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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1901
Page
3
An Ohio State Journal quip frames a stock wager where a promoter and financier corner a double outcome. If the stock rises, the financier wins. if it falls, the promoter wins, declaring a guaranteed win either way.
A heightened debate over religion's influence fades as discussions end and faith endures. The piece highlights Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, claiming fifty years of market presence and noted use for dyspepsia indigestion biliousness nervousness malaria fever and ague.
Do not cut woolen goods before sponging. At home, use an ironing board covered with calico, lay the cloth wrong side up, press with a hot iron lengthwise, and let the dampened fabric fall evenly onto a clean cloth for best results. Never keep the iron still.
The St Mary le Bow tower leans twenty three inches from vertical due to vibration from a nearby penny tube. The company will pay 1000 pounds in compensation. Bow Bells remain silent until underpinning work finishes amid perilous belfry condition.
Sumpter Ill Sept 9 Mrs J B Flanigan suffered fifteen years with dropsy and could not wear shoes for three years. After consulting Drs and buying six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills from Carmi drugstore, five taken cured her completely. Husband Mr Flanigan reports she is sound again and the remedy widely praised in White County.
An old Scotch farmer elected to the local school board visited the school and tested the class with a question What is nothing A boy replied It is what you gave me yesterday to help you with your horse The exchange is noted in London Answers
A private secretary asks what to tell newspaper men as workers strike all day. The great manufacturer replies that operations continue with striking regularity, signaling calm production despite walkouts. The exchange frames a public relations moment amid industrial labor unrest.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a Philippine quip on the sultan of Jolo granting a fifty year absolute concession of Paragua to a native prince, comparing the sultan to a mayoral figure in the Philippines. The playful remark underscores colonial-era power dynamics in Mindanao.
A brief Ohio State Journal dialogue shows a pedestrian asking if the road leads to the country and a boy suggesting waiting for a wagon. The exchange captures simple rural ambience and a moment of everyday navigation.
A brief Ohio State Journal quip notes Miss Sentiment as a great cat lover while highlighting her unusual stance on caterpillars in a witty exchange.
A common backache description shows a man bent with lumbago and a quick remedy with St Jacob s Oil. The ad touts ten minutes of vigorous rubbing to drive out trouble and restore the afflicted area. It notes back pain is easily caught and promotes the oil as a lure.
List of patents issued to Northwestern inventors includes Richardson and Dickenson of Sioux Falls with an index cabinet by Nils Hindbjorgen and Hendricks Minnesota. Olaf Hoff of Minneapolis and John Janssen of Woonsocket with a fireproof grain bin and floor. gearing for well drilling apparatus by Charles H. McDermott of Duluth. railway track by Anton Metzel of Wheatland Minnesota. sulky cultivator by Winslow Northway of Minneapolis. gyrator by Lothrop and Johnson. patent attorneys at 911 and 912 Pioneer Press Building, St Paul, Minnesota.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease swollen smarting burning feet and bunions. It urges shaking into shoes, lists 26c price, offers a free sample, and mentions address in Le Roy New York. A humor blurb about hiring a genius and a quip about a yeoman closing with clothing is included.
The article explains Baffin Land near the east coast of North America, north of Hudson Strait, is now considered the second largest island after Greenland, with maps still showing separated Cockburn Island. Dr. Robert Bell reports in Geographical Journal that Baffin Land may be the world’s second largest island, after Australia and Greenland. He notes a central southern lake region and two great lakes, Amadjuak and Metting, feeding rivers to the sea, with Eskimo accounts of travel by kyak between lakes.
A Chicago Chronicle note explains the shifting rankings of the world’s largest islands. Greenland, Baffin Land, New Guinea, Borneo, and other giants are traced, with Baffin Land measured at about 1 005 miles long and 300 000 square miles in area, larger than Texas.
A bill in parliament proposes a pension scheme for widows and orphans of soldiers who died in the South African war. Government officials press the measure to boost enlistment as recruiting slows.
Bradford Daniels notes the South Africa war's impact on regulars versus colonial troops. He argues regulars arrive ruined for the field, many die from slight wounds, while colonial troops endure harsher conditions and survive. He critiques officers who crush self assertion and treat soldiers as machines, stressing youth, ignorance, temptation, and broken trust.
A man used a forged clergyman letter and an $8 bank check to try to cash fares, claiming a dying mother and a return to home. He carried a memorandum book listing clergy across major cities with notes like “Rev. R- $4” and “Rev. S- No good.” Investigators traced the fraud, noting his plan to repeat the ruse with new disguises.
