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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1910
Page
3
Local tidbits from Linton North Dakota and Emmons county recounts include social calls, visits, sales ads, farm updates, and a cancelled theater appearance. Mentions of residents Hart day lunches, Shakespearian club, infantile paralysis cases, river traffic, and a moving picture show to Mackville indicate a busy small-town week with weather rain storms, railroad trains, a barn fire, and community events.
A reader notes the unfair freight and express charging methods by railroads. The author cites inflated charges like twelve hundred pounds for a mare and colt and warns such tactics provoke public demand for a square deal, potentially pushing toward federal ownership to remedy the trouble.
Gea Wollann announces candidacy for State's Attorney in the county public notice. He vows to run the office personally without a deputy and to avoid needless disputes, aiming for fair and impartial administration of law and order. The notice appears in the Lin ton Advocate and mentions local election context.
In July the French siege on Saragossa faced fierce assaults at the Vortilocate where the gunners fell in fight and the infantry pressed. A young artillery sergeant, mortally wounded, snatched a weapon from his dying lover and fired a loaded twenty four pounder to halt the advance. The battery was reclaimed by citizens and the assault repelled. the heroine later received a commission as sublieutenant and a pension before a Toplish cleric served alongside her units in Andalusia.
Oliver Wendell Holmes entered James Z. Fields office and admired a book, declaring it priceless though misbound. Dr Trolmies returned with a joke about Nat Thayer’s checkbook, prompting laughter as Thayer was then known as Boston’s wealthiest man.
School notes discuss curriculum shifts with emphasis on German over Latin and math science. mention high school inspector reports, and debates on teacher duties and funding. A local incident note covers a public figure’s arrest handling and a public notice warns hunters. Community life includes a candle making craft piece and old resident tips for household science.
The article records a string of local happenings including Mrs WD Panelan attending a mother’s event, Lincoln Gray farm sale near Winna, business callers, and community concerns. It notes road and bridge work, housing improvements, and various residents traveling or returning. The prose mentions a new tridge and a grasshopper incident with a fire risk, reflecting a noisy, eventful period in Pollock.
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