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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
2
Emmons Co. Record from Linton notes D. R. Streeter as publisher for Emmons County pages. Local listing highlights Emmons Co. operations and regional newspaper identity in Linton.
A collage of brief items quotes of public figures, society quirks, and playful jests. Mentions Dom Paul, Count Boni de Castellane, J Pierpont Morgan, King Alfonso, Prince Henry, and a Lincoln Nebraska umpire death, plus jokes about beef prices and vegetarianism. A New Hampshire beggar, dynamite in Ohio, and a private citizen fleeing public office add to the miscellany.
The article notes Germany is producing sugar from beets and gasoline from potatoes while joking that they still cannot obtain blood from a turnip. It reflects wartime resource innovation and public morale.
Since the invention of ping pong, 000,000 featherweight zylonite balls have been produced in London. The product has seen a busy life with steady production and widespread use across the sport and related activities.
Yale unveils its new launch the Elihu Yale has been tested and declared fit for service. A potential launch race against the John Harvard could spark interest among students and alumni.
In Kansas they are killing prairie dogs by turning jets of steam into their holes. In these days of electricity this method seems extremely cumbersome and old fashioned.
F Marion Crawford has just finished a play titled Francesca da Rimini. Clyde Fitch is noted as one of the few playwrights who has not yet written a Francesca da Rimini.
The Philadelphia Inquirer printed a cut labeled Rear Admiral Coghlan, misidentifying Chief Justice Fuller of the United States Supreme Court. The error reflects a lapse in caption accuracy in a newspaper portrait section.
The Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post notes a surge of applicants as a new London millionaires club opens. The piece highlights that even modest men desire inclusion in the exclusive crowd.
A Boston literary critic compiles a list naming thirty places for Boston writers and one for a Chicago author in his fifty best American poems. The piece contrasts Chicago’s fifty best American sausages with the Boston tally, noting the parity in average.
A New York court held that fraud in obtaining a marriage does not provide grounds for divorce. The decision treats the contract as not rescindable solely on deceit in obtaining consent, outlining implications for affected couples and future cases.
In the case the United States Attorney General sues the Northern Securities Company, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific, each defendant answers. The Northern Securities lays out its origin of the merger and the holding company plan, detailing why Burlington stock was bought, the aim to secure markets, and to build an inter national commerce alliance. The brief argues the holding company was not formed to restrain competition and that rates have been reduced since formation.
The defendants deny that their formation and stock purchases violated the anti-trust act and argue the enterprise aimed to expand inter state and international commerce. They state stock sales spanned over 1,500 parties and that no single intent to restrain trade existed, while acknowledging the organizational facts and representation by John W. Griggs, George B. Young, and M D Grover.
London Special Cable reports theft fears as paste jewelry and duplicate replicas enter prominent social circles during coronation festivities. Underwriters reassure, noting Lloyds insured American Mrs. Robert Goelet’s valued trinkets running into thousands of pounds, security measures in place.
A New York anecdote mixes humor with crime lore as two amateur gamblers shoot craps in a Twenty seventh Street resort. One leaves with silver, fearing a deadly outcome, while the partner urges shared spoils and quips that the winner is a Central office detective seeking evidence.
Scranton reports a general strike of anthracite miners with a reserve qualification. Delegates from all local unions will meet at Hazleton next Wednesday to decide if the strike becomes permanent. Miners vow strict compliance and expect a complete halt in Lackawanna valley Monday.
Senator Hansbrough fails to get favorable army bill amendment to award Medals of Honor to First North Dakota volunteers with Young's scouts for Cuban bridge and Philippine islands service. He introduces a new bill directing the Secretary of War to grant medals.
In Rome on May 11 at Turin, King Humbert unveiled a commemorative monument to King Humbert. The king invited Ambassador Meyer to the royal stand and had him sign the deed recording the event, a rare honor Meyer called a compliment to America which he represents.
Mrs Andrew T Clark wife of a Cheyenne contractor went missing while walking on the prairie and wandered for about thirty hours without food before reaching a ranch twenty miles north of Cheyenne. A US cavalry troop joined in the search coordinating efforts and locating her exhausted condition.
At Castle Loo on May 11 the bulletin reported Queen Wilhelmina had a quiet night with no temperature rise and was taking nourishment. Her condition was described as satisfactory and she was able to sign a royal decree.
Advices from Wu Chou report rebels bombarded Nang Ning fu for three hours on April 27 with field guns. Between 300 and 400 inhabitants were killed before the rebels withdrew to the hills.