On September 9 Wolseley forces repulsed Arabi Pasha at Kassassin and moved toward Tel-el-Kebir. By dawn the English lines attacked, taking the entrenchments and routing Egyptian defenders. Thousands killed, about 3,000 prisoners. Arabi Pasha captured in Cairo. Britain gained de facto control of Egypt.
The term American Argonauts and Forty-niners were coined by Bret Harte in his ballads about the Forty-niners. The name linked the gold seekers to the Greek mythic Argonauts, whose quest parallels the pioneers crossing to California.
The text states Neptune as the solar system's farthest planet visible only with telescope, appearing as an eighth magnitude star. It notes discovery in 1846, an orbital distance near 2.79 billion miles, a year of 165 Earth years, diameter about 37,000 miles, volume about 100 times Earth's, and density just below water. It ends with a moral line about reputation and genealogy.
The New York Times reports continued intrigue over the Newcastle dukedom amid a possible divorce and shifting alliances. Lord Francis Hope faces potential divorce from May Yohe while the Duke of Newcastle holds the purse strings. If both succession lines fail, the title could pass to Hon. Charles Pelham Clinton and, eventually, his youngest unmarried brother, potentially making the next duchess an American.
London Pall Mall Gazette notes the Grande Chartreuse plans to sell rights to its famed liqueurs to a syndicate. Four varieties exist Elixir Verte Jaune and Blanche with varied prices. About fifty plant ingredients including pine, mint, balm and wormwood go into production.
M. Charles Seignobos in the International Monthly argues that venality in French elections is exceptional. He says fewer than twenty districts show money influence, mostly around Paris, in rural Pyrenees and Alpine areas, and in the Center. Money has little lasting sway on French electoral life.
A sentimental bride sits on a Lake Michigan bench as the sun sets and she whispers of phosphorescence. The practical groom notes the many matches made there, then the couple rests with her head on his shoulder as the light fades.
A remarkable tree in Lon siana Missouri bears apricot branches, peach limbs, and plum sprouts. This year the tree yielded all three fruits, demonstrating a single trunk supporting diverse varieties.
The city of Berlin has fixed the official speed limit for automobiles at 9 percent of an hour, a novel measure reported as the new standard. Officials say the rule aims to regulate motion and traffic flow in urban areas.
An English soldier gifts his bride elect a gold set miniature of a skull piece saved after a Boer duel. The skull was trepanned and the surgeon saved the piece, fashioned into a jewel frame worn next the heart. The odd memento raises questions about future divorce implications.
A brief exchange notes a severe toothache and a claim of seeking help from Dr. Pullem, who is said to be out of town, yet the speaker feels relieved upon learning that.
A man named Leddy, hat in hand, tells a companion he has not eaten since yesterday morning. She offers a quarter, but he declines food and heads toward the nearest saloon.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soften gums ease feverish irritability relieve pain and cure wind colic priced at 25 cents per bottle.
An item notes a fortune telling claim by Madam DeTouch and a comment about a cold, haughty man. It also promotes PUTNAM FACELESS DYES sold by druggists for 10 cents per package. The fragment references a newspaper humor exchange in Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Aged colored philosopher reflects after a long weary life, saying he has nothing but rheumatism, a wife, ten children, and a mortgage on his house. The quote appears in the Atlanta Constitution style, illustrating hardship and resilience in simple terms.
A reader questions the meaning of these degrees and where they are awarded. The city note confirms the University of Chicago awarding ten LL D and ten DD degrees, prompting a clarification about the degrees and their destination.
Ohio State Journal notes a satirical exchange about constant nagging for money, with a punchy dialogue framing frugal habits and social expectations. The brief reflects a humorous, household concerns tone from a historical Ohio publication.
A crowded scene at a store erupts as a large man explains he is there as the representative of a family of eleven daughters while crowding women away from the bargain counter. The exchange captures a tense moment amid shoppers.
A Devoe pamphlet outlines painting risks in three areas materials mixing and application. It asserts best lead and oil yield two coats, ordinary mixed paint three coats, Devoe ready paint none and invites reporting faults to the dealer with the company paying expenses while readers should follow instructions.
Prominent ministers tout Peruna, citing recovery from catarrh and chills. Pastor E. G. Smith reports his boy’s bowel catarrh improved after two bottles, and Rev A. S. Vaughn says congestion left him after five bottles. Readers urged to write Dr. Hartman for free advice at The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
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