Devils Lake Briefs Touch on Local Commerce and People
Local notes report a wide array of items from farm implements and shopping notices to visits by real estate and legal professionals. Mentions include Huesgen as a souvenirs hub, Mankato Commercial College open Sept 2 with two months tuition free, and various town residents visiting, recovering, or seeking work. A mix of farm prices, insurance, mortgage offers, and public notices appears alongside updates on crime, weather, and harvest labor movements.
Starkweather Booms With New Town Activity And Businesses
Inter Ocean reports Starkweather North Dakota, 24 miles north of Devils Lake, teems with activity as merchants like Thos E Morgan from Drayton establish hardware stock and a large building, J E Martin plans a top hotel, Stewart and Ramge launch a blacksmith shop, J A Brombaugh opens groceries, L furlong prepares a transfer wagon, L M Wilson runs a drag office, Jos Cagelow to open a meat market, two large general stores rise, a First National bank is chartered, and another bank and a farm implement firm plan locations. A newspaper will debut next week as the town awaits rail completion and faster material access, signalling a building boom this fall.
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Starkweather
Devils Lake
Farmers’ Railroad
Thos. E. Morgan
Drayton
J. E. Martin
Mr. Martin
Stewart and
Ramge
Stewart
Rampe
Ohio
J. A. Brombaugh
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
L. Furlong
M. Wilson
Farmers' Railroad Form New Devils Lake Grain & Shipping Co
A stockholders meeting at Garske's on Monday led to incorporating the new Devils Lake Grain & Shipping Company. The old directors were elected to lead the new firm, which plans to establish two towns including one 12 miles north of Devils Lake.
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Farmers’ Railroad
Garske
Devils Lake Grain & Shipping Company
Devils
Starkweather to be North Line Town Name for Surveyed Area
A lake area in section 33 between Webster and Freshwater townships awaits a final town name after survey completion. The northern terminus town, 24 miles north of Devils Lake, is Starkweather already surveyed and platted. Side-tracks to be added along the line. exact locations pending. Steel laying on the new line contracted for completion by September 11. work advancing rapidly. Lost black spaniel bitch E Watson on collar. Return to Dr. Jones for reward. 22-23x
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E. Watson
Dr. Jones
Young man Chas Davidson returns to face seduction charge
About a month after a well connected youth from Austin Minnesota named Chas Davidson found work near Ramsey County. Sheriff Johnson arrived with a warrant and requisition papers to fetch him back for trial on seduction under promise of marriage. A love affair with a local schoolmate drew him into trouble. J C Hartley represents the Connecticut Hartford insurance firm in the notice.
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Chas
Davidson
Austin
Minn
Ramsey County
Johnson
Great Gopher
Charley
Death by self-inflicted gunshot on Grandin farm
An Icelandic migrant, eighteen, at the Grandin farm near Hillsboro, shot himself with a 38 caliber revolver between 4 and 7 PM on Friday in the men’s room. He arrived four days earlier from New York Mills, was found dead by a bed, and an inquest led to a verdict of death by the deceased’s own hand. His brother and brother-in-law retrieved the body for burial.
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Grandin Farm
No. 1
Hillsboro
Henry Ruakka
New York Mills
Minn
Ruakka
Harrison
Boy Shot in Face in Reynolds Accident
An 18 year old, William Beaman, was shot in the face near Reynolds by companion Brakke while playing an accordion. The gun fired as Brakke pointed it. a shot tore part of his right side and his right hand. He survived but with limited recovery chances.
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Reynolds
William Beaman
Brakke
Beanman
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Mann & Son
Powell
Peter Haley
O. J. Bayne
Willow City
Huesgen
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato, Minn
F. W. Cock
Burt Hill
Cando
A.M. Powell
M. M Wold
Minneapolis
Dr. Howe
Mankato
Wright
W. R
F. E. Merrick
Miss Stella
Merrick
Paris
Mich
Mr. Merrick
Geo. W. Getts’ Furniture Store
Howe
Marie
Dora
Uo Devils Lake
W. H. Reed
Brocket
Frank Henning
Nelson County Observer
A. Cardin
Mason
South Coon
Aggregation
A. E. Hodgkinson
Dr. Crewe
Montana
Chas. Budde
A. G. McBeede
H. Huesgen
Fourth Street Jeweler
J.C. Hartley
John Rostrum
F. W. Cockburn
M. Losey, Jr
Mec-Cormick Machine Company
Cando and Bisbee
T. A. Haslam's
Goer
P. J. Holmberg
St. Paul
Great Northern
Twin Cities
Grambs Bros
Bismarck ,N. D
Soo
Farmers
First National Bank
Nachtsheim
Rutten
Out West
Nimmo
Ransier
Towner
Fargo
Court House
Robertson Lumber Co
A. D. Cleveland
Beatrice Hines
Mrs. Winn, Hines
Grahams Island
Kerlin
Bismark Palladium
Glerum & Roe
Rolly’ Kane
Bismarck
Paladium
Rolly
Kauffman
North Dakota State Dairy Commission
Duell
George O'Leary
James Cooney
Jos. Leesten
John Dorr
Cooney
John W. Maher
Lively Starkweather
C. A. Dodge & CO
Wm. H. Brown & Co
The
Connecticut of Hartford
Best Fire, Lightning and Tornado Insurance Company
America
Trails County
Bell
Co- Operative Store
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