27 May 1904
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1904
Page
1
The North Dakota scene shows a central committee seating Belden supporters from Kidder County over the officially elected Lyons delegation. Accounts cite Steele convention activity, outsider influence, and party lines as the Tribune editor presses for Belden while Emmons and surrounding counties watch closely.
The Emmons county editor assures that ten delegates to the legislative convention are independent and will support the fairly chosen candidate of sister county William L. Belden, resisting any attempts at buying or bulldozing.
Arrangements for Memorial Day in Linton include a procession to the Courthouse with oration by Hon. R. W. N. Stevens of Bismarck, band music, and recitations. A 60 foot flagpole will bear a 20 by 40 foot flag. civil war veterans and local soldiers invited. detailed program lists band, veterans, schoolchildren, and community groups participating.
An agricultural exchange notes the macaroni wheat crop of 1903 valued at 10,000,000 dollars with over twenty mills handling the wheat in the United States. It remains specialized for dry areas and should not displace common spring and winter wheats but may excel in lower rainfall zones. A separate ad offers window screens and scroll sawing services from Wm Southwick in Linton North Dakota.
The county democratic central committee met in Linton to fix caucus and convention dates. Chairman F. H. Cotton and secretary P. B. Schweitzer led proceedings with committee members from multiple towns. Caucuses begin June 11 to select delegates for the county convention, followed by state conventions in Fargo June 21 and Grand Forks September 1, with final county ticket nomination on September 24 at Linton.
Offer to sell a livery barn and business in Linton with or without the horses. Terms in the form Pena as to salt purchaser, ree pton D.
A mixed set of notices from Linton North Dakota include a building for sale with a 16 by feet store area and other items, stray horse and horses taken up notices, round trip railway excursion tickets, a hay and pasture lease announcement, a teachers certificates examination notice, and bids for furnishing materials for a school district project.
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