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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
2
A mosaic of witty remarks and brief items from the Emmons County Record. Items include remarks on wages, global pace, shipping, politics, exploration, society trends, and notable figures like Lipton, Peary, Sankey, and Corbett. Short, pointed snippets reflect era humor and public interest topics of the day.
Gen Cassius M Clay is described as loving his wife who has twice deserted him. Readers are left puzzled why she does not file an indignant protest or seek separation.
A brief maxim notes that recognizing a wife and home mirror a cashier's link to a firm leads to greater success as a husband. The idea frames household duties and finances as a professional partnership, urging timely, practical understanding after marriage.
A New York court held a patron may wear his hat while eating, but an American business man must remove his hat before dining. The decision hinges on social norms and reasonable ground for the hat’s presence during a meal.
Scientists claim death risk from iced tea and recommend 65 degree water as best drink in hot weather. The writer muses on old memories of cold springs and questions modesty and bachelorhood as a lingering mystery from biblical times.
The piece notes John Bull’s move to forbid speed exhibitions on public highways, preferring a safer image while citizens risk harm in wars abroad. It mentions M Santos Dumont taking children for airship rides and boasts of an American boy who flew above the trees first. It adds a jab about the Mad Mullah and Abyssinia. A summer resort advertises warmth over coolness to attract visitors.
Representative Buckman meets with Land Commissioner Richards in Washington to discuss land district redrawings in Minnesota. A melange of incidents follows from prison appeals in Guatemala to rail and waterway accidents, fires, drownings, injuries, and political shifts across the United States and Europe.
Widespread reports detail arrests warrants in Niagara Falls for twenty New York Central clerks tied to freight car thefts, a double tragedy in Marengo Illinois, a fatal fight in Morgantown West Virginia over cards, and various other incidents. The bulletin notes rail, legal, and social events including a Buffalo contractor’s death, cotton markets in New Orleans, a Seventh Day Adventists camp meeting death, a Philadelphia river panic, and a snail cure gone wrong in Dublin Indiana. It also covers industrial strikes in West Virginia, archaeological finds near Beeville Texas, a barroom confrontation in St Joseph, and multiple regional civic, scientific, and political notes.
A series of reports recount seven fist fights in Frankfort Kentucky with no pistols used. A night of violence in Caddo parish Louisiana injured six during a negro fight near New Orleans. A. Parsons, former brakeman, jailed in St. Louis for the murder of his wife. Governors seek justice for Basin lynching. George Collins sentenced to hang for murder of Detective Schumacher. Oscar Stontaugh, noted metallurgist, died by suicide in Spokane. Robert Norris, a missing San Francisco veteran, sought by his bride. John Gotens killed after quarrel in Joliet.
Washington July 26 four indictments likely to be returned by the federal grand jury in this city Monday. The cases involve contract matters tied to actions by investigating officials. Three postal officials and a contractor are named in the inquiries, one party not a Washington resident. Deliberations have been lengthy and reticence surrounds the proceedings.
Fargo July 26 Miller Gilder and Randall, known as hail insurance fakers, were convicted last month of using the mails for unlawful purposes related to the Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Hankinson. Judge Amidon denied a new trial stay. Miller and Gilder get one year and a day in Sioux Falls penitentiary and Randall eight months in James town county jail, plus $1,000 fines each.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra visited public institutions in Dublin amid enthusiastic crowds. The king toured a working people’s dwelling funded by Lord Iveagh Cecil Guinness and others, meeting residents with Lord Iveagh Lord Ardilaun Arthur Guinness and Irish Secretary Wyndham.
F Augustus Heinze has asked the Montana supreme court to move the $125000 Amalgamated Copper bond filed in the Healy mine dispute from the Daly Bank and Trust company to other banks, contending the bank is insolvent. Amalgamated Copper counters with affidavits and banking authorities asserting solvency.
