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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1899
Page
3
A Cleveland ta in a dealer quips about burning a French novel to avoid a potential trust issue. The dialogue hints at tension between keeping literary items and legal concerns over trusts or regulations, reflecting a witty exchange on propriety and legality.
A wealthy woman offers a total reward of $60,000 after her satchel with jewels valued at $150,000 vanished. The note also touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy to restore strength, purify blood, regulate bowels, and aid digestion following health loss.
The Royal Library of Stockholm houses its most expensive book, a Bible of unique size and weight. It reportedly uses 160 asses skins for the parchment, contains 309 writing pages, each nearly a yard long, and leaves twenty inches wide. Covers are four inches thick solid planks making it unwieldy to handle.
In a light Chicago Tribune snippet, Baldwin asks what was found in a stocking on Christmas morning. Rambo responds penitently that only feet were found, blaming being out late the prior night.
Dr J H Rindlaub, specialist in lye ear nose and throat, located in Vargo North Dakota.
A dialog notes Jack Miss Uppertown as the most circumspect young lady. She refused to accompany me on the plano the other evening without her chaperone, reflecting strict propriety according to a Chicago News item.
Lycurgis declares a scheme to make big money for citizens and soon grants iron currency to Sparta. A wry aside notes a man’s body as home and a hired girl who neglects work risks losing her job while reading a novel.
Delegates from Clay county Minnesota who visited Edmonton district in Western Canada report high satisfaction with the trip. They describe warm climate, abundant crops with grain yields of fifty bushels per acre, plentiful hay, and affordable coal. They bought land near Beaver Hill and plan to move next summer, inviting inquiries at Barnesville before June 1.
A humorous exchange captures a nurse’s perceived attractiveness and a doctor’s remark that the sick man’s condition has flipped, suggesting the nurse is now the observer and caretaker while the patient is intrigued. The brief line emphasizes comic gender dynamics in a medical setting.
A humorous exchange where a father notes his younger days spent less and the son replies by urging not to scold him, suggesting asking the grandfather instead. The quip reflects a lighthearted take on earnings and spending across generations.
Chief Engineer W T Manning of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad unveils a new rail design claiming an 87.5 percent reduction in wear costs on curved sections. The reform adds metal to the head and sides to extend rail life and cut maintenance.
A brief quarrel between Henry and Mrs. Peck prompts a witty exchange. Mrs. Peck rebukes Henry with a clever line about mutual misreadings. The exchange reflects domestic humor typical of late 19th century Philadelphia society.
The passage highlights the Monon Route through Chicago to Washington with B&O Through sleepers leaving Chicago daily at 2:45 a.m., arriving Dearborn at 9:80 p.m., Cincinnati 11:20 a.m., Washington 6:47 a.m., and Baltimore 7:50 a.m., touted as the most comfortable Eastbound train out of Chicago.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt portrays harsh civic discourse as a speaker defends an official as honest while another accuses him of voting for an ordinance for free, prompting a ward’s demand for removal and labeling him a fool.
The note invites readers to study the advertisements for amusement and better deals, promising amusing content and excellent bargains from the advertisers who submit their ads for publication.
Fragmentary clipping notes a supposed fire at Tanner's coal yards with mention of a forthcoming sale. The source quotes a Philadelphia North American aside and includes assorted ad like lines from 1906 including Piso's Cure and satirical remarks from The Savage Bachelor. The text is largely incoherent but preserves historical advertising and local notices.
In seaside town the wealthy girl Maysie proposes adopting lonely boy Teddie and his sick mother to save the castle they build. Teddie hopes for a new life with Maysie's rich papa, while Maysie presses for permanent guardianship, seeking happiness and completion of their dream castle.
Kathleen and Jack Garland meet after years and reconcile their quarrel. Ted die, Maysie, and Teddie appear as Katheen’s children, and Garland declares love and adoption of both children. The scene closes with plans to resume their family life and finish the castle.
The Philadelphia Record notes surprising water use by Esquimaux in the frozen north. They melt snow and ice to keep lamps burning day and night, using blubber oil. Soapstone lamps are prized, carved from large pieces, with moss wick, fat for ignition, and blubber fuel.
The Debrett noted Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny as having many mishaps and near escapes. A catalog lists broken bones from various accidents plus repeated concussions, suggesting a life of luck and peril as he nears fifty one.
Enamel shabby Windsor or bent wood chairs with black enamel to smarten bedroom or den. After drying, lightly smear bronze paint with an almost dry brush to create a Japanese effect. Brush should cling to hairline areas to leave color as dragged over black enamel. Regularly painting the browse loses the desired effect.
A deceptive optical illusion uses a large china plate placed on the knee with one third showing above the table. By alternately lowering and raising the knees while holding two knives on the plate, the plate appears to revolve, fooling the operator into seeing motion where none exists.
A witty quip follows a girl tumbling into a man’s lap on a street car prompting the judge to remark on a Laplander look in a chilly moment. The brief exchange captures comic misreadings and social banter from a city scene.
A humorous passage shows Mr Addiethwaite with a terrible head cold asking to be excused by Kiss Billigan. Miss Milligan suggests visiting Sue Dallington to prove a prior remark that Billigan has nothing in his head, highlighting social banter and wordplay.
A jumble of 19th century patent medicine language offers a one hundred dollar reward for a cured pesaree offender, with testimonials asserting Hall's Catarrh Cure works by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Includes references to Cheney & Co Toledo and distributors, plus assorted, dated quips and jokes from Cleveland papers.
A nephew questions lightning rods on Uncle Joshua’s house and barn. Uncle Joshua concedes they may not protect from lightning but says they deter lightning rod peddlers.
In a humorous exchange cited by Philadelphia north American and Boston Traveler, Smiley wishes Christmas weekly if rich, Cloud retorts that weekly Christmas would not make him rich. A shopkeeper and collector dispute payment terms, revealing miscommunication about collecting debts.
A compact boast of Cascarets cure claims for bowels kidneys headache and constipation. Satirical quips follow about a pugilist photographer and a woman’s status, ending with a remark about a watch’s refusal to hand itself over.
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