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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1903
Page
2
A collage of quips and items from a 1900s era page noting marriages debates travels and politics. Highlights mention a Sioux divorce in South Dakota opinions on women and speech, Russia in Manchuria and Ping Yang, Japan troops, sunspots, a New York boy who ate 150 pies, and a Maine invention note.
An Egyptian mummy that passed Swiss customs was classified as dried meat. A New Jersey pet monkey is becoming a budding baseball pitcher, countering efforts by New York socialites to grow into expert monkeys.
The speaker questions a plan to fit strong suction pumps around race tracks to force trotters to finish in under two minutes, arguing the approach would be impractical and unlikely to succeed.
The Shamrock I will be converted into a schooner to carry scrap iron. The move is framed as a practical occupation that proves racing craft have value beyond entertainment.
The Hartford Post admires Annie Russell yet chides her for delaying footwear until the audience arrival. The paper notes a thrilling drama unfolding but mocks the performer’s timing and costume choice.
The Shah of Persia still has some very old fashioned notions. He insists on doing his own official poisoning when he wishes to remove his subjects. Some crowned heads are so fussy over these things.
The Financial Red Book of America notes about 15 000 people hold fortunes of 300 000 dollars or more in the United States. It adds that naming the happy few with fortunes of 30 000 dollars or less would fill a book far larger than the Red Book.
Waltham News notes a spring department event at the water factory of the city promised lively social appeal. The description hints at an upbeat, communal gathering with attendees hoping for a spirited turnout.
Congressman Spalding travels to Washington to seek rural delivery extension and safeguard committee roles in North Dakota. The president names Daniel I. Wright to the DC Supreme Court bench and reappoints James A. Gill to the Indian Territory Supreme Court. The treasury controller says the War Department may provide cash value of army rations to state militia during field training.
The week’s headlines recount Clyde Lamb’s standoff in a White Pigeon swamp ending in his suicide after firing on pursuing posse members. Nearby, William Hays a colored killer of Edward Perkins in Mason Town was hanged and issued a cautionary message about drinking and gambling. George N. Rodman shoots two Burns brothers over a water bill dispute, and Edward McKezie, a former Jacksonville bank cashier, is arrested in Fernie for driving a woman to insanity and faces trial.
Patrick O'Brien an elder distiller dies at 75 in Upper Sandusky Ohio. Stephen D. Winner aged 81 and Newark New Jersey resident dies at home. B F Stahl collapses in Columbus Ohio at heart disease. once St Paul Minnesota grand chancellor of Knights of Pythias. John Joseph Shea dies in New York at 34 after brief illness. Dauntless Rowing Club VP helped 1893 Detroit world fair crew. B F Archer president Camden National Bank dies at home in Camden New Jersey. 65.
The Bolivian cabinet led by Mr. Villazon resigns and President Pando appoints a new ministry. Other items note cholera cases in Vigan Luzon with deaths, a British force surrounded in Arabia, an attempted assassination of Peru's Romana, a church burning in Chekiang, and various international dispatches on politics and disasters.
Reports describe a mailed device for editor Peter Kureghian seized by police. Mrs Morris Lupo arrested in New York for shooting her husband and later attempted suicide by laudanum. Lewis Nortfeld killed his wife Sophie and died by suicide in their lodging, believed insane. Vahtah Kirkorian freed in Boston after Boston murder warrant, possible deportation. Pittsburg police battled mob seeking lynching Hugh Armstead, killer of Patrick Butler. Prohibition elopes spark arrest of Hugh Williams in Battle Creek. Norman Williams linked to Alma Nesbitt murder case in Portland. Arthur Patterson and William Black beaten by mob in New York. Belleville grand jury indicts eleven in dynamiting of David Wyatt.
Patti and W F Cody reached New York aboard the Etruria and were greeted by a near riot of spectators. A broad dispatch of boxing rumors, union wage talks, and international political chatter fills the page with varied leads and names.
A report quotes dramatic dialogue and action from a clash at the creek where a hunter recalls being tossed by a brute. The exchange centers on a fatal moment and a survival scramble, with vivid dialogue reflecting fear and peril. The piece blends sensational tone with a survivor’s recollection from the event.
Report notes the United States formally recognizes a new state in the Americas, amid warnings that civil conflict over secession will not be allowed. The move signals regional geopolitical shifts and potential tensions with Colombia.
The United States State Department announced recognition of Panama’s de facto government after a unanimous move to independence from Colombia. Messages to Ehrman and Beaupre urged peaceful settlement of disputes and protection of U S citizens and transit rights. Marines landed aboard the Dixie and sailors from the Nashville redeployed as needed.
Nov 8 report from St. Joseph Missouri describes Costello and associates including Tom Murph Pat Crow and Police Frans implicated in kidnapping young Cudahy at Omagh and related crimes. The article notes pursuit by authorities and ongoing investigations.
Capt W B Osborn aged ninety two dies in Darlington Wisconsin after a long residence of over fifty years. He served in the Civil War and fought at Shiloh and Corinth. Local residents remember his service and long community involvement.
An Iowa Central brakeman died in a November rail incident while trains operated near Marshall Tow. The report notes Zear nes ra ea Ze and mentions Higad Blas Madden Peay in connection with the event.
Bristol Tenn November 8 No new developments deny rumors of a ransom. S Wentz father says Edward Wentz is still missing four weeks after disappearing near Big Stone Gap. Dr and Mrs Wentz arrived from Big Stone Gap and leave for Philadelphia. rumors of a $200,000 ransom are emphatically denied.
