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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1910
Page
4
Fragmentary notice from Devils Lake area mentions a price and year. Readable names and exact actions are unclear, but the item refers to a sale or listing connected to Lake Tomata and a North Intees location. Further specifics are not available in the surviving text.
A 1910 exchange in a hardware store ends with a buyer paying $1.15 for an ax plus extra for express and money order fees. The merchant offers the same price by letting the buyer name terms, but delays pickup to ten days, noting mall order houses sell for $4.16.
The document lists the Republican slate with nominees for U S Senator, Representatives, and state offices. It names Renato for U S Senator, Gronna and Yor for Representatives, Burdick as Governor, J Pay as Attorney General, Walter G Fa as Insurance Commissioner, W C Gibreath as Agriculture and Labor Commissioner, C P M Anderson as Railroad Commissioner, and county officials including Sheriff John McLean and others such as Auditor TW Bie, Herman Stonseth, Dallas G Duell, and J W Gilbertson.
W J Bryan denounces democrats who supported Lorimer in the United States senate. He denounces bribery and warns that any legislator voting for Lorimer on patriotic grounds should retire to private life. He calls for expulsions and vows not to defend the guilty.
Congressmman McKinley of the Congressional Campaign Committee reports a satisfying survey of the west and east. He says regular Republicans support insurgent nominees and insurgents will limit their fight to the nomination.
The public demands enforcement of the law, insisting wealth should not shield guilt. Taft administration is praised for pursuing penalties against disobedience, signaling a crackdown on leading trust captains in sugar, meat, and other industries.
A garbled opinion claims the new tarttlew boosts the national treasury, creating a surplus amid growing prosperity. It quips about public opinion, jail construction in Bew County, and Ramsey County finishing the work, urging commissioners to handle funding without worry.
A dialogue at a library shows patrons seeking poems by Swinburne and Lafcadio Hearn and Braddy’s Border Fighters. The staff offers magazines like Popular Science and Scientific American and points to local options at the School for the Deaf.
New York Aug 16 Theodore Roosevelt’s name was offered as temporary chairman of the Republican convention but failed 20 to 15. Vice President James C Sherman was named temporary chairman by unanimous vote as the coming state convention was set for Saratoga September 27.
The Daily Journal reports a large Democratic county central committee gathering, likely at the First National Bank corner. Officers were elected: Chairman Joseph M. Kelly Secretary J H Bloom Treasurer Charles Hollinger. state committee member W A Fulkerson. Speaker Scrumgard inspired optimism that Democrats will win statewide and locally. The meeting adjourned late, with harmony claimed.
A heavy rain hit the area Monday afternoon with 0.91 inches falling in the first thirty minutes, totaling 1.01 inches. The steady shower revived the already drying pastures and provided a timely moisture addition.
Miss Pearl Bullock spent a few hours in Devils Lake Tuesday. Several residents were seen visiting, threshing, or traveling by train. Sam Strand and family of Devils Lake visited J A Strand. J M Thompson of Devils Lake State Bank stopped by. Ira Tivan visited contractor Trompstad last week. Fred Coykendall and daughter with Mrs Murphy spent Sunday with the Belcourt family. a party returned to Devils Lake by auto. Ison and Butler plan pool room repairs and candy frasta additions. Mrs Blowmen and son George visit sister Mrs W H Lively at Bamond for a couple weeks.
Weather report for the week ending August 17, 1910 from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau. Local items include Austin Leavitt painting his home and adding a tower for a view. Obituary notice for Mrs. Aasmundstad who died August 15 at her Branchfield farm home. A brief ball game recap Penn vs Grand Harbor with social commentary and casual notes on fashion and hats.
Local notice urges farmers not to sell flax straw until buyers call with cash offers. Y R Blehdon of Buffalo New York, owner of mills in Aneta Cooperstown Amenia Mayville North Dakota, proposes optional bale and shipment to mills or direct delivery. Care Commercial Bank of Fargo North Dakota.
A writer recalls asking a Spanish duchess why women wear mantillas and learns that in Madrid and among all classes the mantilla is the proper adornment for full fights and Spanish functions. A woman of the people cites sun protection and hair care as reasons, noting Spanish women are careful of their hair and favor the mantle as a customary asset.
The article traces early windmill origins in England and Bohemia, noting their primitive fixed sails and wind-geometry constraints. It describes experiments tethering mills in ponds, turning mills on rollers, and Holland's 1500 movable dome with salt axle, highlighting the evolution from stone and brick to wood.
Roquelaure the deformed jester of Louis XIV sought pardon for striking off a sentinel helmet. Louis pardoned him, but the helmet’s head had actually been in the helmet and fell to the ground in the surprise.
In a playful exchange Tompy asks Miss Dobleigh if she will be engaged next Thursday evening. Ethel replies that she may, if Tompy can muster enough spunk to do his share, hinting at a hopeful engagement future in a light Harper's Weekly style.
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