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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
2
Reports from a Turkish capital describe crowds cheering after the sultan promised a constitutional form of government. Women appeared unveiled in public, provoking religious backlash as thousands gathered near the palace. If reform fails, dispatches warn the people may compel change.
The article notes beaver activity causing timber damage in Laness and surrounding creeks. It cites Mr. McCrory at Cattail Creek and F. M. Barge’s area as examples where timber loss and land flooding occur due to beaver dams. It argues anti beaver laws are sentiment driven and harm timber owners.
The Northern Pacific abandoned a ten year old flax shipping rule levying 20 percent excess freight, declaring it illegal under the Interstate Commerce Act. Shippers who paid overcharges from Missouri Slope to Minneapolis and Duluth are urged to contact KE Bradley of Valley City, North Dakota, to join a possible suit to recover funds.
The United States commissioner of internal revenue reports no clear drop in liquor traffic in prohibition states Maine and Kansas. Despite temperance sentiment, enforcement has varied and violations persist in these longtime prohibition regions.
A report notes that multiple districts faced enforcement during cross periods with liquor controls in Georgia. Officials say restrictions target sales and trading, with expectations of increased license disposals as the regime tightens.
The article presents a durable exterior wash recipe used by lighthouse keepers. It combines fresh water, salt, glue, rice paste, Spanish whiting, and colorants like lampblack, Spanish brown, ochre, or chrome yellow. The mixture is heated, stirred, then applied hot for wood, brick, or stone to preserve luster and avoid painting.
A Fargo Forum reaffirms that the happiest man is the successful farmer who sits under his vine and fig trees while cities falter. He remains monarch of vast acres as banks fail and railroads fail, with honest sons and pure daughters shaping the country’s future and manhood and womanhood.
Alt Ellendale an artesian well company reports a second attempt reached the third flow at 1 385 feet and struck a powerful 153 pounds per square inch test. The four inch well yields huge daily water volume causing city officials to divert water into two sewers. Water is very hard and may exceed current piping capacity.
A white mare about 15 years old, branded JB on the left shoulder with clipped forelocks and saddle marks, is at large four miles northwest of Linton on section 30, two, 13 percent, range 76. Owners must call, prove property, pay charges, and remove the horse. Jacon Fligingre, Linton North Dakota.
A fragment shows a caregiver urging better English for a child while a parent questions language ability. The dialogue contrasts Baby English with baseball English in a domestic scene.
A rural narrator recalls a tale of mail order merchants who would not accept country goods. Local shopkeepers confront the travelers and offer prices for hay, oats, and livestock, but the visitors demand cash only. The piece ends with a verse urging fair dealing and support for home merchants.
A London Spectator note attributes the modern seminasal Yankee twang to seventeenth century Suffolk families who carried their peculiar pronunciation to America, shaping current speech patterns.
A playful exchange where a student compares the earth to a razor with hollow ground, prompting a literal pun about an empty interior.
A quoted reflection describes life as an anvil and Plutonian darkness, where enduring blows from fate shape us. It asserts that the most painful experiences may also be the most formative, shaping character through hardship.
A fragment quotes Mrs. Nuvoreesh praising French pheasants singing the Mayonnaise as deeply touching, followed by a La Rochefoucauld line on virtue and design. The clip reflects pop culture mashups and aphoristic musings from Success Magazine.
A compact collection of quotes opens with Rudyard Kipling on virtue and gentility and follows with Shenstone praising Hope as a paradoxical flatterer who visits both the poor man's hut and his employer's palace.
Rosalia Wudtke of Linton North Dakota files for five year final proof on Homestead Entry No 24425 for the SE of Section 9 Township 7N Range 7W. Proof set for September 5, 1908 before Charles I. Carley County Judge at Linton. Witnesses Friedrich Schmneih Daniel Jobb Reine Michael We Emmensburg. Kumnaburg. N D. Jewell Register.
