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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
2
A sprawling column of satirical items and snippets references figures like Lord Kitchener Cecil Rhodes and J. P. Morgan. Notes on fashion Panama hats prices locusts and cricket Spain and Alfonso and Mount Pelee. A mix of anecdotes on crime sport and politics with local color captions and quips.
The piece muses on time and newspapers with lines about Raoul Sartout, the sole survivor of St. Pierre, and the public’s reaction. It notes Hetty Green had not replied to a British nobleman seeking a wealthy American wife. It also mentions Roosevelt’s hunting dog sent to the White House and the cat’s chance to learn about the strenuous life.
Japan negotiates a four million dollar loan in the United States while rumors rise of Orient rulers investing in Panama hats. King Edward awards the Order of the Garter to two new subjects, perhaps mixing in suspenders for flair. A New York lawyer who died playing ping pong might have met the same fate playing croquet.
Andrew Carnegie has donated nearly 70 million dollars to libraries and related efforts and remains far from poverty. He contemplates investing in a limited number of newspapers, signaling a new foray into journalism.
A Maryland man hosting a dinner party found guests did not arrive with their appetites for grasshoppers but was relieved to see remaining dessert would cover a future gathering.
Bishop Spalding says women are responsible for three fourths of all crimes. Some women may resent the remark and counter with the old belief that they are responsible for everything.
Report notes that Hunza rebels used garnet bullets encased in lead during fighting on the Kashmir frontier. British troops defeated the rebels and preserved many of the stones as curiosities.
In Jackson's grove of Smithville Iowa a July celebration unfolds with a queenly Claudia Vanalster as Columbia and James Bowen driving a buggy. Orator Paul Marrok's fiery sermon on wealth and revolution clashes with patriotic mood, and Bowen answers with a moving defense of the flag. Claudia consoles him as the crowd erupts in a final hymn.
A 19th century account notes six American women who died revealing they had masqueraded as men and even fathered children. The standout case is Murray all a politician who lived as a man, smoked, drank, and socialized with New York leaders, until death exposed her gender as Alice Howard of Canandaigua, who had lived forty years as a husband to a wife.
Mrs. Honora Blatley, 65, of Berkeley, jailed in Alameda for violating sanitary rules after refusing sewer connections on multiple properties. She chose fifty days over a $50 fine and vows to challenge the law to higher courts, asserting no notification was given.
A young woman reportedly said she would not marry for money alone but would consider marriage if a wealthy man offered a luxurious lifestyle, social status, liberal spending, beautiful homes, diamonds, and mutual freedom, provided she truly loved him.
A patriotic Irishman enlists in a cavalry regiment. The fencing instructor struggles to explain sword usage. Pat answers how he would use the sword if an opponent dodges, saying he would tickle him with the point to see if he was shamming.
A Russian specialist argues electric light harms eyes less than other artificial sources. He notes eye strain relates to how often eyelids close and reports averages of lid closure per minute: candle light six point eight, gas light two point eight, sunlight two point two, and electric night eighteen.
The fragmentary text presents a speaker claiming a poetic simile linking seasons and hearts. An interlocutor replies with a question about an engagement and a penknife, suggesting a curious domestic scene amid garbled punctuation and oblique imagery.
In Steelville Missouri a hay swindle arouses anger after a farmer bought a bale of hay that turned out to contain about 18 dollars in silver. The local vigilance committee seeks the culprit who weighed silver as hay in the misleading swap.
Five trainmen were killed and thirty-one injured when an eastbound passenger train collided with a westbound train at Aldrich Minnesota near Staples. Investigators found no clear cause and blamed no single employee as the wreck’s origin remains unknown.
In Valley City North Dakota on June 22 William Bennett shot and killed his partner Miss Jennie Daley in a restaurant business they owned. Daley was shot six times. Bennett then died by suicide. Both were middle aged and financially well off. Bennett was married.
The German Evangelical camp meeting began near Wells Minnesota and will run for a week. Bishop William Hern of Cleveland Ohio is present and Presiding Elder Spaeth of Mankato is in charge.
Iver Frederick, about 45, reportedly hanged himself from a rafter in a vacant house a mile south of Coleman on June 22, near Flandreau. The deceased was described as somewhat of a stranger to the area and no other persons were involved in the incident.
Washington June 20 The senate moved Capt Charles E Clark forward seven numbers to rear admiral after an executive session. Senator Hale reported favorably the nomination. Warren objected and the nomination was passed over but later withdrawn and confirmed in an executive session.
