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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1907
Page
4
Lord Brougham lauds Judge Robinson Curran exchange as top repartee. Curran taunts with “I have searched all my jay hoks” and quips about a contracted law library and unreputable authors. The judge threatens disbarment, Curran retorts it would be his best act this term.
A Boston Courier line depicts a tense domestic scene where a husband, angry over bills, is gently placated by his wife. She pleads for reflection on their blissful courtship while he insists no department store was involved in the matter. The exchange blends irony with marital friction.
The article explains the role of the letter gae or precentor who read lines for congregational singing from a desk near the pulpit. It details how he started each line, chanted in a slow monotone, delaying final syllables and triggering musical response, noting the practice could be entertaining or edifying and highlighting the reader’s musical and sterary (sterary) skill within Scottish psalmody.
A London supper party at the Garrick club features a playful jab at critics as the theater manager jokes about shooting critics. Joseph Knight, the critic, replies with wit asserting he would accept being shot only if spared from attending his friend's recent theater offerings.
A collection of quotes on the constitutional convention and notable figures. Includes remarks on Washington Franklin Hamilton and Madison cited by the Philadelphia Press. Also small exchanges from various papers including jokes about debt and social graces.
Notice is given that Richard D. Connen has filed final proof for the southwest quarter of section 25, township 190 north, range 7 west, to establish residence and cultivation. Witnesses named: Christ Naaden, Anton Naaden, Harry Umber, C. D. Putnam, all of Winona, North Dakota. Hearing before L Weather v. A. Commissioner on September 23, 1907.
A youth enters a barber shop seeking a shave not a haircut and comic danger follows as the barber teases him with back‑of‑razor shaves and a mock duel over edge quality. The scene unfolds with wry dialogue and suspense in Baltimore News style.
A New York collector laments changing watchmaking and praises Brequet self winding pieces. He notes Brequet as a pinnacle of beauty, originality and accuracy with models that wind by walking motion and even musical or dancing dials.
The New York Globe laments missing punctuation in mail addressed ten years ago. A postman recalls envelopes once obeying schoolbook punctuation with periods and commas. Now many letters lack punctuation, and misplaced marks replace proper endings.
In a courtroom a southern man labeled a thief of a neighbor’s chickens denies the charge. The judge notes a feather bundle in the yard before Christmas, while the man questions how feathers could be present if his wife plucked the birds after Christmas.
Clara and Ethel exchange flirtatious banter at the London Mall party. Clara notes Mr Featherley complimented her as among the most beautiful young ladies, prompting Ethel to acknowledge the moment with a coy cough and tease.
A Washington Herald quip contrasts champagne service with dramatic theatrics. It notes some patrons dislike the cork pop while others expect a waiter to display pistol-fire theatrics. The cartoonish remark highlights diners’ varying expectations.
A Norristown Times quote reflects on red letter days and a girl’s playful remark about letters. The piece muses on fortune’s events being unexpected and unguarded by men.
Notice is given that George A. has filed final proof for his claim in North Dakota listing his residence and cultivation requirements. The proof will be made before United States Commissioner 1 A. Weatherby at Linton on October 7 1907. Witnesses: Lincoln Gray O Putnam Manley Beeriy and G. K. annunes all of Winona North Dakota.
The article discusses dangerous odors from sulfurated hydrogen and gases like selenium and tellurium, noting how strong smells arise in chemical labs. It also tells a tale of a physician giving tellurium to a patient, causing lasting breath effects, and explains the myth that elephants fear mice, describing how chacanas trigger stampedes and injury.
Henry Beach Needham notes that baseball began with amateur players in 1845 and formed the National Association of Baseball Players in 1857. By 1871 the sport shifted to professionalism with the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, though players governed the game until 1876 when they were deposed amid gambling and game-betting abuses.
A midsummer scene shows Clara singing an old song to Cyril, her fiancé. She reveals the nostalgia of their engagement night as her lover dismisses the performance, while Chicago News notes a sly eavesdropping mother and the social tone of couples listening.
A collection of wry exchanges notes crime, workaday jokes, and social jabs. Quick quips twist perceptions on policing, marriage, patriotism, and justice with a frontier newspaper flair from Jamesport Gazette.
Notice lists a settler filing for a commutation to proof continuous residence and cultivation of land in North Dakota. Names witnesses Joseph Welsbeck Rudolph Mirai and others, with dates in 1907 and locations Linton and Hagan. WW Ewell Register.
United States LANp Office Bismarck North Dakota August 14 1907 notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make five year final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before L A Weatherby US Commissioner at Linton North Dakota on September 34 Wiz.
United States Land Office announces that Hermina Aust plans final five year proof for her 1900 claim in section 18 township 12 north range 76 west at Bismarck. Proof will be taken October 11, 1907, before the Register and Receiver. Witnesses listed from Linton include Susie J. Marchant Anna E. Lane E A Crain Gottlieb Bechtle and M H Jewell.
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