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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1901
Page
2
The clipping blends notes on Ontario paper correspondence and playful Jersey mosquitoes with a Texas style cautionary tale. It recounts a Chicago gardener surviving cancer with a rebuilt stomach and a Michigan man who ingested morphine, then shot himself in a fatal miscalculation.
A Kansas couple fled to Iowa to evade a ban on first cousin marriages while in Kansas a Colorado pair wed after six months post-divorce. The Kansas City Journal suggests ambassadors be appointed to negotiate uniform marriage laws between states.
The United States treasury holds about 510 million dollars in gold, the largest amount globally. Of this, 64 million is in current cash assets, 150 million is in the redemption fund against outstanding greenbacks and US notes, and 296 million remains as gold certificates in circulation.
A Colorado celebration of old settlers marks Colorado’s statehood with a three month Pioneer entitlement and the unveiling of a colossal Lieutenant Zebulon Pike statue on Cheyenne Mountain at Colorado Springs. The piece muses on Pike’s Peak or Bust imagery amid modern rail progress.
The Buffalo exhibit features the Benjamin Franklin ledger, a Sunday mail transport report from a US Senate committee, a postal card that circled the world in 120 days, the travels of a registered letter, seventeenth century books via the dead letter office, framed postal statistics from 1775 to today, and a comparison of US postal scale with France Germany and Britain. It also showcases old mail bags cut open with one stained by a murdered carrier's blood.
The piece reports a new Chicago plan to curb big department stores by forming a cooperative venture. Small dealers will invest up to five hundred thousand dollars and run departments such as ice cream and coal beds under qualified merchant stockholders. The aim is lower rents and retention of existing customers.
In Corea the Gentlemen of the Cour profit from illicit coinage, buying silver for 10 dollars to mint 40 dollars in counterfeit coins, aided by good terms with the King that keep police from intervening.
A few days after a neighbor’s cat was shot, David Bell of Marietta Ohio found several pounds of arsenic in his well. The toxic substance was detected before water was used, averting a possible poisoning incident.
A German scientist in Berlin on a very warm day hopes for much cooler conditions in the distant future. He notes an expected drop in solar heat in about ten million years, a long-term Desideratum.
Captain Spelterini plans another Alpine balloon crossing in August starting from St Moritz in the Fa gadines. His first attempt was blown into French territory by a strong wind.
The article traces Icelandic immigration to North America beginning with Washington Island Wisconsin and Muskoka Ontario. It notes early settlers Jon Gislason Gumundun Gumundunsson Arni Gumundunsson and Arni Bjarnson arriving in the 1870s, subsequent waves through 1895, and the formation of New Iceland in Manitoba. It highlights migrations to Minnesota and North Dakota and the growth of Icelandic colonies across Manitoba and Northern Minnesota.
In Sweden and among Swedes in America a rift grows after Bishop Rohde of Gothenburg repudiates Rev. Gustaf Floden. Floden issues a Gothenburg rebuttal denying most bishop claims about his visit to the United States as a state church representative. The letter stirs debate and Mr Floden reportedly met King Oscar regarding Bishop von Scheele's U.S. tour.
Dispatches from Stockholm report the John Ericsson statue unveiled last Saturday September 14 as the Swedish monitor John Ericsson fired a salute. United States minister to Sweden and Norway W W Thomas gave the principal address praising Capt Ericsson and recalling President McKinley’s assassination. The crowd and artists deem the statue the handsomest in Stockholm with a splendid position.
The Icelandic Althing has passed a resolution demanding a Danish cabinet post for Iceland to attend Althing sessions and answer to it. The proposed minister should know Icelandic and be part of the Danish government. The upper house urged the king to create a separate Icelandic portfolio at once.
Wisconsin defeated Minnesota 60 to 21 in an interstate artillery contest held in Lake City Minnesota on September 27. Wisconsin outscored Minnesota 31 to 11 in the final rounds, with notable scores from Corporal Ebert of Milwaukee and other Wisconsin marksmen while Minnesota's Frank Barron Comstock and Lambert contributed early points.
At Shattuck military school in Faribault Minnesota rector Rev James Dobbin banned hazing of freshmen after years of light initiation. Seniors refused the order discarding uniforms and threatened to quit en masse unless the prohibition was lifted prompting appeals for funds to return home.
