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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1899
Page
6
A miscellany essay from Cmmons Co. Record reflects on guilt perception and rhetoric, noting how success breeds shame and honesty varies with means. It critiques a dubious agency claiming high profits, warning readers that promising employment with deposits signals dubious reputations.
Accounts describe the Hubbar glacier breaking from its moorings along a two and a half mile sea front, moving into the sea with a grinding roar. Mountains toppled, the sea wrenched land, and portions of islands vanished. Rumors say Cape St Elias and Khan taak island disappeared as the earth opened in multiple sites. Scientific exploration will likely note many physical changes in the Mount St Elias region.
Rev Stephen R Wood chaplain of the Twenty third United States infantry reports from Sulu that troops in the Philippines eagerly seek books and periodicals. He notes his small reading box is worn out and asks sympathetic home supporters to send more reading matter with each war transport.
A New Orleans paper cites a Havana saloon keeper criticizing both Spanish and American rule. He notes officers of both nations profited from drinking while privates suffered. He says Weyler’s army fueled excess and could have ended the rebellion earlier if officers cared. European doctors discuss nuts as nutrition and medicine. Some claim a special salt in nuts lubricates muscles and aids elderly dieting.
A mustered-out volunteer describes a nightmarish struggle when a giant boa began swallowing his leg in a swamp near a deserted shack. He beat the snake with a bamboo and fire until the creature burned apart, freeing his leg, though he suffered delirium for weeks after. He notes the tale was once dismissed as feverish dreaming.
The piece notes that life insurance companies are beginning to insure women at the same rates as men with limits. Married women face a five year post marriage window, and women under 20 or over 45 are excluded, but overall progressive firms now treat women as good risks. It suggests this shift will raise female life insurance uptake while men remain the primary earners.
A vivid fragment depicts a swimmer like struggle and a powerful animal in tension. It then shifts to Harper’s Weekly noting bicycle prices and a rebirth of bicycle manufacturing after years of active building. The text contrasts price, demand, and industrial diversification.
A New York Herald observation notes that taste intensity rises with other senses. Cold coin feels heavier. warm solutions dull sourness or sweetness. Warm vinegar and salt solutions alter perceived taste, a fact cooks and confectioners recognize.
The passage notes that while the value of these playthings as toys may decrease, a vast field opens for them as cheap rapid transport vehicles. They may not be affordable for all, but prospects grow that they will soon be within reach for most people who can currently afford horses.
A Pittsburg reporter records a man recounting two brothers leaving Pittsburgh with $2000 to become cattle kings. After misadventures across Kansas Texas and Chicago including fever congested chills a fire wiped out rivals and a con artist drained their remaining funds, leaving them returning to Pittsburgh defeated.
The author argues that learning by heart varies among students and should not be forced. Memory is a physical faculty like eyesight, not all can develop rapid photographic recall in youth. Excessive rote work harms slower learners, who may succeed later with time and different approaches.
The text compares culinary and perfumery arts, arguing sweetness needs contrasting elements like music and color tones. It warns excess sweetness dulls flavor, akin to Milton's darkness from excess light, and notes cold reduces sweetness, a principle seen in home ice cream making. It emphasizes adjusting sweetness before freezing to achieve desired final taste.
A bootjack used by Rear Admiral Sir James Ross on the Enterprise in 1848 is among relics shown in London. The Royal United Services Institution museum displays fragments from missing Ross expeditions, including a velvet-edged pocket, a leather towel, biscuit remnants, canvas bottle pieces, tools, telescope eye-rim, dressing glass, fusee box and other items.
The second largest Indian canoe in British Columbia, carved from a cedar tree and built this summer, now lies on a Seattle tide flat. It holds 100 people and is part of Fort Rupert and West Coast Indians of Vancouver Island canoes. The crew spent eighteen days at sea and can reach 100 miles a day with a fair wind. The craft is about 55 feet long and 7 to 8 feet wide.
In wartime press debate a Spectator quote recalls Von Moltke warning a British correspondent that any disclosure of a German army movement would lead to execution. The anecdote underscores dangers of frontline reporting and censorship.
A local boast credits a sewing machine with the equivalent output of twelve women. The claim underscores observed efficiency gains in a garment factory setting.
A traveler from Menton describes Icelandic female clubs in Reykjavik, noting the Thorvaldsen society aiding the poor and hosting sewing schools, plus a national university fund. She praises Icelandic dress, jewelry, education, and the women run a female-edited Icelandic paper, comparing it to Paris Fronde.
