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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1910
Page
8
Local items note Mrs. Siver Scrumgard visiting Tolna with friends while numerous residents, including John W. Maher, Mr. and Mrs. Mann, and J. H. Hazzard, relocate or travel to nearby towns. Ottumwa and Chautauqua scenes anchor social visits, church events, and shop activity as communities report errands, payments, and estate matters.
Bronk B Leach of Fargo spent Sunday with Mrs Leach and Miss Eina as guests at the home of Mr and Mrs W H Bell Mrs Leachs parents Willard Greenleaf recovering from appendicitis and expected to be out next week Company M returned from Sparta Wisconsin last Friday with eight strong showing and good time J B Chamberlin and daughter Miss Ellen left Fargo on No 6 Sunday visiting J Bator then Livingston Montana Yellowstone Park for about ten days K K Kirkman formerly with the Devils Lake team has taken a position with a Humbolt Iowa team and left for that city last Friday fans extend wishes for his success
Reports indicate a large crop of marriages in Devils Lake with six prominent local couples lining up for weddings. The event promises good times for the minister who conducts ceremonies on the ground floor of this social season.
A column recounts odd wedding presents from husbands to brides and vice versa. Gifts include a set of false limbs teeth and glass eyes for a hunter, a scrap book of hostile reviews for a writer, drawing lessons for an artist, two coffins for an elderly pair, and a brass cage intended for a flirtatious wife.
A Harper's Magazine excerpt by W. J. Aylward depicts real old fashioned pirates operating among Hongkong harbor crowds. Junkers strike swift from estuaries near the West Pearl river, seize laden river steamers, and execute crews with brutal efficiency.
A fragment notes a query about gifts and a deteriorating friendship with Jinks. It mentions a forthcoming marriage next month and references Lippincott's as the source. The terse item focuses on personal drama and social tensions.
A Connecticut woman’s diary entry from 1790 records a dinner remark by Dr. B. who carved the pork rib and joked that it "adieu, is what Mother Eve was made of." Sister Patty adds a humorous note comparing it to similar lore.
Farmers are urged to check horses for thin coats and poor feed as signs of inadequate water intake. A lack of sufficient water can worsen health and reduce vitality in equines, especially during hot periods.
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