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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1903
Page
2
The New York Cash Store presents an endless assortment of latest novelties from leading New York makers. Exclusive styles in broadcloths cheviots venetians etamines voile mistral cloths granitas and more. Strong in these lines, offering greater style and quality at competitive prices west of the Twin Cities.
Visit our second floor parlors and try on hats freely. We will quickly disabuse the notion that richness equals high prices. The prices we ask will surprise you.
The advertisement states we are sole agents for UTZ and DUNN'S Ladies Fine Footwear and Little Giant Children's Shoes. It proclaims no better made and emphasizes exclusive representation for these brands in our store.
The New York Store presents the widest selection of colors and shades in the new weaves. Known for stylish dress goods, the store extended efforts from eastern markets to bring an elaborate line surpassing past offerings. Includes trimming ornaments, vesting waist patterns, and embroidered patterns.
Salesmen announce a vast stock of stylish shirt waists numbering over 1200 pieces. Prices range across a broad spectrum, inviting shoppers to select quality garments at varying cost levels. Local department stores advertise arrivals and promotions for the season.
The London Post reports King objects to press intrusion into private life. He dislikes interviews and journalistic commentary, urging privacy equal to subjects. At Windsor he limited press notice beyond court circular, and at Sandringham allowed no photos of private rooms.
Anthony N. Brady of Albany is among American financiers urged to join a new Paris lighting corporation. The plan contemplates a 50 million dollar capital with roughly half held by American and French investors. The firm would absorb all Paris gas companies, with the title yet unsettled and no formal confirmation from Brady.
The article notes a temptation to include Paris electric lighting firms, with plans to adopt American gas production methods to lower costs. It highlights ongoing discussion of modernizing gas manufacture and reducing expenses.
The desk of Mr Cannon in the house held the first bouquet on an opening day in his fifty year service. A girl from Illinois sent the flowers after marrying, seeking to thank him. He claimed a rule forbidding gifts from those he had helped, but she later wrote that the rule could no longer apply.
Emperor William at the Goerlitz hall of fame inauguration criticizes the present generation for slackness in continuing the empire's work. He urges a future generation to understand subordination to the whole, granting freedom of thought religion and science but not freedom to govern badly.
A memorial ceremony at the White House placed a marble casket in cement beneath the main hallway door. It held the presidential message to Congress autographs of the Roosevelt children United States coins and the mason's chisel. A marble slab etched 1792 1902 with an ellipse of stars covers the box. The California Supreme Court upholds the eight hour work day law.
Eagle City Oklahoma transformed from cornfields and prairie to a booming town of 2000 in hours with a new municipal organization a bank in operation a daily newspaper a hotel four restaurants many saloons and numerous mercantile firms Lot drawing priced at 25 for a 25 foot business plot or 50 foot residence plot drew eager buyers with bids from 500 to 1000 dollars each.
Alfred Boucher, famed Paris sculptor, plans a humble studio village in Texas. He aims to house poor artists at 30 to 40 dollars yearly, in a place he calls a heaven in the wilderness. The Texas colony, under 100 members, lives in rough cabins and small plots, seeking divine instruction.
The article notes that applicants to the French Foreign Legion are asked questions and need not prove identity, with instances of Frenchmen volunteering for service in the legion.
An eastern exchange notes a Londoner's mistaken view of Americans as tobacco chewers and spittoons. It praises New York habits of clean public spaces, ban on spitting, and regulated smoking, arguing London should imitate these norms to improve travel etiquette.
Europeans and Americans long in China agree the country is the greatest in Asia by area population and resources and is advancing steadily industrially and commercially. Trade statistics railways and telegraphs confirm the positive trend and world impact of China's growth.
The passage argues that China as a vast independent state reduces pretexts for division or seizure and elevates its international importance. It suggests European powers likely cannot absorb such a rich empire and that as China modernizes, Western leaders will find fewer grounds for agreeing on any partition of the Middle Kingdom.
A Homilitic Review writer notes wealthy New Yorkers grow tired of riches as hundreds pay 9 000 to 16 000 dollars monthly for rented suites rather than homes. The critique links godless luxury to societal unrest and questions what wealth can truly offer.
A reflection on long nails once a U S custom noting a nail used to sign checks and a modern manicure trend The piece also cites a Chicago Record Herald remark on matching bachelors with seamstresses and a tourism stat for Italy showing English visitors among 954000 tourists who spent about 70000000 dollars in a year.
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