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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1903
Page
2
Flood keeps tests on phonographs silent while a class prank targets the chair of humor. A Sharon man loses 2000 dollars, warns against heavy pockets. Notes lampoon politics, finance, and railroads with hints of figures like Gates Sage and Morgan. Poems, flowers, and reforms mingle with jokes and local curiosities.
A playful remark on gender of a newborn in Guam and the idea of national roles with a humorous twist about Uncle Sam and Aun Samantha.
The city’s new mayor is too occupied with essential responsibilities to fulfill social obligations. Local residents may accept the lapse if core duties are maintained and progress continues.
Prof. Smith of the University of Chicago may be right in denouncing the consumption of soda water on moral ground, but this is no time to do his denouncing.
A 58 year old Passaic man, already father to ten with eight recent arrivals born in couples, risks presidential notice if his pace continues. On the Kearsarge Emperor William greeted a lank yankee named Scanlon, who should write his reminiscences. Scientific opinion traces the first stomach to a single celled organism resembling today’s bacteria. Some people question the taste of mourning envelopes bearing a black postage stamp.
An Australian citizen who claims to have invented a perfect rainmaking device may have an interesting invention but is urged to avoid the United States this summer for prudent reasons.
A Brooklyn man testifying in his divorce case claimed his wife favored their dog over him. The remark echoes Mme de Stael who quipped that the more she sees of men the more she likes dogs.
Henry Watterson calls the bid to oust President Droppers of the University of South Dakota over a past drink a plan to undermine American liberties. He frames the move as an attack on constitutional rights and free discourse.
The article suggests Colombia should spend more to learn how the United States would react to its proposed $10 million gold offer. It argues that a calculated approach by wiring Washington for opinions could influence the decision and avoid premature commitments.
Lady Jane Harriett Ellice aged eighty four dies in London. She was the last of the twelve bridesmaids who accompanied Queen Victoria to the altar in February 1840. Probably her friends never forgot that wedding.
The article notes the poet laureate singing of British forces in Somaliland as they rallied at Jibatil Damot Bohodle and other spots in Mudgug district. It also mentions massachusetts bound trunks belonging to Millionaire Walsh's wife missing from her Washington home. Seek information on about sixty large trunks.
A British article notes King Peter’s sensitivity and suggests ministers must judge how far their ironic praise of the king will become reality as they shout long live the king. The piece reflects on the gap between rhetoric and succession.
President names Gen Robert Shaw Oliver as assistant secretary of war to replace resigned Col William Carey Sanger. Also reports on Smithsonian aerodrome progress under Supt Langtry and a broad Chile plague spread reported by Minister Wilson from Santiago.
Reports describe eight killed and up to thirty injured when the Southport express derailed at Waterloo. A Volga steamer was destroyed by fire with twelve dead. Typhoon devastation hits Tonquin with thousands killed. many more details span crimes and cultural notices.
A sequence of incidents is reported including N B Stultz of Louisville fracturing a rib after a violent sneeze. Six Pittsburg area tetanus deaths linked to toy pistols. A fatal freight wreck near Bolivar Pennsylvania with one dead and four injured. A drowning at Wading River Long Island involving Josie Henry and nurse Miss Ashton. A mill fire at Oregon City causing about 40000 loss. A deadly Laffin powder works explosion in Pennsylvania. A lightning strike destroys summer home Rock Lawn in New London Connecticut. A Missouri accident leaves three dead and fifty injured in a collision. The British schooner Gold Seeker capsized off Isle of Pines with three lost. A United Oil tank explosion after a lightning strike at Marcus Hook.
Reports describe Mrs Delight Prentiss and Mrs Mary Sands amid elopement charges, P L Straight feared murdered on the Tehuantepec route, Joseph Hansel the German brewer found slain in San Francisco, Frank S Rogers dead from morphine in Detroit, Edith Bigelow granted divorce from Poultney Bigelow, Lillian Rogers arraigned for passing bad checks, masked men dynamiting a Wyoming sheep master’s property, and Father Thomas Hendrick learning of a bishop appointment to Cebu.
Multiple early 20th century notices report labor peace with freight handlers in Chicago ending a walkout and Bridgeport street railway workers declaring the strike off. Other items note Ashland Kentucky and Ironton Ohio millhands resuming six months of stoppage, a Hawaiian legislature extra session approving 8 million dollars, and surveys for a Manila to Shanghai cable line. Also listed are recoveries and checkups of Rear Admiral Cook, naval dredging halts in San Pablo Bay, and a call for a Populist fusion conference in Denver.
In Grand Forks North Dakota on July 19, four of the region’s most wanted crooks escaped during a temporary official absence. An accomplice used an ice pick to break the chief’s private box, steal keys and release the prisoners who fled toward Crooks’on Mallory. The robbers refused to name themselves, with two already linked to Winnipeg jewelry thefts.
A congressional military affairs committee visit to Fort Snelling in St Paul on July 19 outlined plans to enlarge the post to house more troops and convert it into a distributing depot for the Dakota department. Col. George E Pond led the inspection and committee members voiced strong support for the improvements and future needs.
The Ameri can house barn in Sparta Wisconsin was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning with all contents. Three valuable stallions perished in the blaze. Firebugs suspected. harnesses disabled to ensure the fire. Landlord Sias says the guilty party will likely be arrested. Loss estimated at $8000.
E. W. Speed reports cattle on a ten day range tour from Belle Fourche to the Moreau River and Devil's Tower, Wyoming look well with knee high grass, plenty of water, and beef gains. the inspection was for a South Omaha bank with livestock interests in the Northwestern range.
