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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1904
Page
9
A garbled OCR item notes payments or obligations in oath related to reading duties and annual collection. Named terms include Renne and Eranserlon, with references to monthly collection and taxes or fees. The fragmentary text obscures clear actions or dates.
The piece reviews Porfirio Diaz's December first inauguration marking twenty five years in office and praises his rule in Mexico. It then critiques Mississippi governor Vardaman for a sarcastic remark about Jefferson Davis, contrasting him with more statesmanlike Southern leaders.
The passage argues strong local pride with a North Dakota wheat grower advantaged over a brother across the line referencing smugglers arrested for wheat sales in the states. It notes political mismatches, Arkansas annexation jokes, and Wisconsin deer hunting fatalities suggesting a call for a closed hunting season due to misidentifications and losses.
The late John J. Ingalls statue is placed in position in the Washington Capitol and is said to resemble it will speak while democrats cheer it does not. City business leaders endorse it as the city’s sole urgent need amid other notes on Ramsey county farming and a new hotel proposition.
An old patent medicine advertisement promises a hundred dollar reward for untreatable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents per bottle. It lists Toledo based firms endorsing the product, asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, and notes refunds and testimonials.
A BeeBeall Mississippi reader quotes T R Beall praising Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Beall says his wife with all symptoms improved after trying the remedy, with four bottles curing her. Drugstore guarantees the product and offers 50 cent and 1.00 prices with trial bottles free.
They thresh good hard wheat yielding 18 to 27 bushels per acre in Morton and Hettinger counties North Dakota. Prairie land costs 10 to 12.50 per acre with a 2160 acre homestead and 820 acres for 2000 or less. Listings include an improved quarter two miles from Starkweather at 2750 with one third cash and a bargain quarter at 2350 with similar terms.
Westminister Presbyterian Church invites attendance at 11 a.m. preaching service Sunday followed by Sunday school at noon Junior Endeavor meets at 8 p.m. Senior Endeavor at 7 p.m. preaching again at 8 p.m. Mid week prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. You are cordially invited to these services.
An old advertisement touts Lexative Bromo Quinine as a remedy that can cure a cold in one day with the slogan no cure no pay. The price is listed as 25 cents.
Advert reads Scott's Emulsion as the best cod liver oil preparation rich in nutrition and stomach friendly taste. It claims to restore strength and flesh for young women suffering paleness weakness and nervousness by regular use, presenting the product as a true blood food.
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