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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1910
Page
4
The Devils Lake Inter Ocean weekly paper from Ramsey County North Dakota lists publication details and offices. It shows D Mills and D V Brennan as managers and publisher with a yearly subscription price of $1.50. The snippet indicates the paper circulated in Devils Lake and Ramsey County.
A fragmented ticket listing for U S Senator McCumber and Gronna, Congressmen Helgesen and others, along with state officers including Governor Johnson Secretary of State Norton Brightbill and Oil Insurance etc. The list names multiple county officials and commissioners such as Mehan Haig Gilbertson and Henley Foster along with district court nominees and a secretary reference, reflecting a broad slate.
A wartime like civic clash unfolds between the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Lincoln Roosevelt League. Supporters of Hiram Johnson push for clean politics to curb corporate control, while critics warn against entrenched corruption and vice networks in San Francisco.
A New York newspaper interviewed A. Patten, the board of trade Plunger who cornered wheat and cotton, about the financial outlook as he departed for Europe. The report notes his influence on market moves and his recent actions in wheat and cotton markets.
Mr Patten recalls how western land speculation bred a dangerous mood as banks curb auto fever. Farmers mortgaged farms to buy cars, with a Kansas City bank holding fifty two auto mortgages. The pause prevents an embarrassing market unwind.
Nashville dispatch reports cedar rail fences from middle Tennessee become the world’s main supply of cedar pencils with mills in the cedar district. The era of rail splitting farmers selling fences at high prices funds modern wire fences and supports schoolboys’ whittling cedar pencils. Also notes the University of North Dakota College of Law invites applications for the fall term opening September 20.
Farmers across North Dakota view the short crop as a temporary issue and prepare for a bumper next year. They plow early for summer fallow and better ground condition, expecting to endure a few years of economy and hard work before the soil yields again.
Democratic papers continue hammering offices to stir division within Republican ranks in North Dakota while Republicans bury the hatchet. Amid claims of novel anecdotes, Rev William Macafee cites ancient authors like Lucretius, arguing there is nothing new under the sun in after-dinner wit.
A compendium of old wisdom traces back to Greek times with notes on enduring stories and scientific ideas. The piece criticizes Roosevelt era fawning in politics, cites Joe Cannon and the Keokuk Gate City, and warns delinquents about end times rhetoric while noting a surge in murder reports.
Governor Shallenbarger directs the Nebraska attorney general to sue Omaha officials for permitting saloons to operate after eight o clock at night in violation of law. The Des Moines Capital cites the harvest season as a reason for public focus on enforcement.
Miss Anna Spring, a librarian, completed a six week course offered by the Minnesota library commission at the University of Minnesota. She met librarians from western states and benefited from comparing systems. The new library board will hold its first meeting the coming week with Mrs Ruhberg, Mrs Juergens, Miss Brennen, Mr Dodge and Mr Dollingen listed as members.
The Press Scrap Book, a New York publisher, starts a series of biographical sketches of eminent inventors. The first sketch titled A Pathfinder honors B G Acheson for aiding the world’s adoption of aquadag and carborundum. July circulation shows 881 books drawn, 753 fiction, 1056 visitors. notes weather and library hours affected activity.
A Friday baseball game at Grand Harbor ends six to one in favor of the home team after a late misplay on third base. Local notes include residents Adolph Belcourt Fred Dion Willard Grilly visiting Chau auqua Devils Lake and Minot and a report of grain harvest with Great Northern railroad fence work.
A collection of wry observations debating marriage money manners and morality. It plays with luck and hypocrisy while poking at religious differences and social pretensions through quips about wives wealth beauty and civic virtues. A satirical slice of light philosophy and comic prose.
A Baltimore couple proclaims their engagement over after the bride’s old maid aunt from Kansas announces she will live with them after marriage. The medical graduate narrator says the aunt proved an antidote to the union amid family interference.
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