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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
5
Local notes report Miss Laura Bertrand ill with pneumonia. Residents travel to Bismarck, Minneapolis and St Paul for visits, business and church dedication delays. Red Cross hosts Grange hall supper with proceeds for charity.
Alfred Junge left Monday for Dodge North Dakota. Atty H A Armstrong was from Hazelton last Friday. Esther Junge visited Kintyre last Friday with friends. Herman Junge and Allen Glines from Hazelton came Monday. F M Long transacted business at Logan county metropolis last Saturday. W W Mandigo ill at home in Bismarck. J D McCusker in Bismarck consulting an optician. Mrs Hadden and Miss Parizek went to Linton Monday for teachers institute. A C Staak home Saturday from Selfridge crop duties. Mr and Mrs R K Batzer from Hazelton visited E F Savage. Wm Beseler in Winona last week to secure flax crop. Mr and Mrs B C Myhr to Bismarck Tuesday. T P Lee in charge of yard during Myhr's absence. Senator H W Allen spent weekend in Bismarck with wife and daughter. Samuel Solomonson of Winone country visiting Beseler home. Mrs Fifield and daughter Bertha from Abbey Saskatchewan visiting Dana home of E E Clark and will winter in North Dakota.
From Progress notes nineteen men from the county passed final physicals at Camp Funston. Mrs Dale and daughter Charlotte visited Ashley. Miss Ruth Tracy visits Minneapolis friends. Rev Olson journeyed toward Temvik N D then turned back due to poor roads. Joe Van der Vorste orders bills for an auction sale November 6 at his farm and plans to focus on his Strasburg auto business. Oscar Adama’s postcard says his regiment was leaving Funston for Deming NM. Progress hopes a letter next week.
Oct 30 record of area happenings includes Ray Morford selling last Saturday and planning to move to Iowa. Longwell family hosted Jarvises. Earl Noyes and children visited Longwell home. Mrs Linderman headed to Bismarck to see daughter Allie Marquardt post appendicitis surgery. Carl Bebee went to Bismarck to fetch his wife. Veterinarian Kinney inspected horses, six owned by Johnny Schiermeister were killed. Miss Seip, Mike Smith’s niece, arrived from Aberdeen to help after Mrs Smith’s paralysis. Longwell’s two spring calves died. Ralph and Rena Jarvis returned to school after illness. Ralph injured eye from a gun backfire, treated by doctor.
Residents report a two week spell of real winter weather with first snow on October 17. Winds have hindered farmers from hauling hay and straw, and longtime locals say the cold is the stiffest in twenty years.
Local items from Route One include Henry Miller’s nearing new house, a trip by sleigh, Rosary services at the church, a Sunday School organized at Mace Catholic church, and a note on premature snowfall affecting wheat marketing. Also mentioned are school officer meetings, a 12 mile ride to Roehrich’s store, and Carrier Blore’s challenging Route 1 trip with snow plow starts and stops.
A longtime user testifies Peruna helps with catarrhal complaints and colds. He notes hard times but cannot do without the remedy, especially in cough season, and says he recommends Peruna to neighbors for its benefits.
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