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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1903
Page
7
A broad, rapid-fire telegraph of items reports Jamestown carnival plans Willow City creamery efforts Towner water works Bis on remand church edifice at Turtle Mountains Niagarian mentions of elevatory at Tiago etc. Local crime notes include forged drafts in Bismarck and a balance of harvests, rail actions and public notices across Edmore Wahpeton Grand Forks Harvey and other towns.
A gang of tramps in Harvey engaged in a drunken quarrel during which a man was fatally shot. One companion confessed to the shooting and was held on a murder charge. The others were detained as witnesses to the incident.
A.J. McDonald, a leading Webster township farmer, grows 100 acres of wheat expected to yield 30 bushels per acre. Judges say crops in the heart of the drought hit region show good fields with strong yields. Overall Webster township may average 75 to 80 percent of last year, with higher acreage and prices likely keeping net gains on par with last year.
N D Wheat reports Duluth August 12 that Washington reports influenced by North Dakota data. Decline of four points in July is attributed to that source, while the North Dakota crop has improved markedly since July 1 and current conditions justify near satisfactory levels.
August mob gathering in Chautauqua with speaker John Temple Graves urging lynching for rape as a justifiable response while calling for racial separation to end rape crime. Nearby remarks echo harsh remedies and sensational anti deafness cure ads appear in the same column.
Pope Pius X fainted during yesterday's mass in Rome due to a weakened heart strained by coronation duties. Friends express fear yet report his condition as not serious and note his long, strenuous service to the church. He declines altering his habits and insists he is stronger than Leo I.
The Pope, exhausted from heavy public service and administration, collapsed at the altar while celebrating mass before about two hundred worshippers. He revived after attendants administered restoratives and was carried to his private chambers, later receiving benediction as Venetians who had come to Rome for communion looked on.
Regular examinations of applicants for teacher certificates will take place at the high school in Devils Lake North Dakota on Friday and Saturday August 2 and 20. Work starts promptly at 9 o'clock a.m. L B Fancher County Superintendent of Schools Devils Lake August 8 1903.
Vicer signed forbids hunting and shooting on our premises in Minnewaukan township. Trespassers will be vigorously prosecuted. Names listed include O. P A Borstad P Anderson A Winshart L Miller Ole Ward Iver Vetvrson Paul Restock and others. Date 23-25.
Notice in Ramsey County North Dakota states a hearing on September 0 1903 at 2 PM in the county court to consider C W Greene of Devils Lake petitioning for a druggist permit to sell malt wine and intoxicating liquors for medicinal scientific and mechanical purposes in Devils Lake. The court invites any interested party to contest under the law. Dated August 5 1903 Judge D G Duell.
Notice sets hearing for October 5 1908 at 2 pm in Ramsey County on A T Horsman Devils Lake seeking a druggist permit to sell medicinal and other liquors at No Sia Iiil teet Devills Lake Ramsey. Also mortgage foreclosure notice for Emil and Ann Segerlin to Peder Elgrum with sale August 22 1908 front door Ramsey County Courthouse at 10 am, covering described lands totaling 320 acres.
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