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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1885
Page
4
A pan of scattered items from the Inter Ocean and St. Paul Globe items critiques Dakotas politics and census figures. It notes postmaster changes in Larimore, land office grand jury action, and denounces Fatty Edwards and Fargo politics while defending Lord and Whipple and land officers amid libel charges.
A long defense by A W Edwards in two Fargo Argus columns faults editorials, cites land office billing rates, and questions a grand jury indictment. He labels opponents corrupt, defends past ties with Creel and Havrevold, and accuses rivals of fabricating evidence in a tense Dakota Territory politics clash.
A clipped editorial note mocks a North Dakota press editor Edwards and his views on Devils Lake. It accuses the Valley City Times editor of complicity in a statewide political scheme and questions his firsthand knowledge of Ramsey County and local figures Creel McGee Havrevold.
A Dakota Democrat criticizes Fargo actions as a farce and an outrage, condemning Edwards and his gang for corrupting United States courts. He praises the editor’s stance and urges continued sharp criticism, while mentioning Ayer's Sarsaparilla and offering to provide testimonials upon request.
Strayed or stolen near Dunseith Dakota Territory July 18 1885 two horses described as a light gray roan or light ray horse about seven years old with whip marks on the body and a dark brown horse of about seven years with no further distinguishing features. Reward offered for information leading to recovery. Contact Win Cowan Dunseith or J F Cowan Grand Harbor Dakota Territory. Also seeking a good double barrel shotgun No 110 at once Enton and Highco.
Lightning struck the Grant Cottage injuring Col Beck and Gen Black as the casket light was extinguished. The president appointed pallbearers for Gen Grant's funeral including Gen Sherman, Admiral Porte, Gen Logan, and others. Fires in Tennessee and storm damage across Dakota and Minnesota accompany a packed telegraph of funeral and crop reports.
The St Paul Globe notes Judge McConnell freed the Fargo grand jury amid claims of a conspiracy among jurors and pretended witnesses to smear land officers. It accuses self styled censors of seeking an indictment without evidence or proper law, disregarding the US district attorney's view that the charge was frivolous.
The court rejected a defaming tactic to force a notice publication and clarified that the register may designate the newspaper nearest the land advertised. The grand jury questioned alleged bias and personal attacks by Creel’s paper, while confirming normal ad rates and denying any improper payments or contracts with the Inrrwockas newspaper.
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