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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1903
Page
4
Linton and surrounding communities bustle with visitors, arrivals, sales, and events. Notes mention church plans, theater and millinery openings, new depot construction, bank and post office activity, a photo car, and upcoming religious services. Several residents, businesses, and travelers are listed across Braddock, Strasburg, and Hampton, with updates on rides, auctions, and local industry.
Pollock items report a large cattle herd belonging to J E Horton driven through town on May Day from Mound Linton. Fred Seymour returns from Denver at week’s end unsure of summer plans. Pollock to build a new large and well lit academy style school in the county, the biggest so far.
A two story plus ground floor school building with a stone basement for a furnace and coal storage, ten large windows per side, two entrances, and two acre grounds, totaling about 5000 dollars. The new South Dakota law funds high schools. Pollock may host Campbell county's high school, keeping families local for winter education.
May 6 notes report wallpapering at the parsonage and multiple visits by residents. Mrs Menne Van Voorst and Mrs A Haan appear in town while Hague trips and a Bible class organized by Rev Botbyl are recorded. A two year old goat dies in an old well prompting a safety warning.
The general land office plans radical reforms including sending special agents with high grade kodaks to photograph improvements on homesteads. Photographs with sworn affidavits will serve as prima facie evidence, reducing witness need and delays in title contests and appeals to Washington. This aims to speed decisions and improve the contest division’s operations.
Congal General Mason of Berlin reports on lignite from near Bismarck North Dakota tested for briquette production. Samples molded into briquettes showed firm structure, smokeless burn, and low inorganic residue. Water content is low but can be reduced with drying and heating.
Brief notice describes cattle herding near Linton at 19 miles northwest of the post office. Mentions Sara spot and need for food water. Specific directions are unclear due to OCR.
Fragmentary sale notice lists items including wheat and other goods with unclear quantities and prices. Readable terms mention sale context and misreadings but no coherent details on date or location.
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