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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1900
Page
3
A Jersey City school children raised about 1100 toward Galveston relief, bringing in money and goods. The piece notes Berliner era restrictions on Hallelujah and jokes about a railway engineer wife. Slavation Army officers were once forbidden to say Hallelujah in Berlin, now they meet nightly in twenty halls.
A wartime general lauds music over gunpowder declaring Sousa’s band won more battles this summer. Civic banners fill European cities praising the American composer and the piece The Stars and Stripes Forever, as peaceful victories march through camps once hostile to the States.
A. R. Julian formerly preached at Chadron Nebraska. After leading a clean, vigorous editorial paper for over two years he now sells the publication to re enter the ministry with renewed purpose and confidence in his preaching.
Reports say Princess Chimay and her husband have reconciled and are in Paris. The Hungarian gypsy violinist Rigo is rumored to be in Africa. Photographs of the princess no longer sold in Paris or Vienna, with large offers for her Paris stage image.
The article notes potential scientific and literary sympathy between politically unfriendly nations. A European medical proverb claims if Berlin and Paris agree on a matter, it likely holds truth. It argues progress from French and German studies strengthens cross national understanding and questions whether fraternizing should outshine estrangement.
A Swiss factory inspector cites workers who resisted an improved ventilating system fearing rheumatism and later refused to enter a building lacking it. An Ohio minister faced a sermon disruption when two women fainted. an investigator found the janitor had sealed memorial windows to prevent air, tied to a substitute with a habit of airing the church.
Teresa Guillen a 24 year old peasant woman led a prophecy and preaching craze in Algaiba Murcia. Five gendarmes tried to arrest her causing clashes in which four guards died and sixteen bystanders injured. Her father and brother were killed. Separately Kansas plans a 1904 state anniversary exposition in Topeka with a strong organizing body.
A new silver medal is to be issued to all ranks of the British service actively employed during the South Africa operations. It will be attached to a ribbon with an orange center and narrow navy blue and red stripes. Emperor William, two years ago, likened China to an artichoke to be eaten bit by bit. Now his appetite has grown, and he may swallow the whole artichoke at once if terms are not met.
A French handwritten love letter allegedly from King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn has been unearthed in the Vatican Library. The discovery, described as a sensational relic, rekindles fascination with Henry’s court and its doomed romance.
Professor Cesare Lombroso argues Boer perseverance stems from blood richer than other nations. He claims Boer blood blends 78 percent Dutch, 12 percent French, 12 percent Scotch and 3 percent German. Scientists note the total exceeds 100 percent, suggesting a possible typographical error or interpretive flaw in the analysis.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a crusade against seals and sea lions in the Columbia River mouth. Plans call for dynamite mines on a sandspit linked by wires to the mainland, to explode when the animals are ashore. The goal is to protect salmon fisheries from seal predation.
The Rev A W Mann a deaf mute missionary travels to deaf mute churches both here and abroad He writes with rapid pen then answers upside down on a pad while the reporter reads the question upside down without moving the paper This odd method is described by the New York World.
G C B will shortly proceed to Crete to invest Prince George of Greece, governor general of Crete, with the ribbon and insignia of the Order of the Bath, in a ceremony led by the monarch. Also to attend Sir John Fisher, commander in chief of the Mediterranean squadron.
J E S Moore, Royal College of Science, returned from a Central Africa expedition with hundreds of specimens. He argues Tanganyika once connected to the sea via a Congo basin, leaving jellyfish and crustaceans in the lake as fossils below chalk level. He and geologist Malcolm Fergusson dredged and sounded Tanganyika to test marine survivors.
Sir James Grant a Canadian medical man proposes that rheumatism results from abnormal electrical storage in the human body and treats cases with fine steel needles placed into affected muscles for one to two minutes. The needles are removed after relaxation, with immediate relief reported in lumbago per the New York Press.
A discussion of Chinese word formation linking characters to meaning and a description of experiments in drilling metal via electrolytic solutions. Details include nozzle design, two-compartment ends, electrolyte flow, and current driven metal removal. Iron work achieved best with sulphuric acid. salt water also effective.
Report notes reduced American presence in Cuba with fewer travelers and a 50 percent drop in mail from the United States as departures continue daily.
Professor E L Stafford and wife Mrs Stafford faced certain death when a gust ripped their parachute during a 3000 foot fall at the Nashua fair. The wife’s chute caught his fall, the parachute opened near ground, and they landed in a tree unharmed after a miraculous save before 5000 to 6000 spectators.
European edition of the New York Herald reports authorities focus on rodent destruction to curb plague. M Danyor of Pasteur Institute proposes feeding rats bread soaked in typhi murium culture to spread disease, aiming to kill rats while sparing humans and other animals. Trials in Lille Tunis Hamburg and Copenhagen show variable outcomes with complete, partial, or no rat destruction. dogs suffer abuse when tied to owners in distress.
A sheepdog's master was convicted of cruelly ill treating the animal and jailed until the fine is paid. The report notes the dog's steadfast behavior and contrasts it with human cruelty observed in the court.
The piece notes dawn parties as a fashionable pastime in England and America. In England hostesses plan early country rides to view sunrise during mid summer, while Bar Harbor hosts start at midnight with a sunrise view and a substantial breakfast before returning.
A concise quip remarks that custom is the greatest of weavers. The speaker calls for reflection on how routine practice shapes judgment and behavior in people.
A Boston Globe style critique of Anson Phelps Stokes choosing to become a curate despite his wealth. The piece mocks public fascination with inherited riches and urges the rich young man to pursue humble church work without self promotion, contrasting it with racing or worldly amusements. The era’s glamor of wealth is condemned as the piece questions the morality of wealth amid religious vocation.
The miniature painter Amalie Kussner now Mrs Coudert achieves wide success in the United States and abroad. Her talent lies in quickly grasping a sitter’s style and posing them to capture temperament with deft idealization while flattering wrinkles away. Born in Indiana, she built prestige through wit and tact.
Authorities warn against using petroleum on trunks and large branches in summer. Trees have died from the strong chemical, while winter applications show benefits. Do not use petroleum as an insecticide in summer unless it is applied with a sprayer.
William T. McCracken was fatally injured while repairing a broken telephone wire in Kansas City. As the live line crossed and he fell, he instructed a bystander not to touch him and to use a dry board and a felt hat to remove the wire safely. He died before help arrived, the wire still grasped in his hands.
Leslie's Weekly describes Chinese rituals for frequent feast days with ancestor sacrifices, ceremonial dishes, and a belief that wine with orpiment wards off epidemics. Noon water cups catch the sun, dragon head boats race, then postrace banquets and monastic entertainment follow. The moon festival in the eighth month lasts six days with lanterns, gifts, a pagoda, firecrackers, and a midnight banquet. The moon goddess visits Earth to grant wishes. autumn inspires poets.
Bob White, currently touring Australia, reports favorable quail introduction in New Zealand. American birds shipped from Kansas City via San Francisco endured a perilous voyage that killed many in the first consignment of 430. Later shipments fared better with 20 to 200 birds distributed at various points.
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