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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1885
Page
4
Old Minnesota clipping details Devils Lake and Ramsey County notices along with political debate. Reports include Emigration edition plans for the Dakota Siftings, a Ramsey boundary bill, and cabinet selections for Cleveland. Mentions Geno Swaim pension, Standish lumber bill, and charity for a county boom. Also notes women’s suffrage move and election corruption court cases.
The Washington Monument was dedicated with grand ceremony on February 21 in Washington. A vast procession to the Capitol featured congress, diplomats, and military bands, followed by speeches by John W. Daniels, with Winthrop’s corner stone creed echoed. Fireworks lit the grounds tonight, including a dazzling dolphin fountain and Niagara tableau, as the monumental tribute to George Washington was proclaimed finished.
A Dakota frontier item reports Indians camping north of Hamilton. They killed a bear recently and are fishing. Names Pete Jordan Dunweith Frank La Verne Sweetwater lake and others returned from Mouse river with large pickerel. A Hutle St Paul case will probe five tearing down a claim shanty. Dunseith coal vein discovered five feet thick at fifty feet depth.
Jim recalls the brutal incident with frightful detail in a dialect narrative. He describes lashing out in anger at a deaf and mute girl named Lizbeth after she refused to respond, later realizing the horror of his act as he finds her child silent and unresponsive. The tale ends with Jim lamenting his actions and seeking forgiveness for his violence toward the vulnerable girl.
The Baltimore American notes a humorous copyrighted annual produced by the Charles A. Vogeler Company. The St Seaske Oil Family Calendar and Books of Health and Humor for 1885 offers wide array of humorists and artists, free distribution, multilingual editions, and praises from British and Australian press. It features pained testimonials for St Jacobs Oil and Red Star Cough Cure, with endorsements from health boards and authorities.
The Devils Lake land office announces final proof dates for numerous homestead entries with witnesses named to prove continuous residence and cultivation across townships 165 to 166 and ranges 64 to 66. Market reports from Chicago New York Milwaukee Cincinnati and Baltimore appear alongside notices urging settlement and listing grain and livestock prices.
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