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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
3
Ida asks May about reading new novels and admits she glances at the ending first. May jokes that once the last pages reveal the ending there is little left to read, a quip illustrating the playful tone of Chicago News in this brief exchange.
In a brief interpolation of progress, the piece notes that as nature signals improvement the horse gives way to the automobile and electricity replaces candles. It extols Hosterter's Stomach Bitters, claiming fifty years on the market proves its value for stomach and liver troubles and urges readers to try it.
Mrs Briske asks if the doctor called while she was out. Johnny explains the doctor checked his pulse and tongue, deeming it serious, and promised another visit before night. Tid-Bits notes the exchange with humor and biographical detail.
A vintage health ad touts Ascarets as a natural cure for any ailment from headaches to cancer, claiming guaranteed bowel relief with painless, easy movements. Each 10 cent start proves a genuine CASCARETS Candy Cathartic in metal boxes stamped with C. C. C. Beware of imitations.
A brief humorous dialogue from the Indianapolis Journal features Little Black Joe and Little Black Jerry asking each other where they are going. Jerry replies he is not going anywhere because he has already been where he intends to go.
Business travelers and visitors to Minnesota North Dakota will find the North Coast Limited a daylight daylight east and west bound train. A regular ticket includes first-class day coaches with no extra fare and a small charge unlocks an Observation Car in the West.
A brief Detroit Free item notes a witty exchange about aging and appearance as a woman aims to stay captivating after marriage, highlighting social views on charm and fidelity in early 20th century discourse.
In a Chicago scene Matilda Carton Dobbs underwrites an antique mahogany desk given to Marcia on their wedding anniversary. The desk, sold at Wabash avenue, triggers a clash of family memory and pride as Marcia discovers her late grandmother’s keepsake has vanished from the auction.
Joe Carton receives an unobserved gift note from Matilda as Marcia proclaims it an anniversary present. Matilda Dobbs rebukes Marcia for improper conduct in front of guests, then exits in indignation. Carton gasps at the note while Marcia cherishes the antique token and laughs with Robbie.
The Geographical Journal notes widespread belief in charms among lower class Chinese and Shans in Yunan with amulets to ward off evil. A dragon nest and a deer horn talisman are described, promising safety or fatigue resistance, but the narrator finds no takers for invulnerability tests, even with rewards.
Log run at Joyce saw mills near Clinton Iowa yields large catfish found inside hollow logs drifting in the river. Workers lure, start logs end up to dump fish, finding rare sport in the hollow timber.
London tops global commerce as the largest city by trade. Liverpool follows, with Hamburg likely third and Antwerp close behind in a bustling 19th century commercial scene.
A prominent economist reports that in a given year only twenty nine of ninety eight chief national industries provided men with work for three hundred days. The finding highlights labour volatility across sectors and calls for policy attention to employment stability.
The piece discusses codes for secrecy from simple cipher to complex official systems. It notes no code fully fits newspaper work, cites blind codes used by war correspondents, and highlights private family codes used by Morgan and Mackey. A mining magnate and family members are described as using a 825 page code with ongoing updates.
Adjutant General Lambert explains how Minnesota Civil and Indian Wars 1861 1865 copies may be obtained. Surviving soldiers or specified relatives are entitled to a volume upon proper ID, with shipments funded by state appropriation. A 40 cent fee applies for out of state or mail express shipments. blanks from Brigadier General George C Lambert at the State Capitol, St Paul.
A humorous exchange features the Onion telling the Limburger cheese that its odor overwhelms its own perfume while the cheese asks what it owes. The Onion replies that the Limburger owes him an old fashioned scent, delivering a playful pun in a Cleveland Plain Dealer featured joke.
An exposé-style warning argues that a product with universal popularity like Cascarets Candy Cathartic gains its reputation from public endorsement. It cautions against retailers offering substitutes, labeling them frauds seeking extra profit, and urges buyers to trust genuine boxed CASCARETS marked with a long-tailed C and tablet stamped C C C.
A political speaker declares sympathy for laborers while critics interject that he has a city job. The exchange ignites a general row as the meeting ends in Chicago.
August rail schedule announces One Fare plus 2.00 for round trip to Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas with 15 day outbound and 21 day return limits. Service features wide vestibuled trains between Chicago and ace and rice with through Pullman sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars. For details contact agent C Liteon GF a TA Chicago.
Northwestern inventors were granted patents including a cylinder-proof cap or cover by Richards and Cuddihy from St. Paul Minnesota. an electric arc lamp by James E. Davidson of Butte Montana. a traction engine by Herman Grams of Dexter Minnesota. a firearm by Stephen A. Huntley of Elk Point Dakota. a gate hinge by John J. Ober of Kibbe Montana. and a wagon box and hay rack lifter by Michael J. Sasgen of St Matthias Minnesota. Attorneys Merwin Lothrop and Johnson represent the applicants at 013 and 012 Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul.
An Indianapolis Press item records an old lady asking how long the train stops, with the brakeman replying four minutes. The dialogue spans times from 2 to 2:02, ending with a reflective line about the conductor's attitude toward whistles.
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, offer testimonials from West & Truax, Walding Kinnan & Marvin, Toledo druggists. Cure taken internally, acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Tests sent free. Price per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
In Atlanta two Black men discuss the political scene. One praises McKinley while the other refuses to vote for him, blaming his wife Hanna for headtrust business. The exchange reflects postwar politics and social attitudes.
An old advertisement promises relief from tight shoes using Allen's Foot-Ease powder. It claims to cure swollen hot and sweating feet, aching feet, ingrown nails, corns, and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a trial package offered by mail from Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
A Boston grocer assures Mrs. Young that the five pound sugar package is light because it is entirely free from sand, prompting the wife’s skeptical question about the weight. This terse exchange highlights consumer trust and deception fears in daily commerce.
Wa. O. Enplegy of Vanburen Indiana writes that Piso's Cure is the best medicine tried for all throat and lung ailments, dated February 10, 1900.
In Brooklyn Life, Miss Plainface asks if happiness remains with less wealth. Mr Seekrox reacts with alarm, saying an unfit word describes the emotion. The exchange centers on money and happiness in a melodramatic moment.
Putnam claims their faceless dyes yield the fastest and brightest colors of any known dye.
A clipped, humorous remark about police, a man carrying ice cream home to his wife, and a quip from Dr J H Rindlaub plus passing notes on Canton’s 1894 plague impact. The piece also riffs on porch airs and aging, with a line about South Africa’s generals, all framed in a breezy, overdue-era voice.
Mrs Gates of Johns P O Miss writes in 1898 after illness with chills, pain, and weakness. She follows Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound advice and recovers strength, praising the physician’s guidance and declaring herself the old self. In 1899 Dana Gates reports similar relief after medical efforts failed.
A Chicago Post line features a timid suitor lamenting that without the elder man’s opposition he has no chance to wed the woman he loves. The old gentleman offers a rare, open-hearted welcome, turning the saga into a quiet comic moment.
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure swollen smarting burning sweating feet coins and bunions. Describes shaking into shoes with 26 cents at druggists and shoe stores. Sample sent free. Ad dress Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy New York.
A jumble of 19th century ad copy and quips appears from Chicago papers. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is cited for child cures wind colic while other lines mock public offices and patient effort. The fragmentary text includes a lion’s den joke and a lone philosopher remark.
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