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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1903
Page
2
A collection of opinions and headlines from the Ohio State Journal reports prominent citizens urging the purchase of the Jones site to enable immediate construction of a dam. The item frames local civic pressure and public interest in infrastructure progress.
Col. Carroll D. Wright declares the world is better now than ever and notes it reflects what people make of it, offering a broad compliment to readers and citizens. He frames progress as a collective achievement.
The Washington Post says Jon Dillon and Major Delmar are the only ones who kept the two minute promise. A story says a clerk carried 3,000,000 dollars from Washington to New York in a suitcase, alarming train robbers who fear its unguarded transport.
A man who had been restrained by a neighbor’s injunction received notice of the order, prompting immediate need for its enforcement. The incident underscores swift action in domestic or neighbor disputes and the role of restraining orders in limiting conduct.
In parts of Switzerland horses are hitched to automobiles to keep other horses calm and unfrightened. The horse still has his uses despite new tech.
Corbett believes he can whip Fitzsimmons and Fitzsimmons thinks he can whip Corbett. Both will keep up the act while the public pays admission to the ringside.
A New York socialite questions the Goelets expenditure of 2 million dollars for the Duke of Roxburghe. She asks if a reduction to 1,999,998 dollars would have met approval.
The draft mentions a bold noncompliance by Engi neer Hoss as robbers wave a red lint across the track both to signal and test. It contrasts the value of a man who disobeys ironclad orders with Jimmie the Bum, who has just died in New York, receiving more obituaries than many meritorious citizens. It laments that many “bums” die daily unwept and unsung.
Dr. George F. Kunz reports radium activity can be multiplied a thousandfold by mixing it with pulverized willemite which is cheap or free. He says this scientific insight could soon bring radioactivity’s benefits to the world through researchers.
An aphorism from the Indianapolis News argues a sensible man chooses between a bad certainty and a possible good without hesitation. The remark contrasts certainty with risk and suggests decisive action despite uncertainty.
The text notes cutting remarks from eastern society ladies toward the duke of Roxburghe who faced opposition. It also mentions Colombian attitudes toward the Panama Canal with some citizens willing to participate but others offering help digging.
The capital reports an average grain yield finding. land filing orders reach Leech Lake lands. Arizona Territory's Isaac T. Stoddard defends himself amid charges. Navy notes Rear Admiral Lamberton in command at Rio. Taft pending as secretary of war in January. Financials show strong domestic backing of U.S. credit and large redemptions. Construction contracts awarded for Seattle public building and a Phoenix area dam works. Bank sector reports rising national bank resources and Northwestern leadership in new banks, Minnesota third with 120 banks and 4.246 million capital.
A roundup reports Jockey Miller killed at Brighton Beach. A severe East flood causes millions in property damage. The Stone opera house in Binghamton burns for a $150000 loss. East storms kill people and damage property. Conductor Burnham killed and Fireman Keller injured in an open switch collision near Buffalo. Buffalo motorman John Lowe killed by trolley pole. Richard Henry Savage dies in Roosevelt Hospital from injuries from Oct 3 run down. Pennsylvania rail wreck at Old City kills engineer and fireman. Sunshine mine accident at Johnstown releases cars, killing two and injuring five. Chicago’s Graham school, built 1873, destroyed by fire. loss $50,000 with about 1300 pupils affected.
Col Daniel E Boone famed animal trainer dies in San Francisco after a long illness at sixty two born in Kentucky. Dr George W Galvin elected socialist ticket head for Boston mayoral contest. Wellsburg journalist John Gabriel Jacob dies aged seventy seven. Henry C Perkins cotton merchant dies of heart disease at Wall Street office aged sixty five. Ethelbert Watts former US consul at Prague arrives in St Petersburg. William G Hibbard of Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co dies in Chicago at seventy eight from Bright's disease. Isabel McKenna engaged to Pitts Duffield of New York. wedding date not set. August Jacobson Chicago Army of Tennessee member found dead in Arlington hotel death by uraemic poisoning. Kate M Cleary Chicago writer declared insane and placed in asylum due to morphine-induced addiction.
A Paris editor faces a murder charge while Europe eyes an inevitable Russo Japanese war. Reports claim unrest in France with strikes and arson, and Nikaragua and Guatemala near war with Salvador and Honduras. Other items note royal visits, Arctic expeditions, and territorial purchases abroad.
A Chicago city council graft investigation committee has begun work. In Mattoon Illinois Mayor Menke was fined five dollars and costs and removed from office for malfeasance. Other items include a grand jury to probe Kansas City school board charges, a man found hanged in Kentucky, a missing treasurer in Rochester, and several criminal cases across the country.
