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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1912
Page
7
Mrs B J Ness and Miss Miller arrive on No 6 from Devil Lake, activities include visits at Cuthbert home and Lawton, and a Nordman masquerade in Gileshall. Local guests and residents attend parties, doctor visits, and Valentine event at A E Southam home. Florence Miller operated on for adenoids. Crary Swenson and Cull host thimble party. large gatherings and social rounds at Devils Lake.
Miss Alma Thompson visits Devils Lake while J M Osborne longtime Crary resident dies at home aged 87. Born in Tennessee, he leaves a large family and was active in church and farming. Funeral held at home with Congregational and Woodman services, interment in Crary cemetery. The community notes report social visits, gatherings, and local job changes across Crary and Devils Lake.
Miss Zada Irwin and the Irwin Brothers visited Demars Belcourt last week. Louise Lor Cecil Todd called in Devi Lake. Mrs Frank Enrig h’s friends hear she is recovering from ideas. Harbor residents enjoyed an evening at the Belcourt home. Grand Harbor sympathies, Ole Moen took his father to Northwood for cold treatment. Viola Sloman leads in Journal contest. School children held a Valentine party with decorated room and a dainty lunch.
Miss Hilda Hanson returned from Devils Lake last Saturday. Lula and Irene Crilly were pleasantly entertained there on Saturday and Sunday by their cousins, the Van Liew girls.
A group of young Western women touring the New York Zoological Park met Dr. Hornaday who advised them to avoid the slums, stressing that such places offer little to education. He urged visitors to seek constructive, admired aspects of the city and praised their hosts for prompting thoughtful travel choices.
A playful remark questions whether Bily Habt had a birthday, implying surprise at missing celebrations and prompting a humorous exchange about dates and memory.
Dr. W F King, assistant secretary of the state board of health, reports finding a weight imbalance in a dumbbell pair bought for his daughter. He notes one side was four ounces lighter, compares to authentic weight, and warns this could mislabel products. The incident recalls Ben Hur’s galley balance lesson and stresses equal weight for balanced development.
Central Park menagerie keeper Bill Snyder says feeding hippos pies is wasteful. Miss Murphy the hippo eagerly eats a brandy soaked mince pie tossed by a man from the West Side, drawing cheers from spectators and kids alike.
The late Vaughan Kester drafted the constitution and by laws for a Mutual Help association at Gunston near Mount Vernon. The group, whose motto is Everybody's business but my own, aims to pool members opinions on all questions to aid personal welfare and add variety to life.
A Durbar museum display gathers Mogul relics and a telegram illustrating Montgomerys claim that the electric telegraph saved India. The dated dispatch from May 1, 1857, reportedly informed news of the rebellion to northern India and helped Lawrence Edwardes and Nicholson disarm regiments and coordinate relief for Delhi, aiding turning the mutiny.
In a playful scene the traveler Columbus shows a crowd how to keep an egg fresh, fitting a prank into a voyage story. The audience urges a real lesson on buying a truly fresh egg as Columbus paces with the egg in his coat and sets sail for America.
A man described as Uncle Rasberry walked into a drug store and asked for a plaster for his back. The brief incident notes a simple purchase without further complications or details.
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