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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
4
In Linton North Dakota the Emmons County Record notes State Superintendent Stockwell announces his bid for reelection. It praises him as an ideal public instruction leader while reflecting global tension from the Algeciras conference. The column debates village incorporation and cites nearby towns adopting the status with apparent satisfaction.
An investigator at Pierre has compiled five years of rainfall and clear day data for capitals from Albany to Pierre. Crop month rainfall averages include 12.14 inches in Pierre and up to 22.6 inches in Des Moines, with Bismarck noting other capitals’ clear days and Harrisburg’s rainfall. The piece also covers Baldy’s campaign quip about land sale ads and confirms legal publication requirements in the state capital paper.
The Ohio House temperance committee reports a bill prohibiting buying a drink for another in saloons and forbidding bartenders to give liquor away. The piece recalls earlier Virginia attempts and notes how sociable drinking leads to multiple drinks through a system of treating.
A passage criticizes Grand Forks Herald coverage from 1906 and mocks editorials on politics and fraternal lodge influence. The piece notes Democrat Duis and judge Standish as references and attacks Patterson and Sheriff candidate William Jones, accusing Patterson of pressuring allies and misrepresenting choices.
A vaudeville troupe visiting Indiana Linton was met with a shooting when a local heckler fired at a performer. The piece argues the wild west Linton is more orderly than the Hoosier State version, noting no bullets or eggs were ever hurled in its past.
Twenty five four year old Norman bred colts halter-broken in good condition to be sold at public auction in Linton North Carolina on Thursday March twenty second nineteen hundred six. One year on bankable paper with five percent cash discount. Auctioneers Davis Enos Brew Jenneon. Subscribe for the Record.
A Milwaukee line train arrived in Linton last Friday with eleven cars carrying fifty immigrants from near Council Bluffs Iowa. Most head to Hazelton to claim land once spring opens, with ten freight cars of personal property and families totaling several dozen people. Among newcomers are J J Fowle and family, Chas Johnson and family, J R Haney and family, Wo Haney, Ed Bailey and family, and others including Scouler and Phillips families. Five more carloads are expected soon, all choosing Hazelton county for farming and community growth.
An offering of 480 acres four miles from Linton North Dakota promoted by J. R. B. Davis of Winchester North Dakota with a crop payment plan option.
The nation praises Senator McCumber as his pure food bill passes the senate and may soon reach the house. It aims to ban adulterated goods sold across state lines and to curb city suppliers. Roosevelts expected signature would make it law.
Episcopal morning services at 11 and evening at 7 30 p m Sunday school at 2 or 12 m The rector Arthur McFarlange and pastor F M Hayes announce sermons including A Baby's Tears and That Fast Young Man Is He In Linton Aimed at mothers and young men with prompt services and good music
Mild outbreaks of small-pox and measles in Linton are easing. Dr. Snyder fumigated the Seeley residence and extended quarantine to Frank Streeter. Mina Edith Seeley recovers from severe measles, Jake Lang remains quarantined, Leah Mendelowitz convalesces from scarlet fever, and Myrtle Clayton nears recovery from measles. A small brown dog is missing and sought at Carley’s restaurant.
Readable items describe births marriages and relocations in Emmons and Hazelton. Notable entries include twins born to the Bilingsleys, a baby girl born to the Biddlecombs, new settlers from Minnesota England and Iowa, land dealings near Hazelton, and several travel and court notes across Linton and surrounding towns.
Congress has refused to fund the annual seed appropriation and the practice of sending free seeds to senators and representatives is ending. Farmers report no clear benefit from the seeds, which are mailed at public expense and clog postal service. A flood of petitions from practical farmers urged abolition.
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