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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
2
A small town paper notes witty maxims about money confidence and marriage. It cites lines about divorce and secrecy from figures like Franklin and Aguinaldo, reflecting light editorial musings rather than a single event or person.
An alderman from Racine vanishes prompting speculation on urban loss. Across cities, fishermen in Gotham keep hunting sharks while the business world faces the dominating force of trusts. A growing group accepts trusts as education in concentrated production and calls them benefactors. The president orders a Cuba census with native enumerators to guide self government, and a similar census will precede Puerto Rico local elections for subordinate officials.
The Hatfield gang leader known as Devil Anse was captured by a sheriff’s posse in Kentucky. He tried to flee when sighted, but surrendered with little resistance, contrasting earlier attacks and ambushes with a direct stand-up firefight against armed officers willing to shoot.
An English scientist has uncovered the truth behind the Lake Tanganyika legends known as the Lake of Death. He identifies a gigantic electric eel as the source of the tales, noting its power to upend boats and kill by a mere touch, far surpassing the South African species. The eel supposedly paralyzes rowers through paddle contact in the lake.
A fashionable watering place overheard remarks about wealth and status provoke a quiet lesson. A sister notes the Keeley cure patient’s wife, a wealthy patent medicine man, and a rich summer girl who saved a child, each showing courage over privilege. The scene calms the sneer with humane examples.
The piece notes hotels in London denying entry to guests not in conventional evening dress. It highlights pending court cases by excluded patrons claiming licensed public houses must entertain guests of decent dress. It questions moral obligations and criticizes rigid fashion rules as a temporary imposed standard.
A St Louis farm paper notes the trust octopus extending into agricultural journals with several combinations already formed and more consolidations likely before January 1. The record of wills shows wealthier men increasingly following a call to be rich in good works.
The text argues parties are necessary only when they advocate meaningful principles. It warns that negativism in party politics signals degeneration, while positivism reflects vigor and achievement.
The Mazet committee, a prominent body in New York, met with notable energy and reported remarkable progress in its task. Despite later challenges, the group demonstrated strong momentum and continued efforts to advance its agenda.
An Ohio firm built a twenty five ton traction locomotive for Cuba with tractive power of 12000 pounds on natural soil. The boiler is of locomotive type with a 12 square foot grate area designed for 180 psi and triple cylinder drive. Kipling described with height five feet six inches dark blue eyes and a thoughtful smile. New York Tribune recounts a Bois de Boulogne incident where two American tourists argued, cab drivers clashed, and tensions rose over a paint scrape.
Unusual account blends Kipling lore and technical notes on locomotive design. It covers a three-cylinder steam engine with a single forging crankshaft, eight foot driving wheels, geared steering, and performance claims including 120 horsepower and a 30 ton payload up a 5 percent grade. It also touches Kipling’s appearance, writing habits, and broad range of technical interests.
A brief remark on French reasoning contrasts with Anglo-Saxon logic. The incident unfolds in Paris streets as described by a contributor, highlighting cultural perception and everyday behavior in a concise narrative.
The article notes George Meredith, though deaf, remains an ardent admirer of women conversationalists. He praises Mrs. Barry Pain as the cleverest woman in England and Mrs. J. M. Barrie as the best of women talkers, with Mrs. Meynell inspiring his keen admiration. After a visit, he reportedly said, We waltzed together on celestial heights.
A dialogue contrasts memory storage with keeping records. He dismisses need for notes and asserts he can recall everything, while she notes limited mental space and suggests keeping important matters written to avoid clutter.
London letter details Sir Edmund Antrobus offering to sell Stonehenge for 625000 dollars while reserving pasture and hunting rights. Antiquarian Britain roars that the government may pre empt and seize sacred ground to preserve monuments for the people. The article explains Stonehenge origins and construction mysteries, with notes on its size and remaining stones.
