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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
4
A local store promotes a festive assortment of fancy dry goods, clothing, and fur nishings suitable as Christmas gifts for ladies and gentlemen. The confectionery and grocery departments invite customers to sample fresh, high quality items for Christmas candies, nuts, fruits, and dinner provisions with prompt, clean service.
Mrs J F Cowan and Mrs Steve Jones hosted favors for an Altar society gathering with carnations and a chicken pie supper. Mme Rosa d Erina and Miss Cora M Day were noted guests with upcoming weddings. A Shakespeare club meeting discussed Family Laundry and charity work. Moose lodge hosted a large At Home event at Odd Fellows hall with 300 guests and talks by Dan Brennan and F T Cuthbert. Mrs P C Donovan attended the Grand Opera house opening dinner for 36 guests. Five Hundred games followed at Mrs Joseph M Kelly home with red carnations and prizes to Dr Maude Williams and Mrs Hall.
A busy barber on Christmas morning jokes about shaving Germans and an American. In the chair a rabie and a brewer smile as the barber, misquoting a foreigner, asks if an American costs just 15 cents. The barber tightens his grip and the crowd overhears the humor as the customer pays.
A clipped humorous verse piece by Duncan M. Smith critiques college life rituals and hazing. It muses on friendship obligations, the vanity of effort, and the ritual tension between entertainment and discipline in campus events. The piece blends playful lines about weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries with ironic reflections on learning and tradition.
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