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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
3
Century Magazine recounts a reporter famed for fires and insurance knowhow who died. Firemen commissioned a floral fire badge as a coffin tribute showing a white rose shield with Admit within fire lines only, a jest that drew laughter from the funeral audience.
Mrs Boozle questions Senator Depew's ties to the machine while Mr le explains he does not belong to the pack and is seen as the joker in Life magazine.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes grit and New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Uneating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FRED Address Allen 8S Olmsted LeRoy NY
In a New York Weekly item, Mr. Binks asks for a discreet greeting to his wife, joking that she would take hours primping for a parlor encounter, prompting a quip about the length of her preparation.
Read the advertisements to enjoy the publication and find excellent bargains. Advertisers are reliable and send what they advertise, rewarding careful readers.
Quoted exchange from the Chicago Record ponders luck and loss through a man who kept a lucky penny until a hole wore through his pocket and a ten dollar gold piece vanished. The quip implies fate and mischance shape daily fortunes and household thrift.
Quote recounts a brief exchange about greeting forms beyond the practiced handshake. A woman notes that very few people know how to shake hands properly, while a man suggests there are other forms of greeting. The remark reflects social etiquette discourse in a Chicago Post context.
The prominent financier Hetty Green is quoted advising that the first step to success is to learn to mind your own business. the remark reflects her sharp, self-reliant stance on wealth and handling affairs privately.
The Greater America Exposition at Omaha will begin July 1 and run four months. Officials promise a highly attractive, educational event with colonial exhibits, government cooperation, and spectacular fireworks by Pain Fireworks Company. Performances target Tuesday Thursday and Saturday with a grand fireworks display after each show.
Plans for the Greater America Exposition in Omaha include Midway attractions like a giant eel ride and shoot the chutes, exhibits from the Philippines Cuba and Hawaii, silk goods displays and art building furnished with donated items. The Merrimac sinking will be reenacted with realism and the Daughters of the American Revolution have a special day arranged. Omaha chapter leads arrangements and a spacious fraternity headquarters building will host invited groups. Free admission promised.
A period item notes current fashions for girls and women with June to August millinery items and household topics. It also prints a poem by Fannie B. Leighton from the Illustrated American Magazine about reunion and longing, evoking pastoral imagery and romantic themes.
The Milliners' Trade Review highlights summer hats with endless straw combinations. Fancy shapes use paillars on braids with frilled edges and layered brims, often paired with violet or Bordeaux accents. Paillarsons in two colors gain popularity for small shapes and toques with tulle poufs and colorful drapery.
A stylish dress pattern is detailed for a white lawn frock with embroidered inserts and edging. The bodice features under arm and shoulder seams with a yoke, scalloped bretelles, a band collar, and back closure. the skirt is three piece with scalloped flounces and deep hem. The pattern can be developed in multiple fabrics and trimmed with braid, lace, or ruching.
The conventional shirtwaist style has shifted this season toward dressier forms with inserted fronts, all-over embroidery, fancy yokes in pink or red dotted with white, and matching belts, though many still favor the trim, old-style silhouettes in new fabrics.
A description extols youthfulness as key to midsummer fashion. The illustrated green muslin gown features a Dewey ruffle, purple violet accents, light purple satin girdle, detachable bolero, lace trimmed sleeves, and a matching rose green walking hat with purple ribbon loops and pale green roses.
A remote Australian judge presiding over a liquor sale case joked about sampling whiskey and asked the officer to pass the hat for thirty shillings. The court fined the defendant while noting the judge’s light remark about common indulgence in whiskey.
Northwestern inventors Freeman Farr and Nyberg, Minneapolis, ice meter. Jola and French, St. Cloud, automatic grain bundle shocker. Ole Hegstad, Hegbert extension ladder and truck. Honstain and Bird, Minneapolis coaling station. Underwood, St. Paul corn cutter shocker and binder. Alfred Whipple, Lisbon bicycle variable gear. Henry Qualey, Vermillion Incan descent lamp hanger. Merwin Lothrop Johnson patent attorneys, St. Paul.
A Buffalo Courter quip frames a light exchange between a husband and doctor. The husband pleads his sick wife, the doctor smiles as he diagnoses a simple cause and effect, joking about a dress of gauze that led to the ball. The exchange plays on wordplay and social whimsy.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as the sole remedy for swollen smarting burning sweating feet coins and bunions. The powder is shaken into shoes and sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Sample requests go to Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy New York.
In a London Punch snippet a vicar's daughter and Withers discuss plans to buy a shop and care for a mother. The mistress remarks on the idea, but Withers reveals he has saved money and now plans to buy a bicycle instead.
A comic line from the Philadelphia Record features De Tanque quipping that drinking will harm health and lead to death, while a friend resists, claiming he cannot find the keyhole. The brief exchange preserves a light theater style dialogue with a drinking joke.
In an Ohio State Journal excerpt a defendant cites extortion by a donor who urged desperation before the strike. The magistrate questions the provocation while the quarrel centers on whose wheel design was superior and the implied insult of workmanship.
The bath in summer is not only a luxury but a necessity for health and beauty. To take it properly fill a tub with luke warm water use very soap rub the flesh until it glows rinse in cool water and dry on a soft towel. Actually bath thus taken will keep the system in good condition during the warm weather.
Two Bunco men figure in a short exchange where the first brags of shrewdness and the second challenges that you never know what you can do until you try The dialogue hints at a trickster game scene in a local column.
A brief humorous dialogue between two Klondikers about freezing cold conditions. The first laments being nearly frozen, while the second reacts with a thunderous exclamation. The exchange captures rustic frontier humor and hardship.
A clipped Syracuse Herald advert proclaims FITS Permanently Cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle offer. A Philadelphia Bulletin joke notes a fearless motorman who is not afraid of shocks, seeing a conductor.
One year ago in June doctors gave up Anna Eva Gunter of Hicoinsyitye Missouri. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with Liver Pills and Sanative Wash she improved from a bedridden state to 155 pounds in two months. She weights never before reached 138 and credits the treatment with her recovery.
Mrs Barnhart of New Caste Pa shares relief from long illness after seven years of marriage. She endured four births two miscarriages and multiple ailments including womb falling leucorrhoea back and leg pains dyspepsia and nervous stomach trembling. She credits the medicine with restoring her health.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt depicts a poor man laboring for work, despairing over empty cupboards. His wife suggests a last option to survive by taking in boarders, framing resilience and practical measure amid poverty.
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road will change dining car service starting June first. Meals except dinners will be priced separately, replacing the uniform one dollar per meal rate on the main line. Two new dining cars are under construction and will be in service by July 1, ensuring first class dining on all through trains.
In a Roxbury Gazette snippet, a weary participant jokes after a long whist game about what to tell his wife. The exchange hints at domestic stammering and improvised greetings. The brief reflects social club humor and everyday relationships.
A concise sketch notes Dr J H Rindlaub an ENT specialist based in Fargo North Dakota. It references a poetic line about May and June and quotes brief judgments from the Washington Star and Philadelphia Bulletin about value and fame. The passage closes with a remark on love’s resilience.
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