A U S S organized concerts across Chicago Boston Worcester Minneapolis New York Philadelphia San Francisco Omaha Denver Jamestown Rockford and other cities this fall to raise funds for a Wennerberg memorial. The Chicago event at the Auditorium will feature a 600 voice mixed chorus and 250 man chorus with prominent soloists.
Danish republic reforms promise tax and legal changes plus defense reorganization. Denmark tops Holland in agriculture awards while Norways phone costs drop to 8 dollars yearly. Stockholm and Christiania theaters eye new ventures as Salvation Army aid expands. Deserters stir unrest in Christiania. Emigration concerns worry authorities.
Winona Minnesota police seek Alex Dublinowski after a late Tuesday night attack on his wife. Officers found a bloodstained floor and a severely injured woman who alleges he vowed to kill her for life insurance. He fled and remains at large as she lies in critical condition.
Bemidji Minnesota September 27 Great excitement in Ebro over the disappearance of Charles Johnson an aged widower living alone two miles west of town Neighbors found his shanty and grain stacks burned authorities believe the fire was intentional and fear he may have wandered into the woods after suffering illness. a search has not located him.
Milbank South Dakota September 27 A daring attempt to burglarize the post office ended with a broken plate glass window and a night watchman wounded slightly in the arm. Several shots were exchanged before the suspects fled and are now held.
The report of anxiety in Norway over Captain Otto Sverdrup and the Fram expedition is unfounded. Sverdrup planned a five year absence after departing three years ago to survey Greenland’s northeast coast, with a late 1901 to 1902 return window. The Fram is stout and Sverdrup’s skills echoed in the Nansen polar voyage.
J. E. Love was found dead in his Davenport house room in Winona Minnesota, Sept 27. Indications point to death by his own action with morphine after heavy drinking. no clear reason for the act is given.
A cyclone swept western Dakota County near Clear Lake on September 27 blowing a schoolhouse over twisting several dwellings from foundations and scattering grain stacks. Salvation Army clashes in La Crosse led to arrests as police barred street meetings during fair week. officers detained Salvationists kneeling in prayer.
In Consul General Ravn's New York district covering the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico, 1,378 Norwegian ships with cargo arrived in 1900 and 647 were in ballast. The same period 1,378 cleared for the United States with cargo and 655 in ballast. Imports valued at 729,702 kroner and exports at 11,793,474 kroner. Consular fees for the district totaled 50,402.41 kroner.
The Chicago Tribune notes a surgeon plans an operation to remove the vermiform appendix amid a mood of skepticism. A chronic croak asks about the benefit, sparking humor and reflective banter on medical necessity.
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on September 27 intense excitement spreads as a smallpox case is found in a tented Wagon used by a threshing crew. Panic drives occupants to flee the streets exposing many to the disease.
Commissioner Jones and Senator Quarles with their party returned from Red Lake to Thief River Falls. They favor opening the reservation at once to place 300000 acres on the market.
A Chicago News line depicts a sleuth accusing a man as guilty while the accused proclaims innocence. The exchange mentions red stains on hands and a claim the marks are not blood but ink from a holograph. The scene hints at a tense confrontation during a newspaper reader’s moment.
In lively chatter Mrs. Newbride notes a wedding present from the Van der Gils. Miss Jellus adds they are generous as well as exclusive, with a light air of triumph in the exchange.
A Detroit Journal quote shows a woman admonishing a man for kissing her. He replies it was pleasure, not business, highlighting a social tension in a city piece reflecting flirtation and propriety.
Fergus Falls Minnesota reports a heavy storm with lightning striking the Great Northern station at Carlisle causing a fire that totally destroyed the building. The rainfall measured 1.43 inches and hail was reported.
A mob of about 100 gathered at Eighteenth and Cedar streets last night and hanged an effigy of Emma Goldman on a telephone wire forty feet above ground. The crowd pelted the dummy with stones before it was left hanging.
Special Agent Walker has inspected and approved three proposed free rural delivery routes from New Richmond Wisconsin names of carriers M Brickley T B Phillips and J M Arnquist named for service promised before snow falls.
The assassin of President McKinley collapsed on entering Auburn Prison. Deputies carried him to a bench, then to the condemned row as he cried out in terror. He expressed remorse for Mrs McKinley and said he was sorry for his father, claiming no accomplices. He recovered later that afternoon.
