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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1911
Page
6
The Record notes widespread unrest over Canadian reciprocity and its danger to North Dakota farms. A Grand Forks meeting circulated petitions against the measure. Editorials urge home‑print integrity and oppose political scapegoating in the Cowan dispute.
Representative Merritt of Cavalier county signs a March 20 letter praising a writer’s article on the Cowan impeachment matter and Governor Burke. He notes alignment with the piece, calls it truthful, and says he would not condemn unjustly for alleged Stalwart ties.
John F. Cowan of Devils Lake is profiled as a Scot born in 1858 who rose from Canada education to North Dakota law. He served as state attorney general and was elected to the Second Judicial District bench in 1900 after defeating Gov. Burke, with party affiliation and fraternal memberships noted.
A shy young clergyman botches his first wedding by reversing the love and obedience vows. The father of the bride notes the mix up and quips that it may not matter in the end, as the couple proceed with their ceremony.
A secretary of agriculture says the successful farmer loves his work and attends to details. Squire Prowlands is mocked as a poor theologian after confronting his tenant Hodge about church and a sermon on Joseph going to Egypt to buy corn. The dialogue hints at market concerns.
A brief exhortation to dedicate daily time for meditation. It urges honesty before oneself and lifting the heart to God to grant the panting life a chance for balance.
In the American Magazine H Addington Bruce recounts Dr Pierre Janet treating a woman with a persistent hallucinatory sight of a man in her room. After failed direct suggestion Janet uses a pig head image to provoke revulsion, leading to disappearance of the illusion and recovery.
A four year old Booth Blank, visiting friends with his father, asks to take three pigs. After an eager inspection of the pigpen, he replies that one pig will be enough and asks his father to carry it home.
A police officer questions a servant dumping garbage in an open lot and admonishes her that the act is illegal. She retorts she can only live by the Ten Commandments, echoing a humorous Home Journal line about conflict between law and morality.
A brief quip notes Miss Keeney’s sharp tongue has cut most of her friends from her circle, prompting amused remarks about her blunt style and its social impact.
A terse aphorism notes that virtue yields true godliness in character, suggesting inner morality outshines outward joy as the measure of a worthy life. The phrase frames happiness as secondary to steadfast goodness.
A playful initiation in Parisian art schools turns into a painter duel. Two newcomers sit on stools, blue and crimson paint clash as they spar with brushes. Spectators cheer, stools topple, then they wash off, shake hands, and conclude in good humor.
A city gentleman is invited to the country for a day with the birds. His poor shooting draws laughter as a betting tip is linked to bag size, and a witty spectator notes the same bird has followed him for a dozen shots. The humor hinges on a persistent winged quarry and a sly reply about safety.
James Adams of York plotted revenge on Henry Simpson's children aged six and nine. He built a log pound amid rocks, lured the youngsters there, and left them to perish. After forty eight hours the boys escaped by digging, wandering three days before reaching the sea. He was punished with thirty lashes and fines totaling £15 plus prison costs, then ordered to depart the jurisdiction within twenty one days.
Mrs Blueblood questions a bow from a man in a Boston Transcript scene. Blueblood explains the man is his tailor and vows to keep him at a distance after standing him off for two years.
Oro Tamura, a twenty year old student, seeks marriage with family intervention. A professional go-between arranges a sequence of discreet steps, including a tea party “look at each other” meeting, where the couple first view each other without speaking, under social etiquette.
Two newsboys on the street exchange a moment of mood and misfortune. Jim cheers Bill as Dill reveals not a found dime but the hole it passed through, delivering a brief comic tableaux from the Youtiis Companion.
The article portrays Hungarian gypsies baking cakes with a coin as love letters to passing girls. If the girl eats the cake and keeps the coin, the affair proceeds. returning the coin brings misfortune to the lover. It cites Arabian desert tribes where a suitor may seize a girl by force, facing resistance and potential lifelong shame if she resists.
The article notes bells’ ancient use in Sasanian churches and cites Venerable Bede’s remarks. It mentions large Saxon towers and Crowland Abbey, and a South Lincolnshire bell peal seven bells long before the Norman conquest as reported by the London Graphic.
A garbled excerpt discusses a remedy involving hartshorn and a druggist’s role. The narrator alternates between pain relief and confusion, with fragments mentioning a wife and a headache in a fragmented historical newspaper voice.
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