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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
4
Mr Berkeley, proprietor of a London betel, heard a peculiar cry that seemed to express alarm as a bell or noise echoed. He stumbled and fell while attempting to unhook a leg, then staggered up twenty stairs in exhaustion, leaving observers puzzled by the event.
Professor H W Leaning notes Philadelphia built locomotives easing travel to Jerusalem on the JaTa Jeprise Jerusalem line. Delivery issues in Central America delayed purchases while eager spectators from the city and surrounding ages watched the new engine. A Bedouin from Keroml Jordan described the scene noting a “big tree woman” as a vivid, if odd, impression of the locomotive.
Reported spectacle shows a Boer farmer and wife watching their son play with a captive lion and lioness in tall grass near East Read Express. The child touched hair on the lion as it toyed and then both big cats vanished into thick brush during a hastily organized hunt.
Mrs Clive, famed London actress, harbored envy of Garrick as his genius eclipsed peers. Offstage she remained coarse and volatile yet was moved during his King Lear performance, sobbing then raging. She allegedly cried a sweeping tribute, saying he could act a gridiron.
A father calls a six year old girl excessive talkative and warns she must not reveal family secrets after an awkward table moment. The piece shifts to John Augustus O'Shea a lecturer famed for military tales who ends up discussing Robert Burns before pivoting to wartime anecdotes and audience demand.
Fragmentary account recalls a morning at Covent Garden market where an elderly man involved in mental welfare conversations spoke with a late acquaintance of Lord Penzance and Mr Wilde.
A garbled OCR passage presents a fragmented dialogue about a sergeant and a character named Wide, with scattered words suggesting a scene in a London academy setting. Names and actions are unclear, producing a puzzling, partially readable archival fragment.
A military man recalls a notorious slow line in the South that spurred lampooning in the press. A planter wrote to the Rapier asking if the railroad could speed up, noting an aged veteran kept pace with the express from Paint Rock to Nola Chucky and urged repeated pleas at each open window.
A Baltimore family tale reports a girl distressed to learn ice cream was served for dinner. She asks why they did not tell her earlier, replying that it would have changed her day as she could have expected it all morning. The remark, attributed to Lippincott's Magazine, captures humorous family dining dynamics.
A small girl in a white frock with a pink ribbon leaves a subway car at Grand Central. The crowd’s mixed reaction shifts from bustle to warmth as Erie waves and bids goodbye, prompting calls of blessing from travelers.
M J Nicoll, author of Three Voyages of a Naturalist, saw a sea serpent about fourteen miles offshore Brazil. He noted a ten foot dorsal fin, a large brownish patch underwater, and a six foot eel like neck with a turtle shaped head. He concluded the creature might be a mammal not a reptile.
To view New York City from the Palisades is to witness the beauty and wonder of the Palisades themselves. One astonishing fact about these towering masses is that they lie 90
Magazine snippet describes a distant voyage with a dark Bes beyond a jet of sparse stars and the wind at the tide. The piece evokes wind and tide and a rising roar as a dramatic, dreamlike voyage unfolds.
An old farmer asks the landlord for permission to cut wood to build a barn and gate. The landlord refuses, but the farmer persists with simple requests and accepts the outcome. The tale ends with the farmer noting even his modest hope was more than expected.
A historical note on a Pennsylvania colonial statute penalizing white women with naked shoulders in public, with fines from 100 to 200 dollars. The text cites state documents and reflects early social controls on dress in public spaces.
A catalog of stock brands listing owners such as H. W. Braddock Herman Linton Baker Winona Hazelton and many others. It details cattle brands on left hips ribs or right hips and horse brands on shoulders or left cheeks with varieties including letters numbers and special marks like logchain lock and open triangles across Braddock Westfeld Hazelton Emmonsburg Nativity towns.
The New York American suggests the sea serpent myth may have originated from enormous algae in southern seas. These seaweed grows 400 to 600 feet long and can form cables several hundred feet long when rolled onto beaches. When washed to sea by storms they could resemble a serpent, offering a plausible early explanation.
Barend Looyenga administrator of the estate of Plonia Blestouvel, late of Emmons county, invites creditors and others with claims to present them with vouchers within six months of the first publication. Notices dated August 27, 1988, with first publication September 3, 1908.
The Glanavon School District No 4 invites sealed bids for erecting two school houses and an outhouse. Bids due by 2 p.m. Saturday October 17. Bids to be marked for building two school houses and no out house and sent to Clerk L J M Hawley Pollock SD. Bid bond required and performance bond double contract. Board may reject any or all bids.
Notice is given that the Northern Pactie Hallway Company seeks to secure land under patent duty. Adversaries must file objection before October 1, 1900, at the office of the claimant. the parcel lies near Mille Lacs, Minnesota, township HH worth, lane 70 west of the Pitts Central Meridian.
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