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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
4
The document presents a bank statement for a North Dakota bank, including assets such as loans and discounts, overdrafts, cash, and other deposits. It lists capital, funds, and taxes paid, with a sworn verification by cashier J M Baumgartner and notarized testimony dated September 7, including signatures of directors.
The sixth century B C Ronan army is praised as the strongest of its time for its complete and practical fighting organization. It used a territorial system with thirty five tribes supplying four centuries of 120 men per region, forming Nyevo Korta battalions and varied regional units. For eight centuries this structure conquered the known world and influenced kings and emperors in Rome.
Mrs Elipinlet Nowe of Centerville visits Boston and watches Hamlet with her niece and husband. She decries the performance calling it hard work and laments the actors as heartless. She mentions fainting salts ready in case of the drama.
Smith’s Magazine recounts a curiously comic episode with pianist Leschetizky. An American student studying in Vienna wore long hair, provoking the professor’s sharp critique. After cutting hair, the student returns, only for Leschetizky to declare the ears too long and demand them cut.
A note from Technical World Magazine explains atmospheric electrification and its potential influence on plant growth. It states that electrified plants may emit electricity from leaves under sunshine and that plants remain in a slow electrical discharge relative to the soil as the sun rises.
A young Highland plowboy courts a female servant and proposes. They meet a sleeping male servant, who is chastised by the lassie with a stick. The swathman jokes about bearing children, the lover recalls his aged mother and pledges to return to marry once she dies, uttering a prayer for her long life.
Mrs Simmons and her young son sit in the front balcony of a theater watching a somber Shakespeare tragedy. Bobby, absorbed by the drama, counts bald spots among sixty nine men and comments on the bald heads as the curtain falls on the first act.
A choking boy bursts into a throat specialist with a claim he has swallowed a reindeer. The doctor and assistant react as the patient struggles, the scene described in urgent, sensational terms.
In a humorous London Tit-Bits sketch Clara and George trade vows and fears as a mock medical scene unfolds. A misdirected Elks button is blamed for a dramatic nose bell gag, prompting relieved laughs and quizzical looks from the couple.
A dialogue scene shows Mrs Hansom accusing a suitor of courting her daughter secretly, while Sulter and the woman exchange wry remarks about informal proceedings. The exchange shifts to a note on the Nelson River describing its vast flow, length about 400 miles, and vast drainage affecting Manitoba Alberta Saskatchewan North Dakota Ontario and Montana regions.
The London Tatler recounts late eighteenth century gambling fever at famed clubs where bets defined fortunes. Highlights include Mr Blake wagering £1500 that a man could live twelve hours underwater, a doomed ship and man, and Earl of Carlisle's £5000 card stake. Lord Robert Spencer and Duke of Marlborough losses lead to a high stake fare bank, yielding £100,000 to Spencer before he quit gambling.
A sightseeing wagon with a small pony and a boy driving goes up and down a city block on East Eleventh Street as anxious mothers watch sixteen children. The passengers pay one cent each, and a sidewalk observer notes the modest earnings and the risky venture. The tale contrasts with a humorous Bo's'n story about judging a ship’s beef by its shanks and the ship’s officer admits only the shanks are ever used.
In Hansiach Kinzig valley Germany Feb 22 is a sacred local holiday known as stork day with a yearly procession led by the stork gatherer in Sunday clothes and a tall hat adorned with two stuffed storks. Children follow receiving sweets and small coins from households as a sign of gratitude for the storied rescue from snakes centuries ago.
Report of the Condition of the German-American State Bank at Fenton North Dakota as of September 1 1909. Cash in vault and with other banks notes and coins disaster notes and demands deposits and other liabilities show assets and liabilities ledgers and statements signed by the cashier Reuel J Chvlan and notary public E Edward Dock and directors H Brad dock and others.
A bathhouse proprietor recruits a butcher by offering a higher pay and baths. The young man explains he earned six dollars plus a week’s meat at his old job, about three dollars cash value. The proprietor counters with six dollars cash and four baths weekly, a dollar more overall.
A quoted line from Mrs. Cumrox shows her distressed reaction after a necklace of diamonds is stolen. She wonders whether to notify the police, noting the irony of being robbed of a classy piece while fearing public judgment.
An overfamiliar scene shows a schoolteacher asking a pupil where the Hottentots live. The child responds she cannot visit neighbors because her mother prohibits it, highlighting mistrust and isolation in the community.
A brief witticism notes Binks has a fine new apartment with everything stationary except his wife and the cook. The remark, cited from Harper's Bazar, uses dry humor about domestic life and belongings.
A brief witticism questions whether one woman can make another happy. Cynicus replies that it is possible simply by envying her, highlighting the satire of social envy.
Annual teachers institute for Emmons County will be held at the Linton school house the week beginning September 27 1909. All county teachers must attend and school boards lacking staff should send a representative with hiring power. Compulsory attendance law will be strictly enforced and changes require notification to the county superintendent who then informs the state's attorney for action. Henry H. Hanson County Supt.
Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway advertises a new book North Pacific Coast Country to aid Northwest travel planning. Free by call or mailed for four cents. $62 round trip from Chicago to Seattle Tacoma Spokane Portland Victoria Vancouver Butte and other points daily until September 30th with stop-overs and return by October 31st. C F All er division passenger agent Aberdeen SD
Department of the Interior notices a contest against Homestead Original Entry No. 23264 in Township 129 North Range 76 West. Contestant T W Britts accuses Charles W Sammons of abandonment since March 1 1908 and alleges false final proof. Proceedings set to appear at 10 oclock for evidence.
In October 1909, before US Commissioner L A Weath erby at Linton, and before the Register and Receiver in Bismarck, notice is given by publication, posting and mailing that the final Deain will occur October 19, 1909 at 2 pm. Some parties cannot be personally served. the notice is directed to be published and served where possible. Dated August 17, 1909, at Bismarck. M H Jewell Register. John Satterlund Receiver.
State of North Dakota Emmons County District Court summons to Jacob Jensen to answer the complaint filed by L. J. Holmes. Defendant must answer within thirty days of service or default judgment will be entered. Attorneys Lynn & Coventry of Linton ND filed the action on August 25, 1909.
Department of the Interior announces Vincenz Muller of Strasburg North Dakota has filed for final commutation proof on land described in his homestead entry. The proof is to be given before P G Rooks clerk of district court at Linton North Dakota on October 4 1909. Witnesses named: Joseph E Kopp John J Dux Georg Jochim Joseph Schwallig and M H Jewell registers witness list.
In the north half of the northwest quarter of Section 2 Township 131 north Merulian a notice of intention has been filed before P G Rooks in October 1906. Vincenz Muller of Strasburg ND John F Dux of Strasburg ND Joseph Schwallig of Strasburg ND are named parties.
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