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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
3
A Storekeeper asks a young boy what flavor of chewing gum he wants and lists options including peppermint sassafras winter green lilac heliotrope and attar of roses. The boy replies for lilac and jokes he wants something that looks like plug tobacco when spit.
Readers are urged to study the advertisements for amusement and value. The notes emphasize the advertisers produce what they promote and offer excellent bargains through these notices.
A dialogue fragment notes a man named He recalling the worst disgrace as getting arrested for staying up all night and tapping a deaf man's window with a tick tack. The exchange underscores public scandal and private theatricals in a Chicago Times Herald context.
A playful exchange from the Somerville journal features Purse-proud Father asking whether a daughter can be supported in the accustomed style, while a Complacent Young Man suggests he would if contented, but hopes to offer something better. The quip reflects social expectations and courtship humor from the period.
An advertisement promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic with price points of 10c 25c and 50c highlighting gentle stimulation toning and strengthening of the intestinal walls.
A quip from the Indianapolis Journal reflects on Chollie’s rescue of a child from a creek. The tale frames bravery against practicality, noting the water’s shallow depth but the cost of wrinkled trousers. The joke hinges on splitting bravado from wardrobe mishaps.
Cure for swollen smarting burning and sweating feet corns and bunions. Allen's Foot-Ease powder shaken into shoes 25c. Free sample available. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
A quaint remark from the observer in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat about a modest golfer who never brags himself but his wife spreads the word of his phenomenal plays. He claims he tells her everything, prompting humorous credit to the wife’s gossip.
A collage of witty quips and satirical lines about ants eggs curling tongs and draw poker appears, including a poke at glossy photo studios and a light jab at fat jobs in soap factories, attributed to various voices with a medical nod to Dr. J H Rindlaub in Fargo.
A postman narrates a rags to riches rumor that ends with a humane gift. He recalls meeting a widowed woman in need, who waited for mail from her Klondike–bound husband and starved while fearing abandonment. He lends her money and gains a grateful, trusting friend.
A Klondike gold seeker returns to claim help given to Millie, praises a reporter, and presents a $1000 check and gold pieces as interest. Millie and her husband boast of wealth and plan a monument, while the reporter reflects on the tale and ends with a grumble about missing questions.
A Philadelphia druggist turned a giant cockroach into a staged spectacle by labeling it kissing bug and later strangling bug. The ploy drew crowds for days as he explained the bug’s traits until the decora tion was replaced, prompting his joked worry about further hoaxes.
A parish tale quotes a Ference incident about trained blind birds kept in small cages and tarred trees to attract others. Birds are supposedly killed and shipped to America for ladies’ bonnets, prompting one listener to vow never to wear birds again.
The article contrasts life in treaty port towns with real Japan. It notes visitors paid for meals, but rooms and servants were funded by gifts. It says foreigners usually receive fair treatment from Japanese shopkeepers and that few foreign executives head Japanese businesses outside selective industrial firms in treaty ports.
In a tense exchange Mrs Hunke declares intent to sue Rev Dr Lastly for heavy damages after a family quarrel. She accuses him of knowing his character ten years ago and asserts longstanding knowledge of his conduct. Old Hunks references a boyhood acquaintance, underscoring strained relations.
U S secret service hunted green goods swindlers in New York. Detective John Whitaker posed as a country come back to trap rivals at Fishkill Landing Mount Vernon and Pelham Heights. A staged deal for 10 000 in goods collapsed when Whitaker seized 3000 and faced three conspirators. they disarmed him and fled leaving him unharmed.
Travelers report a mysterious fatal illness in Soriso and Gargallo two Alpine villages near Novara. Onset with fever for about 48 hours fatigue skin hemorrhages and death within 2 3 days. Disease appears contagious with local peasants fearful and unwilling to cooperate. Doctors shielded by guards as they treat patients and sort theories from plague to carbolic contagion. Chicago Chronicle.
Turkish officials tighten import controls banning items bearing the star and crescent trade mark. A recent soap consignment with a queen caption, hymn books with Let Us Gather at the River, and printed St Paul quotations were halted or seized. An agent was arrested for contumacy when he could not provide St Paul’s address. Ultimately the matter was explained but no material from St Paul will enter the Turkish empire.
The Philadelphia Inquirer condemns rag time as a harmful musical trend, praising syncopation but arguing rag time lacks substance. It cites social disruption from Georgia Camp Meeting protests, New York tenement bands restricted to popular airs, and warns rag time will fade as public taste shifts away from venues that feature it.
The Kansas City Independent recalls Col. Jennison confronting a Missouri raider in Cracker Neck during the Civil War era. A tobacco stained settler boasts of killing bluecoats while Jennison humorously dismisses the claim and rides away after a rough salute.
