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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
4
The Devils Lake Inter Ocean urges an aggressive women’s league to lead civic reform. It denounces slick advertising contracts and supports suffrage, arguing women’s control of homes and real estate provides security and justifies voting rights. It notes saloon influence on communities and calls for early morning street cleaning to curb germ spread.
The Fargo Searchlight denounces efforts by party factions to back a pliable candidate for the supreme court seat to replace Judge Morgan. It warns that backroom plans to swell a trusted figure’s ego, then present him to voters as “fit for their BE,” will fail with the People next year. The paper says it is closely watching the maneuvering.
A State Bulletin notes over 6000 licenses issued for automobiles with 300 tags daily and an anticipated 7000 registrations before deadline. It highlights that most purchases come from farmers and merchants’ savings rather than mortgages, forecasting a 37 million initial investment and stressing North Dakota’s brisk pace.
In Grand Forks the Women’s Civic League transformed civic life with focused effort. Their campaign for cleaner streets and alleys prompted ordinances and city council cooperation, earning the city a reputation as a sanitary Northwest exemplar and inspiring similar work elsewhere.
The piece argues prohibition reduces alcohol use and crime, improves streets and public morals, and yields economic gains. It claims the era fosters a new generation of self controlled, healthier young adults, noting peer views and the hopeful North Dakota outlook. It contrasts perceived failures with long term societal harvests.
In this argument from early suffrage discourse, the piece weighs questions about laws for women and children, contrasts historical enfranchisement with present constraints on women, and argues voting qualifications must be sex neutral, while identifying opposition as a privileged class and entrenched politicians.
Senator McCumber is criticized for a tariff reciprocity argument that supposedly mocks the Dakota farmer. The author argues the farmer boy sees through gilded rhetoric, recalls McCumber’s past anti-farmer positions, and foresees a political shift driven by justice and equality rather than reciprocity.
A Devils Lake business man aiming for county treasurer has been told there is nothing doing in the treasurer line for now and that he should polish his lightning rod for use when the century reaches its teens. Some say he resents the answer from the throne. We will see what we see.
The upcoming Republican primaries may feature a major showdown between Miller and Burdick. Burdick is backed by party stalwarts while Miller is supported by progressives across the state. The contest could decide if true insurgency continues in North Dakota or stalls.
A Ramsey county official, Supt John A Haig, is highlighted for unifying factions and elevating county schools. The piece notes his dedication, ability, and the value of his service beyond monetary measure, while warning socialist factions about internal splits affecting Devils Lake civic life.
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