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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1903
Page
8
A columnist muses on vice and virtue with anecdotes about sidewalk work, cow mischief, and a back slapping culture. The piece praises local readers, argues for a daily Inter-Ocean, and notes merchants, creameries, hotels, and Sunday menus while detailing street life, advertising, and the impact of mail order houses on Devils Lake commerce.
A local merchant notes how city retailers buy from the same houses as mail order firms. He explains a rush sale with profits then resell surplus as original goods to mail order houses at low prices, allowing home merchants to undersell by half. The piece also quotes a poem mocking New Mexico’s creation and discusses athletics and physical development.
The fragment outlines rules for the Neversweat Glub including meeting minimums, seasonal meeting locations, and tobacco borrowing. Elected officers are Chief Grombler, Boss Whitler, and Main Kicker. Applications reveal candidates with humorous claims about sweating and work, reflecting satirical tone.
This fragment describes a person wielding an axe to cut wood and expressing a desire to join a club while mentioning a strong drink made mainly from hops. The speaker claims resilience to work, noting they have slept all day by large quantities of it without fear of harm.
An advertisement claims deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh, asserting only constitutional remedies work. It offers $100 for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, and promotes circulars and Hall's Family Pills at 75 cents.
Two houses on Walnut street south of the Catholic church, one 18 by 28 and one 12 by 24, plus a four-horse stable and a cow shed. Fenced with two lots. Price 1600 dollars for all, half cash, balance 10 percent, long time. Or all cash to suit buyer. Inquire Otto Hasse or in his absence Carl T Zunich. 23-25
The regular examination of applicants for teacher certificates will be held at Devils Lake High School on Friday and Saturday August 28 and 29, beginning promptly at 9 o clock a.m. L B Fancher, County Superintendent, Devils Lake, N D, August 8, 1903.
Notice forbids hunting and shooting on the premises in Minnewankan township. Trespassers will be vigorously prosecuted. Signatories include O P A Borstad and many others, dated 23 25.
State of North Dakota Ramsey County county court schedules a hearing on September 9, 1903 at 2 p.m. for C. W. Greene to obtain a druggist permit to sell intoxicating liquors in Devils Lake. Any interested party may contest under the law. Dated August 5 in Devils Lake. Judge D G Duell.
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