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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1899
Page
1
Emmons County Record by D R Streeter summarizes a fire at the Minneapolis Tribune with $140000 loss, notes on legislature and clerks, an essay on education funding, and concerns over irregular naturalization papers and voting rights across Logan and McIntosh counties.
The Manila front sees North Dakota troopers bearing charmed lives in Gen Ovenshine's brigade. The Flickertails have fought in daily land actions around Manila since American troops arrived, with only Private Berg of Bismarck and Sergeant Locke of Valley City slightly wounded.
The Grand Forks Herald notes that Steve has oratorical talent and intelligence while condemning talkative lawmakers. It recounts a house session, lampooning an editor from the ftag-wagon valley and urging quieter, more purposeful voting. The senate blocked a temperance commissioner bill empowering broad enforcement powers, mostly supported by eastern state factions.
A controversial bill moving through the house could harm school systems in sparsely settled counties if enacted. Eastern lawmakers with large property bases push to cap funding, arguing counties should rely only on a two mill tax, while rural areas report higher child populations and seek fairer funding.
The Modern Woodmen announce a dancing party at their Williamsport hall on Friday March 17 with good music and supper at the usual hour. All residents of Emmons county are invited to attend.
Tourist pleads for a registered letter at a village post office. The postmaster demands proof of identity, asks about local contacts, even a photo, and finally approves delivery after verifying the tourist’s image. In another report, Andreas Permann and Johan Felderer lost their team and buggy while returning home from Linton. they walked 22 miles home after unhitching the tugs at Higbee building.
Mr. C. B. Porter of Cherry Grove district searched Beaver Creek this week for four missing estray horses. One 1200-pound roan mare bore a rope. Porter, an elderly man who moved to Emmons county from South Dakota last year, hopes information leads to their location before spring farm work. Details were described in the Record on Feb. 17.
Franz Perez Puetterich, tied to the Record since the German edition began six months ago, left Monday to join Mandaye Independent, whose owner started publishing a section of the paper in German. Frank is praised as well educated and skilled in printing in both English and German. Puetterich’s successor on the Record is P. B. Schweitzer, formerly with the Eureka Post and recently teaching in Odessa district.
Local newspaper item calls for reliable and competent individuals to assist with record duties. It seeks dependable workers to contribute to public notices and archival work, inviting qualified applicants to apply.
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