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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1901
Page
2
A reflective piece notes how a man’s growth shows in the successive chairs of his friends and that discerning truth is a mark of intelligence. It cites France’s 1882 wolf destruction premiums with 115 wolves killed and £314 paid, total premiums £26,128 for 8,981 wolves killed since 1882 law.
An English noble residence features a copper weeping willow that looks like a real tree but hides a shower bath. A secret button releases water from each branch, soaking anyone underneath.
A penitent burglar returned jewels worth $8000 to William Washburn & Co. in Anderson Indiana within two months of the theft. The restitution came through Father E A Murphy of St Marys Church Chicago. The confession sealed by the priest did not reveal the offender's name.
In Hungary a duel between Zborow grammar school pupils ended with Ludwig Krusecz aged 15 shot in the abdomen and fighting for life after he challenged rival Nicholas Litka 16 over a girl. Krusecz had sent two seconds from his classmates to arrange the regular revolver duel.
A boy preacher Metz Joiner aged nine delivered a 30 minute sermon at First Baptist Covington drawing a huge crowd from surrounding areas. He entered calmly and asked ladies to remove hats to improve sightlines for those in the back. The church was packed with worshippers staying for the entire address.
Government of India to place three quarter length oil portraits of King Edward in official residences of heads of government and courts across provinces, costing 50 to 75 pounds each. Cheaper portraits from 30 to 50 pounds to Latin residences of political agents and durbar rooms. All ordinary courts to receive colored photographs or engravings.
Readers are warned that French peasants in some districts plan violent resistance to speeding motorists. Proposals range from road obstructions to shooting at cars, with talk of fowling pieces and lynch law as roads see travel at about 60 miles per hour.
Dover customs officers detected a smuggling attempt aboard an Ostend bound boat. A lady passenger appeared bulky about the skirts and a fox terrier was found concealed under her dress. The dog was seized and returned to Ostend, the incident provoking amusement.
Bellew Summers ton of Madison West Virginia, 15, tried a self built kite machine from an oak tree. He fell to the ground and sustained injuries deemed fatal. He was known among peers as an expert kite maker and flyer.
The readable text mentions fishing and gifts but lacks coherent facts about people, places, or actions to form a concrete news item. No distinct event or entities are identifiable for a proper card.
Captain E W Hilliard of Metropolis Illinois claims to know the final disposition of John Wilkes Booths body. He says a St Louis story misstates events and recounts that in May 1865 four privates of Sheridan s army were ordered to report at the old Capitol prison Washington.
A reflective piece links the thumb’s social role to ancient customs and recalls a wartime confession about the disposal of John Wilkes Booth’s body. The narrator, Captain Hilliard of Metropolis, recalls accompanying soldiers from the Forty third Ohio to a river gunboat and the cremation of Booth aboard with limited witnesses. He notes Booth’s death at the barn, burial by tarpaulin, and removal to the boat, with two privates from Company I and two from Company K named Lalow, McElwee, Dagan, and Dougherty. Captain Hilliard, a long time commander of Tom Smith Post, is involved in the forthcoming southern Illinois Soldiers and Sailors reunion.
Russian authorities probe petroleum beds beneath the sea off Baku and near Bibi-Eibar and Switol Island. Water depths range from fourteen to fifty feet, raising challenges for tapping without risking land and public life. Government may drain Romany lake to test soil and evaluate concessions, with firms bidding but none yet meeting value.
A young Jewish artillerist in a Russian regiment sacrificed his life to save a nearby general during annual artillery practice at Rembertovo. He knocked the general aside as a gun misfired, taking a cannon ball himself. The fallen hero was honored at a Warsaw funeral with officers and regiments in attendance and a tearful oration from the life-saving general.
The Monte Carlo casino sought ten new crouplers amid dismissals for fraud and frivolity. Of 1,500 applicants, 228 were examined, 102 failed, and 126 faced arithmetic tests. Ten winners, mostly Corsicans and French, will train six months at 150 francs monthly, rising to 200 on promotion with strong promotion potential and benefits.
Naturalist M H Coupin notes several birds besides parrots can imitate human speech and animal sounds. Bluejays and crows taught young can speak. a sparrow once learned grasshopper calls and later mixed grasshopper chirps with other bird notes in its songs.
A Geneva letter notes large gambling activity across Switzerland including Geneva, Lucerne, Berne, and Interlaken. Games like little horse and baccarat clubs draw English and American tourists, with high losses nightly at Geneva’s club. Lausanne hosts cafés with separate rooms for poker and baccarat despite Vaud’s laws, yet police overlook the nightly scene.
The bronze east entrance doors at the National Capitol known as the Columbus doors depict scenes from the life of the Spanish admiral. Designed in Rome in 1858 by Randolph Rogers, cast in Munich in 1860, inspired by Ghiberti's Baptistry doors. They stand eighteen feet high nine feet wide weigh ten tons and cost $30 000.
