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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1902
Page
4
In a quip a Philadelphia Press item recalls Mrs Gabble and Mrs Kraft debating age at marriage. Mrs Bizzy asks a woman what age she was married and the reply is: at the parsonage. The joke underlines curiosity about early nuptials.
A Brooklyn Eagle quotation shows a boy questioning whether whipping posts exist in some states. His father confirms their use for those who deserve it, and the boy muses on the value of growing up.
A Philadelphia Record item quotes an absent minded man on a train leaving for Boston. He realizes he forgot his pronouncing dictionary and book of quotations and synonyms, prompting his wife to ask what it is. The scene highlights memory lapses during travel.
Fragmentary OCR text provides few readable facts or names. The snippet mentions places and several unclear terms, offering no clear event, people, or organization to summarize into a coherent newspaper item.
The U.S. Sherman Act case in New York and St Paul centers on J J Hill's testimony about the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Burlington dealings. Hill ties merger aims to building a coastward system, expanding lumber trade, and securing coal and iron ore traffic, with notes on rates, Pacific trade, and the Northern Securities arrangement.
Market notes highlight June tint butter color pushing butter prices higher in a top market move. A Detroit Free Press quotation mocks home telephone use while praising modern communication. Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is advertised as a natural remedy for coughs and lung ailments.
A witty courtroom aside centers on a hostess who claims she has never told a fib. The judge reframes the joke noting the husband’s count and delivering a sly punchline about a fourth fib.
Chicago once had school superintendent Howland, famed for gruffness and neatness. He challenged a young teacher about her desk and shelf, asking what housekeeper she would make, to which she replied with wit asking if he was seeking one.
A man in a New York street stops to read the bank window at the newly opened Eastern Trust branch. He notes the sign displaying Capital, $1,000,000, surplus, $1,000,000, and interest on deposits, joking about why deposits are needed with that much money.
Mrs L Burton of Eureka Kansas recently in Gainesville at 507 Gladstone street touts Dodd’s Kidney Pills. She claims a long kidney ailment improved after use and she reports success for her mother and brother as well. No medical endorsement is provided.
A Washington era quote presents Senator Sorghum asserting he would divide his last dollar with a friend before leaving office. He adds it will be many years before he spends his final dollar, signaling steadfast commitment to the alliance.
Mercury in catarrh remedies damages smell and the system. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio is advertised as internally taken. Consumers are urged to buy genuine Toledo made products and obtain testimonials.
A brief joke item features a five year old asking to go to the candy store to have his stomach filled after recalling a dentist visit. The quip plays on a child mishearing, with the mother offering a playful retort about candy versus dental care. The piece reflects light humor in a local column.
N W Sanvell of Quaker Grove New Jersey promotes Piso's Cure for Consumption as an infallible medicine for coughs and colds in a February 17 1902 ad style notice.
A fragmented print piece mocks wealth and comfort claiming a wealthy friend would avoid bother and illness. It references burdock, blood bitters, and quick regimens, then shifts to vague health and societal notions without clear names or events.
A nationwide flood of congratulatory letters to Dr. Hartman from all social strata extols Peruna as the catarrh remedy of the age. The inevitable link between colds and catarrh is cited, with Peruna claimed to cure and prevent catarrh, urging households to keep the medicine on hand. The text also notes the Governor of Oregon as an ardent supporter.
Boggs Jones plans a Florida winter trip after selling coal to a diamond dealer for 25 dollars a ton last May. The exchange follows a current price rise tied to coal shipments and regional trade.
Mrs Startuppe asks if her daughter will become a great singer. The professor notes she possesses a qualifying trait: a mouth, leaving the future uncertain.
List of inventors including John Alexander Whitewood D cultivator Clark Bostwick Detroit Minn lining for grain wagons or tanks Solomon Engle Preston Minn rower transmitter Amasa Hawkins Ashton S D book and study table William Hawkins Merriam Park Minn nose supporter Henry Kruger Minneapolis Minn machine gun Adolph Martin Minneapolis Minn hat display clip patent attorneys Lothrop and Johnson 011 012 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul Minn Involved but Connected. Alice What is vindictiveness Marie Well it is the way you never will forgive that great aunt whom you never saw for not leaving you her diamond brooch which you have only heard talked about.
In the Light of Later Knowledge a conversation mentions a husband who followed two daily baths prescribed by a physical culture teacher and then abandoned them after a teacher claimed bathing was weakening and injurious.
The exchange turns to cigars with Hewitt and Jewett trading barbs about the one given by Hewitt. A court-style judge weighs in jokingly on the cure claims of a monarch over pain and Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Otic is mentioned in the dialogue.
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