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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1902
Page
3
No. 1 seed in the northern division faces stiff challenge from No 2 and No 3 teams. Teams push to claim top position with key games looming and margin of error narrowing as season enters final stretch.
The report notes Judge Pollock arriving from Fargo on Tuesday evening. Local ads promote horses from Gordon's barn via Van Liew and Pitcher and loans from First National Bank. A state case verdict found Wm Cummings not guilty after a fall money dispute with Thomas Madden. Dr. Horsman returns from an eastern trip amid severe winter weather. Insurance agent Powell cites a rush of fire policy work and mentions Glerum and Roe’s low coverage.
The General Land Office issued rulings affecting homesteaders. Edward Fuller vs George Miller concerned a claim twelve miles east of Cando where Miller resided on site before marriage but later lived elsewhere while farming the claim. The commissioner upheld cancellation, while the receiver favored Fuller, highlighting that mere intention or distant residence does not satisfy the law. actual inhabitation is required, guiding other homesteaders to avoid reliance on a mental home.
Public library adds titles across fiction and nonfiction including I Thou and the Other One by Ametia Barr Blix by Frank Norris Ashes of Empire by Robert W Chambers American Wives and English Husbands by G Atherton Bonaventine by Geo W Cable A Fair Barbarian by Frances H Burnett Simon Dale by Anthony Hope The Uncalled by Paul Laurence Dunbar Seven Oskes by J G Holland Free Joe by Joel C Harris A House in Bloomsbury by Mrs Oliphant The Grate K and A Train Robbery by Paul L Ford The Ruling Passion by Henry Van Dyke Neff and Rother promote land buyers List your property with them California oranges at T A Haslam's
A match carelessly lit a box of cotton batten ignited Glerum & Roe's general merchandise store around 1 pm Tuesday. The blaze consumed the stock worth 10 000 with 3 000 insurance. building owner M H Brennan held 2 000 insurance. Hodgkinson's drug store narrowly escaped full destruction due to heroic firemen efforts. Household goods from E Glenn and Dr Ruger were moved to safety. Fire delayed water access but was contained to the main building.
A reader from W Chester Pa praises Hood's Sarsaparilla for stomach troubles. The testimonial notes fatigue after eating, belching, and nausea due to a weak stomach, claiming the product greatly benefits the system and becomes indispensable to the family.
Community items include Geo Elmslie at the Grand Lodge meeting in Fargo. Judge Pollock handling blind pig cases amid Judge Cowan’s disqualification. Social news covers visits from Mr J Q Adams of Snowflake Manitoba and others, a Woodmen hall concert on February 28, and Presbyterian Church plans with church readiness delayed to March.
The Odd Fellows of this city plan a new brick and stone hall measuring 30 by 100 feet and two stories tall. The project, to be built on the existing site, will cost about 8000 dollars upon completion.
The German farce Die lustige Farce is staged by the O Callaghans to aid the local hospital. Cast includes George Fisher Edward Flynn Paul Gorder Edward Elliott Charles H Smith Frank Gunn Allie V Haig L Marion Hale Angie Bell Maud Rankin Mae Dorkman Ella Dellia Dottie and more. Tickets available at Hodgkinson's after February 15 with performances Feb 21 and 22. John W Maher offers crop-contract loan options for balance payments.
An old newspaper blurb touts Scott's Emulsion as a nourishing remedy for sickly children, claiming it adds appetite and strengthens digestion like grain to horses. It emphasizes the product as both food and medicine and mentions a free sample offer from Scott & Bowne in New York. Ramsey County crops note follows with a local dealer praising favorable 1902 prospects and successful land sales in Devils Lake.
Are You a Mason is touted as the funniest play yet with show plans. Percheron brood mares for sale are featured at Whipple's barn. Dr C B Davenport will be in his office in February for ten days. Farm loan money is advertised by Ramsey County National Bank in Devils Lake ND. Attorneys at court include W H Thomas H B Doughty of Leeds and C E Gailius of Rolla. Havana Press drills gain favors as orders rise. O H Hanson and Maurice Elosson of Litchfield MN visited the city earlier this week. Hanson is brother of A P Hanson. A H Deeks of Singer Sewing Machine Co. moved agency from Geo W Getts to Ed Gilbertson. Company D ordered uniforms from Adjutant General Miller. a few more men needed before March 15. Louis Fuerstenau returns from a long visit abroad praising North Dakota snow. Mrs Monica Garvey of Chicago buys local property and Carrie C Lewis millinery stock to open a March 1 store with an East expert trimmer. Acme harrow replaces the Disc forest for field work, cuts thirteen and a half feet, weeds out and smooths soil. simple and cheaper, available at Prosser & Scramgard's.
Wesley Nelson of Hamilton Georgia recalls hobbing into Blackmon's drug store and being urged to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism. He says he had no faith but was offered a money back promise if it failed. After using it as directed for one week he claims full cure and has had no rheumatism since. It was sold at Greene's drug store.
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