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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1899
Page
2
A compilation of wry sayings and reflections mixed with brief social observations. The column notes whimsical maxims on generosity, appearance, education, and virtues, interspersed with light musings on boxing fame and human fellowship.
An amendment allows any five percent of voters to force legislation to pass and be sent to a vote at the next election. Secretaries report Indian Territory dispatches show Creek Nation plans a special session to consider a new Dawes treaty and Cherokee Nation sets up a commission to negotiate. The Marlowe theater death spotlights actor life stress and the need for steady engagements in a demanding field.
Report from Southerners passing through the epidemic recounts claims that yellow fever cured conditions like dyspepsia and asthma. A confirmed dyspeptic says he can eat anything and a man with twenty years of asthma is now free of that distressing malady. Even so, patients may die during the fever, making yellow fever an impractical cure.
In Oklahoma a missionary urged church support and two poor Indian women answered by towing a cart to collect animal bones, traveling sixty miles to sell them for three dollars, then returning to donate all, not a tenth but every penny, to the church fund.
Dispatches from Paris describe Count De Mun causing brawls in the chamber of deputies during debates. The use of football style tactics leads to inkstands and blows, alarming the Republic of Liberty and Equality. President Faure dons miners clothes to join a dawn protest, seen as a hopeful sign for governance. Spain reviews the treaty and lost islands amid tension.
H. H. Liemke of St. Louis leads plans to rebuild a seven boat fleet for passenger and freight service between St. Paul and New Orleans. He aims to rival railroads with faster, better boats and permanent river line subsidies via subscriber tickets.
An old fashioned grandmother emphasizes punctual meals and prompt readiness. Her granddaughter, visiting New York, often sleeps late after late nights but strives to rise on time to join the family. One morning the grandmother checks Alice’s room after a quiet knock.
A German alloy of 90 to 95 percent aluminum and 6 to 10 percent copper is described as aluminum bronze. It is golden, durable in air, castable, hard and polishable. Forging here resembles iron work with red heat, and riveting or soldering may join parts. It is suitable for embossing and can be toned by acid after finishing.
The piece notes superstitions about the time of death and cites a British Medical Journal analysis by Raserl. Analyzed data from 25,474 deaths and 36,515 births lacking exact times shows most deaths occur in the early afternoon.
The article describes a planned steam service on the Mississippi with steel hulls of 300 feet, 50 feet beam, and 32 to 36 inches draft. Boats would run 15–18 mph upstream and 22–24 mph downstream, with airtight compartments, $200,000 cost each, and turnkey operation from St. Louis to New Orleans in two and a half days. Naphtha tenders would shuttle freight and passengers midstream, enabling full-speed loading and rapid trips.
A Gordon setter named Norah, owned by Monsieur Barbat, demos practical intelligence by retrieving water lilies from Liton ponds in Savoy and hauling firewood to the fireplace. The dog instinctively understands the task, swims to collect stems, and repeats the work until the basket and fire are ready.
The New York World quote frames a rural view on credit ruin, claiming only twenty five dollars in circulation per capita drives debt as men exhaust quotas and must seek credit advances. Uncle Silas argues the credit system stems from insufficient money in circulation and keeps people in debt.
Analysis of several cases: city ejectment powers in San Francisco against non owned streets. electric railways and abutting owners. lineman's duty and insulator testing. express company overcharges not protected by state literary fund. interstate property for distribution as administrator assets.
The Burlington Hawkeye notes that former leaders face irrelevance once out of office. It compares social standing to a mill that grinds for those who supply the grain, while the once high status fades as time passes in places like farms, schools, and country stores.
A natural science professor playful lectured on plant fertilization using insects and Darwin. He claimed old maids influence pollen variation via a chain: field-mice versus bumblebees and cats, concluding old maids drive plant variety in a fanciful argument. A fashionable freshman interrupted.
Wages show day laborers earning five to six dollars weekly while men earn about ten. Farmers report workers scarce due to bumper crops. clerks earn about twenty five dollars monthly. Women in farming support efforts by driving binders and wagons as rural labor shortages widen.
A back view of a historic head dress shows a fringe from natural curly hair plus long wavy hair swept to the back and sides. The fringe is fixed by a small tor tortoiseshell comb at the front. A single long tail of hair, twenty eight inches, forms the back coil.
A short home cooking note explains mince pie filling with one cup chopped meat and one and a half cups raisins. The fragment suggests a method for preparing rich mince meat for pies with no further steps provided.
The passage lists ingredients for a fruit and meat suet mixture including two pounds each of seeded raisins currants sugar and peeled apples one and a half pounds beef suet and four ounces of citrus peels. Large lemons are grated, juice squeezed into a deep bowl, orange flower water added, then the blend is tossed and ready for use.
A clipped column discusses novelist Gyp using oversized handwriting and Patti’s age defying charm. It notes Patti birthplace in Madrid from a birth record of 1843 and her routines for preserving her eyes, including sleep, baths, and cautions about reading at night. It ends with a remark on actresses often wearing imitation jewelry and paper lace on stage.
A Kansas survey reports women workers average nine hours daily with wages rising 20 percent. teachers earn 34.71 dollars monthly while men average 54.50. The piece also details several old fashioned pie recipes and notes on stage jewelry and imitation flowers used in theaters.
The British queen has spent extensive time in Scotland since 1842, totaling about 18 years across spring and autumn trips to the Highlands. This marks a remarkable period of residence compared to earlier kings and queens who ruled Scotland.
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