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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1899
Page
4
Local items report DeGraff's stores clearing out stock with prices on bed comforts and duck coats. Town visitors include Maurits Van Soest and attorney Armstrong. News covers weather shifts, timber proofs, building plans, hospital updates, and a widow's death in Arcadia Wis.
Napoleon Streeter, editor of the Emmons County Record, relocates his newspaper from Williamsport to Linton the new county seat. The first copy from the new office arrives this week as the paper continues to cover regional news and express hopes for its prosperity and Streeter's success.
Over Fifty VYcare. An Op aND Watt-Taren Remedy. Mrs Winslow's Boost Syrup has been used by millions of mothers for teething relief. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays pain, cures wind colic, and eases diarrhea. Pleasant to the taste, sold by druggists globally for twenty one cents a bottle. Always request Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
We offer leading apple and crab trees for planting season. Stock sizes 4 to 5 feet at 10c each or 8 per 100. 5 to 7 feet at 12c each or 10 per 100. fifty at 100 rates. Refund if stock not first class on arrival. Order early. UECKE STILSON. Also men and boys shoes at manufacturers prices to close out at DeGraff's in Bismarck.
C H Merry runs a four to five band sheep operation with 15 000 to 20 000 sheep. He uses a buckboard cage carrying three wolf hounds plus a fast team. At sighting a wolf he pulls a cord and the dogs leap out to chase. The dogs converge on the wolf and, with Merry pursuing, rarely fail to overtake the thief, often within a mile.
The county board of health met in Linton to pursue legal steps to send a 16 year old boy, son of Bernard Meendarinck, to the Jamestown state hospital for the insane. The boy, once mentally sound, began showing severe afflictions after infancy and spasms in childhood. Sheriff Rooks escorted the youth to Jamestown for admission, as parents express sympathy and hope for recovery.
The undersigned will be at the county seat on the first Monday of each month to attend to any business pertaining to office. Respectfully, Rowe R. County Clerk.
Marth 1 diary items note N Betkompas family moved to Holland Michigan. A child born March 8 1899 to Mr and Mrs Anthony Compaan. Miss Currin finished school and left for Winchester. Woman's Missionary Society to hold annual social next Wednesday. George Beaver of Braddock inspected plans for new church building. Lawrence traveling agent for Jewett Bros Aberdeen reports with John Rooks. Ed Van Beek remains ill with Oa Shockey of Mound City attending. Geo Whalen returned from Iowa with his watch geared to the axle to ease horse load. GRANGER.
C A Patterson finished his day contract at Yates. Mrs Walter Mowry fell ill but is recovering. Mrs James Purcell arrives from the Presidio to tend her late mother Ellen Kelley estate. River crossing is bad. Billy Welsh’s wagon and mail broke through ice but all saved. Frank Smith and family move from Glencoe to Kerrigan house. Dayton Stewart reports quitting the drug business and selling goods from pockets. Mrs H T Anderson’s wife dies in Arcadia, adding to bereavements. Winona boys, including George Pitts and Charles Sherman, leave for Turkey track and TX ranch round-up. girls expect to cope until fall. Jim.
Hankinson fruit firm representative Mr Vandevoort reports brisk business due to rising wheat arrivals. Postmaster Brown builds a new post office on Mitchell street. Hotels and buildings near Brad dock near opening. Residents from Eureka settle in Brad dock. Cattle import from Canada planned by S H Robinson. F H Cotton to join local elevator. Railroad delays and snow trouble, with several passengers aboard. Landowner plans to survey townships 134-74 to 135-74 and settle a family on each quarter-section.
The Dutch government hires contractors to drain the Zuyder Zee with a sea dike across its mouth costing 17.5 million dollars over nine years. Draining and reclamation would take 33 more years and create about 787 square miles of land. Reclaimed land, to be sold to individuals at about 300 dollars per acre, would aid Amsterdam and Haarlem, per the Minneapolis Tribune.
The article notes that inland canals will replace rivers for transport, enlarging dry land but endangering the Zuyder Zee fishing industry. It frames the project as a bold continuation of Dutch expansion against the sea, reflecting a conquering national spirit. An advertisement then touts DeGraff's in Bismarck with hats and taps.
The undersigned has opened a black smith shop at Braddock and is prepared to do horseshoeing, repairing wagons, buggies and farm implements. Also offers lumber for sale. S. HUBBEL E.
In Leipzig Dr Warpmann reports bacteria in 67 ink samples from schools and offices, including black, red, and blue inks. Experiments show a bacillus from ordinary ink can kill a mouse within four days, with similar fatal results in rabbits and guinea pigs.
The Sviet reprints a London News summary of General Komaroff who asserts Providence favors Russia owning the east from China to India. He urges strong western positions, guarding against German schemes, and prioritizing Slav unity to secure the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for Russia's survival and influence.
Gordon Cady a famed eastern Connecticut dancing master and promoter lived in Plainfield’s Central village. Before death he funded a monument at his burial site, where he would play his violin for workers, his stone featuring a Jersey cow and the inscription All ready Mr Cady.
A Washington Times piece recounts a veteran’s reminiscence of the 1898 war at Santiago with callers interrupting and joking aside as he recalls sights, shells, and moments from Dewey Schley and Shafter to Hobson and Miles, ending with a pause for the next line.
The Northern Pacific announces starting March 12, 1809, two trains daily east and west, covering 2000 miles between St Paul Minneapolis Duluth and Seattle Tacoma Portland. Trains No. 1 and No. 2 will include mail, baggage, express cars, coaches, several sleeping cars, and dining services, with speeds claimed up to 75 to 80 mph on new Schenectady locomotives. One train each direction travels via Helena or Butte, serving major Northwest cities and Yellowstone Park seasonally with a Pullman First-Class Sleeping Car for park travel inquiries to S Pax, Gen'l.
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