About 200 tent men from Forepaugh & Sells Bros. circus deserted in South Dakota to take harvest work. In Sioux City the show had to hire about 100 boys to help with setup, causing some delays but not interrupting performances.
Winona July 19 John Nichols of Saratoga working on a farm near Pilot Mound fell from a hay load and was impaled on a pitchfork. The tines passed through his abdomen and his life is believed to be in grave danger.
A smooth confidence man known as C. B. Reynolds is sought by authorities in Red Wing Minnesota. He befriended local secret society leaders and passed a worthless check at First National Bank, then drew a $378 Wells Fargo Express check honored by the bank. He is believed to have defrauded several others.
Aberdeen South Dakota July 19 reports show crop conditions improving after abundant rains. Small grain should yield average, while corn potatoes millet and grass are thriving and expected to be among the best in years. Farmers and local business men express optimism about the outlook.
James O Ness a prominent young Sioux Falls dentist died in Homer Nebraska from severe burns suffered when a gasoline tank attached to a gold filling apparatus exploded two weeks earlier. Ness had been working from a temporary hotel office in Homer.
Berlin reports a Cologne Gazette dispatch from Lisbon stating that several officers of the Fifth Portuguese infantry have been arrested for conspiring against King Charles. They face court martial. The conspiracy suspicion centers on officers cashiered earlier, amid broader dynastic fears.
Reports indicate the pope is suffering from cancer and has little hope for a long recovery. Doctors say the condition is advancing, leaving only a brief remaining window for possible days of life.
Rumé July 19 The pope suffers from what medical men call a malignant neoplasm in the chest with pleural involvement. Despite skilled nursing and careful treatment the end may come suddenly from internal hemorrhage, though days of life remain possible as doctors weigh another operation to ease the death agony.
Cardinal Gibbons arrives in Paris en route to Rome amid talk that Americans could succeed Leo XIII. French and Catholic leaders weigh influence of a French or American pope, though Paris hierarchy stays out of current papal politics while warmly receiving Gibbons.
Helena July 19 a jail guard found Mrs. Alice McKeavitt dead in the city jail where she had been lodged after an arrest for drunkenness. McKeavitt, a professional nurse in the area, had no known relatives.
Mrs. Mary B. Boland wife of W F Boland formerly an attorney at Superior Wisconsin faded while extinguishing gas in the bathroom and fell causing asphyxiation in San Francisco on July 18.
A blaze in San Luis Obispo destroys a sixth of the business district with about $100,000 in losses. The fire was started by boys who built a fire on a creek bank, authorities report.
Mrs. Schwab’s jewels are praised by Pittsburg friends with tales of an emerald as large as a walnut worn in New York as a ravolierie. The heart shaped stone is described as large and exceptionally clear, though it is said to be outshined by a grand diamond necklace with drops festoons and a large solitaire clasp.
Frequenters at the British Museum reading room are urged to watch for thieves cutting extracts from sermon volumes. The practice has resurfaced after officials believed it stamped out. Sermons by Beecher Suurgeon Stopford Brooke and Parker are among the most taken.
The Midway features the Japanese Tea Gardens high diving lady and flame, slack-rope king, beauty show ballet dancers and a menagerie with camels dogs and mules. The Congress of All Nations includes Arabs Hindoos Turks Chinese and other Orientals. Railroads offer excursion rates on July 28 30 August 3 5.
Edmund Russell writes in Everybody's Magazine that Indian babies show obedience and gentle nature, dreaming like lotus buds and growing shy before elders. He notes sacred awe, close family life, and the belief that beautiful character comes from obedience, making childlessness a horror.
In Trepassey near Cape Race the priest Answers Bishop Power that Newfoundland coast folk rely on wrecks to survive winter. Fishermen salvage ships and load hulls, aided by wrecking fleets, divers, and hoists, with luck and faith sustaining families.
A reader testifies that Grape-Nuts, beyond easy meals in heat, acts as a scientific food aiding stomach recovery and tissue repair. The user reports relief from stomach catarrh, improved health, and renewed vigor after adding Grape-Nuts with fruit and Postum, noting taste and a suggestion to add salt.
A Vermont neighbor recalls Hetty Green forcing a neighbor to bring grain to her barn to winnow after a threshing mishap. In a later exchange the same neighbor asks to borrow a side-saddle and Green replies she never lets her property leave the farm.
A private letter from Mexico City recounts how a April rumor claimed an earthquake and cyclone had destroyed New York with 1,000,000 dead. Officials later reported no truth to the tale, traced to two Spaniards nicknamed Earthquake and Cyclone who had visited New York and fed the hoax.
A Chicago News item quotes a charming exchange where a mother reassures her nervous son George about asking his father for consent. She promises daily hospital visits if needed, framing a calm, reassuring moment in a domestic setting.
An elderly Black woman seriously injured in a railroad collision dismisses others urging a damages suit against the railroad. She insists she wants repairs and not damages, vowing to sue the company only for necessary repairs.
Attorney explains that the late wife left several thousand dollars to charity in her will and gives Enpeck a chance to challenge it. Enpeck refuses to pursue breaking the will, saying he could not do so when she was alive and won't take an underground advantage. Chicago News.
A humorous exchange between a critical wife and a heartless husband on Christmas Eve. The wife questions his absences while drinking, and the husband quips that he sees double and avoids imagining the wife as twins. A judge adds a moral line about lifting burdens to gain strength.
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