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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1912
Page
7
Grand Harbor reports a flurry of social visits and events. Gladys McKay stays home while D D Norton renovates a hotel with new furniture. Many locals travel to Devils Lake for theatre, bands, and visits, including Queen Zephra showings and Washington birthday gatherings. Several residents attend concerts, threshing machine shows, and school functions.
Crary News notes Mrs L C Wright of Warwick visiting relatives in town Wednesday. H A Nicholson W H Walke and others enjoyed Queen Zephra at Devils Lake Thursday. M A Miller attended implement dealers convention at Grand Forks. Tom Holden went to Iowa for his mother’s illness. Mrs F W McDougal left for McVitie after visiting A B Southam. Edgar Anderson of Farmers Bank takes a week’s vacation in Twin Cities. A number of Crazy people attended the Day dance Friday. John McCotie visited by his brother. H A Nicholson and J W Kelly visited Devils Lake Saturday. M J Kavanaugh returned from Michigan. Mrs M Lux visited daughter Woodward at Devils Lake. Miss Olivia Miller of Devils Lake visited Mrs P H McGurren. A B Southam hosted a Valentine party with hearted rooms and festive games.
A French factory near Lyon tested glass paving at Place de la Republique under a city grant covering costs. The glass pavement lasted less than two years, edges broke and blocks split. Officials concluded glass pavement might work on sidewalks but not in busy street centers.
The American Bible Society has operated in northern Persia for 70 years. Disturbances and import bans affected distribution, but 773 copies reached Resti and Tene ran. Rev Doomboorajian reports selling 5400 scriptures in 17 languages over ten years, mainly Persian, after traveling 2600 miles and speaking with about 1000 people annually.
A Mississippi tale recounted to Raleigh listeners recalls a persistent candidate who finally failed when a late last minute candidate named Scattering entered the race and defeated him by a majority. The story, cited by Lamar and recounted by Beck, mirrors a postwar amusement about political folly.
A truck delivering Aquor kegged beer toppled a keg spilling it into the street. Pigeons flocked for the pool of brew and became visibly drunk while a mutt in pursuit slunk toward the gaggle, also staggered by the spilled drink.
The National Food Magazine notes American women in Berlin and other German cities appear more chic, confident, and vivacious than local women. German dining scenes contrast with American style, making a pretty New York or Chicago girl instantly the center of attention in restaurants.
A woman who summered in Denmark notes European reactions to American skyscrapers. She recalls initial European ridicule of tall buildings, then growing awe as New York’s skyline climbs higher, leaving Europeans breathless at postcards and images of downtown.
In a dialogue from a Reform Movement piece Mrs Benham asserts women will run government. She proposes men obtain a hunter license and certify they do not swear, as part of governance changes.
Incoherent OCR fragment mentions a wireless device praised, followed by garbled lines about Europe and a manger, rendering the read as unclear and not verifiable.
A sailor enacts a brutal, historical method to immobilize a shark by forcing a timber spar through its jaws and binding it tight, then blinding the creature with a knife. The piece frames the act as customary vengeance against the shark tribe, with a mythic tone about long memory and maritime retribution.
St Paul public school testing shows 202 children, 49 spell common words correctly while 107 struggle with Eberhart and 60 with Keller. Yet many read standard books such as Robinson Crusoe and Andersen Tales, Grimm, Black Beauty, Tom Brown, Little Women, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Scottish Chiefs. Public/educational note reflects on literacy and reading habits.
The text lists Monaco Luxembourg and San Marino as tiny armed forces with 75 guards 75 carabineers and 20 firemen 135 gendarmes 170 volunteers 30 musicians and nine companies totaling 950 men plus 38 officers Liberia is described with 700 men and 800 officers though the officers are said to be feared by their own government as neutrality proclamations are issued when wars break out.
The London County Council embraces Heine despite his dislike of the city. A passerby notes a tiled reminder of the poet who once lodged on Craven Street, Strand. Heine quips that London should send a philosopher but not a poet as he surveys the machine like city and its blunt earnestness.
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