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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1912
Page
2
The big auction action centers on the C H Baker farm four miles east and one mile south of Webster on February 26. Local residents report Baker will sell his complete farming outfit as part of the event.
North China Daily News reports a new chemical method by Fuji Spinning that strengthens elasticity and durability of Japanese silk, boosting yield by about 16 percent. The process also adds antigerm and anticorrosion properties and softens spinning while preserving luster, aiding spinners and consumers in America and Europe.
The piece questions slang relevance and freshness, noting John Galworthy as modern and quoting the eighties term daverdy woman as a contemptuous label. It asks whether anyone born in the eighties recalls or explains the term and stresses the need for current perspectives rather than preserved phrasing.
A damaged OCR fragment presents quoted speech about a girl dropping a glove on the sidewalk this morning and a garbled following remark. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or identifiable people, places, or events.
A Parisian actress introduces a morning exercise that uses tearing a newspaper into fragments and scattering them on the floor, then gathering every piece. She calls it the new stooping cure, a gardening substitute that can be done at home with the daily paper.
Italian aeronaut Dal Mistro flew a mail sack between Bologna and Venice in a Duperdussin monoplane, covering 101 miles in one hour and twenty eight minutes as Italy adopts an aerial postal trial.
A motorist braves cold night to wake a sleeping tramp on a sheltered log and urges him to join, but the tramp resists, preferring isolation over shelter. The scene shifts to a comic aside in Judge Overheard, where Bildad and Jimpson's berry-tempted ride contrasts with a garage dream.
A columnist quips about a daughter's engagement and abrupt marriage to a jobless suitor met at a resort. The widow humorously questions the risks of rapid romantic decisions and social judgments in a small community. The brief reflects local tones and familiar voices.
The city council resolves it is best for the city and inhabitants to grade Walnut Street from Railroad Avenue to Moore Avenue and the west 33 feet of Moore Avenue from First Street to Walnut. It also covers Third Street from Missouri Avenue to Dodge Avenue Fourth Street from Missouri Avenue to the east line of Block 8 and 9 in Cleveland Kennedy’s Addition and Missouri Avenue from Fourth Street to Fifth Street dated February 8 1912 signed by City Auditor E C Jones.
In Ramsey County District Court and County Court of Ramsey a series of notices announced. The First National Bank of Park River sues Charles A. Smith with a 30 day response period. Irene Tibbetts seeks hearing to establish heirship for the estate of Thomas Lyons with named respondents and guardians.
The court schedules a March 16 1912 hearing at 10 o'clock A M in Devils Lake North Dakota to determine the right of succession and title to the property described as the south half of Section 9 Township 155 North Range 65 West Ramsey County. Interested parties may appear to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Judge John F Henry signs the notice. M H Brennan is attorney for the petitioner.
North Dakota Ramsey County estate matter before Judge John F. Henry. Petitioner John Christophersen seeks probate of Anders Christophersen’s last will and letters testamentary for himself and Andrew Anderson. Hearing set March 15, 1912, 10 a.m., in Devils Lake court, Ramsey County. All named respondents and interested parties are summoned to appear and show cause.
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