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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1900
Page
2
Emmons Co. reports non union painters painted Syracuse state fair buildings and unions offer to redo the work with union painters as sole settlement. Also noted are spelling changes in a Cincinnati book, South America's vast undeveloped resources, New York lighting figures, Paris literary dispute over L Am du Peuple, Milne Edwards will, and Dr Costello tragedy.
Margaret Vateline a small girl in Geneva New York was frightened nearly to death as a room filled with large bats. twenty seven were killed and a nest of nineteen moved into the empty house. Doctors fear the child may lose her reason. Bat activity has surged in the East this year with unknown cause.
The San Diego Chamber of Commerce aims to establish raw silk production in local agricultural districts. Plans include securing many silk worms and planting five thousand mulberry trees. Southern California climate is seen as favorable versus France for silk. U.S. raw silk imports totaled $43,546,872 in 1899, sourced mainly from Japan, China and Italy.
In Boulder Colorado a sulphuric acid tank car failed to brake and rolled down a grade. It telescoped a box car loaded with household goods, spilling about 4500 gallons of acid and ruining furniture. The yard filled with a large acid pool delaying freight and the loss ran into thousands of dollars.
The Philadelphia based naphtha launch L A Scot stopped suddenly off the Jersey coast when two gallons of green flies packed an air chamber cut off the flame. Investigators say suction drew in the insects until they stacked like powder, requiring an hour to clear the hot cylinder and restore operation.
Lady Gwendolin Cecil, unmarried daughter of Lord Salisbury, guides the household and ranks among England’s premier mathematicians. The Cecil family is described as singularly gifted, including the marquis as electrician and chemist and subeditor, Lord Cecil as a prolific political writer, and Arthur Balfour as nephew. Queen Victoria’s prized solid gold peacock plate from Seringapatam, now at Windsor Castle, is valued highly.
The Bishop of Barcelona orders an inquiry into a priest who recently consecrated a bull ring. He plans to publish a pastoral letter disapproving bull fights.
A Denver convention brings together famous Plainsmen of the 1870s now aged and financially established as modern ranchers. The piece notes a shift from perilous horse life to organized business with irrigation, alfalfa farming, and radioed and telephoned operations. It highlights the transition to safer, lucrative ranching and the social evolution of cowboys into business leaders.
A New York critic proposes lighting the statue with a steam flare to create a giant flame effect at night. Charles W. Canfield suggests piping exhaust up inside the torch and using ruby glass screens to color the glow. The idea echoes government power lighting at Bedloe’s Island.
People who had occasion to travel out Grant Street as far as Scajaquada Creek on a recent afternoon were met with a surprising sight as carp crowded the canal edge and stirred conversation about a local fish movement and environmental notes.
The French movement to connect the Scheldt and the Meuse would cut Dunkirk Mauberge distance to about eighty miles and boost northern coal ports. The plan, urged by French chambers of commerce, alarms Belgium fearing Antwerp competition and Rhine link demands. A Chicago Record quote notes prudence over self view.
The Diamond club, a quiet Hatton Garden society of diamond traders, hosts a glass roofed room where brokers display gems worth fortunes. Members, all tradespeople, conduct private room negotiations with delicate scales for big deals. Business ends at 4 p m. 4 to 7 p m is social time with whist allowed.
The article details Paul Kruger's wealth beyond his presidency. It notes a £7000 annual salary plus £300 in entertainment money, plus substantial savings of about £30,000 a year. It also cites large stakes in the Netherlands railway and dynamite concerns, ownership of over 100 Transvaal farms, and lucrative tobacco leases in Rustenburg.
A London youth mocks Americans about a joke involving high British titles. The tale centers on a Countess and a Duke, with the Duke supposedly admitting there is nothing in his head. Brooklyn Life notes the joke’s apparent wit and its clever phrasing.
