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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
8
A string of wry observations and jests from the Emmons County Record topics include catnip cures, aging jokes about Helen of Troy, railings at taxes, coffee consumption, pendulum of revolvers in St Petersburg, and lighter turns on dentistry and oil pricing. The items mix satire on politics, industry, and daily life.
An Ohio man attacked another who persisted in praying aloud in public. The incident prompts questions about who deserves intervention and why groups in need of divine help are not singled out for scrutiny.
Mrs. R H Savage calls objections to women smoking a geographical prejudice. The Vander wedding guests are described as full of enthusiasm en route to New York. A Havana heavyweight title bout is framed as must be a real fight or risk trouble. The piece notes eight gold dollars in the national treasury per person and that taxes on them are not required.
A Paris workshop turning out old master style paintings for wealthy American buyers draws sharp reproach from Connecticut manufacturers who have visited the shop and bought celebrated pictures. The piece notes the irony of art markets crossing the Atlantic and the reaction at home.
A French duel with eight participants was staged to prove dueling harmless though the author questions the need. The piece notes no one was seriously hurt and shifts to a Bayonne New Jersey man with seven children unable to rent a house, hinting at political odds for Roosevelt in Bayonne next election.
The widow of General Sheridan has sold a Washington house for 55000, a gift from admirers nationwide. Celebrities with gift homes should consider actions during life. A note on disease bacilli size and public misconceptions accompanies this brief item.
Rumors of institutional bonds approved by the legislature prompt questions of legality. State Treasurer McMillan may refuse to invest permanent school funds until the Supreme Court rules. Debates center on whether the bonds are lawful state debt or classed as institutional, affecting several state institutions and total bonds of 751 900. The matter hinges on constitutional investment limits and potential court rulings.
At a Bismarck meeting the State Historical Society aimed to preserve early state relics and acquire historic sites after a 1000 dollar legislature grant. Plans include Fort Abercrombie and Walhalla mission grounds, with more sites eyed across the state and a fireproof vault for records.
The United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural College Geological Survey conduct soil investigations near Fargo to map alkali content and soil suitability for crops. The 275 000 acre area west of the Red River will be surveyed this summer under Thomas A. Caine, with broader studies planned around Jamestown and Devil’s Lake as part of a national effort to map North Dakota and the United States soil resources.
Capt. Pershing's column defeated the sultan of Amparagano's Moros in Taraca country on Lake Lanao's east shore. Ten forts were taken, 115 Moros killed, 60 captured including the sultan, two Americans killed and seven wounded. Forts shelled and captured after stubborn resistance. Pershing moved north to survey the lakeside. Velasco raised with hull intact but upper works damaged.
Port Arthur Ont May 9 One of the worst rail accidents in the West occurred on the Canadi an Pacific main line near Dexter station Fifty two east of here Twelve men trapped in the wreckage of a derailed work train were killed or burned Eight others were fatally burned and several more may die The men were asleep in the boarding car attached to the rear of the train when it derailed at high speed The car was crushed and fire from an overturned stove spread through the splintered woodwork
Roanoke Va May 9 Nine men were killed and five others injured three fatally by a rock slide in tunnel No 2 at Eggleston Springs during double tracking by Norfolk and Western Railway contractors. The earth and stone removal exposed the rock causing a fall that buried the laborers.
Nome May 9 Rev Charles H Colton rector of St Stephen's Church New York is named bishop of Buffalo after the pope received Veccia secretary of propaganda and the propaganda congregation report on the vacancy.
May 9 report from Lancaster Pennsylvania states farmer Isaac Stizler, known as a hermit, was found shot dead inside his home in Rapho township. Neighbors heard a shot, body found across the doorway, money missing. Authorities investigate motive and suspect robbery.
Irish land bill passes its second reading in the House of Commons by 443 to 26, London. May 9 reports. The measure moves forward in the legislative process with broad support and strong opposition noted in the tally.
Charles R. Normandy, a one armed man posing as a traveling insurance agent, was arrested by St Louis officers on a complaint from the A O U W. He is wanted by several lodges.
