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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
4
The Emmons County Record applauds the upheaval in the life insurance industry as a move toward honesty. It argues state and national legislation will safeguard policyholders and expose leaders who have profited, while warning against hasty action that could cripple the business.
A southwest Emmons correspondent reports a Friday dance at Ben Payne’s newly finished thirty foot square house. About fifty attendees from Pollock Dale Glanovan Linton and nearby areas enjoyed eight PM to four AM dancing with an orchestra led by Coonen Humber and Scott. Thrashing is under way in the neighborhood as a busy season continues.
Erick Grovig of Canby Minnesota seeks tidings of his brother Ole Gjevig who vanished after leaving Standing Rock reservation. An advertisement offering a reward appears on page four and Grovig asks locals to post it. Ole once worked in Linton under J W Wescott on county rock contracts earning the nickname dynamite.
Supt Coventry visited the Linton school last week. Clara Carley has been absent due to sore eyes. A spelling contest occurred in the grammar room last Friday. A pupil in the intermediate room has been tardy every day this week. The fourth and fifth grades study Hawaii for morning exercises. Miss Beulah Sims went to Aberdeen Saturday returning Monday. Miss Clara Clayton taught in the intermediate room during her absence. New entrants this week and last: Ethel Packard Isabelle Tough in grammar. Edward Pfeifle Ray Moore Willie Geil Jay Sandidge Maxygie Tough in intermediate. Hazel Ivy Ruth Packard in primary.
John Rooney was executed at the State penitentiary in Bismarck after a death sentence for killing Harold Sweet in Fargo on August 26, 1902. It was the first legal hanging under the new North Dakota law restricting attendance to authorized personnel. Rooney claimed a partner fired the shot and refused to name him, while admitting his role in the robbery.
A letter from Patrick Kinsella in Rivière qui Barre Alberta describes strong harvests with 50 to 100 bushels per acre and 20 to 45 bushels of wheat. He notes railway expansion by Canadian Northern and Canadian Pacific, a high level bridge over the Saskatchewan River, a nine mile Morinville branch, and Edmonton’s boom as farmers sell land near the city. He hints at returning to Glanavon if wealth grows.
Fall River announces a 5 percent wage increase for cotton mill operatives and a profit sharing plan to start October 25. The profit share could add about 8 percent under current market conditions, affecting about 25 000 employees and possibly spreading to other New England mills.
Hazelton Pa Oct 17 The driver boys strike at the Jeddo collieries of G B Markle Company has led to a broader stoppage with 3000 Markle workers refusing to work.
Grain prices at Linton include Wheat No 1 Northern 10c and Durum No 2 5éc, with flax 8c and oats 19c. The town contains new repairs, a hospital project, an elevator under construction, thrashing crews returning, and social notes from Miss Smith’s shop to local visits and prison cellar work.
A Liberty reward is offered for clues about Ole Grovig last seen January 10, 1905, riding from Walt Mowry ranch in western North Dakota about 100 miles southwest of Fort Yates. Description lists age about 29, 5'9" height, dark complexion, smooth face, gold front tooth filling, missing toe, attire and a sorrel horse branded 2 on left shoulder.
Five tons of molten metal exploded at the Joliet Illinois Steel company converter. One man died, three fatally burned, and about a half dozen others seriously burned or scorched. The blast shook the plant and panic spread among nearly 50 workers within reach of the liquid metal.
The Emmons County Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting at the county seat on Wednesday November 1 1905 at 1 PM to designate the newspaper for the Auditor's Tax Sale and to transact other business. Dated Linton North Dakota October 14 1905 J G Prris County Auditor.
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