The Atlanta Constitution reprints a humorous handwritten note showing a family’s misfortunes and opportunistic gains. Uncle Jim loses a leg and collects damages, Bill breaks a collar bone and receives $50, and the grandmother resumes washing as they prosper amid gratitude to Providence.
A Brooklyn Life column discusses Missing Word Contests where banks help children by supplying key words. Dimsel notes the activity teaches composition while Dimley observes crucial words are omitted for children to supply, illustrating the educational method.
A playful readers note on perspective and irony recurs in a short humor piece. It contrasts marriage proposals with heiress concerns and ends with a quip about beer and trouble, all framed in a light, wit fueled voice.
A vicar reproves a drunk parishioner as he questions how one would respond to witnessing him in a hopeless intoxicated state. The response affirms discretion with a promise of secrecy.
Ida laments the excess of high society coverage while May confesses interest in Newport automobile news. The exchange hints at readers choosing lighter fare over aristocratic gossip and hints at the era's social curiosities and transport focus.
In a rustic exchange a truthful boy admits worms exist in the cherries yet says they cannot be told. The lines evoke longing from a dog mule darky kernel and others for simple pleasures and rest.
A Philadelphia Press exchange mocks social titles in a jab at fashionable society and a counterpoint with nicknames such as Hobo and Dusty Roads reflecting common laboring classes. The quip contrasts pretension with streetwise sobriquets.
The article discusses Russia possibly adopting a new calendar consisting of thirteen months of twenty eight days. It emphasizes stability as the calendar’s key feature and oddly promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia, constipation, nervousness, or insomnia, urging readers to obtain the genuine product.
A humorous exchange notes David delays breakfast until he reads the morning paper and seeks dismal news to discuss while eating. The Indianapolis Journal framing reflects a light satirical take on news culture.
An advertisement claims Cascaret s Candy Cathartic cures all ailments from headaches to cancer by restoring bowel health. It promises easy natural movements and costs 18 cents to start. It warns of imitations and notes metal boxes with C C C stamped on each tablet.
A terse remark from the Indianapolis Press recalls a woman returning to her mother, not due to broken ideals but hunger. The line underscores the idea that affection remained while basic needs dictated a return home.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is sold for 750 and touted as an internal remedy. An inserted question and answer snippet from the Chicago Tribune references the Paris exposition with a joke about American and French exhibits entertaining attendees.
A satirical notice surveys writings attributed to Mrs. George Prunes and Henrietta Lemon Prunes. It lists The Doings of Doris and The Story of Gladys among several works credited to related authors. The piece mocks prolific output and cross attribution in literary circles.
Northwestern inventors listed with patents granted last week include Hans A Alm Hankinson N D for a permutation lock Thomas T Brown Angus Minn for a fire escape William P Brown Jr Minneapolis Minn for a gravity door Thomas M Crepar Swan River Minn for a lantern attachment Alexander Generous Princeton Minn for a trap setting device David Perry St Paul Minn for a dental root canal drier Joseph Posch St Paul Minn for a filter William Sherd Belview Minn for a twine tension device John C Corcoran St Paul Minn for a bottle stopper Merwin Lothrop Johnson Patent Attorneys 911 912 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul
A witty remark by Tooler contrasts condemning Mormon four in hand travel with preferring tandem hitching. The line appears in Smart Set as a humorous take on social norms and justice. The quotation reflects late 19th or early 20th century magazine humor.
A fragment rich in ad hoc humor and stray notices mentions a rival taunting tactic with bottles, a quip about ketchup, and a Chicago News medical specialist advertisement from Fargo. The text combines sports jests with unrelated snippets and party invitation jokes from the Chicago Record.
Miss Eona Frederick of Troy Ohio reports yellow muddy complexion fatigue and menstrual and kidney troubles improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A second letter from Miss Frederick praises restored health and gratitude after months of misery. Mrs Many Banseineun of Windsor Pennsylvania also lauds the medicine for backache leucorrhea irregular menses and weakness.
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