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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
2
Emmons Co records discuss Frank Moulan’s suit for divorce and raise the puzzle of when desertion by a comic opera comedian might be justifiable. The item also notes uncommissioned officials, global anecdotes, and a Philadelphia chemist death amid debates on public benefit. Mosquito control trials are described with drainage, kerosene, and introduction of small fish.
A modest gray house near Tunbridge Wells hosts Sar ah Grand author of The Heavenly Twins. She writes in a sunlit bay windowed den filled with window seats, bookcases, rugs, and fine paintings. Her mahogany desk features an engraving by Dudley Hardy of London’s destitute poor to remind her of world suffering.
The London Saturday Review argues war between the United States and Germany over the Monroe Doctrine is likely. It condemns US policies as a provocation and Europe may suppress us as a nuisance. The piece also notes experiments in London on heating bath water, showing a rise from 50 to 56 degrees in two minutes and estimates about one gallon water heated per minute and a man’s heat output.
Medical science highlights two common mosquitoes as the culprits behind malaria and yellow fever. The narrative contrasts dramatic crimes with the gradual unveiling of truth, likening detectives solving cases to sanitary experts pursuing the two small, long overlooked culprits.
In a Silk Association of America report the secretary notes capital in mills more than five times 1870, operatives over five times higher, raw silk imports nearly six times, and manufactured silk imports per capita down from about one dollar to forty cents by 1900. The article ends with a satirical remark on public blush and a quack remedy for curing it.
In 1801 there were no railways as known today in Britain. Now the United Kingdom railway system extends to about 22 000 miles of line, built at a cost around £21 200 000 000.
The Society of Amateur Philologists argues that without additions from Americans English would be dead or dying. The discussion centers on how American contributions keep the language thriving.
A historical overview of how slang emerges from rural and working life rather than schools. It traces the journeys of terms like cinch and boom from mule drivers to stockbrokers, notes that enduring slang conveys real description, and highlights college slang’s lasting influence on dictionaries.
The Chicago Journal notes the paper survives, editors and writers in confinement or exile in New York. Mrs Papa, versed in Italian affairs, cites a decisive crisis Italy has endured, with other powers largely unaware. Two republicans joined the ministry as the government faced rising opposition.
The Forum notes that Britain overestimated its restraint in the Boer War. It cites Stead’s prediction of costs and compares it with actual figures, detailing a weekly bill near two million pounds and official casualties reaching over six hundred fifty thousand with more than twelve thousand deaths by December. John Morley’s Carnarvon remark is highlighted as vindication of Cassandra’s prophecies.
A Chicago inventor has developed a wheeled machine that scrubs floors, powered by adjustable handles like a garden cultivator. It is claimed to scrub rinse and dry in one motion and promises to end dull floor-scrubbing work. The device features a box in the upper part for contents.
The inventor described a compact cleaning device to a Chicago reporter. It uses warm soap water poured through a valve to moisten a floor while a rotating brush and cloth rollers scrub and wipe. Waste water collects in a tin box beneath, designed for easy emptying. The unit measures 10 inches by 10 inches by 20 inches.
Mrs Susan Sanders, a Cherokee leader of the Cherokee nation, made two visits to Washington to push a bill to bar intruders in law from sharing Cherokee lands and annuities. She drafted the bill and the accompanying committee letter and is well versed in Cherokee laws and treaties.
Mrs Dano Paps widow of a Milanese republican journalist in Paris is described as an American woman who issued two editions of Italia del Popolo in New York City to protest the government suppression of her husband’s paper and its Meera thought.
Gustav Merkle of California unveils a largely automatic apparatus for cleaning and preparing fish in large markets and packing houses. The device combines sliming and sealing brushes, a conveying chain, a trough, a small knife for opening the fish, and a finishing brush to remove entrails, with motor or belt power boosting speed.
A brief anecdote from Baltimore notes a young Russian woman new to the United States speaks English boldly yet misreads a social exchange with a Baltimore girl. She misinterprets a greeting in a boudoir setting while discussing weather and Easter frocks, then discovers the correct answer was yes and recovers to smoother conversation.