Charles C. Goven surrendered in Portland after two years of embezzling 25000 dollars from Botsford Provision Company of Chicago. He used the alias J W Clark and disclosed a checkered path from Chicago to Nicaragua, Then Butte Montana before arriving in Portland. He cited weariness of roaming as the reason for surrender.
Judge Livingston W. Cleveland of the probate court rules a secret letter directing Mrs. Bennett to pay William J. Bryan 50,000 is not part of Philo S. Bennett's will. This blocks Bryan from receiving the sum unless he wins further legal action against Mrs. Bennett under will charge 12.
John Penglasse, son of Marquette Sheriff, was arrested at Escanaba on burglary charges tied to the recent Escanaba post office robbery. The case against two former Marquette penitentiary convicts is set for hearing Monday, with Penglasse expected to testify if possible.
At midnight the Jacobs Clothing House in Peoria Illinois burned with incendiary origin causing several thousand dollars in damage. While fire crews worked Clarence and Benjamin Jacobs brothers and proprietors were arrested charged with starting the blaze. They had recently arrived from Massachusetts where they had recently endured a fire.
Vancouver spectators voiced strong opposition to the Alaska boundary outcome during a Canadian performance. The American anthem was hissed as the flag appeared, prompting the curtain to fall early amid loud expressions of dissent.
A landslide at Rugby Point quarry near Astoria Oregon covers the Astoria and Columbia Railway track with several thousand tons of rock and will interrupt travel for several days.
Kingston Jamaica reports growing strain between Haiti and Santo Domingo with indications that armed conflict may be near.
Evangelist Dr W D Judkins was arrested in Mozilla Ontario on November 8 on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses after conducting evangelistic services and allegedly accepting money under fraudulent pretenses.
Litchfield Ming records a man presumed to die by his own hand in a barn, illness cited as a contributing cause. He leaves a wife and five children.
In Danville Kentucky on November 6 a man identified as William Middleton, age twenty, struck F. H. Hasty with a gun butt during an election altercation yesterday afternoon. Hasty received a severe head wound and is expected to die.
F W Whittling was bound over to the United States grand jury on charges of complicity in a Morrill Kansas post office robbery He allegedly led a gang that robbed small banks in Kansas and Nebraska and distributed proceeds via post office money orders to members Some sheriffs are said to be implicated by federal authorities in aiding the gang.
Captain Gabrielson and nine crewmen of the waterlogged schooner John W. Linnell, lashed to a mast stump for 48 hours and without fresh water for three days, reached New York aboard the Italian vessel Gabrielle D Ali after a hurricane wrecked voyage.
St Louis stockholders of George Platt Contracting Co file petition in circuit court seeking a receiver to settle alleged defalcation by Elroy S. Platt who attempted suicide in Pittsburg. George Platt, president and father, assumes liabilities for his son. Father ill at home in St Louis as proceedings proceed to secure settlement.
Macedonian patriots return from battle roams and fires claim a hopeful outlook. They say freedom is nearer now than at any prior time since Europeans left the country under Turkish rule.
London dispatch reports the sultan of Morocco abandons his struggle against rebels due to exhausted resources. The move follows recent announcements of retreat and suggests financial strain behind royal decision.
Keokuk Iowa Nov 7 The Mormon church has bought for 4000 dollars the old Carthage jail in Carthage Illinois where Joseph Smith the Mormon prophet was held and killed. The purchase mirrors church efforts to preserve historic sites connected to early Mormon history.
A woman from Homestead was wounded when a hunter fired a shot that entered a house. The bullet traversed a leg and exited through a side window, police said. The incident is under investigation.
Houghton Mich November 7 William Trewathe a Lake Linden merchant has filed a petition to settle debts and recover from overextended credit. The debtor claims excessive credits to customers caused the failure.
A brief squabble erupts as Tok, a yeiltade farmer, enters a field prompting a minor local disturbance. authorities report no injuries or major damage and the dispute remains unsettled.
Rev Jacob D Vana Doren of Fond du Lac Wisconsin reports attacks and pain from kidney trouble. He credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with general health improvement and relief of kidney symptoms. Sold by dealers at 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An essay argues that merit alone rarely decides advancement. It notes a second margin, whether personal manner, connections, money, wealth, or social strength, often governs promotion at critical moments. The piece cites the adage to illustrate how those with resources tend to rise.
An old bank clerk counsels a young worker to endure errors and stay at the task. He warns that leaving early leads to ruinous consequences and that mortification can cure carelessness, a lesson echoed by Everybody's Magazine.
The czarina of Russia smokes cigars and keeps golden cigarette cases, a silver ash tray, and a malachite holder on her desk. The queen of Italy rarely lights up while the mother of the king of Spain uses Egyptian cigarettes daily. Ex Queen Natalie of Servia owns jeweled smoking outfits. Carmen Sylva of Roumania owns many cases but dislikes tobacco aroma. The queen of Portugal loves German tobacco. her mother, the countess of Paris, sometimes smokes Havana cigars.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recalls Miss Caroline admitting a small fear of spirits. The character cites inheriting fear from her father, a moonshiner, whose own life lived under the shadow of spirits.
A receptionist overhears a stranger noting Miss Castique as the belle of the season. A former admirer contends she has been the belle for two seasons with a peppery tongue and a sharp fate, reflecting gossip from the Chicago News.
A dyspepsia sufferer recalls months of poor appetite and dizziness. After trying Grape-Nuts, health improved, energy returned, and academic performance and mood brightened, with the family noting steady progress at home and at school.
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