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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
2
The piece cites a sharp critique of officials over contraband liquor handling and cites local figures including Mayor Smyth and StotTre Murray. It notes rumors in Emmons county and warns residents to beware of a “Man with The Cock Eye” amid the Missouri Slope liquor trouble.
A young man near Hazelton expresses sudden disdain for the editor of the Record, musing that Glencoe’s political double-dealer could aid him more than Streeter, who he once called his best friend. The passage recalls a tale of an Italian nobleman angered at his faithful valet Eugenio and ordering help with a shovel.
The Emmons county publication comments on intensified insurgent activity and the upcoming primary, warns rivals to conserve ammo, and muses on Governor Burke’s app pointments. It recalls the paper’s 24th year, noting editors were younger in 1884 and reflecting on aging readers and changing times.
A Bismarck druggist writes to the Tribune defending druggists permits while critiquing Murray the prohibition spotter. He argues affidavit-book stubs show many pint bottle sales but asserts liquor sales per population are not alarming and questions constitutionality of a policy to revoke permits under the prohibition laws.
The text notes a pint per person per day as a legal limit, but in Bismarck with several drug stores a tippler could obtain three quarts or a gallon daily. It suggests this allowance enables a drinker to encounter many bugs and reptiles within a week.
A humorous diatribe mocks two Patterson clan members in Bismarck over Democratic medicine in Burleigh county. It urges them to seek peace away from public eyes and hints they belong to Scotia lineage and should reconcile, proposing a restorative trip to Linton by Beavers River.
President Worst traveled to New York then to St Paul to discuss continuing nearly free excursions to the agricultural college. Railway officials say reduced rates are unaffordable after recent rate legislation, ending a popular program that drew about three thousand farmers yearly and boosted college admissions.
The article notes Governor Burke replaces Warden Boucher and Dr. Moore and ousts President Carhart, signaling a tolerance for loyalists over old-line Democrats. It argues such moves risk duplicity for office and critiques distrust of initiative-and-referendum bills amid constitutional reform debates.
An editorial cites a Saturday Evening Post piece arguing that constitutions outlive their creators. It warns Oklahoma’s new constitution may face erosion and suggests adding a provision allowing amendment by simple legislative act.
The Valley City memorial program draws county figures into a partisan dispute. The piece questions Editor Streeter and Thurston's stance, recalls a prior July Fourth welcome to a Linton writer, and contrasts past praise with current insinuations about personal purity and loyalty.
Notice announces mutual dissolution of the partnership between Elmer D. Fogle and Frank Skellenger, contractors and builders, effective May 17, 1907 from Linton, North Dakota. The fragment includes unrelated travelogue text about edible locusts in the West Indies and Africa.
Bananas unfit for food litter the sidewalk before wholesale produce commission houses. Some have rusted with age while dealers remark the bunches still present a remarkably fine appearance despite being plaster of Paris dyed or treated gourds of questionable quality.
The New York Herald recalls how vendors and street youngsters spoiled real fruit displays by stealing or pocketing items. Advertisers then switched to a pretend sign article to maintain appearance and avoid palate issues from spoiled goods.
In Batten's Wedge the idea is that a well dressed man goes unseen unless his outfit is extreme. Clean linen, hats, and shoes draw attention only when notably conspicuous, while neat nails go unnoticed. The guiding rule is to avoid overdressing or shabbiness that masks true presence.
A catalog of brands used by ranchers and breeders across multiple towns detailing cattle and horse marks. Entries list owner names such as Braddock, Dale, Baker, Brum, Chapman, Clark, Davis, Dornbush, Leeds, Cravink, Hansen, Hauser, Haat, Int Veldt, Weber, Kurtz, Logue, Marchant, Morford, Muench, Nanden, O'Flynn, Postle, Putnam, Rathbun, Renskers, Spaulding, Van Heukdlom, Van Som, Weller, Whalen, Wollmann with brands stamped on various body parts. Includes left or right hip, shoulder, ribs, and ear details.
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