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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
6
Market report from Minneapolis and Duluth lists grain quotes for oats barley wheat and flax. Prices include No 1 northern oats 8814 to 8534 and May wheat 8434 with nearby cash and Dec futures shown. Duluth figures cover oats flax and barley with cash and May futures noted.
A veteran watchmaker explains why regulating timepieces requires daily comparison with a chronometer. He recalls watching many watches lag at midnight, then settling to exact time by morning. The key point: a watch can be set to 24 hours but cannot uniformly divide each hour into 60 minutes.
A reminiscence notes how travel sped up from the Pony Express era to steam and electricity, turning people into globe-trotters. It contrasts past slow commutes with modern impatience over a late train or a brief phone wait, highlighting rapid progress in transportation and communication.
The Southern Farm Magazine notes salt or chloride of sodium can both hinder general vegetable growth and boost yields in crops like wheat, mangel wurzel, beans, cabbages, and asparagus when applied in liberal amounts. Coastal lands naturally receive seawind salts, aiding plant growth in small quantities.
Fragmentary report notes a wrist injury and damaged sentiments linked to a monument in Germany. Names and context are unclear due to OCR errors.
Joseph Colina of Ansonia crawled onto a New Haven locomotive while intoxicated seeking a ride home. He clung to an iron bar as the train halted seven times, enduring cold and debris until police removed him in Naugatuck where he received 30 days for intoxication.
A Baltimore barber George J. Graiser wakes a sleeping customer with a cow entering the shop and stroking the man's face. The startled sleeper screams and rushes out as the cow causes a stove and chairs to topple and a mirror to break. Graiser bills the cow owner for $125 in damages.
Three Congo brought to Paris undergo treatment for sleeping sickness. One patient in early stage eats and sleeps normally. a second awake briefly, then torpid. a 13 or 14 year old boy shows disease neutralizing cocaine. Dr Wurtz doubts a microbe cause, suggesting a trypanosome parasite similar to cattle diseases.
The piece lauds Queen Helena for her verse and inclusion among Europa's royal litterateurs. It notes early publications, mentions Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and references a Paris contest where competitors walked from Cabaret de Quats Montmartre to Sureane and back while composing.
A St Louis workshop uses a compact table‑top photo printing machine capable of 800 prints per hour, operated by a treadle and hand feeding. The article also discusses a despondent Norwegian who died by suffocation and a French critique noting the act can be performed in a private space with strong will.
Commerce data show US-Manchuria trade near 1901 levels in 1902 with Newchwang Imports at 18 million haikwan taels, up from 17 million in 1901 and 8 million in 1900. Four main American exports jeans drills sheetings kerosene totaled 6,118,920 taels ($3,854,920).
Evelyn Whlench, son of Privy Councilor Wrench, grew from a $260 start in London to a fortune by selling picture postcards. After Eton and studies in Germany he opened a Haymarket shop with agencies abroad, turning the business into a joint stock firm producing 60,000,000 postcards a year and earning about $100,000 annually.
Lovers are seen on the steps of public schools in Innesville Wisconsin in a scene described as playful yet prohibited by city council after a lengthy discussion. A bystander recalls a similar moment on those same steps years ago.
A London letter cites a reply from Lord Roberts to a royal commission claiming he did not know Canada personally. The critique highlights Canada’s vast 3,000,000 square miles, long prairie stretches, and ample land, contrasting with the claim of limited spare ground amid a 5,000,000 population.
The world renowned light stands 14 miles off Land's End coast. It is 136 feet tall, built in 1883 on a submerged rock at a cost of 400000 dollars. Three keepers and families rotate two on duty monthly to preserve nerves. The first beacon appeared 1697, washed away, the second burned in 1776, the third stood 1767 to 1882 and became famous in history.
An inspector tells a Washington Star reporter that burglars pour nitroglycerin into safe cracks, cover with combustibles, ignite, and wait for the door to drop out. He notes the method is known to criminals and warns it will persist in time.
A discussion of cross pollination in fruit breeding citing Marcus Woodward. It explains choosing pollen, patience over years, and eventual judgment of flavor color flesh and juiciness. The article notes careful selection and the long, uncertain path to a successful new fruit.
The Philadelphia Record notes monocle wearers in Philadelphia New York and Chicago with a few in Britain. It cites Kitchener’s advice on alternating eyes and warns the practice strains optic muscles and risks vision, citing Joseph Chamberlain and his son as examples.
A Philadelphia Record tale describes a woman in Manayunk who used valerian odor to guide her to a bathroom leak. She sealed her cat in the parlor, poured valerian into the washstand basin, and the cat pawed to the wall spot, confirming the leak by its purring and sniffing.
Sir Alfred Jones, a Liverpool merchant, discusses renewed cotton growing experiments in West Africa. He notes the United States will soon face domestic cotton demand and compares past and present production, highlighting Britain's reduced share and West Africa's growing output.
A scientific journal claims over 8 million of Mexico’s 13.5 million people do not work. The article asserts Mexican homes are receptive to Yankee ideas being introduced.
A dealer promotes furs made in his own shop by skilled furriers. He claims the best investment furs are those crafted locally, emphasizing quality and long term value.
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