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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1887
Page
4
The store stirs customer interest with a Silk Dress showcase and a bold push on Woolens and Underwear offered at low prices. Black Dress goods are displayed and urged for inspection before other purchases. Holiday presents can be bought there.
Christmas reflections from Inter Ocean praise universal goodwill while reporting political quarrels and tariff arguments. Includes editorials on Blaine, Edwards, Lamar, and Democratic-National contrasts, with local Dakota newspaper notes and observations from Fort Davis and San Francisco.
An Aberdeen meeting, organized by a Church faction led by "Ordway" Johnson, claims to represent 600,000 people and opposes Dakota statehood. It pits two power blocs the Democracy's autocrat and the Republican bosses against division proponents, aiming to block Union admission and influence Washington action.
A William G. story-like speech condemns free trade, arguing the United States relies on a protective fence around home markets. It warns that a Cleveland policy would remove barriers, inviting European competition and undermining American labor. A Gen. Dix quote calls to shoot if the fence is torn down.
Hansbrough, mayor of Devils Lake, and editor of the Ixten-Ockas, indicates a new drug partnership with J. M. Labold, moving his stock to Devils Lake around January 1. Labold, with three years in the city, is expected to prosper in a larger field. The notice also reports a serious rape case of a nine-year-old girl in Benson County, with Horace W Hathaway held on $2,000 bonds.
A dense ad column from a Rome Georgia wholesaler touts Dr King s New Discovery Bucklen s Arnica Salve and electric bitters with claims of cures including consumption. Multiple local sellers Bennett Horsman Omich Chafee Bartlett offer the products. The page also lists real estate lots in Devils Lake and various goods and services, including fountain stationery and silverware, with several auction and sale notices and notices of loans and a grain price post.
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