Government officials report $400,000 tied to Oberlin M. Carter embezzlement moved from Chicago depositories to an eastern city. Secret service agents have pursuit underway while a prior $200,000 was found in Huntington, West Virginia, and Carter’s July real estate transfers to relatives were impounded. Authorities expect recovery soon.
Oscar Heebner of Worcester Massachusetts, a naturalized U S citizen, returned to Berlin to manage a factory for Milla Woven Cartridge Belt but is accused by German war authorities of evading three years of army service and must depart by October 1 after appeals to the imperial minister of war failed.
Mrs. Carrie Curtis drowned her two children and herself in a well at Little York Ohio. Authorities believe mental illness contributed to the act after her recent release from the Masillon insane asylum.
George Gardner and Joe Walcott fought twenty rounds at Mechanics Pavilion with Walcott earning the decision. Betting was light and Gardner was the favorite in pool rooms. Jack Welca refereed the bout. A spark from a locomotive caused a $100,000 fire at Plymouth Cordage in North Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Berlin on September 29 reports that Dr. Lueger, Berlin’s chief burgomaster, was challenged to a duel by lawyer Herr Hofenmeir whom he called a malevolent fool. Lueger declined to fight.
Rural communities win approval for new router installations as planning advances before winter. Officials cite improved access and service reliability for local residents and farmers.
A crowd of about 100 gathered at Highteenth and Cedar streets to hang an effigy of the anarchist. The dummy was pelted with objects as part of the demonstration.
Tillie Burhans 53 of Pleasant Valley N Y inflicted severe burns with boiling tea and struck 15 year old Mabel with a butcher knife in two attacks. The girl is in critical condition and may die. Burhans was overpowered and jailed for examination by insanity experts.
At Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia a severe fight broke out between sophomores and freshmen over a George Washington statue. Sophomores armed with clubs attacked, leaving three freshmen unconscious and causing by injuries including a fractured collarbone a broken nose and a gash to the head.
In Houghton Michigan on Sept 29 a pioneer watchman Onesime Verville died of heart failure while working in his yard at Atlantic Mine. A body recovered at Little Traverse Bay is Daniel Glass an oiler on the lost steamer Hudson. The second body is the assistant cook, unnamed. Both were found by Finnish fishermen about seventy miles from Eagle River.
St Paul and Minneapolis report mixed grain values with wheat at 70 71 2c for No 1 Northern and 68c for No 1 Northern in various markets. Chicago lists cash wheat and corn ranges, cattle prices at regional exchanges, and hogs, sheep, and lambs values across St Paul Sioux City Chicago Milwaukee and South St. Paul in late September trading.
In Ishpeming Michigan on September 29 readers noted extra copies of L Aurore, edited by Ciancibilli of Spring Valley Illinois, containing gloating over President McKinley’s death. Ciancibilli has few local followers, but his writings draw interest.
Baron Van Lynden the foreign minister sends the Boer appeal for arbitration to legations and court members with plans to raise it at the first council meeting, date to be fixed.
Bayfield Wisconsin September 20 a special election approved high license for saloons by a 91 vote majority The measure sets the license at 200 dollars with results shaping the local liquor trade and enforcement.
Washington dispatch details a heated court of inquiry into the Santiago campaign. Admiral Sampson’s friends demand representation and fear his conduct is under scrutiny while Schley's counsel press claims against Sampson. New witnesses Admiral Cotton and Captain Wise testified as controversy intensifies.
In Buffalo on September 27 Paul Waldeck Victoria Czolgosz and Leon Czolgosz held a 35 minute interview at Erie county jail with Assistant District Attorney Frederick Haller and Assistant Superintendent P Cusack present. The prisoner insisted no one else was involved in the plot to kill President McKinley.
Indianapolis dispatch reports Attorney General W. L. Taylor of Indiana was mistaken for Kentucky former governor W. S. Taylor in Evansville Sunday night. A hotel clerk intervened and the man was not abducted across the river, averting a kidnapping.
London Sept 22 official notice confirms sixty seven people perished in the sinking of torpedo boat destroyer Cobra. Of the dead forty five were naval personnel.
Paris dispatch reports France is urging the great powers to press for international control of Turkey's finances. The move aims to stabilize the fiscal system amid regional tensions and economic instability observed by observers in London.
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