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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
2
The text laments the appointment of a wealthy friend of Governor Burke over the Democratic choice Cashel. It argues the governor ignored party votes in selecting a United States senator, contrasting party loyalty with personal political machine concerns.
Governor Burke taps F L Thompson of Cando as the United States Senator replacing the late Martin N Johnson. Report notes Thompson’s wealth and close ties to Burke while criticizing other Democratic figures and suggesting loyalty to the Burke machine guided the choice. Democratic leaders and newspapers voice sharp commentary on the appointment.
A lengthy critique compares Mr. F A Sherwood to a persistent boy who keeps asking questions. The piece accuses him of breaking laws and defending an anarchic county system while alleging he spreads irrelevant prose in his newspaper.
The Record accuses commissioners of unlawful bridge letting near Winona and improper use of county funds, while praising new bid advertising and lawful procedures after pressure from public opinion. Sherwood Cleveringa removed from the board. battleship notes follow.
Elmer Hardy of Linton now aboard U S Navy ship New Hampshire writes to the Record praising the North Dakota. He notes its visit to Portsmouth to hospitalize men scalded during trial runs. The Boston American clipping extols the sea fighter as a mighty Dreadnaught with speed goals of twenty one knots.
Gentle reader, you who owe us for this paper you are reading, as well as for several of its predecessors, did ever see an editor's pocket. The newspaper business isn't yet perfect and must have expenses. After the harvest, please remit to keep the paper running and receive a receipt.
Rail excursion tickets to Chicago sell for one and a half fares round trip during November and December to attend the National Farm Land Congress, United States Land and Irrigation Exposition, and International Live Stock Exposition. Tickets, sale dates, and return limits available from local agent Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Lord Russell retort and a humorous quip about an ocean flyer appear among a miscellany of notices.
The Record office offers German English auction bills on the same sheet for German reading farmers. They print and translate sale bills and mail them to buyers. Price is 4.50 for English German bills up to BO.
A Tokyo Letter to the Boston Transcript describes Japan's scenery and the peasant. It portrays the rice fields terraced on gentle slopes and the hardworking farmer in a blue cotton suit with a broad straw hat. It notes his modest earnings and distinctive housing on raised wooden platforms with simple interiors.
A storekeeper and visitor discuss Jimmy Sloane as a potential candidate for better work below. The youth is described as cheery and well liked, but the account claims he shows uneven effort, lifting, and teamwork compared with peers, with a cautious note from Youth's Companion.
Scientists studying room lighting report dark walls enhance perceived brightness. When light sources are outside the reader’s direct view, the room appears better lit. Introducing an interior light reduces pupil dilation and makes the paper seem duller, suggesting light walls can lessen illumination efficiency.
A painting once believed to be a floral study was revealed to conceal a fine Van Dyck portrait of Charles I. The hidden artwork was uncovered by removing the flower painting with owner permission. The piece is thought to have been masked by a royalist to protect it during the revolution.
The Paris designer Rosa Bonheur reportedly joked about her all female class cutting their hair short. She scolded the girls for looking like boys and urged them to keep their hair and focus on their work to retain feminine advantages.
In a London Tatler anecdote a parish host explains a dish called Jump short pie. He says young lambs jump drains, tumble in and drown, then are retrieved and cooked into pie. Rev R H Barham is mentioned via his son.
A snow flurry in April is seen as a blessing in parts of New England. People collect melt and bottle it as April snow eyewater. It was once believed to cure granulated eye diseases and sight issues, noted by the New York Tribune.
Tickets to Council Bluffs for National Horticultural Congress from November 15 to 20 are offered at one and one half fares for the round trip with sales on November 13 15 and 18 and a return limit November 22. Also tickets to Omaha for National Corn Exposition December 6 to 18 at one and one half fares on sale from December 6 with return limit December 20. Information from local agent Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
A white lamb weighing about forty five pounds was brought to a residence on Section 25 Township 133 Range 76 five miles northeast of Linton on October 28 1909. Owner may reclaim by proving property and paying costs. Signed Johannes Wohl Linton November 4. Emmons County Record printing job note.
Notice records Northern Pacific Railway Company applying to select forty acres in the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 22. The post office address is St Paul Minnesota. Protests or objections citing mineral character or other reasons must be filed by December 28, 1909 with Register M H Jewell United States Land Office Bismarck North Dakota.
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