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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1912
Page
3
The Charles Theatre has secured several excellent films for the balance of the week and promises one of the best entertainment periods in its history for Friday and Saturday. The Saturday matinee features a special program. The children's matinees every Saturday afternoon are proving popular and the management has arranged a special next show.
The Grand Queen Zephra will headline at the Grand with evening performances this week. A good house last night proved the show exceptionally strong and large crowds are expected tonight and tomorrow.
The Inter Ocean exhibition drew attention to monogram stationery and refined writing goods described as the finest in the city. Readers noted stylish designs and quality craftsmanship showcased by exhibitors.
Bowling teams from Minot and Devils Lake travel to Empire alleys for a Saturday evening match at 8. Minot leads 2 0 in prior meetings with Devils Lake. Devils Lake roster includes J Conners A Goldberg Wm Boyd I Goldberg R Faust while Minot fields P R Tracy Hmil Edlund William Rothausen and Ed Lee.
The North Dakota State Chess Association holds its second annual championship on Washington's Birthday in a Fargo Commercial Club parlor. Ramson seeks to defend his title amid strong statewide interest with players from Jamestown Wahpeton Grand Forks Bismarck and others. The championship badge and prize fund are detailed to winners with a small entry fee.
The Devils Lake Socialist Local announces a Leap Year Dance at the Opera House Hall on Monday evening February 26th. Wait for it.
North China Daily News reports American and European ladies will see renewed Japanese silk demand in larger supplies with enhanced beauty. Fuji Spinning expert unveils a chemical process to strengthen elasticity and strength, improve spinning efficiency, and raise output by about 16 percent while preserving luster and offering antimicrobial and anticorrosive benefits.
London reports reveal the Duchess of Sutherland attended the Covent Garden Arabian Nights Ball in male dress with a painted face. A family inquiry at Stafford House questioned censorious remarks as the duchess defended the event as harmless and described the outfits as a lark.
Urges immediate attention to kidney trouble highlighting backache headache and urinary issues. Cites local user O T Berdahl of Rugby North Dakota praising Dean's Kidney Pills as effective with relief after six years of use. Sold by dealers nationwide 50 cents per bottle Foster Milburn Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Dean's.
B L Bowles waits on the French One pier as three French restaurants call about oysters. He coordinates release with customs and arranges two hundred dozen oysters in sacks for delivery by three taxicabs to New York City eateries for New Year’s dinner. The chefs express thanks as Bowles relays orders.
A historical note recalls Cape Prince of Wales in the 1890s when Eskimo youths, aided by W. T. Lopp, learned boat building and rearing reindeer. Lopp and wife taught humanity and printed their own paper, the Eskimo Bulletin, the world’s likely first yearly Inuit newspaper.
A family member rests after noon meals using a padded absorbent gaum pad placed over the eyes. The pad is held by an elastic band and cooled compresses of salt and water soothe burning eyes. The method claims to strengthen eyes and reduce crow’s feet by smoothing eye strata.
Sothebys in London auctioned Bunyan's Foxe book with two bids, bought in at 3000 dollars. Trustees of Bedford Literary Institute faced financial troubles and controversy over authority to sell. Attorney General intervened then concluded sale valid, book passing to the buyer. First edition Walton Complete Angler (1653) sold for 3760 dollars.
An aged reflection on slang from the eighties, including the contemptuous term “J Maverdy woman” from John Galsworthy’s The Man of Property. The piece laments slang’s persistence and questions whether anyone born among the “clithties” can explain or recall its meaning while noting its faded and preserved forms.
A fragmentary dialogue sets a tense mood as a man reflects on suspicion and danger. A pretty girl drops a glove on the sidewalk this morning, prompting a curious claim about a second man who warned him. The passage pivots to a proverb about keeping the wolf from the door and hints at a grim or coded discussion.
A historic plan to drain the Zuyder Zee in the Netherlands surfaces again as Holland considers a vast drainage scheme. The proposed effort would reclaim about 50,000 hectares, though past opposition and complex costs have hindered progress.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions Olde Taye and children with a fragmentary sense of a discussion. Names and clear facts are missing, leaving only partial phrases about a godd and comments on a commission. The passage reads like a stray speech fragment from a historic column.
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