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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
5
Cons Coventry Assistant State's Attorney denies involvement in August contract for two bridges and disputes an Advocate report of August 17. He asserts he did not attend the meeting or know of the letting, demanding a clarifying explanation from Emmons County officials.
Patrick J Lyons testifies in Kidder county North Dakota that in March 1899 a Northern Pacific Railway tax agent bribed him to sign a document blocking a county contract with Fred A Baker. Lyons claims Storey signed the complaint, causing county costs, and that the railway paid Walker and court costs, all per prior agreement.
Morning market notes from Linton list wheat prices for No. 1 Northern 93c No. 2 Northern 90c No. 4 Northern 86c with rejected 71c Durum No. 1 80c No. 2 1060 Flax No. 1 81.11 No. 2 81.08 Barley No. 4 45c No. 5 44c Feed Barley 42c Oats No. 3 dle No. 4 39c Butter Table Stock 20c Packing Stock 16c Cream 23c Eggs 180. The Record invites ob work.
For proofs and filings, Peed L. a. Weatherby, United Sta Dissioner, Linton.
The piece accuses Mr. Herolz of misusing county currency during a panic, selling items to the county, and falsifying loans. It argues eight borrowers could read little English, questions a mortgage buyer Dudley, and suggests Herolz asked bonuses while others could not obtain cash. A Clay anecdote ends with a barber quip about treasuries.
A large mastiff dragging a small girl on a leash drew attention in a quiet side street. The dog dragged her to a corner saloon with the girl clinging to the leash and protesting that ladies do not go there.
In a Cincinnati Enquirer report, a curator leads reporters to an aquarium tank where six starfish rapidly melt mussel hinges with their gastric juice. The mussels open as the starfish insert their stomachs, killing the prey before the starfish depart, shells empty on the sand.
The London Spectator recalls early nineteenth century reactions to drunkenness with a festive christening of twine and neighbors, tenants, and laborers in a tale where guests are intensely drunk. Lady Sheffield would have liked to attend and remarks on the social tension between pleasing many and making oneself miserable.
An old member recalls the 1816 episode where the crowd raised Speaker Clay’s salary to 1400 dollars a year. The anecdote frames a political salary increase as a cautionary tale about concessions and public pay.
A Willowby boarding house discusses Miss Groag as eccentric with Mrs. Jennings denying any true craziness. A boarder recalls an egg prank sent to Mrs. Cole and a laundry box incident, while Mrs. Jennings defends Rachel’s occasional lack of wisdom yet softens judgment.
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat quote, an ethnologist links a batsman’s proud chest slap after a home run to Darwinian instinct. He compares humans to gorillas who beat their breasts in vanity and exaggerates strength, calling it monkey blood in us.
A prominent clergyman laments excessive music in worship and recalls tales from the pulpit. One South Carolina minister was warned not to preach long because it was the music crowds came to hear. A visiting preacher in a chant filled church faced interruption from a choir leader.
The New York correspondent reports on hazardous home remedies for minor wounds on the east side. An interne at Bellevue describes the use of dirty poultices and improvised cauterizations such as cigar butt bindings. Two boys with cuts illustrate dangerous practices and the need for proper wound cleaning.
A note on a school singing lesson describes a class across the street where music is taught with semitone drops and a vivid accent. The passage presents a favorite school song about garden flowers and birds with playful spellings, ending with the line that wildflowers look fairest.
A London Globe fragment recalls a beggar’s exchange where a man asks for a penny to eat while being reminded he already has sixpence, intended to tip a waiter. The exchange highlights social tension over charity and tipping.
The Galveston News comments on southern readers and northern writers using negro dialect in magazines. The piece notes readers dislike such attempts and calls the dialect portrayal a bother and a source of irritation.
A reflective sentence notes that no person is so great that they cannot need help or fear the power and unkindness of even the meanest of mortals.
The longest will on record belongs to Captain Robert Keayne founder of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. It contains about 50 000 words and would fill a sizeable volume. The will is preserved in Suffolk probate vaults and dated to Captain Keayne who began as a London merchant tailor.
Washington Post recounts Dixon Lewis a Virginia born Alabama congressman and senator noted for weight and courtesy. After a steamer wreck he refused a small boat seat to spare others despite danger and was later rescued. This tale highlights a famed blend of gallantry and girth.
In Nero’s Palatine dining room ceiling compartments inlaid with revolving ivory showered perfumes and flowers on guests. Servants presented blooms, guests wore wreaths, and tables changed after each course. Drinking endured until revelers collapsed. Generals spent vast sums. Lucullus once spent 50,000 drachmas at dinner with Cicero and Pompey. Pithy-lus famed for culinary flair wrapped his tongue in linen and cleaned it with fish skin to savor flavors.
