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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
3
News notes from the Record itemize Sunday services at St. Aloises and Holy Rosary, auctions, travel, and family visits. Mentions include Alex McGuire, George Rodrichs, John Bosch auction, Pius Roehrich, Maine district school plans, rural mail carriers seeking raises, and Ralph Longwell's car accident and illness.
Westfield correspondent reports Bert Van Beek shredding corn and M C Rypkema moving to Heyerman farm. Leroy Hamilton arrives from Maple Lake and may teach locally. A October 31 basket social at Renscher school drew a good crowd. Local YMCA fund drives support soldiers. Dick Pool recounts a bear or person sighting near his buggy. he escaped unscathed and heads to Wisconsin. John R Jones holds an auction and plans to winter in Wisconsin. Barns with new circle roofs feature in Einer Grotting’s visit to Larvicks.
Hartford items note Earl Noyes' two boys started school on Monday as Bric Berdell finishes threshing activities in the area. This brief bulletin highlights local family routines and agricultural labor as part of the Nov 9 correspondence.
Temvik residents and visitors were noted in town on Tuesday and Monday. A. E. Kilabunde and Fay Harding were seen on business and streets respectively. Carpenters report difficulty finding help for shingling and boarding as families move in for the winter and students prepare for the season. Steve Sullivan departed Saturday for a short stay in Linton.
A historical reflection notes that labor was once seen as a curse tied to disobedience in old times. It argues that, today, work is recognized as a fundamental blessing and essential for society.
Grand Forks reports Charles Schafer of Schafer North Dakota grew a small plot of onions irrigated from a spring. He harvested at least 30 bushels with onions priced around ten cents per pound, suggesting potential earnings of about 170 dollars. The onion patch and vegetables outweighed his grain crop in value this year.
The speaker reflects on happiness found by ceasing to seek ease and control. Contentment grows when one stops resenting circumstances and instead bears what is set and does what is given, a sentiment attributed to George Eliot. Subscribe for the Record.
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