Sig Ceserole of Padua reports more than fifty noxious microscopic parasites in market vegetable washings. He identifies the tetanus bacillus and a typhoid-like microbe among them, attributing infections largely to watering pots.
A housewife argues against the idea that a college education always benefits a man. She recalls a wagon seller who insists that fresh eggs are always nice eggs, and nice eggs are always fresh, in a sharp retort to the notion.
An illustration from National Geographic Magazine notes that Siberia spans about 4 900 000 square miles. If the 45 states of the American Union were moved into Siberia, they would be surrounded by land borders with Europe not Russia and 300 000 square miles would still be unoccupied, twice Imperial Germany.
A Philadelphia Times analysis questions whether wealth dictates Senate power while noting most members struggle on a $5,000 salary. Some invest in real estate and tariffs, but many senators survive by social demands and private fortunes, hoping wealth does not yet steer national policy.
Parisian correspondent reports Professor Gautier of the Institut de France proposes that fatigue is caused by bacteria akin to ptomaine poison. He suggests disinfectants could prevent wear and tear and enable lifelong youth, though the idea faces skeptical scrutiny about efficacy and plausibility.
A tale from the Detroit Free Press recalls England's heir apparent on a grand imperial tour. He rode a London bus and asked a driver why the horse was whipped with the exclamation Come Up, your royal highness. The driver replied the horse is lazy and good for nothing. The duke later shared the story with friends.
The London Mail quotes Father Stanton of St. Alban's Holborn on how city children from slums react to country outings. He notes affection for city life, fear of the fark at night, and unusual preferences such as vans and green fruit, saying trips widen minds and the outing does them good.
A veteran Boston Journal writer records remarks about a wife who is described as altered or not the same, reflecting on sentiment and change within a marriage. The exchange centers on a skeptical view of the wife’s behavior and role.
The Philadelphia Times reports that experts attribute this summer’s heat to unusual solar disturbances. They forecast a four year span of extreme temperatures and auroral activity linked to a sun spot cycle recurring every thirty five years.
A dialogue notes a theory about disease spread by kissing. He questions the idea while she asserts belief. a joke line recalls a past incident with a girl and her father catching him kissing.
A physician teases a streetcar conductor about monotony and change. The conductor admits occasional variation but notes many mugs always carry only five dollars, keeping him hustling. The exchange reflects urban life and financial frustration in Philadelphia.
A brief quip from the Philadelphia Bulletin jokes about eye color. The joke contrasts differences in eye color with a punchline about being black and blue.
A terse adage notes that having a bird in hand suffices when tools for a meal are unavailable, reflecting a cautious, practical mindset. The saying emphasizes valuing sure possession over risky pursuit.
A man returns to his boyhood home and finds his wife changed in appearance since his last visit. The tavern keeper notes she seems thinner, taller, and her hair looks different, while the husband appears unchanged. The scene captures nostalgia and observation in a small-town setting.
The Big Fib Club met Tuesday at the usual spot with a railroad manager guest. He recounted a fast Western run where eleven miles slipped by as telegraph poles formed a fence, and a shadow of the just-delivered train appeared on the line, prompting silent astonishment before the guest was made a full member.
A fortune teller jest tells a Philadelphia audience to pay one dollar for insight while a speaker muses that true fortune lies in self-reliance, echoing a social ethic of independence.
The Roosevelt offspring display strong traits like their father with Theodore Roosevelt Jr age fourteen leading the clan. Archibald Bullock, Kermit, Ethel, and Quentin roam Sagamore Hill amid a free, outdoor upbringing while Alice Roosevelt nears society.
A Virginia vacationer reports watching a mother wren feed her three hungry nestlings. Over four and a half hours she made 110 trips to the nest, delivering a diet that included twenty green caterpillars sixteen May beetles twenty nine uniden tified insects eleven worms two bugs ten grasshoppers seven spiders and a chrysalis or two.
Consul Mahin of Reichenberg describes an electrochemical method to dry green wood. Wood is placed in a trough with lead plates and bathed in a resin soda solution. sap is drawn out by current, solution absorbed, taking five to eight hours plus about two weeks drying, or faster by artificial drying.
Alpine accident causes attribute to touristic zeal and flower collecting. Prof Karl Odorfer of Pressburg perished while ascending from Veldes to a 4500 foot peak after spotting edelweiss at the cliff edge. He slipped while reaching for a bush and fell 1500 feet into an abyss.
The dukes of Devonshire, Sutherland and Buccleuch own extensive landed property spanning from northern Scotland to southern England. Together they control about 2 004 600 acres, representing a swath of land five miles wide.
A brief exchange notes a country cousin unfamiliar with beans yet savvy with potatoes, arriving in town to sell at a high price. The line captures rural wit and market flair.
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