29 May 1896
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1896
Page
1
A lengthy, overheated political screed attacks Republican factions over tariff and silver, cites a circular from ex Senator Platt, defends Senator Hansbrough, and accuses rivals of misrepresentation while arguing tariff policy and wool interests.
Local notices from Bismarck and surrounding area include trades in windmill repairs and patent medicines, wool and paper ads, and livestock sales. Reports cover a carpenter’s accident, a sheep dip campaign, a stereopticon show at the schoolhouse, and the Pioneer Picnic with expected large turnout.
The Bismarck advertisement promotes Mrs. G. H. Dunn’s Fourth Street millinery as the cheapest spot to buy new hats. It highlights a trimmed hat for about $1.00 and a sailor bat for a low price, inviting buyers to visit Dunn’s shop.
Mrs. C. H. Dunn advertises hats from 25 cents and a full line of New York pattern hats at cost. She promotes ladies furnishings cheaper than anywhere in the city and invites Emmons county patrons to mail orders, promising careful filling from Fourth Street, Bismarck.
A Dakota editor recalls a past wave of southern migration and mocks both the emigrants and the immigration agents. He contrasts their rough departure with a return northward, forecasting hardship and a reversal of fortunes amid drought, disease, and rural misfortune.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the remedy for teething pain wind colic and diarrhea in children. It claims decades of use by millions of mothers and promotes a 25 cent bottle price sold by druggists worldwide.
The tide turns in horse breeding as good horses are exhausted for cities and foreign trade drives weekly shiploads. Breeders focus on heavy draft and stylish coachers, meeting rising European demand and high prices for quality stock.
Hay cutting permits for 1896 on school and state lands will be sold at public auction to the highest cash bidder by the county treasurer at the Williamsport courthouse on June 6 1896 starting at 10 am, minimum bid 2.50 per quarter-section. By order of the Board of University and School Lands Geo H Winters Land Commissioner. The notice also mentions game protection license details and a local grinder mill advertisement.
District court will open at Willia on Monday June 1 at 2 p m. Those seeking final naturalization must bring two witnesses who have known the applicant for five to ten years. Anyone who took out first papers more than six years before the election must take second papers to vote. Lieut Gen Werst will speak. Taxes for 1886 are due by July 1. Deputy H Robinson urges payment. a bay mare, 650 pounds, from Williamsport area offered.
May 25 26 reports note crops in fair condition and a growing business center outlook. Visitors include N L Sherman S T Faunsler M T Bush and J A Gib son. Local events feature a Gooseberry rules drawn encounter and notable community movements and weather with improving crops and a rainfall.
A dark mare eight years old weighing about 980 pounds may have a sucking colt. The other is a three year old head bened draft colt, very bay or brown. Neither horse is branded. D. L. Yeatx.
A fragment mentions R Mon- DB breeds and Movarch acti Kestuch offering Hand-Made Sour-Mash Whiskies at the ivory. It notes stock from five to ten years and urges readers to try the firm for home use or small purchases.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.