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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
3
A collage of quips and notes on markets politics travel and culture. Items reference Brazil Marroquin Castro Panama hats English golf tourists and racing ethics with light satirical jabs at modern life and public figures. Prose blends humor with social commentary reflecting early 20th century sensibilities.
A French woman who had been in a trance for twenty years awoke recently and died. The event sparked discussion about medical and ethical questions surrounding long term trance states and abrupt awakenings.
The piece notes a Turkish sportsman exploiting open season in Macedonia and a village where forty eight of five hundred escaped. It mentions a newspaper image of a coun tess planning to jump from the Brooklyn Bridge. An Ann Arbor professor claims no politician earns money honestly in office. The dispatches say the sultan knows he is wrong but will resist until forced to concede, implying he would be a successful politician here.
Observation suggests a Mars projection may be a signaling device, potentially designed to send a reply to an earlier message allegedly warded by Nicola Tesla years ago. The claim centers on speculative tech and historic figures impacting space communication theories.
The Kansas City Star discusses Mrs Hetty Green’s wealth described as superfluous and burdensome, while suggesting she does not share that burden and may not find her riches onerous. The tone hints at public curiosity about her fortune and social standing.
A man killed by a train near Yonkers carried sketches in a pad and was believed to be an artist despite having only $5 in cash and a gold watch valued at $25. The discovery of his drawings suggests an artistic identity beyond the apparent poverty.
A grim note on capital punishment in New York describes the need to administer five distinct electric shocks to a condemned murderer before execution at Sing Sing. The piece contemplates a radical possibility that the state may have to provide the condemned with an automobile as part of the process if electrocuted.
The memoirs of Princess Metter nich are finished but withheld until her death prompting well wishers to hope for a long life. Critics note Edwardian stamp likeness debates while Boston considers a late car for inebriates to the police station. Pneumonia remains a threat as some neglect colds.
News digest reports King Victor Emmanuel sent books of rare value to President Roosevelt. Nordkaard appointed postmaster at Strip Minnesota. First National Bank of Henning authorized with 25000 capital. Philippines associate justice Finley Johnson named. Rumors of post office dismissals noted but not discussed. Various naval, civil service, and harbor matters summarized.
Fifteen year old John Fisgus from Cincinnati was torn by a kennel of fifteen hounds. In Chicago, Jesse Miller and University of Chicago student Frances Moore drowned in a lagoon at Jackson Park. A Pittsburg rail line derailment near Glenwood Bridge injured sixteen. Two cars of Santa Fe freight near Phoenix exploded. only Engineer Chambers and Fireman Shipp were injured, both expected to recover. Five year old Robert Menaker of Passaic died after swallowing sixty grains of quinine from a medicine box, collapsing from convulsions.
President Loubet arrives in London on July 6 for a return visit to King Edward and stays three days. Berwick sets speed record at 24.6 knots in trials, fastest of her class in the British navy. Gauss reports new land in polar waters after arriving at Simonstown. Assotan dam opens boosting Nile summer supply for crops. Viennese Dr. Sachs dies of plague in Berlin isolation hut. Belgian Automobile Club delays Ostend meeting amid anti racing outcry. Moana brings word of crew murders on a labor recruiting steamer in the New Hebrides. Czar authorizes Polish language Catholic instruction in middle schools. British Jewish councils split on anti‑Tsarist strategy. Rothschilds urge patient policy. London Daily Mail cites alarming plague spread in Hong Kong. Enige village massacre by Bask-Bazouks, 200 men spared. Irish cattle to be sent abroad to cheapen beef and break American beef trust. King attends hospital Sunday at St Paul’s Cathedral. first monarch attendance since Thanksgiving. Standard Oil vs Disconto press battle over Roumanian wells. Oyster Bay readies for Roosevelt summer visit. village to mark 250th anniversary June 21–23.
A mob in Macon Georgia hanged Banjo Peavy a Black man accused of shooting W Cope Winslow Jr Across the nation protests and violent clashes leave multiple deaths including four Black men in Scott County Iowa and a fatal toll in Indiana as mobs attack toll gates and punish suspected crimes.
The czar’s declaration to King Peter ends any chance of internal rebellion and secures the king’s position as he nears the royal reception. Conversation centers on Peter’s secure leadership and the absence of internal upheaval.
Belgrade and Geneva report King Peter I pledging to protect the moral and material life of his people. He proclaims loyalty to legality and urges church, military, and civil leaders to continue duties, promising to banish past acts and uphold liberty under the motto For the sacred cross and cherished liberty.
Premier Sprigg praised Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's preferential tariff proposals during a South African parliament debate on the customs convention. Though a free trader, he argued for empire consolidation, with cheers from all sides of the house.
Russia and China reach a joint arrangement for customs at Dalny and the nearby frontier similar to the German system at Kian Chou. Gov. Alexieff’s financial secretary will run the Dalny customs, with receipts deposited in the Russo Chinese bank.
