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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
4
Linton and surrounding towns show a flurry of visitors from Hull Hague Temvik and Strasburg. Local business and farm ads plus auctions and sales mark a busy week with many residents traveling to Bismarck Fargo and Braddock for errands events and entertainment.
The piece notes several citizenship applications, the May term of court not meeting until the 16th, and no jury trials before the December term. It recalls Joe Wolf of Zeeland visiting Linton en route to Bismarck, and his shared wartime service with the Record man at Camp Dodge in 1917. Wolf also visited his sister, Mrs. Matt Schneider.
In a scathing letter to his bank over a loan call, a wealthy California rancher lamented government and societal taxes and penalties. He claims authorities and various groups have drained his resources and left him unable to meet financial demands, vowing he cannot be an inexhaustible source of funds.
The Twenty second Infantry, famed for firing the first shot of war by seizing German shipping in New York Harbor, is ordered broken up and dispersed nationwide under economy plans. The regiment’s soldiers offer two months pay to preserve the unit’s personnel.
A tornado struck the west side of Austin and Oak Hill eight miles southwest, leaving nine dead and 38 injured with property damage pegged around 400000. Two fatalities are considered probable as crews assess the scene.
Detroit police investigate a hanging death of Robert Salaman Jr a high school student found in a bar area near his home authorities treat the incident as a possible homicide while awaiting further details and coroner findings
The Legion post in Arkansas crowns Edith Mae Patterson Miss America after a mid western win. Arkansas boasts strong fertility of soil and remarkable finds from oyster flats and diamond mines, presenting gifts to Marshal Foch and Hanford MacNider.
The American Legion in New York proposes a 12 000 acre Adirondack reserve hosting a 90 mile distant mountain camp for 10 000 disabled veterans. The main Big Tupper Lake camp will offer bowling alleys motor boats and athletic fields while lean-tos are built in the adjoining forest. Each post can erect its own shelter with priority for occupancy. The project has 20 000 dollars pledged.
Edward J Eivers national president of 40 hommes et 8 chevaux, American Legion, resigns as Oregon state adjutant due to time spent on organizational amusement work. He recalls presenting Marshal Koch the gold badge before 7000 people. He began in 1910 with the National Guard and served 15 months overseas as machine gun company captain in the 162nd Infantry.
A four year old gray mare is missing from section 14 135 75 with a left hind foot white and a cut forelock. Last seen around May 1. Finder should notify George F. Grogan of Linton North Dakota or R J adv mll ie.
White 8 line service runs daily except Sunday from Bismarck at 8 A M to Linton arriving 11 30 A M. Return leaves Linton at 1 P M arriving Bismarck at 4 30 P M. Route via Sterling with stops in all towns. Car starts from the Linton house.
An ad notes Dakota Business College Fargo N D opens its June term offering a head start with rapid advancement. It claims 230 graduates become bank officers and highlights H L Hanson becoming cashier at Guaranty State Bank Emerado. A street remark about Arbuckle manslaughter appears as a quoted newspaper headline.
A neighbor asks a boy if he is an only child and he answers that while he has a brother and sister he is the only one working.
A wry Boston Transcript quip notes demand for a cellar light that automatically turns off when forgotten.
A stray fragment notes a dull mood as facial expressions linger, suggesting a stubborn, fixed smile. The line hints at fatigue or social pressure, with observers remarking on the same constant expression.
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