Cedar Falls Iowa July 26 delegates from United States Germany Switzerland and Japan will attend an international convention at Cedar Falls Park between the city and Waterloo. Workers of prominence from the four countries will be present for one of the greatest church gatherings. Summer cottages in the park donated for visitors. Five hundred delegates expected.
Milwaukee July 26 An investigation at Camp Douglas led by Adjt Gen Boardman probes four Kaukauna men in Neenah company who allegedly occupied camp slots for absent recruits. Capt Schneller of Neenah says the men were regularly enlisted.
Chicago July 26 The teamsters union voted to abandon its sympathetic strike against the Kellogg Switchboard company. They were rebuked for breaking agreements by the unions that asked them to act. The surrender ends talk of a general strike.
A $3000 worth silver bullion hidden in a hole near the bimetallic mill was found Tuesday evening by boys playing around the mill. The bar was apparently buried hastily and then recovered from the site.
Eddie Ward aged twenty shot and killed himself in his room in Lamont Iowa on July 26 after returning home from hauling milk. No cause is known for the tragedy.
Jester Boehme known as Jack O'Gorman was acquitted in Custer South Dakota after a mistrial in the first case and a second trial for the murder of Roy Streeter a colored prizefighter.
A fire destroyed a town area in Guthrie Oklahoma on July day. The incident left a death and a population estimate around 900. Authorities reported casualties and ongoing efforts to assess damage and restore services.
Rome reports the death of Pope Leo XIII at four minutes past four in the afternoon after a two week decline from pleuro pneumonia and aged decay. Cardinals announce the death and prepare embalming and nine days of funeral rites. Cardinal Oreglia assumes power as dean, while the Vatican closes to protect the ceremony and the conclave begins. The world mourns as bells toll across Rome and condolences pour in from officials, royalty, and churches.
A rear end collision occurred early yesterday on the Canadian Pacific railroad near the Grand River bridge in Galt Ontario between two freight trains. Two cars were thrown into the river. four bodies have been recovered, with one more believed still in the wreck at the river bottom.
Rochester, July 22. George Wilson, believed dead by attendants Saturday night, unexpectedly revived as the undertaker prepared to embalm. The revived man moved, sat up, and vehemently protested his death, swearing at those present and resisting burial procedures.
Gregory XVI, ordained priest in 1837 and priestly career progressed to governor of Perugia in 1841, Archbishop of Damietta in 1843 at age 33, apostolic nuncio to Brussels, cardinal in 1853, president of the apostolic chamber in 1877, elected pope on February 20, 1878, died July 20, 1908 at 4 04 p m.
In Rome crowds gathered as the state prepared a multi day tribute to the pope who died in the morning. Cardinals processed to the chapel of the sacrament while clergy performed rites, bells rang in mournful unison, and the city awaited further obsequies with restrained solemnity.
Washington July 23 The government bookbinders union refuses to return to work despite President Roosevelt ordering Miam H Miller reinstated as designant foreman of the bindery in the government profit office. The union claims coercion and threatens action if the decision isn’t reversed.
Four Chicago anarchists are reported to be in Sweden en route to London on a death mission. Chicago dispatches confirm the group left weeks ago with authorities in Sweden and Germany noting possible dangers. Chief O'Neill confirms the intel and warns Oscar of potential danger.
Baker City Oregon July 23 A war is brewing between cattlemen and sheepmen in Grant Malheur and Harney counties. Cattlemen have posted notices threatening to kill sheepmen unless flocks stay out of specified districts. Several clashes have occurred in remote areas but no fatalities reported.
New Orleans dispatch reports village Almonk in Westchester as slated for eviction. About 200 residents received notices from watershed commissioners to move out at once under court orders issued by White Plains.
John Gotens, a seventy year old wealthy farmer near Joliet, engaged in a quarrel with his son yesterday. During the altercation he drew a revolver and shot his son, who died within minutes. Gotens was arrested and jailed as details of the family tragedy emerge.
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