Mortarmen and conductors went on strike last night in Dubuque Iowa halting the street car system. They reinstated five local union members who had been discharged as part of the dispute.
In Omaha on May 9, union labor across crafts rallies after a sweeping injunction by U S District Judge Munger. The court plans a modification removing a feature that disbands the local team drivers union. Gov Mickey and Gen Culver meet with local officials as militia readiness rises with 3000+ strikers patrolling the streets.
Los Angeles police, acting on secret service instructions, detained a man believed to be one of four Czolgost brothers of Leon Czolgosz, the McKinley assassin. No charges were filed as authorities kept details private until after the president’s Los Angeles visit.
Redlands California May 9 President Roosevelt was formally welcomed by Governor Pardee and state legislators. He gave a brief address at a luncheon, then toured city parks amid profuse flowers before leaving at 3 pm for San Bernardino for a two hour stop and arriving in Riverside for the night.
A London cable reports Andrew Carnegie offered 200000 dollars to obtain evidence to clear Sir Hector MacDonald’s character. Carnegie believes MacDonald was wronged by a conspiracy and that his death resulted from a plot within the war office. An insider reportedly hinted at the plot to Carnegie.
In Topeka on May 9 sensational disclosures emerged during an inquiry into the Kansas insane asylum. Former attendant William Mason testified that new patients were first conditioned to be docile by superior orders. He said attendants used fists to punish patients and that clubs were employed if guards feared injuring their hands.
Rev. James Stafford of Hazleton Cumberland Presbyterian church has perfected a bottle stopper that prevents refiling. After patenting the device, a patent medicine firm offered $100,000 to license it for its claimed use, which he refused. A Kentucky distiller later offered $1,000,100 for the device, which is now under consideration.
Washington on May 8 reports Adjt Gen Corbin receiving a London cablegram asserting newspaper criticisms of American cavalry are untrue. Baden-Powell accompanies the note, with a letter promised to follow.
Col M J Peardall solicitor of the city court and Dr Frank Daniel were killed last night when Dr Daniel's motor car collided with a long train on the Georgia Northern near Moultrie Ga May 9.
A forest fire near Ontonagon, Michigan, destroyed about 250000 feet of logs owned by C V McMillan and Bro. Most logs were barked and located on the lake shore roughly seven miles west of Houghton.
George Buker, wanted in several Iowa cities, is sentenced to fifteen years for burglarizing the home of Dr. Hamilton and Ed Henle in Clinton Iowa on May 8. The case involved the real burglaries across the state.
Dr. Albert Ames, four time Minneapolis mayor, found guilty of taking a $600 bribe from women connected to an ill fame group. Jury of twelve recommended mercy. Judge to sentence tomorrow. defense seeks stay and new trial with appeal to Supreme Court.
The St. Cloud Journal Press on April 27 prints an interview with Great Northern conductor R. G. Landis. He surveys Fergus division conductors on whether to accept the new wage scale or call a strike over double-header trains and double pay. The piece argues for wage fairness and warns that uniform concessions could curb competition and raise freight costs for Minnesota shippers.
Fifteen thousand striking Italian laborers voted yesterday not to return to work in the city subway until paid two dollars for city hours. The vote came after pleas from Chevalier Bianchi consul general Port Warden James E. March and Central Federated Union officials.
Philadelphia May 9 Benjamin Lippe also known as Big Bill Ma Son was arrested yesterday at the gate of the Eastern penitentiary just after completing a five year sentence He is wanted in Washington on a housebreaking charge Lippe sixty years old and police say there are charges against him in Joliet Baltimore Boston and several Ohio and Indiana cities
Two heavily laden Central Vermont trains collided at Milton, fifteen miles north of Burlington. The fireman was killed and three others injured in the wreck on May 9.
Rome May 9 Pope Leo XIII received with satisfaction the collection of presidential messages sent to him as presented by President Roosevelt. The papal reception underscored cordiality between Rome and Washington as the messages were reviewed by the pope.
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