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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1903
Page
8
Fargo court house fire prompts rebuilding in Caseolton. Philip Schmidt, eighteen, dies after a gun explodes during a traded item incident. Denhoff postmaster John Steinecker pleads guilty to embezzling 1650 dollars. States Attorney Clyde accuses papers of libel over coverage of the matter.
The Chicago Great Western operates two trains daily between the Twin Cities and Omaha with a flyer that connects in Union Depot Omaha for Denver Salt Lake City and San Francisco. The Day Express serves Austin Mason City Fort Dodge and Omaha with travel information via traveling agent Jones in Fargo North Dakota.
A Fargo Forum report describes a new swindle where agents promise electric light contracts for farms. An initial payment covers house and outbuildings, then a second agent measures and emphasizes per light costs. Victims often pay 15 to 50 dollars for release of the signed document.
The Great Northern offers 11 round trip excursion tickets to Eastern Canada at 40.00 with Montreal as base. For points east of Montreal add one fare to the 40.00. For full details contact W. H. Kipp, local agent, or Fred A. Hill TPA Grand Forks, and G. P TA St. Paul Minnesota.
Taken up two stray cattle and a horse described as a white spotted 1000 pound bullock about eight years old with rope around its neck a light bay 1200 pound cow with left fire mark and white left hind foot about eight or nine years old at Segerlin farm Morris township and Segerland farm Northeast Devils Lake also a bright bay horse 1200 pounds with white left feet and a star on its forehead about eight or nine years old from Fort Totten reservation Louis Farstenau and Perry Knepp are named as owners authorities listed with location and age notes.
Large sight room house known as the Saundera property available for rent. Suitable for keeping roomers. Also a large barn on the premises. Enquire of Burke and Middangh. serf.
Stray hay geldings about five years old missing since early November. They are white with a white star on the forehead and one white hind foot on each, with one taller than the other. Last seen heading south from Luther Elliott's place. reward offered. Also odd sale notice and brief social notes about Mrs Stoner's travel to Granit Forks and Minot.
At the Tri State Grain and Stock Growers convention in Fargo January 1923 1904 note Farmers Exchange was organized to trade seed grain seed corn and sires with samples pedigrees and prices. The secretary J H Worst invites farmers to share crop rotation experiences and present talks at the coming convention.
Advertises low round trip fares from Fargo to Buffalo Montreal and eastern points with prices to Boston Springfield Syracuse Albany and more. Tickets on sale December 12 to 22 good for return until January 12 1904. Inquiries to R R Jones T P A Fargo ND.
The Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railroads offer a fare of one and a third for three riders to the Educational Association meeting in Grand Forks December 29. Tickets require seventy five cents per fare on all lines. Milwaukee Road routes to Fargo and nearby points available. pass through Great Northern or Northern Pacific networks from junction to Grand Forks. Buyers must keep receipts when purchasing tickets, per J H Worst, executive committee chairman.
An old advertisement offers a reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The text includes testimonials about J. Cheney and associates and references various humorously quoted lines and breaded quotes from periodicals.
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