden spider using a wooden brace to stabilize its nest after a storm, suggesting planning and problem solving.
A concise moral note from Our Animal Friends describes how after a storm a spider repairs its damaged web. The narrative emphasizes resilience and adaptation as the spider mends the structure and the wood drops away, illustrating perseverance through adversity.
An American surgeon Mr. C F Turner of Snickersville purchased for over 500 dollars a madstone believed to cure all bites from mad dogs and poisonous reptiles. Brought from Europe about 136 years ago it is described as a smooth porous oval brown sandstone. A witness reports one bitten pair, one treated with the stone survived while the other died of hydrophobia.
The dogs of Constantinople are a large, unowned, scavenger population kept as a public health necessity. They roam freely, guard their districts, and deter contagion by consuming garbage though they are described as mangy and hostile to people.
In a witty Tit-Bits exchange, Parley declares devotion to art while Criticus mockingly suggests divorce, noting Parley’s beloved is said to have deserted him. The quip turns on romantic vows and artistic passion.
In Bits, a note records a message from Clara in London saying she is to be presented at court. Ellen expresses hope that the poor girl will be acquitted.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a cartoon exchange featuring Mr. Bullinger with exaggerated ears described as eerie and unnaturally large. The brief quip highlights the visual joke and reader amusement in a lighthearted urban humor item.
In a terse exchange, a speaker accuses Tompkins of marrying a tettar and calls it a steady nag, while another counters with a joking remark about a norsk on Tompkins. The quip reflects a lighthearted nagging tone.
London tests cited by Pall Mall Gazette show lime and vegetable fiber plaster coated on wood blocks withstanding prolonged flame and furnace exposure. A three quarter inch coating resisted heat, leaving wood at only seventy degrees after removal. tungstate of soda cited as the sole costly ingredient in the mix.
An English newspaper recounts a tale where a boy refuses to pretend he loves work. The manager seeks diligent workers and tests honesty. The boy asserts his genuine stance and lands the job, illustrating that truth can serve personal interests.
The lace handkerchief, claimed to be owned by Queen Margaret of Italy, is valued at about $30,000. Weighing almost nothing, it rests on the hand and is kept in a gold box smaller than an inch in diameter and took twenty years to weave.
Aguipaldo leads with a bold push as the favorite attempts to secure a decisive win. The field features tight competition and strategic driving moves aimed at edging ahead in the final stretch.
Val Kingsley battles nerves and superstition as he decides his fate by a coin toss. He frets over Maisie, defeats self doubt with a heads or tails gamble, and heads to Maisie’s mansion to face the consequences of his flirtation. Maisie greets him with composed dignity, masking her own interest.
Val pleads with Maisie after a tense parting and contemplates a swift deadly act. A note from Maisie unsettles him further, sparking reflection on cowardice and the power of money. His nerves fray as a revolver rests nearby and a fateful decision feels close.
The short skirt rises as a fashionable article of apparel this season, rivaling the pique frock and net dancing gown. Women across regions adopt shoe-top skirts for comfort and practicality, pairing them with stout laced boots for active pursuits, while stores report booming orders for varied fabrics and styles.
A witty remark from an Indianapolis Journal line about changing vows and a man’s refusal to install window screens, contrasting devotion with domestic practicality in a succinct, era tone. The quip highlights shifting priorities within a year’s span.
A historian notes our advent as a colonizing power and predicts vast influence over Europe. He cites inevitable outcomes, comparing them to the relief from dyspepsia with Hostonetter's Stomach Bitters, claiming it cures indigestion and constipation while toning the system.
A Colorado man sues a farm hand alleging damages in four counts. He cites running a team of horses, breaking a harrow, teaching his eight year old son to chew tobacco, and causing his wife nervous prostration due to a bill her herself owed.
A remark from Washington Tar suggests a proposed visit by the Kaiser to discuss imperial treatment and a king’s rights with the empress dowager. The quote reflects speculative diplomacy and Western interest in Qing-era succession and governance.
An old Indianapolis Journal comment quotes the town elder claiming Old Bill Gadgett acted contrary to the season, pretending to like work as spring arrives. The remark captures a rural edge and humor about labor and weather in a historic local voice.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease swollen burning and sweating feet and bunions. It advises shaking into shoes, costs 25 cents, and offers a sample by writing Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy New York.
An American soldier urges surrender if opponents refuse to stand and fight. The Bil- Apino tires as he runs, with Chicago Tribune reporting the exchange amid ongoing combat.
A Syracuse Herald item presents a brief exchange between two soldiers. The first says he was behind the guns, the second counters he was at the front. The snippet captures a wartime brag line reflecting humility and shared frontline experience.
Vintage ad like clutter lists J H Rindlaub a forge North Dakota specialist for eye ear nose and throat care. Includes quotes and moral sayings with medical quackish references and medicine pitches amid dense stray phrases and garbled OCR.
In a candid office scene Mr Sage argues wealth should be used to bless the world but not given away all at once. He cites Andrew Carnegie and stresses preserving capital to protect investors and ongoing enterprises like Manhattan railroads, while noting his charitable giving will continue.
In Yellowstone National Park a ravine known as Death Gulch earns its name from frequent animal deaths caused by high carbonic acid in the air. The area, like Naples Dog Grotto, lies in a volcanic region with underground gas emissions and ground fissures.
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