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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
3
A Mrs. A Boydston of Atchison Kansas reports that after using Ayer s Hair Vigor for about a year her hair stopped falling out and began growing rapidly. She states her hair reached 45 inches in length and became very thick by July 25, 1899.
An old ad claims hair loss stems from starvation and promotes Ayet's Hair Vigor as a root feeding tonic that stops shedding, strengthens growth, and restores gray hair color. Priced at $1.00 per bottle and sold by all druggists.
A compact local observation notes that time to build strength exceeds a week. It warns against judging others while pursuing personal fortunes and mentions weather and sidewalk safety as a practical reminder.
Prof J E Talmage warns Utah's Great Salt Lake loses water to irrigation from four tributaries causing rising salinity as the lake shrinks. He predicts within a century the basin may be replaced by a dry glittering salt flat, per the San Francisco Chronicle report.
A young businessman heard a whistler on a quiet East End street on a recent Sunday. He identified the tune as There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight. He saw a young man driving an undertaker’s wagon with a load and found the scene suggestive.
Last week patents issued to Northwestern inventors include Adam W. Ager of Mapleton North Dakota with a mouse trap, George S. Bowers of Spring Grove Minnesota with an acetylene generator, Salmon A. Buell of Minneapolis Minnesota with an adjustable perpetual calendar, John Ston Mealy of Howard Lake Minnesota with a bill coupling, Peter Nicolay of Minneapolis Minnesota with a shovel, Herman A. Steeck of Winona Minnesota with a safety end-board lock, Henry A. Thexton of St. Thomas North Dakota with a self taking stamp, William E. White of Cambridge Minnesota with a straw carrier. Lothrop & Johnson, patent attorneys, 911 912 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul.
A Washington Star excerpt quotes Mrs. Torkins describing moving three times in one winter due to servant trouble. She explains both she and Charley dismissed staff, the servants reacted with anger or laughter, and they chose to relocate during the servants’ afternoon breaks to escape the turmoil.
Readers are urged to study the advertisements for entertaining and valuable bargains. The notes emphasize that advertisers send what they advertise and contribute helpful options for shoppers.
A resident denounces town board actions and high taxes in Indianapolis. The notice urges community action against increases, highlighting local frustration and civic tension. An adjacent advertisement promotes free dropsy treatment by H. H. Green's Sons in Atlanta, described as leading specialists.
The Detroit Journal reports a Kansas farmer debating whether a cyclone shelter or other structure should be built in the Queen Anne or colonial style as farmers discuss prosperity and free silver influence.
A collage of quotes and jokey lines from The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph and various ad gags including medical elixirs, a joke about prisoners and baseball, a line about wives’ confidence after marriage, and stray notes from a Globe hotel scene.
The poem in humorous quips laments bachelor life and delays in courtship. A shy narrator frets over courage, nerves, and social missteps as he longs for love. From the Philadelphia North American, the piece blends irony and whimsy about romance and personal longing.
A Chicago News quip portrays a dreamy actor claiming a rapid Illinois tour. A witty reporter asks who backed him, and the actor mishears, joking that the sheriff backed the tour, hinting at sheriff support as the punchline.
In a brief Chicago Tribune passage two wayfarers argue at a forks intersection. Tuffold Knutt claims deep knowledge from being railroaded across the area years ago, while Goodmasr Gonrong questions his memory and credibility.
In a rural weekly, a heated exchange erupts as an irate man confronts the editor over being called a loafer. The editor defends, claiming they publish only the latest news, underscoring a curb on sensationalism.
A string of quips and questions from Chicago News and Tit Bits poke fun at faith in homeopathy and a hay fever inspired marriage to a gray widow. The dialogue riffs on why last summer's health episode led to marriage and Brown robbing Robinson of a wedding.
A voluble man remarks to an invalid friend that he misses his voice and visits to chat. The exchange features a teasing woman who scolds him for not speaking while he replies he avoids strong language in a lady’s presence.
Claims Lydia E Pinkham's medicine holds many cures for female illnesses and that a million women have been helped. Notes letters to Mrs Pinkham are answered by women in her city. certificates are tipped by Lynn officials. Free book offered. ailing women may write for free advice.
A historical note explains Prof. Dewar’s creation of a liquid form of hydrogen under extreme pressure and cold. The colorless liquid, the lightest known, causes a cork or feather to sink instantly, yet remains nonwet and extremely volatile, boiling away in a vacuum tube. It also burns like hydrogen gas.
In a High Wycombe gathering in support of the local war relief fund Earl Garrington moved a resolution praising troops and mourning families. High sheriff Laz enby Liberty seconded but criticized Kimberley authorities, prompting a stormy interruption. Liberty calmed the room and the resolution passed with enthusiasm.
In a Detroit Free Press item, Mrs. Groceres says her longtime physician accepts payments in groceries, reflecting a humorous exchange on barter in professional services. The anecdote highlights a decade-long relationship between customer and doctor and the quirky payment arrangement.
The Electro Medical and Surgical Institute of Fargo North Dakota advertises a combined treatment of Electricity medicine medicated baths and massage. It claims exclusive North Dakota access to all apparatus including the X HAW machine and offers free X ray examination. It promises cures with no pain no operation and no business detention and claims rupture cures in 60 to 80 days.
Dorothy asks the mistress who the man is as the gardener exits. The kitchen maid replies it is only hoe beau. The fragment captures a domestic scene with vague melodrama and garbled wording from the Chicago Tribune.
Report notes that flogging remains a practiced disciplinary method in the British Navy, with authorities citing adherence to longstanding procedures and occasional contemporary debates over its continued use.
On Sept 23 Thomas McGeehan, a late second class leading stoker on HMS Doris, was flogged at Simon's Town for malingering while imprisoned on the Penelope for striking a chief stoker. After eleven lashes he became insensible and the medical officer stopped the punishment, prompting calls to abolish flogging in the navy and criticism of officers who ordered the sentence.
A compact European style snippet presents a Buddhist remark on gifts and an Indiana Journal quip about paying for favors. It weaves a wry moral note through a joke about umbrellas, cigars, and barter, closing with a Shenstone aphorism about undoing wrongs.
A New Orleans drug drummer misplaced a bone handled umbrella at a Baton Rouge trip hotel. A quick bellboy kept the item three days and was offered a tonic capsule as reward. The drummer finally instead gave the bellboy a quinine iron capsule for honesty.
The Detroit Free Press reports Russia plans a major change in typewriter regulation. Previously restricted to those with special permission, the machine will be more widely available to support expanding industry and commerce. The move may greatly aid American trade with Russia.
Advice from the Pittsburg Dispatch urges careful picture selection to enhance living spaces and reflect status. It notes cheap pictures are not always poor, but poor images are usually inexpensive. It recommends copying famous works and using color-appropriate frames to suit oil, water color, etchings, and photographs.
A New York World humor item depicts a father praising his wife for a strict training system that shapes his children. The exchange shows the children and Marjorie commenting on parental discipline and the results of the wife’s methods.
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