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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
6
The piece notes a long unusual name Acts of the apostles Kennett and jokes about later shortening it. It cites rapid growth of cremation in the United States with over 60 000 cremations in 88 crematories and mentions a 1918 government contract to build a crematory in the Canal Zone.
A blizzard dampened turnout as Linton voters cast 125 Republican and 31 Democratic ballots. League backed candidates won key party posts with Anton Horner the county commissioner pick by about two to one. Wolverton and Heisler won their races unopposed. Four initiated measures faced mixed results including boxing, cigarette sales, Sunday baseball and Sunday movies.
Strassburg voters report a 75 to 6 lead for anti league candidates with over eighty ballots cast. Measures on boxing and cigarettes show lopsided tallies. Sunday baseball and theatres pass with marked margins.
In Hague the vote was light with about twenty Republicans casting ballots. The moral laws won by a rough two to one margin.
Northern precincts report a light vote with Hazelton leaning anti 36 to 28 and Burr Oak tallying three league votes while Buchanan shifts 8 to 3 and Dana 2 to 7. Logan had unclear results due to incomplete text.
A historical note describes restoring faded ink by washing with substances that blacken when mixed with iron infusion of nut galls sodium sulphate or acetic ferro cyanide of potassium.
After a mass meeting with 110 union members, a cooperative laundry plan gained quick support and $2,000 was raised. The new operation aims to start by April 1, signaling a shift from union-led strikes to community cooperative effort.
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