A historical note on earthquakes as portents in biblical prophecies and cultural reactions. References include oppressive taxation protests, bans on masquerades, theater closures, fashion shifts, and a 1727 New England anecdote about women abandoning hooped petticoats.
Nicholas I of Russia, an absolute ruler, punished a household officer who insulted a begging old woman. In a royal audience he forced the man to walk a corridor all night, repeating aloud that he is a puppy. The episode shows his chivalry and intolerance of mistreating women.
A new seaman misinterprets sea language on a West India ship. The painter’s staging hangs under the stern as the captain signals to cast off. The boy—confused by the phrase—releases the painter’s ropes, thinking to “let go.” The painter and supplies have already gone.
A small woman wearing a floral willow pattern hat entered the uptown Pennsylvania ticket office and purchased a ticket for a destination downstate. She gathered her ticket and asked a question before leaving.
An angry bishop at a Rowen Church opening caused a scene during a billiards game with a host. He split a chair in two in a temper, apologized afterward, and the host remarked the incident offered a rare glimpse of a bishop losing his temper, as reported by London Tit-Bits.
The article recounts Turner dying at Chelsea sending for a Hallstate doctor who had helped Lin during a stay. The doctor confirms the prior judgment that the artist’s life was near end. Turner asks for refreshment then presses for a different view, but the doctor cannot change the opinion and Turner dies without speaking again.
A New York Sun quote recalls the private rooms of Mrs. V in a fashionable New York house. A visitor describes a ceiling-hung display of life sized manikins dressed in gowns, operated by pulleys to raise them to the ceiling, a cellar of eerie fashion.
A library controversy reveals children arguing over cleanliness and skin color as a doctor’s orders about washing hands and a pupil’s unpaid fine surface. One boy defends a mother who pleads for her son, insisting the boy is careful. The tale ends with a family defense of the boy.
Sir James Crichton Browne, on a mission for the British colonial office in Kingston Jamaica, asked a humble official about the Scottish population. The official replied that there were not many Scots, just a few but enough. Sir James then collapsed.
In a London Tatler snippet a governess asks how long it takes nine hours for one servant to finish a task and queries three servants time. Tommy answers with hens three times as long, sparking a childlike exchange on work rates.
The Cleveland Leader recalls a moment when an audience member said the Tetch were guilty of treason. The archbishop replied that treason elsewhere can become reason for Ireland Leese of the absentee.
Dialogue sketches a playful exchange among Misses Godey Hussle Knox and Goodley about aging and constant activity in a light church column style.
The Boston Transcript notes a shift in butcher trades as Greene-Tiow stop exchanging Cleaver’s meat due to credit disputes. The piece frames it as a change in supplier relationships and consumer access to preferred cuts.
In early Jackson era a fierce tornado swept a small settlement. A father protected his children by threading them through fence rails as his barn and homes collapsed. The five other children stayed bound safely as the tempest passed.
The tale recounts Rudyard Kipling in London lodging on Villiers Street where a slim mirror above the fireplace was shattered by a snake that leaped from a shoe as Kipling dozed, recalling thoughts of India and his fame quest.
A London Mall excerpt recalls a drunken fight where a worker sustained a head injury and a temperate employer advised a warrant. A Dutch Cape Town auction tale follows, detailing staged bidding with golden sovereigns to entice bids, risking the buyer’s loss if no higher offer appears.
A large tea shop near London offered a free shilling check with every pound of tea to lure customers. On the designated day the shop was shuttered and a poster announced the proprietor had left for Houghons to obtain more tea, leaving many disappointed.
The Philadelphia Press notes dialogue about a woman named Miss Smart and Mr. Dubley, describing her as mannish and expressing that observers mock her for deviating from expected gender norms. The exchange highlights social judgment and ridicule in public discourse.
A London Tit-Bits example notes a Manchester sexton’s burial recitals as highly explicit. An entry reads Died John Green male aged three days unmarried, illustrating exact age and status in obituary style.
A two panel dialogue shows James told by mother to count ten before anger ends with father and switch. The exchange contrasts discipline and a sly misreading of a woman’s refusal. A humorous treatment noted from New York Journal and Louisville Courier Journal.
A quotation from the Minneapolis Journal on art in daily speech and the idea of saying small things big and big things small.
A long list of cattle and horses with brands and placements across Winona, Braddock, Linton, Westfield, Gayton, Armstron g, Hull, Strasburg, Emmonaburg, and other locales. Brands include letters, symbols, and mixed marks on hips ribs shoulders and ears.
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