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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
9
T B Meinhover announces candidacy for re election as Sheriff of Emmons County on the Democratic ballot and asks voters to support him at the General Election on November 5 1918.
A Republican candidate for Clerk of the District Court asks Emmons County voters for support on November 8 1918. The message closes with respectful regard to the electorate.
A campaign notice from FRANK J. MEIER respectfully requests Democratic ballot support on November 5 1918.
Virginia is called the mother of presidents for producing eight of the nation’s leaders from its eight native sons since the government’s foundation. Among the twenty seven presidents eight were born in Virginia, with Ohio six and several other states fewer.
In a campaign to curb house sparrows in England children were enlisted and sow clubs used but discrimination failed. Many small birds were mistaken for sparrows and thousands of insect eating birds were killed, producing the opposite of the intended result.
The bureau of mines urges quick ventilation of coal piles to avoid spontaneous combustion. Recommendations include building a dry ground coal bin, storing one coal size per pile, removing fine coal for immediate use, avoiding alternating wet and dry stacking, placing small piles near storage points, and using small bins in storage yards.
The article laments injury to fish from sulphurous gases in coke regions and mine water, notes sediment covering spawning beds suffocating eggs, and condemns sawmills as the chief enemy of nature, damaging forests and polluting lakes and rivers with sawdust.
The essay argues musical instinct is largely hereditary and cites Jews as an example of a highly musical race since biblical times. It notes that parental artistry does not guarantee children will inherit the craft, parodying a countryman’s quip about Wordsworth’s son continuing his father’s work.
Poem urges public to gather pits and stones to supply carbon for gas masks. Government requests olive stones many and varied pits to produce carbon for respirators to protect soldiers from gas attacks.
Official notice set for Tuesday November fifth in Emmons County ND. Elections will choose state district and county officers including governor, attorney general, railroad commissioners, and a full slate of county posts with details by precinct and polling locations such as Skinner School House, Jones School House, and many township vote sites. Precinct inspectors named with specified locations and hours noted.
An obituary style notice lists heirs and creditors of William H. Payne Deceased, with executor Frank H Hanson of Java South Dakota calling creditors to exhibit claims within six months. Also includes a 1918 ownership statement for Emmons County Record by A S Kinney editor manager and notary public Frances Cameron.
In Emmons County North Dakota before Judge Carley executors Henry Mergens and Peter Mergens announce that creditors and all lawful vouchers must be presented within six months at Henry Mergens office in Shakopee Minnesota or with agent 11. duHeaume in Linton North Dakota. First publication September 19 1918.
Unadulterated orange oil has a strong aroma and is used in perfumes, essences, soaps and beverage flavors as well as cakes and confectionery. The Jamaica orange oil is mainly used in making fancy biscuits, especially wafer biscuits paired with tea and iced drinks.
Step by step from Form Life explains measuring roof length and width, multiplying to get square footage in thousands, and multiplying by four to estimate bundles needed.
The first English guide book printed is Instructions for Forraipe Travel issued in 1642 by James Howell, renowned traveler of that era.
Uncle Eben quips that some men worry about nothing and that giving them a bit of regular trouble seems a small mercy. The line reflects folksy humor and social teasing typical of his talk.
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