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August 2, 1905
The River Press
Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Montana
What is this article about?
Senator H. C. Hansbrough of North Dakota shares an anecdote about a newspaper editor named Linkwood who used overly elaborate language, such as 'equine horse' and 'Mendelssohn's wedding march' for a bridal procession, leading to his dismissal.
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Senator H. C. Hansbrough of North Dakota has long been the owner of a newspaper. Of late years other duties have prevented his giving it much attention, and he has depended on divers itinerant journalists, says Harper's Weekly.
"I've had some good men in the place, too," the senator once observed to a friend; "men capable of holding an important place on a city daily.
Then I have had some who did not altogether make good. I remember one in particular, a man named Linkwood. Linkwood was never satisfied with simplicity. He SENATOR HANSBROUGH. would refer to an 'equine horse' and in the case of a tramp killed in a railroad accident said that the unfortunate man sustained a fracture of the spinal column.'
Another of his pet expressions was 'tripping the light bombastic toe.'"
"You probably didn't keep him long."
suggested the friend.
"Oh, I didn't mind these so much, but when the daughter of a leading citizen was married and he spoke of the bridal procession 'proceeding down the aisle to the entrancing strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march' I decided that we had reached the parting of the ways.'
"I've had some good men in the place, too," the senator once observed to a friend; "men capable of holding an important place on a city daily.
Then I have had some who did not altogether make good. I remember one in particular, a man named Linkwood. Linkwood was never satisfied with simplicity. He SENATOR HANSBROUGH. would refer to an 'equine horse' and in the case of a tramp killed in a railroad accident said that the unfortunate man sustained a fracture of the spinal column.'
Another of his pet expressions was 'tripping the light bombastic toe.'"
"You probably didn't keep him long."
suggested the friend.
"Oh, I didn't mind these so much, but when the daughter of a leading citizen was married and he spoke of the bridal procession 'proceeding down the aisle to the entrancing strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march' I decided that we had reached the parting of the ways.'
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Senator Hansbrough
Newspaper Editor
Elaborate Language
Journalistic Anecdote
What entities or persons were involved?
Senator H. C. Hansbrough
Linkwood
Where did it happen?
North Dakota
Story Details
Key Persons
Senator H. C. Hansbrough
Linkwood
Location
North Dakota
Story Details
Senator Hansbrough recounts employing journalist Linkwood, who favored pompous phrasing like 'equine horse' and 'fracture of the spinal column' for a tramp's death, and 'tripping the light bombastic toe'; he was fired after describing a wedding procession to 'Mendelssohn's wedding march'.