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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
8
A legendary tale tells how Rajah Moran, early Indian ruler, overran almost all the east except China. Chinese strategists sent a rusted ship with planted trees and old sailors to trick the rajah into believing China lay far away, persuading him to abandon his invasion.
The Christian Leader recounts how Scottish clergy publicly derided sleepers in services. In Dumfries United Presbyterian settings, Rev Walter Dunlap warned a nodding member to wake up and even threatened to name him before the entire congregation if the behavior persisted.
The Golden Penny notes Charles Dickens faced many title choices for a book. It lists at least fourteen proposals from his adviser Foster, with No 6 Hard Times ultimately selected. Other suggestions include According to Crocker, Prove It, Stubborn Things, Mr Grandgrind's Facts, The Grindstone, Two and Two Are Four, Something Tangible, Our Hard Headed Friend, Rust and Dust, Simple Arithmetic, A Matter of Calculation, A Mere Matter of Figures, and The Grandgrind Philosophy.
A prison warden notes most inmates lose cheer after a week, but one boards the gate with a quip. A first-week prisoner asks if a lady at the gate is seeking him, claiming his long absence from work and joking the governor would call him for wages. He leaves smiling.
A thief fleeing Paris police drops a stolen purse. His trained dog trots into the police station with the missing item in its mouth, saving the suspect from immediate detention. The dog’s timely fetch prompts questions about evidence and mercy in the case.
A Kansas City mayor during a past era was lighted by a practical joke. Two newspaper friends enticed him to a celebratory ride on a hot day. A driver hauled the drunken mayor asleep in a front wagon with a placard on the back, declaring the reason for the odd spectacle. He was not re elected.
A fragmented excerpt discusses the sun's perceived influence on a person born under its sign and mentions a soda and potash emulsion to prevent rust. The text shows garbled OCR with unreliable terminology and unclear context.
The 1077 pilgrimage of Emperor Henry IV to Canossa to plead with Pope Gregory VII, endured in January barefoot and hair shirt. He awaited absolution at the fortress of Canossa, was finally admitted, and received back his dominion as a papal gift. The phrase denotes total submission to conqueror terms.
A San Francisco storyteller recalls a globe trotter who asked to see the seals at Cliff House. The waiter, in a jokey Irish voice, says the seals are fed ham and eggs at 9 o'clock, prompting the Englishman to return at the appointed hour, and a humorous turnout.
A mixed jumble of anecdotes and tips from historical pages, including John L. Sullivan recalling Sydney and Sarah Bernhardt, a humorous Scottish judge about a squirrel escape, breathing exercises to ward off the cold, a quip about ink drops and a carpet, a note on bolting new clotheslines, and a frontier remark on independence and cheap clothes.
Notice from the Land Office Grand Forks North Dakota states that a timber claim by an individual named Samurl Erikstad is supported by witnesses Nedtat Gustave Br. Iacobeon and Hoar ye aes Caters for a location in Devils Lake area. It lists the witness statements and the cultivation evidence with a date of September 7 1901 and references Withamere Store 17 range 63. The register is H Kent.
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