The article discusses nearby land deals for army maneuvers, the mystery of Stonehenge's origins, and its cultural shadow in England and America, noting Sir Michael Hicks-Beach’s land sale to the government and lingering myths about Arthurian and religious ties on Salisbury Plain.
A Minneapolis Tribune account recalls a brutal town punishment where a man was rolled in a cider barrel and tarred and feathered instead of the lynching discussed. He describes five minutes of kicks and jolts, a broken nose, and weeks of vertigo lingering after the incident.
James H Cryer and 16 year old Willie Roden eloped from Guntersville Alabama after an all night drive of 46 miles over the Raccoon mountains pursued by the bride's father and brothers. They married in Chattanooga before the pursuers reached them and returned home.
Freshleigh remarks on the paper published in Sing Sing prison while Miss Keene critiques it. Freshleigh suggests improvements and Miss Keene notes the lack of an editorial room.
A Philadelphia Times piece lampoons the art of failure by offering farcical directives for women across roles. It urges selfish want, constant nagging, and manipulation in wife, mother, maiden, social figure, journalist, and others, presented as a mock guide to derailing life and relationships.
A Kansas City Star excerpt contrasts anti lynching sentiment with a blunt adviser to hang Tolberts. A Kentuckian cites a local crackdown where prominent citizens lynched ringleaders to end the practice, illustrating divergent regional views on mob justice.
Australian birds lay eggs in black sand to exploit heat from nearby volcanic springs. Mound builders pile earth and leaves up to eighteen feet high and thirty feet in diameter, creating hotbeds where eggs hatch.
A fragment notes King Oscar of Sweden in his youth as an accomplished tenor. It mentions his roles on stage and remarks that superior women judge by mind and character. The quotation attributes praise to a Balzac reflection on charm and intellect.
A brief quip reflects social divide as a man boasts his father is a policeman, while a young man notes his father need not work. The exchange highlights status and job prestige in a witty European social register tone.
An antique ad style passage likens the Philippine War to a tough contest and touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy. It asserts the biters conquer dyspepsia malaria fever and age, framing the product as a fifty year reliable winner.
Report from Chicago cites fire on sleepir cars with managers and engineers recalling smoke as crews responded. No injuries documented, investigation into blaze underway.
An ad-style claim extols Hood's sarsaparilla, arguing its unique formula and processes make it superior to other tonics. It lists ailments it purportedly cures such as scrofula, salt rheum, dyspepsia, catarrh, rheumatism and general fatigue.
A traveling man recounts a strange incident on an Eastern Ohio train approaching a dense black storm. The brakeman shouted Pittsburg as he went through the cars, provoking the storyteller and listener to ponder the odd moment from the New York World.
A dated note from Albright in Miflinburg Pennsylvania on December 11 1895 promotes Piso's Cure for Consumption as the only cough medicine used in the house. The excerpt also recounts an anecdote about the origin of the fan in China at a lantern festival and how a princess hid her face to cool herself.
Humorous exchange notes that Mayor Jones of Toledo did not appear in the paper as a governor hopeful. Horace seeks an independent candidacy announcement, but Josephine points out the absence across pages and columns. The gag underscores absent campaign news.
An affable pedant recalls a time when people used simple pictures to record events. A lawayer reflects that it was hard to tell whether to sum up a witness as handwriting or as art criticism, highlighting a jest about old methods of notation.
In a brief exchange, a Boston maid invites a St Louis girl to a literary society meeting featuring Emerson. The girl responds with weariness before revealing the shocking line that Emerson is dead, as reported by Chicago News.
A terse Chicago Tribune item recalls a foolish union where a young woman marries an elderly suitor. The contrast hinges on wealth and social perception as the octogenarian is mocked for his fortune.
A brief Puck quip centers on a quarrel between a newlywed couple. The husband jokes about calling him a brute, while the wife reminds him that their dog Fido is in the room, adding a light domestic note to the exchange.
In Surrey England a poultry fattening establishment annually ships about 36000 fowls to London. The note highlights a large poultry operation and its 통port to the capital.
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