Ohio places ten monuments on Antietam battlefield in dedication ceremonies. The Woman's Relief corps marks a Lincoln speech site in Sterling Illinois 1856. Missionary convention of the Methodist church opens in Philadelphia with many distinguished men.
Milwaukee detectives from the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line investigate a widening forgeries case involving duplicated company pay checks. A forged check for 63 dollars to Jack Dillon appeared cashed, with false signatures and indorsements, prompting pursuit of the original receiver and broader evidence.
Edwin O. Saule former cashier of Home Savings bank was held on a larceny by embezzlement charge after a preliminary hearing in Iowa Falls on Oct 18. Bonds were set at 25000 and he was jailed in Eldora awaiting grand jury action. Evidence reportedly showed a shortage of 29000.
A former Michigan-Lake Superior Power worker warns unpaid employees may resort to dynamite if wages are not paid soon. Nightly, watchmen report prowlers at the canal head gates and power house who threaten the works, raising fears of a dynamite attack.
Despondent over domestic troubles and a troubled past, T McHonan of St Paul consumed two ounces of laudanum in his Sioux City room last night and died. He left a wife and several children in St Paul.
Great Falls Mont Oct 18 A gang of horse thieves attempted to run horses off the Fort Peck reservation but was ambushed by Indians during a running fight. Two of the outlaws were killed and driven from the area.
Albert Beckmann, charged with killing Helen Kelly, a former sweetheart, has been captured at Melrose. A large force of deputies proceeds to transport the prisoner back to Butte as fears of lynching rise in the city.
Fourteen year old Alvie Phillips daughter of Jess Phillips accidentally shot herself with a 28 caliber rifle while target shooting with companions in Durand Wig. Local authorities investigated the fatal incident and family prepared for burial arrangements.
Crookston Minnesota reports the land office preparing for the November 10 settlement opening of lands north of Red Lake. Broad interest from across the country shows eager applicants. most townships are swampy quagmires with stunted timber and no rail access, making timber removal unlikely for years.
Four men arrived in Woonsocket and plotted to rob Citizens’ National Bank. One offered City Marshal $200 to stay away and keep quiet while they planned the raid, then flee to Wessington Springs to rob another bank. A gunfight occurred as the marshal arrested them.
Peter Elliott of Minnesota, arrested at the White House, was officially adjudged insane and recommitted to St Elizabeths asylum. Police surgeons Drs Vale and Marbury testified Elliott is a paranoiac and apt to be violent at any time. He remained calm during the hearing and did not plead his case.
James Little Plume confessed before U S Commissioner Arnaux to killing seven people on the Blackfoot reserve near Browning Montana. He claimed his plan was to kill fourteen more but a rifle shell jammed. He then wounded himself to hide the crime.
Neche North Dakota October 18 W A Murphy longtime Pembina County Republican central committee chairman and county treasurer died at his home yesterday after a week long pneumonia illness He was a leading local businessman and politician and held roles in Knight Templar Shriner Knight of Pythias and Elks secret societies.
Bank of Viborg in South Dakota robbed of five thousand dollars half in gold. Citizens saw armed robbers patrol streets, pursued by hand car toward Yankton after a chase from Volin. Bank protected by insurance.
Blue Earth Minnesota reports two forged checks bearing the signature of Elias Kjarstad a local saloonkeeper. The latest was cashed by L B Waugh Company of Minneapolis. Authorities pursue the forger noted for a peculiar signature.
In Fergus Falls Minnesota on October 18 Andrew Henenmand a leading merchant and former St. Cloud postmaster filed for bankruptcy listing assets 12875 with 70 exempt and liabilities 10837.22.
Hos. D. W. Lawler of St. Paul has been secured to address the Southern Minnesota Educational association convention in Winona. His theme will be Education and Citizenship.
Bildora Iowa Oct 18 B B Blydenburg arrested for alleged poisoning of his wife waived examination and was bound over to await grand jury action He is free on $10000 bonds.
Washington October 17 the Interstate Commerce Commission announced its decision on the application for time to comply with the amended safety appliance law. The ruling concerns enforcement of the safety standards for railroad equipment and the extended period granted for compliance.
A roundup of North Dakota items: Minot licenses for pool tables, Granville business league, new creameries at Courtenay and Kensal, rain affecting trade, hydro projects and rail plans, drought and flood impacts, legal actions in Devils Lake and Jamestown, mushroom weather, and population shifts in Bismarck and Mandan.
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