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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1902
Page
3
A fragment from a Milwaukee Readers column shows readers discussing signal etiquette and how to respond when unsure. The brief note reflects local voices and urban everyday concerns about navigating public cues and authority guidance.
A Milwaukee reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming it cured months of health troubles. The letter asserts relief after two bottles and urges women to consult Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts free of charge.
A New York Times quote notes women lawyers face many headaches while Mayor Low’s secretary James B Reynolds recalls a fling with Rosalie Loew of the Legal Aid Society She says she must visit Ludlow Street to help free a man from jail The ad promotes Dean’s Ointment for eczema and skin conditions sold at drug stores.
A French scientist reportedly discovers the miniature buzzard or mosquito in New Jersey and nearby areas shows a sharp color sense. It favors dark blue and avoids yellow, suggesting fashion changes for sleepwear and a saffron head covering for the bald Jersey man. The finding could bring rewards to the researcher.
A Columbus Dispatch item recounts a Fargo couple who joined a funeral procession, stopped for beer at Front Street, then chased the wrong cortege. Believing they were still late, they hurried toward Green Lawn only to find the burial had already ended at Mount Calvary. They explained their error.
Seoul dispatch notes police orders to bar servants from making horses race through the big streets and injuring children as soldiers escort a mounted horse away. It cites the St James Gazette and then shifts to ads and quips about taste, duty, and self-improvement with mixed quotations from Mrs. Van Vorst and Lipincott.
North Dakota items report Mohall daily mail service and Richland school-teacher shortages. Knox burglary, Rugby land demand, Grand Forks water meters, Jamestown sewers by November, Donnybrook flax grade No. 1, Rugby thresher hands wage, and many towns contemplating electric lights telephone plants and new halls. Also notes on gopher pests in Ward, Crowded ward county politics, and local court-house developments.
Jamestown Capital estimates North Dakota 1901 farm products at 97 million dollars, about 269 dollars per person. Wheat 60 million bushels worth 37 million, oats 30 million bushels worth 10.5 million, flax 17 million bushels worth 2.25 million, potatoes 2 million bushels worth 1.4 million, livestock 10 million, with coal, wood and manufactured goods adding 2.5 million. State census shows population 400,000, railroads 3131 miles, 221 newspapers, 3085 schools and 4200 teachers. Per capita production highlights include 14 acres of grain per person and 40 bushels flax plus 235 bushels wheat per person, with 50 dollars livestock value per person.
North Dakota plans a strong educational display at the St Louis World’s Fair to prove its school facilities match those of any state. W F Cushing invites correspondence on additions to the state exhibit including county views and butter exhibits, with a notable earth section from Dickinson clay sources.
Land values are climbing in the valley and beyond as shown by a recent sale of Section 10 in Larimore township. Clay Larimore bought from ex Senator Horace F. Arnold for 19200 dollars, about 80 dollars per acre, indicating confidence in the land’s value and quality.
Report notes a deposit of raw asphalt material of superior quality found on Cannon Ball River Land Company lands south of Dickinson. The substance resembles coal and lies near a coal vein. Samples were sent to experts, with a preliminary examination planned of the region where the asphalt was discovered.
London dispatch reports the Wertschvik Cossack station commander has decreed that the father of every girl baby born in the district shall receive fifty strokes with the knout to ensure a male majority. Several men have already been knouted under this ruling.
A Greensboro Georgia Presbyterian pastor Rev G Smith testifies Peruna cured his family illness after other remedies failed. An elder and M J Rossman of Greensboro endorse Peruna, noting kidney catarrh relief and overall improved health. Readers are urged to write Dr Hartman for free advice.
In Syracuse on a cold night Mr Bruce, a noted prohibitionist, found a drunken neighbor Miller lying in danger of freezing. He carried Miller to his home and quipped that Miller should carry the whiskey he had with him.
A playful courtroom scene unfolds as a guest questions a scowling Freddie. Freddie explains he scowls because the guest ate all the cake and has not yet married either of his sisters, prompting the judge to weigh the comic exchange.
An assortment of 1900 era ad snippets and quotes including Hall's Catarrh Cure with price 75c, mind over matter banter, Mrs Jenks and Mrs Brown dialogue on Christmas shopping, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Piso's Cure for Consumption testimonial, Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry for stomach ills, and various aphorisms about politics and slaves to masters.
A list of patents issued last week names inventors Holden Rock Ira Cady Severinus Corrigan Allan McClary A W M Martin Timothy O Connor Joseph Schlehr and firms Lothrop and Johnson in St Paul and Sauk Center Minn The patents cover a cement roof vehicle shaft support aero steam engine annealing receptacle for castings display cabinet for packets safety ash pan steam boiler and related innovations.
A courtroom style exchange reveals a widower suitor proposing to marry the daughter while the judge notes the promised paternal guardianship from each person the late wife cared for. The scene slants toward comic but pointed assurances amid a satirical tone. Blood bitters advertised as a tonic for digestion and general health at local drug stores.
A comic exchange: Little Winnie asks if the hairs on our head are numbered, citing the Bible. Mr. Frontseat confirms, then Winnie jokes that tracking her papa's hairs will be easy, prompting a judge to intervene with a punchline.
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