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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1899
Page
2
A column of pithy maxims and reflections quotes on money work religion and international relations. Notable lines touch on character wealth politics and cross Atlantic friendship. The piece weaves social commentary with humorous observations from D R Streeter publisher in Williamsport.
The French painter M Tissot, famed for fashionable Parisian scenes, spent ten years in Palestine studying ruin, nature and humanity to capture the life of Christ. The note cites Capt Mahan and mentions Lord Dufferin at seventy beginning Persian study.
Consul Monaghan in Chemnitz reports the German voyage by Prince Henry aims at expanding commerce beyond naval scope. Germany builds agencies across Siberia via Hamburg traders, displacing French and Belgian merchants. US manufacturers could gain Russia trade with the right effort.
Washington reports state the United States will care for Cuban army members by offering public works jobs if they seek wages, or organizing rural police to keep order. Some may stay in the army, others join outside work, to prevent disorder and deter agitators as new Pacific interests shift commerce after Manila Bay victory.
Mrs. Trelawney obsesses over a distant past ten years apart from her husband Horace. In a party she envies a poor, engaged couple, and contemplates reconciling by visiting him at his club that same night, hoping to revive their former affection.
Mrs Trelawney arrives at the Rangoon club amid a crowd gathered to see a fire. A policeman confirms a fatality, Maj. Trelawney, upsetting her as she learns her husband lies gravely injured. She prays at his bedside as he whispers her name Clara.
A smoker scene turns into a joke about a family prayer in which a father prays to spare all his children but asks that Henry be taken instead. The punchline reveals a swapped name as the speaker says I am Henry. The quip echoes in a New York Commercial Advertiser item.
The clippings present a humorous exchange about Christmas stockings and a joke on family attire, followed by a separate Indianapolis Journal quip about the first divorce question: "Will you be miner." The tone blends light domestic humor with a pensioned pun on marriage.
A children poem in a period tone. The verse portrays a white owl waking and napping patterns tied to dawn and night. It emphasizes bedtime and waking signals with simple rhymes and repeated refrains. The author Persis Gardiner signs the work.
Millie and her father on a wintry sleigh ride observe animal tracks in fresh snow. Papa Harold explains how rabbit, partridge and dog tracks reveal Bunny's fear, breakfast stops, and the pursuing dog, using evening snowfall and prints to read nature’s story.
A winter morning tale recalls Rob aged five and Carl nearly three waking early with their mother. An overturned lamp on a table near the sitting room triggers frightened screams and a quick, tense mother’s dash to the scene.
In a cozy room a lamp glows softly as Rob and Carl react to a sudden scare. Carl retrieves a brush, a hidden pair of overshoes and a small black object chained to a pink string near his shoe button, causing the boys to fear a cat before laughter erupts at their surprise.
A poem by Elizabeth L Gould narrates four children Mary Alicia Edward Delancey Margaret Anna and Thomas Augustus setting off toward the east north south and west in search of distant things. They all wake to find they are safely in their beds the next morning.
Adeline notices a skunk in a field and, the next day while playing, asks Aunt Mabel a playful question. She imagines being a baby skunk and wonders if Aunt Mabel would read from little skunk papers and if she would have a tiny red skunk chair to sit on.
The article notes Charlemagne's role in preserving Greek and Roman literature and fostering education. It highlights his imperfect schooling yet strong support for scholars and manuscripts, the adoption of the minuscule script, and his palace academy and schools at various centers like Würzburg, leading to early grammars of his language.
The Birmingham Post notes a suggestion to invite Major Marchand to lecture in London praising his remarkable journey through unmapped regions. A London welcome is expected for the African explorer in his capacity as such.
Readers urged that the czar allocate effort to progress on disarmament. The call emphasizes reducing armaments and pursuing peaceful policy as a national objective.
Discussion notes the status of Porto Rico and the action needed, reflecting on a landmark decision for territorial status and its implications. Also contains opinions on New Jersey sects and praises Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a remedy for stomach issues and nerves.
The article recalls the first continuous iron rail line to the Ohio River, completed Christmas Eve 1852. Roseby’s Rock in Marshall County West Virginia marks the milestone with a 60 by 35 by 30 foot stone bearing the inscription and rockcutwork by B. & O. workmen.
The Monon Route offers through sleepers from Chicago leaving at 2:45 a.m. arriving Cincinnati 11:20 a.m. Washington 6:47 a.m. and Baltimore 7:50 a.m. This line is billed as the fastest comfortable option from Chicago to the national capital. A Chicago News quip follows about tying a lover’s knot and a clergyman's address.
An advertisement extols internal remedies for catarrh claiming local applications fail to reach the disease. It touts Hall's internally as a blood and surface medicine and pairs it with a non medicine method called Helstarrh Cure. The text includes testimonials and claims Toledo Ohio and Cleveland sources, emphasizing tonics and mucus wartesce effects.
An advertisement claims a single dose of Five Drops will benefit those with la grippe and that use over a few days can cure them. It references stronger testimonials in another column of the paper.
A terse snippet links Kipling style to satirical write up about writing fees and a Cincinnati Enquirer mention. The brief notes discuss meat in Kipling’s material and a comparison to Wright bread and meat.
The item references a public official described as the steward of the pesthouse and questions his identity. It mentions free dropsy treatment by Dr H H Green's Sons of Atlanta and contrasts with other column advertisements. It also notes Kipling and a poet Penswipe in a Cleveland Leader column.
A fragment from a 1895 page quotes Piso's Cure for Consumption and a humorous noted exchange about stockings at Christmas. It mentions a Seattle address and the Philadelphia North American as sources while advertising Diamond “0” Soap with a free knife promotion.
A brief dialogue centers on a ring and a costly price, Myra declaring the cost was her liberty as she and Matthe-Why discuss engagement in Chicago.
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