29 Nov 1889
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1889
Page
1
North Dakota voters backed ex-Gov Ordway and rejected Johnson amid factional strife. The delegation remained loyal to Ordway, fearing loss of influence if Johnson prevailed, while Casey faced party unease over the choice of a high office candidate.
Jamestown resident Lrauan R. Casey is chosen to join ex Governor Pierce as North Dakota’s Senate representative. The piece cheers Casey while denouncing N. M. Johnson as ill bred and defeated, noting his defeat relied on a stubborn following. The article suggests the new state rejects race as a political issue.
The San Francisco Examiner quotes a sensational outside press claim about loan companies retreating from the twin states. It alleges a dire nationwide famine, extreme destitution, and even cannibalism as shipwrecked sailors face starvation, portraying a drastic economic crisis sparked by panic and hardship.
Lost on Saturday in Napoleon, the Waterman Ideal Fountain Gold Pen is missing. The finder should return it to G. A. Bryant at the Homestead Office Napoleon Homestead. The notice comments on homestead rules and marital residence questions, plus detailed guidance on planting and managing willow hedges and cuttings for profitable hedges and forest use.
The article critiques a government policy affecting homesteaders and couples who married under previous assumptions. It argues the policy unjustly deprives rights, could dispossess couples, and urges reversal or a clear law to warn settlers. It calls for legislative action to prevent or postpone marriages on public lands and protect title rights.
District Attorney John Parker visited Hampton on his return from the Capitol and looked in on friends before continuing home. Charley Lester shifts stock duties for John McCrory, while Justice Weller handles a rising docket. Danbury notes a new minister Mr Kinkade, local schooling with Miss Cash Petrie, and a large Thanksgiving Merchants dance forecast. Other items include a runaway near L. Chapman, auction condemneds, bridge work, and a lively house party for Frank Pagel with a wordy good time and a new well exchange.
Readable items describe local life in Emmons County including church services led by Rev Garry and Rev A J Kinkade, a young migrant, improvements in Mrs Carpenter sight, and railway hopes for spring. Residents move to Apple Creek and Goose Lake quarters prepare for winter while the Ladies Society plans Christmas events and a Lone Star Market note advertises groceries and sundries in Bisznurek.
The Dawser cii offers to pay the highest market price for wheat while promising related services. A wall wind vane is priced at 0 cents per tusteth. 4 pounds of feed and a Dawson milty rotation are mentioned as part of expense-saving options.
A damaged OCR item from Casselmai quotes a merchant seeking wholesale buyers in St Paul for groceries at lower terms. The message promises favorable pay and steady orders, urging readers to respond to a rural co op with details on delivery and credit.
A sensational tale from New Jersey’s Raritan area describes an eighty year old hermitess living with a servant in an old mansion. Wealthy and secluded, she keeps faces unseen, dresses and gold dishes intact, and her estate guarded by a lawyer while the servant runs daily affairs. Intrigue surrounds her wealth, isolation, and rumored hauntings.
For sale two yoke of fine work cattle in Williamsport North Dakota. Cash or good security accepted. Contact W. H. Canskiman for details and arranging a sale.
Six head of mares four bays and two blacks branded with an ace symbol or leaf. A reward offered for information leading to their recovery. Five miles south of William.
Joux W of Glencoe Emmons County seeks to trade four good horses for cattle. He offers stable quality and ready transfer, contact for negotiation and potential delivery arrangements.
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