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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
2
A lengthy North Dakota county politics piece accuses county officers, auditor, and board of improper bridge contract letting. It questions bid legality, payments for a prebuilt structure, and suppression of public details. The column names J G Pitts, G A Herolz, and other county figures as implicated. It also references a libel suit over letters used in campaigns and urges transparency.
The piece outlines W. P. Tuttle of Dawson entering the race for representative amid eastern Kidder county support. It notes his long land ownership and Chicago Board of Trade background. Rival G F Herolz allegedly used smear tactics to undermine Tuttle and sought personal details from attorney W F Cochran in a divorce matter.
Colonel A. K. McClure recalls Jefferson Davis at Beauvoir Mississippi fifteen years after the war. Davis sought command of the army as movement toward Confederacy began in Montgomery but was elected president instead. He accepted the role and served conscientiously in the new capital.
For fourteen years Bava Luchman Dass learns sacred education from priests of the Black Cages in central India. He must master forty eight postures of the IUndoo idols and balance on fingertip ends while his body hovers in air under judges’ gaze for seven days and nights.
Summons issued by the Sixth Judicial District for Josue Corporation and related parties. The complaint by the plaintiff in North Dakota Trust Company and related defendants is to be filed in Emmons County. Defendants must answer within 30 days plus service time or a default judgment will be entered. Presented by Gro. W. Lyn, Attorneys for the plaintiff. First publication October 1.
A notice states H. N. Turner seeks to purchase all kinds of poultry. The brief ad invites local growers to submit offerings and contact details for sales.
A 1909 county controversy over bridge contracts in Linton area prompts protests, a voided May bid, and renewed bids to Hennepin Bridge Company. Officials face accusations of secrecy, favoritism, and potential overpay as plans to rebuild Beaver and Cattail bridges move forward amid public distrust.
London Home Notes describes surprising plant and fungal lifting power. A pumpkin allegedly lifts two and a half tons, a mushroom raises an eighty three pound paving stone, and a wine cask supposedly ascends to the ceiling via vine fungus in an empty cellar.
A young curate appointed to a fashionable parish seeks to adopt local mannerisms. At a dinner in a mansion he delivers grace with slang inspired by overheard talk, saying praise in a casual and irreverent style. The anecdote reflects pressure to conform to social tone.
Algernon West recalls Dr. Quain the physician telling anecdotes about his experiences. A miser in Mayfair facing death asks if he will recover and instructs his housekeeper to save a carpet strip by his bed to prevent undertaker’s men from dirtying it, signaling his final days.
A description from M. Batiffol of Marie de Medici in seventeenth century France detailing her lavish taste for jewelry. It notes a Venetian collar collection valued outfits and rings, gold bracelets with seventy two diamonds, earrings with two large diamonds, a 2100 livre gold oval watch, and a 9000 livre enameled diamond rosary, all paired with perfume.
A humorous exchange explains how relative closeness in marriage can twist with divorces. Billy Bowen attends a ball game when his first wife’s second husband dies but mourns when his present wife’s former husband dies as she moves toward remarrying her first husband. The gag hinges on remarriage plans and the timing of widowhood.
A Frenchman with time on his hands tallies his affection by counting kisses to his wife over the first twenty years of marriage. He estimates about 100 kisses daily in a leap year, illustrating a humorous personal tally.
Fragmentary text discusses birthdays holidays and a strange progression rate. It mentions reducing a number by half over two years then to ten a day in the third year and two a day in the fifth year. Morning and evening readings are noted with a January leap year reference.
The English struggle from 174 to 1771 pitted Parliament against presses and printers who defied a print publication ban. Six printers were summoned, five complied, one was jailed by the lord mayor, and the Commons moved the lord mayor to the Tower before release. The episode marks a final attempt to silence debate.
The Pathfinder notes Napoleon accidentally sat on a smoking cannon, scorched his white trousers and told an aide he could not turn back because he had burned his britches behind him. The line is often misquoted by later writers.
A patient jokes that he has no heart disease after a doctor prescribes a $15 fee. The doctor completes a routine examination and tests, then the patient quips that if he had heart disease he would have dropped dead at the fee.
The Tatler from October 6 1700 notes a cane as part of a prigs dress and always worn up as a button to avoid appearing needy. A March 18 sketch depicts a rural squire in town whose arm swing and habit of brandishing a cane scare pedestrians. December 5 recounts a lively young man among applicants to Isaac Bickerstaffs censorship with cane hanging on his fifth button.
A famed English poison mystery from the last century features two Manchester clubmen who received high quality cigars as a New Year gift and fell ill after smoking. One died, the other survived only with a cigar holder. A wealthy merchant encountered a cultured stranger with a cigar case who left Leeds unknowingly carrying a matching poison cigar, the stranger never found.
In 1809 a New England church faced a 400 debt after a failed year. A subscription drive yielded only 200 pledged, sparking silence until a leading member proposed doubling the effort. The generous elder sprang up to support the motion with zeal, urging a prompt, sizable contribution.
A garbled Scots dialogue describes Willy Keottiah a farmer who writes on a document after the Prestonpans fight. A Bugtiah officer rejects a duel challenge. The farmer humorously defers the matter to Master Rintth, sending the line away.
A fragment records a boastful reply about accepting a fight. The speaker offers to assess an opponent then decide to fight or flee, stating a willingness to run away if unable to contend. The tone hints at bravado and a street confrontation context.
A traveling negro brass band fronts a theater scene as a cornet player sulks all day. The leader questions Mose, who retorts that he works only when Ab gets last week’s pay, revealing a payday holdout and a tense mood during a performance.
A laborer stands beside a barrel on the sidewalk and wrestles with moving it to a second floor. After crowd chatter suggesting ropes, derricks, or a temporary elevator, the man hoists the barrel himself and carries it up, leaving it empty.
A tradesman asks for payment across months and receives curt replies. The series ends with a standoff as the tradesman gives up, illustrating a humorous exchange about bills and payment etiquette from the Ladies' Home Journal.
The essay notes that great speakers do not always win the presidency. It cites Webster, Clay, Douglas, Blaine as admired for speech, while Greeley and Tilden show persuasion without strong oratory. Grant, once silent, learned to speak well, illustrating that public speaking skill evolves with campaigns.
A Chicago Tribune joke quote shows a desk clerk admitting he can afford more life insurance but fears overinsurance given a note from his employer. The remark underscores frugality and self assessment in employment context.
Washington Herald reports on a provocative book title The Dungeon deemed gloomy and marketable. Critics note the title’s stark appeal may help push the work into notable early lists.
A courtroom style exchange shows Wilkins arguing about a son’s liberal education and Dobbs countering that nothing liberal is provided at the college, insisting he must pay for every perceived benefit.
An English newspaper ad calls for a man to demonstrate an old English rack in a star chamber pattern. The volunteer should be short, and would need to be slightly stretched to show how the rack worked. The notice emphasizes the staged demonstration aspect.
Creditors of the estate of Planta Ries heure anita aberabrelaea are notified to exhibit their vouchers within six months after publication. The administrator ANG admeld lists August 0, 1808 as the notice date and directs claims to be sal ratal reteator at hin ret neo iu t.
A jumbled catalog of horse brands, handlers, and body part notes. Names like Baker, Davis, Brummel, Peterson, and Van Soest appear with hip shoulder ribs and left side references alongside brands and open market jargon.
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