In Memorial Hall the Vegetarian Society showcases boots and gloves claimed to be entirely leatherless. A speaker argues against the notion that leather is necessary, noting the boots are soft and well-made and priced at 12s 8d for ladies and 13s 9d for men.
In a Chicago Chronicle tale, a short woman and her tall husband dine downtown. The man asks for a hassock for the lady, then wonders aloud if the hassock should be broiled or fried after the waiter scrambles the bill of fare and table setting.
A New York Press quip on gender roles shows a woman demanding a man’s labor all day to buy a new dress and then pleading for sympathy as she toils sewing strips on the hem, reflecting social attitudes of the era.
Sicilian lemon growers secure a total payout of 240000 dollars, as the market price trimmed profits for farmers. Local authorities report steady demand and discuss price stabilization measures.
A sharp quip from Puck recalls Cholly Chatterton as endlessly talkative and unreflective, noting his habit of commentating on everything and the potential impact on a house stopping moment.
Thorite, the new explosive, distinguished itself by passing a 412 inch steel plate. If its success continues, it may gain a record in the military world comparable to Hostetter s Stomach Bitters in medicine. No remedy equals this for stomach liver or kidney diseases.
A playful exchange has Sir Thomas Lipton failing to win the American cup leading to a consolation remark. Mr Cumso notes there is a tea cup that cannot be deprived, prompting Mr Cawker to inquire what that cup is.
The ad asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease not cured by local remedies. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as a constitutional remedy that purges the impurity from the blood and supports rebuilding health.
In a light moment from a Washington Star feature, Mrs. Comrox worries about spelling and fitting time to study natural history as an old friend quizzes her orthography.
The Indianapolis Journal quotes a griffin accusing a salamander of embracing a flames lifestyle as a fad, while the salamander protests that living in fire is not a trend but a means to a "gormless atmosphere."
A May 31, 1899 letter from Jason Crow of Oscarville GA extols Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co. Chicago for 6 Drops, claiming long rheumatic illness improved after a sample and purchase. Physician Dr Woodliff backs 6 Drops as a powerful non opiate remedy for rheumatism and related ailments. The ad claims 300 doses per large bottle priced at $1 and a 10 cent sample offer for 25 cents, with 30 day mail offer details.
A dilatory lover cites small income to justify delaying a farewell from the Cove. The quick reply insists the lover does not reside on the roof. Harlem Life notes the exchange as a curio of social wit.
Northwestern inventors received patents last week for a carbid cartridge by Leroy Buffington of Minneapolis a ma chine by William H. Davis of Minneapolis a rolling mill by Henry Grey of Duluth a pencil by Albert J Keck of St Paul a clothes drier by Bruno Kippels of Moorhead a locomotive by Edward Sarver of Deadwood D and a hose coupling for air brakes by Harry Shepard and D Delaria of Minneapolis a wagon brake by Gustaf Stark of Kensington a railway cash fare ticket by Clarence P Stemdel of St Paul Merwin Lothrop & Johnson patent attorneys based in the Pioneer Press Building.
A Chicago Post quip notes that a marriage aimed at revenge backfires quickly. The bride marries to avenge a rival but discovers the plan fails within two months as vengeance proves elusive for her rival.
The Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road placed a 43500 ton steel rail order for 1900 delivery. Carnegie company to receive 26000 tons, Maryland Steel 5000, Cambria Steel 5000, Federal Steel 7500 at about $33 per ton. Allocation: Baltimore proper 26000 tons, Baltimore South Western 12500, Pittsburgh Western 4000, Cleveland Terminal and Valley 1000.
J Barlow Wilson and Mrs Amelia Simpkinson discuss diamond prices and a jeweler offering solitaires at former price levels, noting the sharp advance in diamond values while contrasting with bargain offerings.
A short entertaining fragment describes a character named Sandy Pikes-Yesseum praised by boys for a rapid eating habit. The excerpt imitates slang and casual banter about stuffing food, detailing a lively but trivial scene in Chicago News style.
A witty exchange recalls a broken engagement with a Boston girl. Pigotte notes the breakup was prompted by cost, joking that joining a library proved cheaper, in a comic Puck vignette.
Fragmentary item notes opinions on love at first sight from the Philadelphia North American and references a peacemaking message about days until a journey to a Michigan town. The readable text is sparse and indicates a literary or editorial stance rather than a full report.
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