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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
2
On a New England farm Thaddeus and Harriet Clayton cling to hopes of distant children. Harriet schemes to stage a fake funeral to lure Jehiel Hannah Jane and the others home, but reading Jehiel’s letter exposes the rift and questions the plan, as the couple faces a desperate ruse.
In a southern town Harriet hatches a deadly ruse to fetch her children by faking a fatal accident. Thaddeus delivers two telegrams summoning Jehiel and Hannah Jane to Hopkinsville, while Harriet hides above as the plot unfolds. The deception collapses when she reveals she is alive, and the family reunites with mixed shock and relief.
F G Galpin historian of El Paso post 36 American Legion and ex animal cook of the White Star liner Medic recounts carting 800 animals from Australia to England aboard a liner. He describes feeding birds and marsupials with bananas and eggs while Tasmanian devils ignore most foods except floating island.
Marshal Foch’s voyage to France with Theodora the dog ends in chaos as She lies in the liner Paris kennel. The aroma from the pet’s cell alarms passengers when the ship reaches France, and the animal valet hands dogs to bemused French ma demos.
An experimental shell fired at Lympe England blows its head at 2000 feet releasing a parachute. A magnesium flare attached to the parachute lights automatically upon opening, illuminating the sky for miles around.
A statesman admires a plan to secure women voters but the move backfires as the delegation dissolves. The woman had been dying in secret for three months, revealed by the American Legion Weekly.
A brief American Legion Weekly item notes a group sang a vocal quartet after sampling home brew. It recalls who carried the bass and mentions three members helping Kriss get home.
Point Pleasant Ohio reports President Harding and party avoided disaster when the Island Queen deck collapsed during a river voyage for General Grant’s 100th birthday. About 200 passengers were affected, with Wilbur Morgan, 15, among the seriously injured. Government inspectors steered the president to the Cayuga, sparing him from the doomed craft.
The United States government signed a contract with Sinclair Oil for developing Naval Oil Reserve No. 2 near Teapot Dome Wyoming. The tract is estimated at 150 to 200 million barrels of high grade oil. Officials say the agreement stands as a landmark petroleum undertaking and marks a government move toward private cooperation in natural resource operations.
Willem Huggins, a 17 year old girl from Janesville Wisconsin, is praised by Chicago Medical Society for remarkable abilities. Though blind and totally deaf she reads headlines by finger spelling, distinguishes colors, talks on the telephone, and can hear lectures or concerts by sensing air through a paper held aloft. She distinguishes colors rapidly and communicates by finger reading headlines.
Delegates from across the United States at the National League of Women Voters third annual convention in Baltimore call for direct primary reform, civil service vigilance, and the creation of an international law making war a crime.
Fairmont West Virginia reports indicate production has begun again in 27 northern coal mines that had been closed during a strike. The move seen by close observers as the start of a coordinated effort by operators to resume production.
A Mississippi river levee break at Poydras about ten miles south of New Orleans forced the evacuation of roughly 350 families as water flooded a section about a hundred feet long. If unchecked, the breach could widen and flood a larger area.
George Em manuelson learned his brother Theo dore, his partner in a soft drink stand, had given three empty cigar boxes to a stranger. He had placed $500 in currency in one box for safekeeping, and the incident left him nearly fainting.
Many famed American pens exist but the ones used by General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee to sign terms of peace remain among the most historic and revered in American history.
L. L. Stair, former speaker of the House under Nonpartisan League control, was reappointed warden of the state prison in Bismarck by the board of control for another two years.
Miss Olivia Stone, newly acquitted in a sensational murder trial, has refused three marriage proposals two offers to publish her Story of her life and one offer from the movies. Possibly the woman wants privacy for a time.
The Frazee Press notes Pete Leffingwell of Michigan has served as a county probate judge for four decades. It asserts he will remain in office, finding alleged challengers mentally unfit and awaiting the next campaign, a wry appraisal by E B Johnson.
A young novelist stood on a prominent London street corner recently peddling her own books and sold 80 copies in an hour. The item reflects a lively street literary moment amid a survey of global facts from the era.
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