Emmons County Election Returns Highlight Republican Wins
In Emmons County the GOP won the state ticket except for governor and one supreme court justice. Local races showed Jones and Miss Sundidge sweeping sheriff and county superintendent votes, Britts defeated by Rooks for clerk of court, with majorities favoring other Republican county candidates. Returns note communication issues and incomplete majorities from Ohio.
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Supreme Court
Bismarck
Linton
Sarles
Knauf
Jones
Postle
Miss Sandidge
Prof. Oswood
Britts and
Rooks
Congress
Marshall
Grantt
Henton
Burr
Supreme ‘Court
Morgan
Fisk
Kirke
One
Senator— Monard
It Yeater
Sheriff Jours
Cebaseerreces
Suyder
Seeree
Varley
Whitney
Miss Sundidge
Weeee
Linton Notes Include Visitors and Local Events
Linton and surrounding towns report arrivals and departures of residents and visitors from Aberdeen Westfield Hazelton and Braddock. Notable items include births marriages and property moves, with social events in November 1906 and a specialist eye clinic and a Thanksgiving ball at the opera house.
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Opera House
Band Boys
Mail Route Between Bismarck and Winona Retained
Government will take no further action on changes to the mail route. The old Bismarck to Winona path will be kept after the Bismarck club’s efforts, despite prior plans to shift mails via Linton. Local residents along the current route can feel relieved.
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Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck
Winona
Linton
Bismarck Club
Prohibition Debate Touches North Dakota Public Opinion
The Grand Forks Herald criticizes prohibition as unenforceable in North Dakota while the Tribune endorses enforcement or a regulatory alternative. It questions juries and officials in the western state and invites a statewide vote on continuing the law versus new regulation. Also notices: property for sale in Brophy and Linton ND and local ads for farms, money loans, and Wilson Hot-Blast heaters.
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Bismarck Tribune
Grand Forks Herald
Tribune
North Dakota
Herald
The
Money raised for city band in Rugby
A church fair in Bismarck earned funds for the local city band. In Grand Forks a spelling contest mocked by elders underscored concerns about literacy. An 18 year old worker in Williston died after a coal shed accident. Mandan hunters narrowly avoided damages after a brush fire.
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Valley City Times
Grand Forks
Myron Haines
Great Northern
Williston
Mandan
The Nose in Physiognomy and Its Narrow Links
A study notes limited value in using the nose to predict character. The author cites two examples, a Roman nose with warlike traits and a long thin nose with prudence, arguing that no definitive nasal type proves universal. The piece references Japan and China to question universal鼻 traits.
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Japan
John
Black Wood
Invention of Music Says Apollodorus Hermes Story
Apollodorus notes Egyptians credited Hermes with founding music after a tortoise shell dried by sun on Nile floods sang when struck by Mercury. He supposedly made a tortoise shell lyre strung with animal sinews, inspiring Dryden’s lines on a divine-sounding shell.
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Apollodorus
Hermes
Orcury
Nile
Egypt
Mercury
Dryden
Papyrus Paper: Ancient Egyptian Plant Fibers Used in Early Binding
The papyrus plant stems yield a layered, pithy membrane. Layers are laid at right angles with the first and sometimes a third layer. Heavy pressure cements the sheets without external gum. Papyrus sheets measure six to twelve inches square and are notably stronger than many modern papers.
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Egypt
Gigantic Beetles Outsize Old World Giants in Africa and Venezuela
The article notes the Goliath beetle along the Kongo river in Africa reaches over six inches and has large gauzy wings. It compares it to the elephant beetle of Venezuela, a nearly one pound insect with a wing span equal to a mallard duck, both described as rare.
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Goliath
Kongo River
Africa
Venezuela
The Golf Ball as Perverse Institution Satire
A collector of golf lore lists strange lies about the ball’s misadventures in play. The notes describe the ball in pockets, a cow’s mouth, a roof, behind art glass, in daisies, and a cottage well, with humorous distances and claims of ownership and placement.
Ancient London Workhouse Records On Free Beer For Poor
A 1570 entry from St Thomas Hospital London notes the poor were granted daily three pints of beer for two months during a harsh season. Each day included a dinner quart and supper pint, after which the previous ordinary allowance would resume. The almoner and steward were ordered to buy only the best buffe without bones and without marrow.
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St. Thomas Hospital
London
Professional Digsaity. What wages do you expect
Mrs Randolph asks Aunt Phronie about wages for cooking and waiting tables. Aunt Phronie replies that if she cooks and serves the table two dollars per week, but if others in the family join at the table she would charge one dollar and four bits.
Love Moves the World in Quirky Claim
A playful note argues love drives motion and explains why the world appears to spin. The speaker likens affection to a force that makes the heart and hands move.
How to Be Beautiful From a Butterfly’s Advice
A playful line notes a butterfly replying that beauty comes from doing nothing. The quip contrasts human vanity with nature’s effortless charm in a light, whimsical tone.
Kissing Customs in Iceland Reported
An old Icelandic travel note describes greeting rules by rank age and kin. On arrival you kiss the highest ranked family member first then others. on departure the order reverses. Servants are kissed first and the master last, with affectionate lip contact in all encounters.
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Stolzenberg
28Th
United States Infantry
Linton
Farmers’ Store
Brofy
N. D
Wescott
Hazelton
Sim Wright
First Bank of
Iceland
Wood of the Cross in Traditions Across Nations
In England peasants claim the cross was made from elderwood and lightning never strikes that tree. Dean French argues in Sacred Latino Poetry that the cross used aspen wood and since the crucifixion its leaves have continually shuddered.
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England
Dean French
One Exception in Love and Cards
A humorous exchange on luck and romance. A line about a winner always means no loser is challenged by a counterexample about playing cards with a girlfriend for kisses. The dialogue turns on playful wit about risk and affection.
Impression Prompted By Teacher Question
A teacher asks students to define an impression. A young pupil answers, describing an impression as a dent in a soft spot, prompting further classroom discussion on the concept.
Pat. Fisherman (Beginner) Seeks Compliment
Dialogue shows Pat. asserting improvement since starting, Peter cautiously agrees while noting the improvement, reflecting a light exchange about progress and humility in a humorous tone.
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Peter
When we brag about parents youth and children in life
The quote reflects a lifecycle view: as children we boast of our parents, as youths we boast of our own identities, and as adults we boast of our children, illustrating shifting pride across stages.
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Ladies’ AI Society
E. E. Martin
Richard Evans
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Matt Wing
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Robert E. Brown
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Livona
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Victor J. Stolzenberg
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E. J. Crary
Hillsboro
Wisconsin
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W. E. Cole
John Pietz
Eureka
M. E
Pharos Hinds
Grace Peterson
Pharos
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Bernstad
Wisbek
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G.T. Williams
Prohibition Force
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Block 6
N.D
Brorny
Wilson
Travis & Filfott
Rugby
Oliver County
Center
Stanton
Stockwell
Valley City
Parenta
Sheldon
Mustc and the Turtle
Iwardware
Travis & Elliott
Nortel Dakota
W.E. Petrie
General Merchandise
Hotel
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John P. Pfeifle
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