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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1903
Page
4
The item catalog mixes quips about a flood damaged town in Emmons County with jokes about a bent pin in a classroom chair of humor. It notes the Ziegler arctic expedition aims for the north pole and hints at social lessons from a Sharon man losing $2000 in Boston.
The text notes Russell Sage considering escape from assessor persecution by living in a Pullman car or automobile, while Mr. Morgan returns with only engraved portraits of American statesmen and a pocketful of $1,000 bills.
A comment on the Guam birth naming trend notes the baby girl as the expected outcome and humorously questions the shift in American identity symbols, using a playful reference to Uncle Sam and a fictional Aun Samanthy.
The city elects a new Baltimore mayor who is too occupied with official duties to attend social obligations. Citizens may accept less social engagement if he fulfills primary responsibilities.
Prof. Smith of the University of Chicago questions soda water consumption on moral grounds but the timing is not right for such denunciation.
In Passaic a man aged eight has ten children with eight born as pairs, potentially drawing presidential notice if his brood grows. On the Kearsarge Emperor William spoke with a lank Yankee named Scanlon, who should hurry home to write his reminiscences. Scientists say the first stomach grew from a single cell. the report notes gratitude for its role. Some question the taste of black mourning stamps on mourning envelopes.
The Australian citizen who says he invented a perfect rainmaking device may have a notable invention, but experts suggest he should avoid the United States this summer.
A Brooklyn man testifies in a divorce fight that his wife valued her pet dog over him. French writer Mme de Stael is quoted about preferring dogs after seeing men. Henry Watterson labels efforts to depose University of South Dakota president Droppers over a past drink as an attack on American liberties.
Lady Jane Harriett Ellice aged eighty four, widow of the late colonial administrator, died in London. She was the final surviving bridesmaid from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's 1840 wedding, a memory her friends likely never forgot.
The piece reports the poet laureate’s task of extolling British troops in Somaliland at Jibatil Damot Bohodle and Mudgug district as they rallied to the banner. It also notes a separate missing trunks case involving Millionaire Walsh's wife traveling from Washington to a Massachusetts summer cottage.
The text notes King Peter’s sensitivity to irony in ministers’ cries of long live the king and questions how far such declarations will become reality, highlighting a gap between proclamation and fulfillment.
During a temporary official absence a jail break freed four of the Northwest’s worst criminals. Officer Jarvis captured a handful of items including a diamond. the gang refused names. An accomplice with an ice pick forced open the chief’s private box, stole keys, and released the inmates who fled toward Crookys on Mallory avenue and vanished.
President nominates Gen Robert Shaw Oliver as assistant secretary of war to replace Col William Carey Sanger who resigned. Smithsonian researchers work on Langtry aerodrome for practical use. US Minister Wilson reports plague spreading through Chilean ports and postal service disruption at Santiago. Treasury waives warrants totaling 274,699 for Minnesota reimbursements on war mobilization. Baltimore grand jury presents Frank Maloney on wife shooting claim. George Moore wounded by ambush at Syracuse factory. Cornwall bank officer Joseph W Cummin arrested for 45000 theft. Frank S Pilditch accused of grand larceny with 70000 shortage. Metropolitan stonemasons strike in Clinton Massachusetts halt 451 workers. Lavina Wheeler dies in Oakland at 102. Sam Pasco arraigned for forest fires and timber theft. Vincent MacGilbray arrested in New York for forged union card.
Reports include the arrest of Freiherr Francis Joseph von Lerch enfeld on fraud charges. A Waterloo disaster killed eight and injured up to thirty when the Southport express derailed. The Nadojka steamer on the Volga burned, with twelve deaths. The Great Western Railway touts a London to Plymouth record in 233 minutes. Typhoons in Tonquin devastate Hanoi and Namdin with heavy loss and thousands killed. A statue donation drive for George Washington proceeds in London. A burned young woman near Segievo monastery in St. Petersburg attempted self salvation by fire. Gil Blas accuses King Peter of leading a Servian conspiracy.
Reports from Louisville to New York describe injuries and deaths from accidents and disease. Notable events include six tetanus fatalities linked to toy pistols in Pittsburg, a fatal freight wreck near Bolivar Pennsylvania, drownings at Wading River, and a large fire damaging Oregon City Woolen Mills with $40 000 loss.
A roundup of assorted incidents including Mrs Delight Prentiss drinking carbolic acid and Mrs Mary Sands and Charles Pickett arrested for desertion and elopement. Reports of a presumed murder on the Tehuantepec isthmus and a German brewer found dead in San Francisco. An Ontario case sees Edith Bigelow awarded a New York divorce. A Mount Vernon girl faces a bad check charge while a Wyoming flock owner is bombed and forced to flee. Rowntree priest Father Hendrick notified of Cebu appointment.
Freight handlers at Chicago return to work and Bridgeport street railway strike ends. Four thousand mill workers in Ashland Kentucky and Ironton Ohio continue six months out. Extra Hawaiian session approves 8 million dollars, and Pacific Commercial Cable plans Manila to Shanghai.
Fort Snelling in St Paul is slated to be enlarged and made a depot for the Dakota department, elevating its status among the nation’s four key posts. A congressional committee on military affairs, led by Col. George E. Pond, surveyed the fort and voiced strong support for the planned improvements and future needs.
The Ameri can house in Sparta Wisconsin burned early yesterday destroying its contents and three valuable stallions. Firebugs are suspected after they disabled the fire horses harnesses and forced manual救 engine movement. Landlord Sias names likely culprits. authorities may arrest. Loss totaled eight thousand dollars.
E W Speed reports cattle in the Northwestern range from Belle Fourche to the Moreau River and Devil's Tower show exceptional health. Grass is knee high, water is plentiful, and beef is advancing rapidly after a ten day inspection for a South Omaha bank involved in livestock finance.
