Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-05-30
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Dance, Friday evening. May slst.
at Linton opera-house. The Linton
Orchestra of five pieces will furnish
the music. +. II. Hardt will call.
Comrade and Mrs. w. l.. Bales.
OF Dale, are spending few days as
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Gov
entry in Linton. also being here for
the Memorial Day exercises.
With only month left until the
Fourth of July it behoove the people
of Linton to get move or" if any
thing is to done in the way of a cell
sebration here 1t has beens uggested
to the Record that meeting of
townspeople should be held SATURDAY
evening at the band hall to take the
matter up. 1t is hoped that at least
a half-dozen persons viii show
enough interest to be present.
Carl Vorlander and Neil Mcclure
drove to Eureka Saturday night in
the former S auto, returning to Lin
ton the next forenoon. Johnnie
Shenkenberger and the Misses keirn
and Fritz returned with them from
Eureka. Miss Fritz had gone down
on the train Saturday A few miles
out of Eureka Carl broke a spring
on the car and lost connection
which regulates the flow of gasoline
so that he was unable to stop the
engine. He also had four or five
blow-outs of tires during the trip,
which further than that was un-
eventful.
Mrs Ed. X Moore, wife of the
editor of the McClusky Gazette. one
OF the prominent newspaper men of
the state, who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs, James King, i'm the Elm
monsbug country. left this morning
for Seninel Butte, this state, to visit
her brother, Edward Cook Mrs.
Moore is accompanied By her moth
er, Mrs. Joseph Cook, Of Mechanics
vile, Iowa, who also went with her
on the visit to Sentinel Butte. Mr.
and Mrs. Cook were formerly resi-
dentsof Emmons county. their home
being in the Emmonsburg neighbor-
hood. Mrs. King also went with her
mother and sister to visit her broth
er at Sentinel Butte.
Last Sunday. with but little
warning. drenching ram hit this
section of the country continuing for
two days almost incessanty Sun
day afternoon the main street of
Linton resembled nothing so much
as raging mountain torrent. 1t
is estimated that in that one shower
alone, at least two inches Of rain fell.
1t was accompanied by a consider
able wind, and i'm places grain and
vegetables were washed out of the
ground. 1t is the general opinion
of the farmers who have been IN
town this week, however, that the
rain has done an unlimited amount
of good In fact. crop Of some
extent is now practically assured,
whether or not the hot winds come
later.
What proved to be one Of the most
fortunate automobile accidents
which has taken place in long time
occurred Thursday Of last week
when the little four year old Albert
Pfeifer was run over bg a Ford tour
ing car driven by Gottlieb Bechtle,
Jr. The boy, in company with some
other children. was PLAYING just
south of the livery barn. Witnesses
who saw the accident say that he
started torun IN a different direction
from the others as the car turned
the corner and then started back
again. THROWN ghlnself directly in
front of the car (inttiieh did every
thing possible to avoid the accident.
even turning the car and running it
against a wagon, breaking the lights
and otherwise doing damage The
wheels of the auto passed over the
little fellows chest and he was picked
up in an unconscious condition La
ter. it was found that no bones
were broken and at the present
writing he is as well aseyer
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