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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1903
Page
3
A Philadelphia school lesson on the words mummy and poppy exposes a child's mistaken meanings. The pupil asserts poppy means a man mummy, highlighting humorous miscomprehension in a classroom vignette. An 1886 Toledo ad reproduces Hart’s Catarrh Cure claims with testimonials and notary attestation.
A playful exchange quotes a man advising women on charm with marital timing. The woman questions before marriage, he insists attraction remains after marriage, labeling the woman as a “mean old thing” in jest quoted from a New York Times line.
Edward Clark of Minneapolis Minnesota received a patent for a floor process and apparatus. Harry Clemons of St Paul Minnesota earned a patent for a road grading machine. Charles Cushing of New Paynesville Minnesota was granted a pumping apparatus patent. Frederick Fahrenholz of St Paul Minnesota obtained a vegetable grater. Pierpont Langdon of Audubon Minnesota secured a car axle lubricator patent. Charles Monfort of St Paul Minnesota received an umbrella and cane rack patent. Andrew Sell of Mora Minnesota was granted a traction wheel or runner patent. Lothrop and Johnson patent lawyers, 91 and 91 Pioneer Press Building, St Paul.
In a humorous exchange, a reverend admonishes that noticing a mote in a neighbor’s eye will expose a beam in one's own. Sinnickson agrees that discovering a neighbor's flaw brightens the observer's face, a sentiment echoed by the Pittsburg Press.
A fragment from a newspaper page notes Dr J H Rindlaub of Fargo North Dakota as a specialist in Eye Ear Nose and Throat. The text includes brief pun captions and a humorous exchange about a boss promising a salary raise. It also advertises Dr Agnew s Heart Cure claiming rapid relief from heart disease and related symptoms.
A jumble of quotes and notes including misquoted lines about royalty and empire, product pitches for Winslow’s teething remedy and butter color, plus scattered aphorisms and a dated postal clipping style. Contains names and places in garbled form. overall fragmentary and non-coherent.
State Superintendent Stockwell issues circular to teachers principals and superintendents detailing the North Dakota educational exhibit for the St Louis exposition. It outlines premiums of 30 and 20 dollars for county and school exhibits and a 50 dollar prize for the best booth plan. The exhibit should cover all grades and reflect curriculum with labeled student work pictures rooms and methods.
A busy Fargo group under Mrs. Anna Grivelle bundles grain and grass samples from Stark Burleigh Morton Cass and other counties for the St Louis exposition. Notable entries include Stark wheat and five foot four inch oat straw and Brinks giant potatoes with six foot timothy and fine clover cabbage from the Agricultural college urging North Dakotans to show all state crops in the next summer fair.
The irrigation fund surpasses 16 million dollars for arid lands with North Dakota ranking second among states. Oregon and North Dakota lead in available irrigation funds though North Dakota has not yet acted, as figures show total public land sale receipts allocated to irrigation across states.
A state board of optometry meeting in Grand Forks decided to hold an examination in Fargo on November 24 for those who failed to register with the state association. Attorney General Finch advised that any unregistered practitioner must take the exam if resident and in practice in North Dakota. The board will enforce the law, despite some optometrists’ discontent. The supreme court admitted John H. Lund of Webster to practice on Minnesota certification.
Fragmentary dialogue notes a bass player praising bold early aims while a backwoods speaker cautions that many youths lack knowledge and advice in business, reflecting rural attitudes toward aspiration and experience.
An anonymous novel by N. J. Locato titled The Curse of Caste is dedicated to President Roosevelt and opens with a passage that names the President and quotes him about color questions. A separate report mentions a tragedy where a tramp died in a fire set in a granary in Hungary after bystanders failed to extinguish it.
A partial OCR read describes a shell and a twelve‑gauge gun firing, with scattered numbers and phrases. The text appears as fragmented quotes and stray words, offering no clear event, date, or人物 names to identify a coherent news item.
A philosopher contends that the easiest to bear are not personal misfortunes but the misfortunes of others. The friend interrupts, clarifying the point that real ease lies in bearing others' ills rather than one’s own.
Thuringia in Germany reports exports valued around 3.6 million marks with the United States receiving nearly two million marks worth. The figures highlight a strong US demand for Thuringian dolls and toys.
Reading fragments indicate issues around tropical fruit import rates into the United States and transportation challenges. The text mentions elevated costs and logistics affecting delivery.
An article explores doorway designs in New England towns with columns and fittings from the old country. Carpenters drew on English training, producing a varied blend of styles in doors and doorsteps.
The article surveys historic doorways across New England, highlighting structures like the Longfellow house Wyman Tavern and Jumel mansion themes. It notes Nor man influence in Keene doorway columns, mentions Portsmouth houses with guarded entrances, and praises antique interiors and portraits behind arched doors.
The man describes worsening back pain he links to hopping in and out of a wagon. He sought a Sherman specialist who performed a rigid exam and warned of a serious condition. The doctor offered a cure for fifty dollars.
A reformer and independent Democrat visited Lewis Nixon and, after inspecting Nixon's machinery models, told him he could not support Nixon's mayoral campaign, saying Nixon is too much a machine man. The encounter was reported by the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A humorous dialogue contrasts moral and demoralizing views on gravity from Eve and Newton. The Chicago News paraphrases the apple incident as both a discovery of gravity by Newton and a later ironic bite by Mother Eve.
A student reports to the Detroit Free Press that a campus talk failed to impress the professor as three aunts, his sister, and a cousin listened to every word spoken to him.
An advertisement claims Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder relieves catarrh rapidly. It promises cure within a week for recent cases and same effectiveness for long standing conditions, asserting it remedies headaches eye pains and offensive breath.
The sofa questions why the chair looks glum today while the settee retorts the mistress vowed to have it caned. The playful banter reflects a light domestic mood and humorous wordplay between furnishings.
A concise aphorism notes that a man attempting to hold a lamp post reveals sympathy for constraints. It suggests gilded youth, when faced with hardship, quickly loses shine and shows resiliency or vulnerability.
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