The Walter Baker Company founded in 1780 on the Neponset River Dorsetshire near Boston grew from a small wooden mill to the largest cocoa and chocolate maker. The secret is high quality products at the lowest honest price while denouncing fraud. Every package bears La Belle Chocolatiere and Dorchester, Mass. as the place of manufacture. Housekeepers are urged to request the free Choice Recipes booklet by sending name and address to Walter Baker & Co. Ltd, 153 State Street, Boston.
The piece notes violet flowers in blue yellow and white varieties with peak season in May. It lists common blues arrow leaved ovate-leaved bird's foot and meadow violet and describes the bird's foot violet leaves as distinctly cut. It mentions yellow and white violets and notes their beauty and seed production through closed blossoms.
From Aiken County comes a tale of Center Hitchcock and George Pollock, famed pigeon shots. A spent shot lodged in Hitchcock’s leg during a recent outing. he limped to Pollock and quipped that Pollock had shot him. Pollock’s reply surprised but amused, noting the trivial nature of the incident compared to winning the prize.
Booth Tarkington recalls in Washington Interview how Ben Hur narrowly avoided rejection by Harper's readers and motherly pressure from Mrs. Harper to take the risk, comparing to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde which faced a similar gauntlet.
A Detroit Journal humor piece features an ostrich claiming indigestion was the culprit. After taking Pepsicated Tabloids, the bird says it can eat a horseshoe and rise fresh, praising the remedy in a tongue in cheek tone.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes Giddings, once a poetry writer, has reformed by quitting poetry and becoming general manager of a peanut stand. The exchange frames a humorous career shift.
The exchange suggests an advertising manager balks at pure reading matter while the advertiser wants positions beside society scandals or divorce stories. The Catholic Standard notes the tension between content tone and ad placement.
A fragment shows a boy asking what credulous or dupe means, framed by old-fashioned dialogue and stray words about leaving, fairness, and washing, suggesting a torn piece of a larger conversation or poem.
The Vienna Geographical Society heard Herr Anschutz-Kampfe present a self styled North Pole expedition using a submarine under Arctic ice. The craft would descend to 160 feet, run up to 15 hours, and rely on blasting openings if needed. Propulsion includes hors sontal and vertical screws with a petroleum motor power and 220 volt accumulator.
The 1880 census counted 180 cotton mills south of the Potomac and Ohio. by 1900 the number jumped to 800 with over 4,000,000 spindles and more under construction. In Georgia 48 new mills with 263,676 spindles and 5,000 rooms began operation, while North Carolina hosts 123 mills on the Southern railway line, worth about $14.2 million in capital and using 340,132 bales of cotton yearly. The cotton crop value is projected at $500 million at the gin, rising to $2 billion in refined product value. Other southern manufacturing grows, including woolen, saw, flour, grist, furniture, and tobacco mills, with the Piedmont furniture boom supporting cabinet making and abundant labor.
A line from the Pennsylvania Grit notes that a man’s ear seems drawn to a pleasing whistle before the loudest call of duty, juxtaposing charm with duty in a concise, wry observation.
A flustered woman asks at the Philadelphia mint about a paper claiming 1901 cents now fetch $19 in the coin market. A fat messenger laughs, then explains the item is a joke and offers to buy the 1901 pennies, prompting the woman to leave upset.
A street performer dreams of a studio and teaching, cherishing his bold act despite public misgivings. He aims to leave the street scenes for a concert hall, though he continues to play for crowds and notes the police show little concern. He hopes to study in Europe someday.
A young street musician in Chicago earns his living while pursuing college studies in music. He holds a scholarship and is regarded as a promising student, yet he struggles to support himself far from his Michigan hometown with no private resources. Each evening he plays the violin on the street.
An old man and his wife flee a Bel fast riot as a mob seizes their donkey and cart full of vegetables. The woman swallows five sovereigns for safekeeping, but the cash egresses through a broken mouthful as the crowd searches for money. The couple laments the loss of the silver and the failed escape.
Readable fragments describe a after-dinner event with Wu-Ting Fang and a rival of Senator Depew. The text hints at oratory and political confrontation but no clear events or outcomes are established. The OCR yields garbled names and phrases.
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