Washington May 11 Senator Clapp yesterday offered an amendment to the public building bill to raise the site cost for the Albert Lea Minnesota public building from 3000 to 5000 dollars.
The American Workman article cites Andrew Carnegie stating that a pound sterling buys more essentials in the New World than in Britain, enabling families to live on less. He notes frugality matters, comparing to a Scotswoman’s remark on living within annuity limits and spending efficiently.
At Fairlaine and Co iron foundry workers hoisted a molten ladle yesterday when the handle slipped causing the vessel to overturn. Six men were seriously burned and rushed to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Forest fires burn near Babylon New York as about a thousand workers battle the flames. The blaze once threatened extensive destruction to the village with crews from multiple crews and agencies fighting the fire through the day.
A brief dramatic exchange shows He seeking his father's consent and She directing him to rely on his mother Mrs. dismissing paternal approval as unnecessary while mother handles the matter under the family’s authority.
Wabasha Minn May 8 Robert R Whiting son of H B Whiting was accidentally killed at the Wabasha Lumber Co yard while employed there a team running away with a load of lath toppled him breaking his chest He leaves a wife and two children
Bishop Henry C. Potter of the Episcopal diocese of New York was suddenly taken ill yesterday though officials say the illness is not alarming. The news notes his prominence and the timing in New York on May 9.
Hartley, a Dodge Center man, was acquitted in the Faribault murder case. Judge Buckham freed him after ruling the state failed to prove the indictment. Key testimony came from Baker about a dispute over buying and insuring the Transfer hotel before a fire.
In New Ulm Minnesota on May 10 Mrs Ocle Ella Wood formerly Chute returned from Hayward Wisconsin after being declared dead and her estate administered for over a year. She is the daughter of Thomas E Chute who was killed August 27 1899 and whose estate was probated and divided among living children. Ella Chute went to California decades ago and was presumed dead after her sister obtained a divorce from her husband who also went to California. Yesterday she appeared with a claim for her share of her father's estate. Three years ago Thomas Chute was found dead beneath a horse in his barn with signs of possible murder. the hired man was arrested twice but no indictment was returned.
Lloyd Otis fourteen, son of Horace Otis near Yankton, was kidnapped by two men in a covered wagon on Wednesday. He escaped during the night and returned home at 6:50 yesterday morning as neighbors continued a widespread search. No motive for the kidnapping is known.
In Sioux City Iowa May 10 three Turgeon brothers were shot in a fight with Sheriff Lewison and a Union county posse five miles northwest of a town. Fred Turgeon is critically injured possibly fatally. Dispute over land claims split by the Missouri river between South Dakota and Nebraska.
Governor Gav Herried urges school superintendents to plant trees on state grounds in his Arbor Day proclamation. Reports show broad observance with nearly all state institutions and public schools participating, making the effort more extensive than in previous years.
Watertown Wisconsin May 10 Lieutenant Governor Jesse Stone is weakening by the day taking little food and the great vitality keeps him up physicians say there is no hope and it is only a short time before his system succumbs to disease
Grocers from Eau Claire Chippewa Falls and Menomonie gathered for a banquet last night with speakers including William Rowe mayor of Eau Claire P C Atkinson F R Farr Roy P Wilcox Robert Cornett of Chicago Fred Mason St Paul Fred Lorenz of Minneapolis and others.
Fargo May 10 Standard Oil chooses a site on the Great Northern right of way for its new Fargo office buildings and warehouses to be erected this summer. The location near the Great Northern freight offices will serve both city and outside trade efficiently.
Prof C M Boutelle was re elected superintendent of the city schools in Marshall Minnesota on May 10. Miss Chamberlain of Luverne was chosen principal of the high school.
May 10 report from New Ulm Minnesota shows the city council at a regular meeting sold the bonds for the new electric lighting plant to State Savings Bank of St. Paul for 30365 dollars.
Miss Mary Knepnel of Pitt Nebraska arrived to marry F. Joseph Koech on a 1000 acre ranch after instantly approving the match. The couple obtained a marriage license and wed promptly.
Andrew Jacobson, a well to do Hillsdale farmer near Cumberland Wisconsin, fell from a barn loft on May 10 and sustained a skull fracture and severe facial injuries, dying from the accident.
Fire swept through St Edwards Nebraska on May 9 destroying seven stores and one residence including three large town buildings. Residents in the Egan block faced partial flames and several had narrow escapes as the blaze raged overnight.
Kensington Minnesota May 8 Oscar Westburg son of John J Westberg Swan Lake was seriously wounded while shooting at a target with a rifle. He was struck in the side by a ricochet bullet from a ra to a Das rifle while his younger brother looked on.
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