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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1898
Page
3
A summer visitor befriends Canadian mill workers and joins their wedding party. The groom, with two young children and three buggies, plans a weeklong marriage procession ending at the cemetery grave of his first wife. The bridegroom’s family, riding in hired buggies, garners a grand bow as they pass the bride’s home, amid mixed feelings from onlookers.
A miscellany commenting on extravagance and wealth use, noting transfer versus destruction of riches in society. It includes short anecdotes from journals and magazines, such as chess chaos over a pawn, a Port Townshend customs intrigue, a London court quip, and light social jokes, all reflecting era humor.
A young Indianapolis student in a private school overheard chatter as girls argued over sisterhood after a Sunday school lesson. One girl claimed another as a sister until a clever retort about a heavenly father ended the dispute. Insects hide from predators by disguising with bark spots, lichens, or flower-like colors, as described in natural history notes.
A Chicago Chronicle report describes a schoolroom moment where a teacher defined minerals as inorganic substances with definite composition and then asked pupils to name three. A girl named Mary answered Apollinaris, vichy and selers amid the discussion of mineral recognition.
A mixed docket item notes a 1808 property tax notice from the tax treasurer and a civil suit in Ham County North Dakota. It lists William H. Brown as plaintiff and Abraham Leschon and others as defendants in a case filed December 16, 1998. The document includes summons to answer within thirty days and attorney Ba Magwany.
The board of county commissioners of Munsey County North Dakota invites sealed proposals for furnishing 4041 ounces more or less of strychnia in 1 1/2 ounce vials. Proposals due at 1 oclock a.m. January 2, 1899. Henry Tale, County Auditor.
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