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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1904
Page
5
Transient registrations and visiting officials appear with farm loan offers and delayed trains. Delinquent taxes rise as prices fall and sales push returns. Citizens move homes and businesses amid storms, auctions, and evolving town enterprise.
The item notes Grand Harbor resident visits, sleigh ride mishap, and upcoming play in Bottineau. It mentions candlemas ground hog day forecasts, Inter Ocean correspondent appeals, and local officials planning a $2,500 Lake Township school bond election with voting Feb 9 1904.
Local items report a fire protection letter, a new creamery contract and May 1 start, a surprise birthday, politics with a Republican treasurer candidate, a diphtheria death and nearby illness. Also noted are railway news, church meetings, and local businessman plans in Crary and Empire areas.
The Crocketon Times notes a popular new dance style praised by newspaper boys in the valley. It allows couples to sit out a dance in the same pose as a floor waltz with close holds and listening to music.
Advertisement notes two dollars more than half fare for travel from St Paul or Minneapolis to points across Arkansas Colorado Kansas Louisiana Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas. Sale dates listed including June 5 and 19 February 2 and 18 March 1 and 11 April 5 and 19. Apply to R R Jones Fargo North Dakota for particulars.
Yorker reader Meg Hagalns of Melbourne Florida recalls a near death from consumption. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving her life after a free trial led to recovery. The notice touts a dollar nine cent price and trial bottles offered locally.
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