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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
7
An extensive selection of Xmas goods offered for holiday buyers. The stock includes candies, home-made fudges, nuts, and a wide variety of flavored gum. Featured are cigars including Xmas box cigars, plus brass goods, toilet sets, books, and other items.
A Christmas tale shows Lucy Tisdale staging a dramatic holiday prank with a toy fire engine and a canvas chute, amid family tension over a guest Lord Arthur Trevelyan Vane Fitz Mortimer. The sequence includes the mother disapproving, the father encouraging play, and a chaotic yet affectionate climax as Lucy performs a daring descent.
In a brief item from the Tautsville Courier Journal, Ferdy and Des headline a local event. Details are fragmented but indicate a double act or musical scene drawing attention in the community.
A French lugger approached the coast carrying an Englishman who lay dying. He pleaded to be buried in a churchyard rather than at sea, and the captain agreed. A burial procession formed, but smugglers later desecrated the grave, while a hidden coffin filled with silks and lace was found inland near marshes.
A noisy dining scene unfolds as the waiter struggles with oysters and a diner complains about handling. The exchange reveals tension over service and the diner's unspoken demand for better preparation.
A New York Sun excerpt discusses oyster service quirks with warnings about shell choices and freshness, then pivots to a critique of librettists in opera. It notes the small pool of truly great librettists despite famed names like Voltaire and Addison contributing to the craft.
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