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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1903
Page
3
The store emphasizes a earned reputation for selling satisfactory shoes and quality clothing. It promotes a spring line at reasonable prices, a wide range for men women and children, and invites customers to inspect underwear, buttons and pendants while warning against sweatshop made goods. It encourages customers to visit or mail orders for full satisfaction.
Advertisement notes hosiery for the year is less flashy but features patterns likely to please customers. Printer's ink cannot adequately convey the quality and design details described.
Men claim vanity is not a sin yet enjoy stylish dress. The ad says it costs no more to be in style and urges discarding the old winter hat. It promises hats of approved shapes and colors with affordable prices.
Mail orders receive the same careful handling as in person purchases. The notice highlights attentive service for customers who cannot visit, emphasizing reliability and thorough fulfillment of requests.
A compact grocery page highlights fixed stock and wholesale pricing. It lists sugar at 5.85 per 100 pounds, corn meal at 1.85 per 100 pounds, tomatoes at 2.33 per 5 pounds, Yankee oats at 20 per 100 pounds, Hiova Bud Tea, 10020 pounds California prunes at 1.00, and Early Ohio potatoes at 0.60 per bushel with a 20 bushel lot at 0.55. The ad urges customers to visit for wholesale prices and larger grocery bills.
A mix of job notices, services, sales, and personal items. Entries cover housework help, millinery apprentice wanted, watches and jewelry repair, upcoming events at Odd Fellows hall, real estate transactions, road and encampment plans, business moves, and marriages. Includes market briefs, weathered by local merchants and officials in Devils Lake area.
Owing to high attendance last Sunday the Easter service will be repeated next Sunday by special request at the Church of the Advent.
At a Thursday school board meeting the following teachers were chosen for the next academic year. Principal Gertrude Jamieson. Latin Agnes Skundberg. Eighth grade Fannie Lincoln. Seventh grade Lisa V. Shortridge. Fifth grade Marian Adamson. Fourth grade Bessie M. Adams Canby Minn. Third grade Josephine Fahy. Second grade Myrtle Brown Thief River Falls Minn. Primary Millicent Thompson. Assistant primary Ethel Thompson. Superintendent R. S. Dewar.
A very pretty wedding occurred at the home of F. H. Routier with guests noted in attendance. Details of the couple and vows are described in elegant prose, highlighting a refined ceremony in a domestic setting.
After ten happy years Mr and Mrs Charles Vernon Stoner of this city observed the tin wedding. Many curious and useful tin gifts were bestowed on the well loved couple as they were greeted with warm congratulations. Saturday, April 13th, Mr.
A large group gathered at Mr and Mrs Stoners home to toast their tenth anniversary with tin gifts and prizes. Guests enjoyed a grand armory party with elegant decorations, a grand march, supper service for 80, and dancing until 2 am as planning committees received praise for a social season highlight.
The Indies of the IX Club hosted the annual Easter ball at the armory on Monday evening April 18 to benefit the library fund. The event was a social and financial success with the Cando Orchestra presenting 24 pieces on stage.
Trustees of the deaf school met in the city on Wednesday and let the contract for a new dormitory building an addition to the boiler house and a wing to the main building. Dinnie Bros of Grand Forks were the successful bidders with a bid of 43044. Work will commence at once.
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