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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1899
Page
2
A collection of quips and reflections from a Linton ND newspaper page. Items lampoon law and society, note municipal politics, and offer moral observations on honesty, temper, and human folly. Includes lines on drinking, mirror defects, and a Canadian pupil misappropriation anecdote.
MacDonagh recounts Mr Parnell failing to grasp a pun at the first Irish Land League meeting presiding over by Mr Kettle where Parnell offered thanks with I need hardly observe that in Ireland the name of Kettle is a house hold word. A Western town funeral for Union soldier Hogg features a clergyman extemporizing an eulogy and saying This country must be saved even if it shall cost the life of many a Hogg.
An Oxyrhynchus papyrus letter to a wife from Peterisis reads like a contemporary plea for date plans and travel, noting a 20th birthday festival and logistics by boat or donkey. Also referenced are Porto Rican calls for work and markets, Kipling, a Meade view on Russia’s peace manifesto, and Walter Scott relics inclining to auction and hair samples.
Fragmentary report describes Chicago highwaymen near Kentucky border drifting into bold, reckless actions as they threaten railway workers and attempt to abduct a man tied to railroad trade. Details are unclear but imply escalating violence and grab for leverage.
James Doyle and James Burns once famed as Portland era pioneers of Cripple Creek Portland claim rose from two feet to 185 acres. Their bond dissolved amid legal fights, lawsuits, and political rivalries ending with Doyle jailed for contempt as Burns entrenched in conflict over stock and Uintah tunnel.
London Truth reports on the Laird of Elchies refusing a site for a Spey ferry bridge arguing it would threaten his patrimonial rights and a ferry-house rent of eighteen pounds a year. The piece links landlord power to national unity and defense via a proposed cable scheme.
A dissolute former salesman contemplates ruin after failing to secure partnership at a firm. While lamenting lost chances and recalling Hannah, he folds toward despair, considers violence, but instead helps a hungry ragamuffin in a depot town, offering a moment of humanity amid decay.
The largest lake in the British Isles is Lough Neagh in Ulster Ireland. It measures about nine miles by eight and covers 98 255 acres with a maximum depth of 120 feet and a shore level 48 feet above water. It drains via the Lower Bann to the North Channel and hosts petrified wood fossils, diverse fish, and waterfowl. Loch Lomond is noted as Scotland’s largest lake at forty five square miles and 220 feet above sea level, while Windermere stands as England’s most extensive lake and is famed as the Queen of the Lakes for its scenery.
In South American Sketches Robert Crawford notes a remarkable headcooling device used by an Irish office boy in Uruguay. The device, though extraordinary, suffered two defects: it was not portable and not easily worn in public.
A compilation of English renderings from 1258 to 1611 showing language changes. It lists versions from Fader ure in heune to Our Father in heaven with variations in spelling, grammar, and phrasing, illustrating the evolution toward modern English.
Boarder complains the tea is weak while the landlady claims to buy only the best. The dialogue notes the presence of glassworkers in Hebron and mentions various manufacturing references linked to Palestina.
In a small cheap restaurant Mr Letson smiles at the waiter and pens his address for a future note. He gives a boy a gold piece as a Christmas gift. The moment feels palatable yet the gesture masks a deeper hope about education and easing racial tension.
Statisticians note women often outlive men with many examples. Voltaire and Newton reputedly frail at birth or age, yet lived long lives. data show higher female longevity in France and Europe. A wealthy Maryland man held a grand cat funeral for his daughter's former pet, coffin, shroud, pallbearers, and flowers.
European princesses are praised as models of domestic skill in German and Austrian royal families. Empress Augusta Victoria and Queen Victoria's daughters are highlighted for cooking, dressmaking, and housekeeping prowess, with notes on Wilhelmina and Elizabeth of Bavaria mastering domestic arts and languages in court life.
Cabinet officers traditionally have their portraits painted for the government. Secretary Wilson objected to the usual 500 to 1000 dollar expense for this purpose and settled on a crayon portrait with its frame costing 60 dollars, as a compromise relic for the department of agriculture.
The saying draws a parallel between authors who lack wealth and those who lack status, suggesting equal counts of poverty among writers. It questions whether literary merit correlates with financial hardship, noting the enduring presence of authors who write despite scarcity.
Fashion pushes social change as Hunan governor bans cruel foot-binding and anti binding societies grow. Membership fees fund dowries for poor women with natural feet. Conversations aboard a river steamer show suitors preferring natural feet, signaling widespread unfashionableness of binding. Tracts against cruelty spread, led by Christian ladies and echoed by non Christians alike.
A storm wrecked Nelsons flagship off Blackpool two years ago and a German firm planned to break it up for timber and metal. A rescuer bought the ruin for exhibition but the ship proved too far gone. A company has since salvaged wood and metal and remade remnants into medals cups chains and other items while selling the rest for various uses.
A049 fragment mentions Menelik receiving a memorial plaque and King Umberto of Italy to obtain items. It recalls Herr Seeth performing at Blackpool when the Foudroyant wrecked and how Menelik learned of the wondrous tale, linking historical curiosities.
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