June 22 Minneapolis report estimates police graft at 18 000 a month from licensed lawbreakers. Fifty poker rooms pay 26 monthly, plus 20 to 30 gambling outfits at 100 monthly. Ida Coates to testify she paid 300 weekly for protection. St Paul search for Norbeck failed. N W King trial resumes.
Fire in Rugby North Dakota June 22 devastates the principal business district. Estimated loss $36,000 with insurers not yet obtained. Listed losses include Widmeyer barber shop four hundred dollars McBride four thousand Nelson jewelry four thousand ONeill billiard hall three thousand Lafay building two thousand Kuntz five thousand To fsrud five thousand Kern and Co seven thousand McBride I M one thousand Cronk five hundred Masonic and Kodges three hundred Gunderson two thousand Whittemore and Torson two thousand Roberts and Ball one thousand.
The thirty-fifth annual reunion of the First regiment Minnesota volunteers opened at the Auditorium in St Paul. Survivors received Cr D O'Brien’s welcome, toured the capitol, inspected battle flags, and enjoyed a banquet hosted by Mrs J J Hill. The program tomorrow features a river trip to Fort Snelling and the officers’ election.
Rang J. Authier a wealthy Jefferson resident pleaded guilty before Judge Carland in Sioux Falls to shipping twenty seven prairie chickens and thirty quail to Baltimore on December 24 in violation of the Lacey act. He received the maximum fine of 200 dollars, which he paid.
In Pine City Minnesota on June 22 Burger Bros sawmill a local landmark burned rapidly with the entire building turning to flames within two minutes The fire department saved lumber in yards and nearby structures The loss was $6000 to $7000 with no insurance reported
Nineteen loaded log cars rolled away on a hill at Drummond on the Duluth and Iron Range line and derailed after six miles of runaway travel. An ore train later struck wreckage but no injuries were reported and traffic resumed.
Henderson Minnesota June 22 The state's attorney C R Davis of St Peter addressed the jury in the Tanke murder trial speaking until adjournment at noon and again from 2 to 4 pm The prosecutor made a fluent impression H J Peck of Shakopee will argue the defense today
Fargo North Dakota June 22 The North Dakota G A R and W R C adjourned after joint installation services at the armory new officers of both organizations assumed duties The next meeting will be held at Lisbon in June 1903.
A miniature tornado yesterday afternoon tore the roof from the La Crosse Knitting Company building, shattered walls, and caused significant damage in La Crosse Wisconsin on June 22.
Cape Town reports Lord Kitchener will arrive from Pretoria on June 23 and sail for England the same day. He is en route following duties in South Africa and is expected to depart soon after.
Eight year old Bernie Jelmo the son of Ole and Mrs Jelmo died when a sandbank behind the Park hotel in Fergus Falls Minnesota caved in as he played yesterday evening. The tragedy occurred as the sand slid and suffocated him.
Butte Montana June 22 H L Frank sells three fourths interest in his coal mine at Frank B C to a French syndicate for 1 200 000 a partial payment has been made to bind the sale.
Senators Allison Hale and Cockrell and Representatives Cannon Hemmingway and McRae, with the senate and house conferees on the urgent deficiency bill, reached an accord on a 350000 appropriation for White House alterations and held talks with the president yesterday. The plan includes many major changes to be completed as funds permit.
Dialogue captures Boreman and Sharpe swapping travel tales from Europe and Lonelyville, with Boreman returning after a month abroad and Sharpe recounting a week in a peculiar place. Detroit Free Press reports the light back-and-forth banter as a casual feature.
An elderly servant swears he saw Marie Tom's ghost last night and recalls a sharp reply from a man defending his liquor, asserting no mistake in the claim as the scene centers on a Southern household in an Atlanta Constitution style.
Last week at the Pioneer Press building in St Paul Minnesota a list of patents issued to Northwestern inventors includes John Saldwell of Minneapolis for a feather stretching device Jesse Crosby of Madelia for a corn husker and fodder shredder Irving Hicks of Minneapolis for a flue cutter mechanism Peter Hole of McIntosh for a car ventilator Francis C Peabody of St Paul for a wrench Thor Rye of Minneola for a miter joint for caves troughs William Watson of Ada for a tobacco cutter patent attorneys Lothrop and Johnson located at 011 M12 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul Minnesota.
Two Jewish men sought a Catholic conversion, waited at a priest's house, and grew restless as he did not return, fearing they would be late for the synagogue.
An old Minneapolis Fargo advertising card features Dr J H Rindlaub a specialist in eye ear nose and root issues promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The ad also includes assorted quips and teasers about relationships and cough remedies reflecting a period promotional style.
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