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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
4
A fragmentary item notes a World’s Fair scene featuring an open air cafe hosted by Parisians. The brief mentions small change and a simple, ingenious setup that may attract visitors, hinting at a lively street ambience and commerce.
The oyster narrates its life from birth without jaws to a ready table in a few years. It boasts millions of eggs, describes growth in warm climates, and notes its culinary versatility from raw to stew. It claims immunity to parasites, praises pearls given to women, and jokes about clams as social rivals.
A large Russian wolf at the New York Zoological Park attacked a woman by the cage, tearing her muff and purse. Keeper Edgar Stephens rescued the purse after the assault, and curator Aldin J. Loring was later charged by the same wolf, which bit his shoulder through multiple layers of winter clothing before he escaped.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt recalls a Market Street shopkeeper noting a black man in a ministerial pose collecting cigar butts every Friday afternoon. He claims some butts are used, some sold, with hints that other cigars may be made from discarded pieces, likening it to shoddy cloth and questioning morality in mixing discarded materials into products.
Miss Nellie Flood the jail’s juvenile class teacher has introduced newspaper study for the boys. She reports strong interest as the students engage in discussions on current events and related topics.
A Chicago Record perspective notes that learning from newspapers does more than expose youths to outside interests. It builds reading skills while expanding awareness of current events and public life.
New York Press reports Hafner of Zurich notes mountain toothache among Jungfrau railway engineers and workers stationed at about 2000 meters. After eight to ten days, one side of the jaw toothache, swollen gums and cheeks, and extreme sensitivity to chewing occur, lasting about three days before fading. The symptom is an acclimatization phenomenon, not recurring for newcomers.
The Chicago Tribune reports Judge R. S. Tuthill of Cook County Circuit Court issued a decision viewed as a blow to loan sharks. The piece notes a borrower paying 225 dollars and 300 dollars yet owing 221.50, critiquing punitive lending practices and calling for more such judgments.
The American Progress praises a judge who confronts extortionate lending, arguing for laws to end diabolical interest schemes and to protect honest borrowers at legal rates. The piece commends judicial courage in restricting predatory finance harming people in need.
A Munich medical journal publishes a table showing Germany has 26,689 physicians for 52,251,917 people, about one doctor per 1,957 inhabitants. Since 1886 the profession grew 63 percent, while population rose just over 11 percent.
Thief entered St. Joachim's church in Rockport and stole three sacred items a ciborium an ostensorium and a chalice made of solid silver and gold valued at 200 dollars. Vandalism likely from chemical treatment to test metal value damaging church property by 50 dollars.
The 16 year old Maude Fealy captivates audiences as Eunice in Quo Vadis. Critics praise her profound stage ability and emotional range surpassing many veterans. Augustin Daly had planned to mentor her before his death, predicting she would become a top star.
A West Virginia man describes Culloden where most residents live outside the town but cannot vote there after a town engineer changed the metes and bounds to favor liquor interests. The zig zag lines exclude temperance supporters yet include license advocates, leaving the town neatly contented despite the odd geography.
The United States mint will strike fifty thousand silver dollars with a Lafayette monument design to aid a Paris monument funded by U S school children. The coins sell for two dollars each, adding to the fund. the first coin was presented to President McKinley and then to the French president Loubet. One side bears Washington and Lafayette, the other a proposed monument with inscription noting schoolchildren of the United States and Paris 1900.
Instruction describes a simple hall game using a cord tethered between opposite walls a toy balloon and a tennis ball. Players strike the balloon with the right hand to position it for a serve and rally, with scoring of one point for a failed return and four points to win a game.
A New York Mall and Express piece argues that sealed honey may be adulterated with glucose. It quotes a country man claiming bees fed glucose by professional honey raisers produce fake honey. The author cites rooftop hives relying on glucose and no foraging, accusing deceit in the honey trade.
Special telegram reports an unprecedented shad catch in the Delaware and tributaries, with prices collapsing to 4 to 6 dollars. Bay fishers quit the trade as nets tear from heavy hauls, and daily shad totals rise into the tens of thousands headed for Philadelphia.
A witty remark from a literary woman clarifies her character as she hears of a noted artist. Her friend praises the man with a “Perfect Niagara of a forehead” and she questions if he suffers from cataracts, prompting a lighthearted misunderstanding.
A Chicago Post quip notes a woman in the shopping district with only 99 cents in change: half a dollar a quarter a dime two nickels and four pennies. Without a bargain, she suffers nervous prostration, a humorous take on consumer frugality.
John Graff and Minnie Shearon wed in Lima Ohio when the groom suddenly fainted and was carried from the church. He recovered and the ceremony concluded.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer feature, Bigsby recalls family pride and a sizable legacy. He reveals that one grandfather left him fifty thousand dollars, underscoring the enduring link between lineage and wealth.
The Buffalo Express notes the Sultan owes vast sums and creditors face a dilemma over whom to receive payment from first, highlighting the difficulty of collecting debts in Turkey due to the extent of the liability.
A reflective verse from the Atlanta Constitution laments aging tomes and ghostly presences in a library. The poem recalls saints and sages faded by time, with echoes of forgotten meadows and centuries covering both writers and readers who haunt the quiet stacks.
In St Johns, Martha Sessions, long a silent benefactor in the Witherspoon household, unexpectedly inherits Frederick Sessions’s estate. She rejects passive role, builds her own home, and hosts a tea at last, revealing a new life of independence and affection from her nephew David while reclaiming her dignity.
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