In a New York Tribune retelling, John Van Buren faced a critic calling him a bolter. He answered with a tale of a boy frantically tossing hay while pointing to his father hidden under a load, implying Uncle Sam’s burden and his zeal to serve.
A statue of St Bernard de Menthon will be raised atop the Great St Bernard after nearly nine centuries. An international committee will lead the project with monks from around the world. With about 20 000 annual hospice visitors funds should be readily raised for the memorial. The dogs named for St Bernard are extinct and Newfoundlands are now used by the monks.
In 1898 the Tyrolean Alps saw about 13 000 people requiring guides for Alpine tours. The activity reflected growing tourism and outdoor exploration in the region during the period.
In a Bits item a bus driver dismisses savings banks saying after paying grocer baker butcher and rent he saves the remainder in a barrel, while an old gentleman asks what he does with weekly wages. The quip contrasts thrift advice with a humorous preference for a literal barrel stash.
A historical remark notes that millions in the Philippine islands never knew Spanish rule or even met a Spaniard, highlighting vast cultural and geographic separation during colonial times.
Chicago Chronicle reports Ontario alarm over Welland canal decline as harbor at Port Colborne fails to handle modern lake freighters. Calls grow to enlarge harbor and canal to accommodate deepest vessels, with freight shifts and lightering fading in effectiveness amid rising lake traffic and dwindling grain volumes.
The Kansas City Star argues that trust growth has slowed due to capitalists' reluctance to fund new combines. It notes promoters' fees and overvalued assets scare investors, with outsiders largely bypassed as current trusts stay concentrated among organizers. Public exposure and stock structure lessen risk to innocent holders, sustaining organizers’ control.
Utica Press notes a two story frame house on a wide Dresden street marking the birthplace of Robert G Ingersoll the agnostic whose career has just closed. Locals are split over preserving the aged home or tearing it down while tenants show little awareness of the notable former resident.
Do your feet ache and burn in tight shoes Try Allen's Foot Ease a powder that makes new shoes feel easy It cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25c Free sample Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
An ad copy touts Dr. Kane's Great Nerve Restorer claiming no fits or nervousness after use. It advertises a seven ounce lace product for 82.00 with a trial bottle and treatise from RB H. Kine Ltd, 981 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. The notice repeats in a clipped display with characters and dialogue style.
A playful verse dialogue contrasts Mrs. Pansy Quickfoot’s prolific poetry with comparisons to an industrious hen. It notes women’s habit of complimenting each other while subtly glancing at practical shopping and savvy wit. Judy’s quip punctuates the light social tone.
Mrs Barnard of Milltown Maine writes she suffered bladder trouble heart flutter dizziness and painful menstruation. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for two bottles she regained health and praises the remedy highly.
A reader from Ansorr Iowa shares a testimonial about suffering profuse bleeding and extreme weakness. After trying three doctors and an operation considered, she credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with restoring her health and strength and plans to recommend the medicine to others.
President Parsons of Union Traction credits the year end report to June 30 showing a net profit exceeding 000,000 dollars. Last year the net was 24,620. The earnings allow a dividend of one dollar per share on 10,000,000 capitalized stock after guaranteed dividends to absorbed corporations. The result signals that public demand for better facilities and seating is no longer hinged on economy in management.
A roundup of patents issued to Ag ness Amess and M A Powlison of Perth North Dakota for a bicycle stand and lock to Martin O Arnegaard of Hillsborough North Dakota for a governor cut off Henry Grey of Duluth Minnesota for an apparatus to roll beams girders and similar items Eli F Isgrig of Merre Minnesota for a mowing machine attachment Walter M Thurber of Valley City North Dakota for a farm tool John D Wilcox of Pine City Minnesota for a potato digger Merwin Lothrop and Johnson patent attorneys 910 Pioneer Press Building St Paul Minnesota.
In a recent speech John Turns, a prominent English labor leader and MP, attacked William Waldorf Astor as a migratory money bag who is a patriot only when his property is threatened and a citizen only when his comfort is encroached upon, using harsh language about wealth and status.
William E. Meehan reports annual state fisheries figures from Bristol, Erie, Co and Allentown stations. About 22 million and 25 million Susquehanna salmon and 1.5 million blue pike hatched, plus over 4 million of various kinds. Fry planted in streams around Philadelphia. A new focus is teaching fish culture in public schools using goldfish as object lessons.
Poem fragment describes two lonely souls pursuing each other through a world of isolation. They meet at a sudden goal and blend like green leaves with golden powers, creating a single beautiful union. The long night ends and the path to eternal day opens.
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