The Forepaugh Selie Bros circus lost about 200 men to harvest fields in South Dakota. Upon arriving in Sioux City, Iowa, the show had to hire about 100 boys to help set up. Delays occurred but the exhibition proceeded.
Winona July 19 John Nichols of Saratoga fell from a hay load on a Pilot Mound farm and was impaled on a pitchfork with tines through the abdomen. Doctors say survival is doubtful.
In Red Wing Minnesota on July 19 a smooth confidence man known as C. B. Reynolds has been ingratiating himself with local secret society leaders. He passed a worthless check at First National Bank and drew a $378 Wells Fargo Express check that cleared. Authorities believe he has defrauded several others.
Aberdeen South Dakota July 19 farmers report abundant rains improving crops. Small grain will average well and corn potatoes millet and grass are thriving promising a strong year. Farmers and business men feel optimistic about the outlook.
James O Ness a prominent young dentist from Sioux Falls died in Homer Nebraska after severe burns from a gasoline tank explosion that damaged a gold filling apparatus two weeks earlier. He had set up a temporary office in a hotel there.
Berlin reports from Lisbon that several officers of the Fifth Portuguese infantry have been arrested for conspiring against King Charles. They face court martial. officials say the plot involved cashiered officers and signals a broader dynastic threat.
Report confirms Pope I8 is afflicted with a cancer that is eating his life away. Doctors say recovery seems impossible, though survival for several days remains possible.
Rumé July 19. The pope's illness, now in its penultimate stage, is cancer with pleural involvement. Doctors note a skin tumor removed in 1899 and a return of malignant growth, with drainage risks and a potential (but unlikely) extended survival. Nursing and care have prolonged life. a possible late operation would aim to ease the death agony.
The New York Press notes Mrs. Schwab owns jewels rivaling those in New York. A walnut sized emerald worn in New York as a ravolierie is described as large and clear and heart shaped. Yet, it pales beside her diamond necklace with drops festoons and a large solitaire clasp.
Frequenters warn of thieves cutting extracts from sermons in the British Museum reading room. Mutilations target full sermons, with Beecher Sturgeon Stopford Brooke and Parker cited among the stolen works.
A lively Midway at the St Paul Summer Carnival features a Japanese Tea Garden high diving acts a flame wrapped performer and a range of attractions including ballet dancers a menagerie camels trained dogs and bucking mules. The Congress of All Nations will showcase Arabs Hindoos Turks Chinese and other Orientals with excursion rates offered by railroads on July 28 30 August 3 and 5.
Cardinal Gibbons arrives in Paris en route to Rome amid strong interest in a possible papal bid. French and American Catholic leaders weigh the impact of a pope from the United States, though French dignitaries avoid active involvement in current papal politics.
Helena Montana July 19 A nurse named Alice McKeavitt was found dead in the city jail where she had been jailed for alleged drunkenness the night before. She had worked as a professional nurse in the area and had no known relatives.
Mrs. Mary Boland, wife of W F Boland formerly an attorney at Superior Wisconsin, fainted while extinguishing gas in a bathroom and died from asphyxiation in San Francisco. The incident occurred on July 18.
A blaze in San Luis Obispo on July 18 destroyed about one sixth of the business district with a roughly $100,000 loss. The fire began when local boys built a fire along the creek bank.
Edmund Russell reflects in Everybody's Magazine on Indian babies who cry little, obey spiritual law, and dream of Baby Krishna. He notes timidity with elders, deep religious awe, and loving, contented households where obedience defines character and childlessness is feared.
Newfoundland coast folk known as wreckers rely on salvaging wrecks to survive harsh winters. Fishermen adapt, using divers and hoists to recover cargo from shipwrecks, often earning more than their regular work. The padre at Trepassey quips that with God and a few wrecks, they will do well this winter.
A reader testimonial touts Grape-Nuts as a scientific food that aids a sick stomach and tissue repair. The writer describes improved health after starting the cereal with fruit, Postum, graham bread, and eggs, noting increased vigor and younger feeling. The ad mentions a Salt substitution tip and promotes a $7,500 cooks contest for money prizes.
A Vermont neighbor recalls Hetty Green of New York using wit to outsmart a stubborn neighbor. When asked to borrow a threshing fan, the man refused to lend equipment from his farm, prompting Green to offer grain winnowed on his terms. She then joked about lending a saddle and having a visiting relative ride it in the barn loft.
A Mexico City private letter recounts how a April rumor of a New York earthquake and cyclone spread in Philadelphia. The telegraph inquiry showed no truth, sparked by two Spaniards nicknamed Earthquake and Cyclone who "swallowed" half New York in locals’ tales.
In a Smart Set tale, a man and woman at the Casino discuss gambling. She bets on her age and places a louis on 24, the wheel spins, and the marble piece lands on 28. He quips that honesty would have won, as delight shadows their moment in Monte Carlo.
In a cheeky Chicago News line a reassuring character urges George to seek his father’s consent. The sister, confident in a plan, promises daily hospital visits if anything goes wrong, framing a domestic scene in a light dramatic tone.
An old colored woman, injured in a railroad collision, rejects friends urging a damages suit against the railroad. She says she wants repairs, not money, and scorns calling for damages, as reported by the New York Times.
Attorney explains that the deceased wife left several thousand dollars to charity and a chance to break the will. Enpeck refuses, saying he could not break her will in life and will not pursue an underground advantage. Chicago News reports the exchange.
A brief sentimental quip from Judge contrasts a drunken husband with a critical wife on Christmas Eve. The line plays on sobriety and double vision. A closing moral about lifting burdens grants strength to bear one’s own load.
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