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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1901
Page
3
Aunt Jane reveals the baby’s name is Harold, while Dorothy laments wanting a sister and prefers Elsie. The Philadelphia Press mini dialogue hints at family dynamics and naming debate in a playful domestic scene.
The article proclaims the Pan-American Exposition will be the greatest in the nation with all machinery run by Niagara Falls power. It likens the feat to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, claiming it restores the body from dyspepsia and nervousness and aids digestion and constipation.
An Iowa town editor agreed to publish a roasted article about a citizen. The man wanted initials but feared signing. the editor pressed, the subscriber quit in anger, arguing the piece should not be published without accountability. The episode ends with the man leaving in a huff.
Notre Dame University in Notre Dame Indiana invites readers to request a free catalog and details on terms and courses. The paper notes a preparatory school connected to the university and a one to two year commercial course for young men. St Edward's Hall serves boys under thirteen with unique department features. The institution emphasizes thorough class work and fifty seven years of educational service making it renowned nationwide.
In a late night exchange a country youth arrives with a lantern to court Mary the kitchen maid. The farmer dismisses the idea and mocks the lantern, noting his own past lack of such devices. The yokel departs with a sly retort about the farmer’s wife.
Citizens are invited to a July 16–18 meeting in Fargo to urge Congress to fund flood control Along with US engineers reports praising feasibility and low cost the plan could cost about 860000 versus 3 million in 1897 damages Railroads offer reduced return fares for attendees upon presenting full fare receipts and newspapers urged to copy the notice from J A Johnson
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls a man lamenting an old loss of $50, seventeen years past, with the line about blues returning now and then. The quip frames memory, regret, and small-town heartbreak in a clipped newspaper voice.
American Enterprise of Barrow, Eng land amassing capital to construct a large cold storage plant and abattoir in the town. The project involves British investment and aims to expand local meat processing and storage capacity.
William Haggerty, keeper of a Chicago restaurant, died at county hospital from a bite, presumed to be from a kissing bug. The incident centers on a rare fatal reaction to an insect bite, with authorities noting the suspect insect likely a kissing bug.
Banking circles report that in June a large portion of the German loan of 1897 was purchased by agents of a French clerical order. The development suggests coordinated activity affecting international finance and church-linked funding networks.
A fashion survey argues that beauty should rely on natural features and modern styles rather than antique aesthetics. It laments the return to simplistic, sheer fabrics and trims, notes that shirtwaist suits fall short, and urges well made, tasteful ensembles over conspicuous vanity.
The article notes F. H. Clergue’s restoration of the Hudson Bay blockhouse in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. It describes the preserved stone walls and rebuilt log upper section, his rail construction toward Hudson Bay, and the historical enclosure with bears and St Bernards. It also mentions the preserved 150 year old Hudson Bay lock used to bypass the Soo rapids.
The article notes an honest man faces many enemies because his frankness mocks hypocritical swindlers in commerce.
The Leyland line controlled by J. Pierpont Morgan is not the top ocean carrier. Hamburg American leads with 202 vessels and 541,083 tons, while seven of twelve major fleets fly the British flag. Atlantic Transport adds several large ships, including the Minneapolis and Minnehaha, among the world’s biggest. White Star shows a small fleet by tonnage but runs the Oceanic and the new Celtic, while larger ships promise higher profits per voyage.
The United States holds the world's largest gold reserves and records in exports. American industry now challenges Europe with machinery and manufactures. The triumph is seen in higher wages and stronger national standing, with the United States boasting vast railways and financial heft.
The Scotsman states that curing disease is about aiding the body's resistance and natural recovery rather than driving disease from the body. Medicines support these powers while some drugs kill germs, as in malaria, and a doctor's role is to observe symptoms, judge probabilities, and assist nature when possible.
Frederick Emory, head of the bureau of foreign commerce in the U S State Department, edits daily consular reports to provide business readers with timely overseas trade opportunities. His bulletin series is widely printed around the country and valued for prompt economic insight.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt notes college girls embracing masculine physical culture but failing to master baseball and cricket due to physiological differences. A physician cites that girls throw with a rigid arm because the collar bone is larger and set lower than in boys, hindering free throwing motion.
The quote notes people cling to humbugs and resist new ideas as they react with cold disdain to efforts to teach them common sense. It emphasizes the stubbornness of societal beliefs and the challenge of reform.
