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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
1
Dispatches report the war press declaring that war has practically begun between Great Britain and the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Latest advices indicate a battle may occur at any time.
Experiments using Dakota clay for pots, cuspiders, petals, and fruit ware have been successful. A plant capable of producing the ware at scale would require about $2,000 in initial investment, and a large cement factory is already operating in the northern part of the state.
The Thirteenth Minnesota regimental unit passed through Bismarck en route home as soldiers and President McKinley greeted Twin Cities crowds the next day. Sergeant Phil Shortt credits the regiment with solid discipline and officer leadership, dismissing slurs from a rival editorial.
In St Hel ena Nebraska on Tuesday October 10 at 7 p m Peter B Schweitzer editor of the Emmons County Anzzeiger at Linton wed Miss Barbara F Baumgartner daughter of Franz Baumgartner Stras db district. The groom is described as energetic with solid principles and many county friends. The bride comes from a respected local family and is praised as a good wife material.
The message notes that J. and Mrs. Schweitzer will be at home in Linton to friends after November 10, signaling a forthcoming residence and welcome for visitors.
The wedding of David Ryckman of Dale North Dakota and Angie Chase of Vis occurred at the bride’s parents home in Davis on Sunday September 17. Witnessed by relatives, the couple left for their North Dakota home with best wishes. The article lists numerous wedding presents and notes a reception on September 22 at Emmons County with many friends in attendance.
Oct 7 notes report Ed McConville building a barn on his Dale claim while J Brown freights between Winona and Eureka. Local sickness, thrashing, harvest yields from 15 to 20 bushels, M E church meeting, and a mistaken obituary. A shooting accident injures a Norwegian man needing amputation.
Auditor Braddock reached Linton after returning from an eastern trip with Mrs. Braddock and their children. They visited relatives in Philadelphia then Hartford for a prison officials convention, went to New York for the naval parade and saw the admiral on the bridge. The family also toured Washington while Ed. reports a fine trip and Herbert B. Gray of Whitford accompanied them back to North Dakota.
Notice announces the next examination in the Linton North Dakota school at the school house on Friday October 27 1899 with applicants to assemble at 9:00 a.m. by John Kuiper County Superintendent of Schools dated Westfield Emmons County North Dakota October 7 1899.
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