The narrative recalls a rural morning routine from youth. A boy hikes from the fork stick to garden, munching currants and vines, slips through pasture bars, and wanders to a dawn riverbank to fish Atlantic, avoiding imagined bears and savoring the quiet light.
Ackerman explains that suction is misnamed and describes how heat raises air density and pressure inside a chimney. He argues that a draft arises from the hotter chimney air being lighter than surrounding air, creating upward movement when the chimney remains hot.
A London visitor recalls a man who left town life for a country cottage named Nutshell and later Chez Nous. She notes the change with delight while the owner explains the renaming to escape being fooled and kidded by local boys.
A horse tethered along Chestnut Street chews a strap while an amused newsboy predicts the animal will feel it is boarding a house once released from the iron weight. The exchange, reported by the Philadelphia Telegraph, captures light local humor.
A visiting housekeeper described in the New York Sun recounts washing a sick woman in bed four children and doing extensive housework including washing clothes floors dishes and windows. The entry suggests she washed nearly everything in the home and ponders how the family head escaped the wash rag.
The article notes smugglers in England fund the tobacco supply for the criminal insane. At Broadmoor and Perth the inmates receive high quality pipe tobacco cigars and cigarettes, paid by confiscated smuggled goods, with government cost-free provision.
An antiquary in Chicago found a carved wood block labeled al-mon heed meaning observation of all the moons. The engraving shows new moons and full moons for the year and traces to the word alima mac covics.
A passenger complains of not collecting a small fare from a conductor. The caller says the man was pursued to the conductor's house and then to his streetcar, with the conductor repeating the same action as usual. The tale ends with the passenger growing tired of the attempt.
A humorous scene shows a small boy's high spirits during tea with his mother and Mrs Archbald, while nerves fray as the lamp teeters. A second item recounts a rural preacher explaining the word phenomenon through a silly dialogue featuring a cow, thistles, and a singing lark for Liverpool Mercury readers.
Aleskalp notes a striking climate contrast on Kadiak Island caused by the Japanese current. The island shifts from tropical vegetation to barren high latitude terrain as seasons change, with snowcapped peaks looming over past Arctic winters.
The English Channel separates England and France from Land's End to Dover on the English side and Ushant to Calais on the French side. The Dover Strait is twenty one miles wide and the estuary to the Atlantic spans about 100 miles. Midway the channel reaches 150 miles wide with strong westward currents and high winds causing seasickness for many crossers.
The excerpt recalls Lord Byron’s inscription for Boatswain, his Newfoundland born May 8, 1803 and died Nov. 18, 1808 at Newstead Abbey. It lauds the dog’s beauty courage and virtues, framing the tribute as just despite being for a dog.
The Westminster Gazette notes historic Swiss naval power on Lake Geneva. Dukes of Savoy in the 14th century built galleys with rams turrets and oared crews, sieging Versoix and Geneva. Geneva defended with a fleet, helped capture Chillon in 1536, Bernese later annex Vaud with their flotilla, largest vessel the Great Bear with 64 rowers 8 guns and 150 fighters.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes an office boy posted a quirky wall schedule for a downtown firm. Entries range from reserved times for book agents and insurance agents to chores with long stories and church or charitable discussions. The note ends with a line about transacting business at night.
An old Chicago Herald-Herald riff notes a slow drip eroding a stone hand pedestal as those who wait around gain little ground.
Fragmentary tax receipt text notes cash on land and apportionment of state and county funds, amounts received during the year from taxes levied by the district school board, and warrants redeemed or endorsed in tax collection. Mentions outstandings and other sources.
Notice from the Department of the Interior that the Northern Democratic Railway Company, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, has filed an application under federal law to dispose of land described as the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter in section 19, township 10 north, range 77 west of the Principal Meridian. All persons claiming the land or wishing to object on grounds of moral character or other reasons must file protests in this office by August 1. Ell, Register.
The readable text lists names such as Allen H Wirne and Josept Winer with references to body parts like shoulder and hip, plus mentions of horses and livestock. The passage appears to be a damaged OCR snippet from an older page with scattered names and brief medical or injury notes.
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