Chambers' Journal quotes Ethelinda Hadwen urging fathers to engage in letters to their children, model calm home life, and curb tempers. She argues that love prompts love, modest pleasures sustain temper, and children should learn self-reliance through simple amusements and measured refusals.
A Leslie's summary argues trust leaders rely on top brains not day to day acts. It notes presidents rarely issue direct orders, instead guiding subordinates who must own results. The piece highlights responsibility and autonomy within Standard Oil style trust structures.
Miss Kathleen Graham of Washington D C writes that a bottle of Peruna cured her dyspepsia and recommends the remedy as an invigorating tonic Florence Allan of Chicago endorses Peruna as a top tonic for a worn out system and says it renews her vitality Dr S B Hartman president of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio announces he will treat female catarrhal cases during the summer and invites applications for free advice from readers in need
The New York Sun reports Laus Rex county in South Carolina hosts men with exceptionally long facial hair. J W Martin may hold the longest chin adornments, with whiskers growing at least six inches a year and possibly thirteen feet if untrimmed. He has not shaved since youth, believing the beard aids health.
Patent notices list several inventors and locations including Christopher Herman of Thompson Mont with a mail bag fastener, John Kal Green of Minneapolis Minn with a box trimming machine, George L Knapp of Northfield Minn with a lamp burner, Stef fen Steffenson of Watson Minn with a harrow, Elwin F Watson of Cascade Mont with an animal catcher. Lothrop & Johnson, patent attorneys, 011 & $12 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul Minn.
A Brooklyn Eagle exchange depicts a sharp remark about a con man from Hackensack New Jersey who attended an exposition touted as a liberal education. The second sharp remark notes the speaker claims to have finished the man’s education.
Mrs Flatbush says burglars left their card after a clean sweep of everything. Flatbush responds that they now know who to go to for expert burglarizing services, implying a sensational exchange about security and crime.
The Arizona legislature indefinitely postponed a bill that would make Sunday fishing a misdemeanor. The item appears amid a jumble of quoted notes and names, including medical titles and Fargo references, in an Ohio State Journal clipping.
Buckout Co of Tarrytown received a Michigan hay car sealed twenty days earlier. Station Agent John H. Lee found a white Leghorn hen perched on hay with a nest of six eggs inside. The hen survived a 1,000 mile journey without food or water. The eggs were disposed of without an inquest.
Rev. Father Grison of Stanley Falls, Africa, reports Europeans misjudge tropical heat. He spent eight years near the equator on the Pacific coast where temperatures never exceeded 85 degrees, while Stanley Falls tops at 96 degrees with cool nights. He notes violent storms with 66 lightning flashes in one minute and ten thunderbolts in two hours within a short radius.
A young rural buyer bought a horseshoe scarf pin at a Chestnut Street jewelry store. The salesman noted it was the first pin of that pattern sold in months and doubted the manufacturers still make them, reflecting the old vogue of horseshoe pins which is now rare.
A private in the Buffs at Balmoral reports a brilliant comet visible in South Africa. He describes mistaking it for a veldt fire with a rocket, noting a star of exceptional brilliancy nearby as the wake of a homeward-bound vag hag anything but a funeral aspect.
In a tense exchange, a woman confronts John about the date, revealing the day is actually the kitchen shelf project he promised to nail up. He pretends to recall the anniversary, then circles the room to bluff that his remark was a joke.
A humorous quip notes two editors in the same paper offering opposing guidance: one column claims heating a knife makes bread cuts easier, another warns heating it will ruin the knife. The joke hinges on the paper containing contradictory editor viewpoints.
An Atlanta Constitution passage recalls Major Williams seating with feet in a window when an unknown assailant fired, the bullet striking his wooden leg but causing no injury. The incident is described with stoic humor about providence and lingering rheumatism in the missing leg.
An antiquated advertisement touts Wizard Oil as a universal pain remedy. It claims doctors and druggists endorse the product and promises relief from suffering and doubt.
A Philadelphia Press note repeats a rumor that China is covertly raising another army by conscription. The exchange implies government action behind an open door.
A clipped quarrel line from the Ohio State Journal resurfaces, noting that one man would have wed the other's wife had circumstances differed. The exchange hints at a long standing grievance and a debt of gratitude that cannot be repaid.
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