Miss Jean Ankrom, once of Waynesburg Pennsylvania, the sole woman school supervisor in Porto Rico, was thrown from a carriage in a roadway accident at Ponce last night and died fifteen minutes later. Her neck was broken.
Pierre South Dakota June 19 Scotty Philip allocates a large acreage of forage crops to feed his buffalo herd through the winter. The river homestead area is reducing bay land once open for mowing, necessitating new winter provisions.
The body of H. W. Ibbings of Madison Wisconsin was found on Wagner hill last night. He had apparently been murdered. Ibbings was a Rush Medical College student and had recently come west.
Chicago June 19. An amicable adjustment of the hotel and restaurant strike was reached last night. Strikers will return to work Friday morning. All differences will be settled by arbitration.
Heppner Oregon June 18. Willow creek flood devastates town wiping out large property and leaving hundreds dead. About 300 bodies found. townsfolk rush to bury as plague fears prompt rapid interment. Rescue crews clear debris, search for more victims, while rail line near Lexington suffers severe damage.
June 18 Belgrade reports the new king Peter II will be largely a figure under military dictatorship led by Col. Maschin and Col. Mitschnei. The army maintains control with officers accompanying prefects, quashing disorder and shaping policy while presenting uncertain terms for the king to accept the army’s supremacy. Ljubomir Schickovics, once pro republic, now serves as justice minister after coercive dinner pressure. Public mood shows limited interest outside the capital.
The Belgian steamer Rubens, en route from Sumerland, England, to Pillau in East Prussia, capsized June 10 near Christiansand. The captain, mate, and six crew members perished. Seven crewmen survived a 22 hour drift in a small boat, during which three more died from exposure before rescue.
Chicago June 18 Indications are the hotel and restaurant strike that began last week will be settled by arbitration and the strikers will return to work tomorrow morning External organizations pressed the joint board of the unions prompting the consent to a proposal that ends the strike.
Warrants for two postoffice suspects have been issued and arrests expected. Officials in Washington say inquiries by postal inspectors will extend to Chicago as part of a broad probe into postal scandals. The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General aims for a wide haul, with arrests likely this week in promotion schemes and sales of post office machinery.
In Jackson Kentucky on June 18 all arson indictments were dropped as Crawford and Tharp, tied to Hargreave, were released by the grand jury. Expectation grows that murder charges against Jett and White may meet the same fate, with debate over jury bias in Breathitt county versus a different county for the Jett and White trial.
President Roosevelt closed his national tour with a stop at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville on alumni day. He spoke before alumni in the public hall and addressed students at a gymnasium luncheon, drawing warm cheers from a crowd that included many public figures and graduates.
Pierre O suay, a carter, took his wife and three children and a neighbor's child to Butte Island for an outing. The flat-bottom craft capsized and drowned the husband, wife, and two children. One child and the neighbor's child survived.
In Missoula Montana on June 17 Patrick Donovan a Clinton ranchman and politician was fatally wounded by three highwaymen. He managed to fire back killing one robber and severely wounding another before the attackers rode off with the dead man and the saddle of a third.
Ambassador Clayton cabled Washington that Mexico yesterday deposited 1 622 628 to his credit on account of the Plus fund award. Prompt Mexican payment sets a record in arbitration and the funds will be remitted to Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco as titular claimant according to MO assignments.
A discussion inspired by Leslle's Monthly describes parasites affecting animals from ostriches to pigeons and fish. It notes the slender pigeon louse may benefit the host by thinning plumage in heat and describes a pike louse with suckers that attach to fish skin, suggesting it may aid rather than torment.
The New York Press notes Florence Burns, tied to a sensational murder case, attracts attention in elite Fifth Avenue circles. Described as lavishly dressed with striking hair, she moves through top restaurants and the famous corridor, branded as the once-suspected murderer of Walter Brooks and a Tombs inmate.
Two well dressed women charged with disorderly conduct were brought before Magistrate Pool in New York. While driving down Fifth Avenue they shouted loudly and caused a disturbance. a liveried coachman and footman rode on the box. The magistrate ruled that within the carriage the women were effectively in their own home and may do as they please, and discharged the prisoners.
Eliot Gregory writes in the Century that men who sacrifice youth and health for wealth often view themselves as public benefactors. They resent the fatigue and notoriety money brings, likening it to a boy punished after stealing apples for a gluttonous stomach.
A 1920s brief outlines federal outlays totaling about 651 million dollars with postal service at 132 million. Revenues near 694 million produce a 43 million surplus, down from 91 million last year. The pension account tops spending at 138 million annually, about 400 thousand dollars per day.
A constituent asks if there will be trouble with Germany. The veteran statesman replies that the idea is absurd, Beveridge will give at least two years’ notice before anything happens, and he hasn’t sounded the alarm yet.
A New York City grocery visit featured a drinks convert who swapped coffee for Postum. He credits Postum with improved health and calmer nerves after years of coffee excess. His story notes family skepticism but eventual adoption and wellness improvements.
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