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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
4
William B. McLaughlin publisher sets subscription price at 1.50 dollars per year in the Friday January 5 1912 issue.
In Ohio a strong anti Taft mood grows after Senator La Follette’s speeches amid blizzards and crowded halls. White House says Taft will visit Ohio late January to speak. Despite weather, thousands pack venues, signaling strong Progressive support and a likely anti Taft delegation from Ohio.
At Devils Lake January 10 to 12 the Lake Region fair displays prize corn in classes 8 through 10 including Yellow Dent White Dent N Western Flint and Sweet Corn with 10 ears per entry and best displays by schools. A silver tureen worth 12 dollars is offered for the best single school display by Mr. A M Powell. Also mention reports a Workman lodge dancing party, Devils Lake orchestra, and Mrs J J DeCamp of Fargo visiting the Great Northern last week.
A Devils Lake observer notes heavy Christmas advertising by local merchants, suggesting it helps sustain the city. The piece urges readers to visit the office to examine a Devils Lake paper for proof and encourages timely action by opportunists.
Col Ben C Whitemead honors James A Buchanan a farmer and town builder in North Dakota. Buchanan preempted land thirty years ago near the town of Buchanan and developed eight thousand acres into thriving farms and a growing community. He is praised as a civic leader guiding moral, intellectual, and material welfare for the state.
Devils Lake banks see a major transfer as B W Page sells his interests in the Devils Lake State Bank to the O Connor brothers of Renville Minnesota. The new owners bring banker experience and conservative reputation while J M Thompson remains cashier. Ed O Connor serves as president with William O Connor as vice president and H L Schutte Joseph Wickert C J McGurren as directors for the coming year.
Bernard Jacobson an engineer at the electric light plant and Knute Nygord of Mackenock North Dakota have applied for a patent in Washington for a threshing machine shaker. The invention promises to replace the old shaker design, improve straw handling, reduce weight, and extend machine life from five to eight years. It has been tested practically with successful results.
United States Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon endorses Senator La Follette for the Republican nomination. He praises La Follette as conservative yet radical in manner, with a record in Wisconsin laws he says protect personal liberty and property rights. Bourne argues La Follette is a statesman, not a politician, and would be elected if nominated.
Hon Wesley C McDowell of Maine born in Illinois on a hot day in 1870. He left for Canada, lived there sixteen years, then moved to North Dakota where he has stayed. He taught school, became a traveling salesman and banker. A square, straightforward man who never sidesteps, McDowell led with sincerity. He was president of the North Dakota State Bankers Association in 1910 11 and won instant Senate recognition as a self made campaigner.
January schedule lists the annual election of commercial club officers, a socialist local dance at the opera house hall on January 8, a Mid Winter fair and farmers institute January 10 through 12, and the opening of the adjourned November term of District Court on January 10.
Devils Lake merchants have contributed premiums valued over 500 dollars for the First Annual Mid-Winter Fair and Farmers Institute to be held January 10 to 12. Nearly every local trader donated, funding displays across wheat oats barley flax corn grasses cooking and needlework poultry photography and manual training.
The Norden Musical ladies plan a Lude Fisk supper on Thursday January 11 with serving from 5 30 pm. A Norway scene with Lofo den Ludefisk lefse and more. The Norden chorus directed by Prof 0 Holm will perform new songs and Norwegian classics with girls in national costume. John W Maner offers farm loans with flexible terms.
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