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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
3
Hazelton Happenings reports residents and guests traveling to Mandan Jamestown Glendive Eureka and Delamere for banking visits family visits and hospital notes. It notes Bankers Association meetings, Camp Lewis transfers, possible overseas service for soldiers and a child ill in Wolverton hospital.
Braddock notes list residents and visitors to Bismarck during the week including Wm Baxter J D McCusker Geo H Dexter D H McElroy W W Mandigo A C Staak J M Melander G H Saethers Ben Klabunde Geo Sempel O M Trasta Ellis Smolowitz Joseph Jampolsky and others. Several locals travel for visits and medical care with mentions of banking staff and Independence Day events.
Miss Irene Vorlander traveled to Ipswich Monday morning. Norman Vorlander returned from Linton last week. Fred Wittmayer and Theo Schamber drove to Minneapolis in the former's car last Monday. Carl Vorlander drove from Linton to Eureka to visit relatives. Miss Otilla Schenkenberger visited Eureka last week and returned to Linton the next day. Miss Jessie Britts of Linton arrived in Eureka to visit Miss Irene Vorlander. Alma Tempel Anna Schenkenberger and Ernest Tempel left for Temvik last Friday. Dr G A Schatz rode the train to Fort Riley Kansas after a leave from Temvik. He stopped in Eureka to bid farewell to friends. Mrs McCulley and baby passed through Eureka late this week.
Locals report reopening plans as a new cement bridge will replace the dangerous old wooden crossing at Third Avenue over Spring Creek. The project aims for a safe dependable structure for all users.
A. J. Fischer wires Peter Hulm s new house for electric lights. J. D. McDowell drove to Wishek for a Sunday visit. Mose Basseth returned from Aberdeen hospital after an operation. Peter Bosch shipped one car and Ed P Niewsma two cars of stock to St Paul market. Morris Chiet buys winter goods in Minneapolis for Hague Farmers Store. Ray Page, once with Weisenberger dray, returned to his father s farm to help hay. A fine rain fell north and northeast. crops benefited but local crops suffer from dry weather. Henry Vollk wrecked his car while trying to set speed records. injuries to himself and others reported.
The article notes a shift to private cars in Yosemite National Park with 22 000 entrants from May to July this year, surpassing last season's 83 000. May figures show 182 foot or horse arrivals, 1 218 by auto stage and 568 by private car. June lists 4 078 by stage and 4 770 in private cars. July ends with 6 984 in private cars and about 3 500 in auto stages. by August 1, 3 435 private cars had entered.
The piece advises two methods to apply tire chains a novice risks jacking wheels to place a chain but an experienced motorist favors draping the chain over the wheel. It warns that laying the chain on the ground and driving over it is hard to steer and leaves the chain muddy and difficult to handle.
A method for marking items to resist obliteration is described, aiming to help identify autos. The passage notes that standard marks on cars can be erased and outlines a technique that the author has used for marking tools, suggesting its applicability to vehicles.
Henry Van Beek of Aberdeen spent Tuesday night in Pollock. Jack Carrignan of Fort Yates visited Pollock last night. Dr Shockey reports a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs John Albrecht yesterday morning. J J Fenelon and Eugene Fenelon visited McLaughlin Sunday. John Brokofsky and Frank Chesrown of Linton were in Pollock Tuesday night. Will Waudby sold land cattle and crops to C O Putnam. Mrs Chas DeBoer went to Aberdeen for a minor operation. Alfred Becker John Biddlecomb and Robert Nelson headed for St Paul for business and pleasure. Linton Construction Co crew finished bridges southwest of town.
A method described by C A Johnson involves stamping a brass tag with the owner's name and rolling it into a small metal roll placed in a concealed frame hole. The hole is plugged and finished so the mark remains unseen, allowing the owner to prove car ownership when needed.
Lieutenant Bruce A. Ware of the U S N receives the American Defense society medal of honor for coolness and skill amid personal danger while commanding the Monogolia gun crew to sink a German submarine in British waters on April 19, 1917. The award, funded by Lee De Forest, marks the second presentation of the medal.
The Uruguayan government creates a commission to assess whether locusts can be used in fertilizers soap and lubricants given their rich nitrogen and phosphoric acid content. The move aims to find productive applications for the insects.
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