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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
2
A brief, varied clipping mentions Emmons Go sending twenty cars of corn to famine areas in India and a Paris exposition fire endangering a water palace. It also notes Kansas City hotel plans, Paris shop unions forming, Chicago porch-climbers, James J. Corbett aiming for Congress, and a shoe cleaning device with a three stage rotating brush system.
Mr. W. C. Barker, addressing the International Commercial Congress in Philadelphia, reported European factories attend to time less than America where time is money. He cited a European agricultural machinery plant using a hand driven trip hammer, while American power-hammers deliver 100 plus blows per minute.
Observations suggest ants hear when exposed to a particular pitch. Professor Metcalf's letter to Science notes a colony of black ants becoming highly excited by that note, whether from violin or whistle, while other sounds had no effect. Some ants even leaped into a water moat as sounds continued. Other species showed no reaction.
On January 1 a four station plan near 29 N latitude begins precise zenith telescope observations to track polar motion. Stations at Midzusawa Japan Carloforte Sardinia Gaithersburg Maryland and Ukiah California will compare star positions for any pole shift.
George Hilton, a former club regular, faces a blackmail prank after friends steal his phonographic record and replace it with a revenge song. The plan backfires as Hilton’s wife and others hear the altered record exposing alleged misconduct by a friend, ending in a dramatic, deadly note.
A frightened man hurries from the station toward home as a stranger trails him through a graveyard and mausoleum. The pursuer explains he is seeking Mr Brown's house with a parcel and says he was told to follow the man to locate his home. The encounter ends with a surprising misdirection as the follower reveals the true purpose.
A new electric device allows sending drawings letters photographs or diagrams to distant locations over a single wire. Transmitter prepares a thin sheet. at the receiving end a machine reproduces the image on paper wood or metal. Two copies are made upon paper and the etching option can produce thousands of copies.
A brief Chicago Post exchange describes a wife doubting her husband’s companion and learning the man is indeed his wife. The husband confirms the match, and the pair reflect on whether the comment held personal meaning as the evening continues.
A short quotation by Edward Wheeler on kindness shaping life and affection, contrasting with a world only of mountains and heroic deeds. It emphasizes small acts as the true flowers of sympathy.
In a wartime pension dispute, Cordeggs's general disability pension was halted after officials determined the issue stemmed from corporal indolence rather than medical incapacity. The ruling implies the veteran failed to meet disability criteria due to inactivity.
Speculation on how carrier pigeons navigate back to familiar places, often while traveling 250 to 600 miles in closed baggage car baskets. E De Cyon notes navigation may rely on unseen senses or external stimuli, with naturalists favoring a special orientation faculty tied to the pigeon's nervous system and senses.
Rev Cyrus Townsend Brady recalls two weddings on the same day in the Great West as reported by Ladies' Home Journal. He notes the morning fee of $10 and a private meeting where a best man pushes for a handsome fee, leading to a $15 collection after comparing morning earnings.
Patrick Sullivan, milking cows in Derby Connecticut, spots a young bull charging toward his four year old daughter in a red jacket. He and the bull race toward the girl as he hurls a milk pail, shifts the animal, and reaches the child before the bull but is gored on the chin. Both escape unharmed apart from the gash.
The article surveys heirs of major fortunes led by John D. Rockefeller Jr who is under 25 and set to inherit vast wealth. Theodore Havemeyer Jr remains active in finance with an estimated close to 50 million dollars. It notes George Gould’s son Kingdon Gould at around 70 million and his multilingual, yachting interests.
Stockleigh admits the mining investment proved the old adage a fool and his money are soon parted. Topleigh questions the insight, leading to acknowledgement of financial folly.
The article notes Kirchoff and Bunsen adding the spectroscope to science in 1860. It marks the instrument’s optical roots and its impact on chemistry and astronomy, giving astronomers a new eye and chemists a new laboratory for stellar studies. It contrasts scientific revolution with social admonitions about tips.
It claims American travelers will spend over five million dollars in tips this year. The piece argues gratuities resemble petty blackmail of modern life and notes travelers must tip to get by, suggesting declining tips reveals the depth of human misery.
Incong quotes Mr Meekton from the Washington Star saying he could not endure a political speaking session. He fears the ordeal of standing to address an audience for half an hour with Henrietta present, not speaking.
A Detroit Journal snippet contrasts a plebian truck horse dining plain with an aristocratic carriage horse dining lavishly. Also notes Abbe Perosi’s rapid, praised composition for Lombard pilgrims in Rome before Leo XIII, as reported by the New York Herald.
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