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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1900
Page
2
A compact digest of diverse items including British coal reserves and consumption, number of physicians by region, claims about blue eyed cats, toads used in gardens, postal savings banks across Europe, George Shergold’s wealth and later poverty, a Maine moose stroll in Bangor, De Wet’s Cambridge past, Turkish sultan’s motor interest, and wartime casualty totals for British forces in South Africa with wounded and disease deaths totals.
At Tully Lake Park near Syracuse supporters push for a David Harum Day with a famed impersonator reading the boss trade scene. Local farmers scornful of the book’s portrayal protest loudly, threatening to derail the event.
A negro conference in Charlottesville Virginia adopted a prayer to the intelligent white people of Virginia urging against disfranchisement of blacks and requesting measures apply equally to both races. The appeal is non partisan and asks white aid in education moral uplift and advancement of the colored race.
Variot of Paris, per a Lis bon paper, describes a Roult process that embalms and metals the body like a statue. The method allegedly preserves bodies indefinitely with wrinkles and lines reproduced and a metallic appearance.
The piece lampoons a modern syndication trend among English shooting party shareholders. A shareholder is revealed as a dipsomaniac with homicidal tendencies, another flees, a third wounds gamekeepers and burns the shooting box, while a fourth promotes pooled insurance among aristocratic guests. Holiday housekeeping on the cooperative model is praised for undermining faith in humanity.
The 1900 census lists New York at 3 437 202, with Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn totals 5 435 603. London and Paris sizes cited. hornet nesting note cites ash tree bark usage and questions alternate nesting trees. Observers urged to watch where hornets nest if ash is absent.
The Gathmann gun introduces a new era in harbor defenses with an eight inch bore and twelve mile range. It uses service power, an advanced aiming system, and electric wire detectors to fix ship locations in bay waters, vastly improving fortifications as oceans of ports receieve fewer crews stationed abroad.
The article explains a new Gathmann coast defense gun able to fire 600 pounds of guncotton explosive, threatening ships within twelve miles. It discusses multiple guns along shore, fortification logic, and the history of heavy artillery development culminating in a fixed fort gun versus moving ships.
Peter Mac Queen writes in Leslie's Weekly praising the Boer army as exemplary farmers who fight with devotion. He notes two classes among the Boers, their longing to return home, fear of confiscation and high taxes, and their compassionate conduct toward English prisoners and wounded. Miss Lillie Ray, daughter of Daniel A. Ray, is appointed deputy marshal to Hawaii.
An 1879 Queensland case shows a Scot hotel keeper beating a Chinese servant after burning a sacred wooden chip, once treasured from Hawarden by Mr Gladstone. The magistrate fined him heavily, while the relic now rests in a glass cage and the servant faces lasting mistrust.
Cecil Rhodes offered a prized lioness to President Kruger as war loomed but the offer was declined and the animal was sent back to Rhodes. Rhodes then sent the lioness to London, where it is shown at the Zoological Gardens. The Illustrated London News notes the tail remains full while the ears have been trimmed.
The poem recalls faded dawns and dusty memories, then awakens to the nightingale singing. Roses of red and white vow to forget winterings as the nightingale’s song revives longing, love, and life beyond dust. The verse, attributed to Martha McCulloch Williams in the New York Independent, frames renewal through song.
A man recounts a near disaster after ordering a jewel for Laura and receiving a misdirected brooch meant for Phyllis. Phyllis reveals she is engaged to Captain Mahon, and laughs at the mix up. The incident ends with humorous fortune as the protagonist praises Phyllis and notes the lucky turn.
A correspondent describes a Boer-fired veldt flaring along the march route in South Africa. Fire stretches mile after mile between our column and Boer heights as mules and horses are starved out. The grass flames glare bright in sunlight while birds flee and hares scatter.
Descriptive account of a veld fire sweeping the plains, flames crackling and racing, smoke veiling animals as they move away. A vivid image of wild horses, a stockman's whip, and the scorched landscape as wind shifts and embers burn fodder.
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