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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1905
Page
6
New Year's Eve celebrations with dances planned in local hotels and schools. Notable visits and arrivals include families from Grand Harbor and Peterson. Local youths enjoyed sleighing and skating as the year ended, while resolutions and small town happenings filled the Webster West Side notes.
West Side residents share visits at DeGroat Rolla Grand Harbor and Grand Forks. Misses Jacobson Lynn Arton and Messrs Keidall Lynn Jacobson attend Charles Ferry ball. Leap Year party at Neils Jacobson home features cheerful faces and mistletoe. Basket social and fish pond hosted by Mrs Mads Michelson raising about seventy five dollars.
An Oaklandon Indiana man credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing his wife of consumption after three doctors gave up. The ad claims the medicine kills germs, relieves in one dose, and is guaranteed at 60 cents and one dollar by C W Greene with a free trial bottle offered.
STARKWEATHER Mr and Mrs Bartheld visit Lansing Iowa Seymore Bri attends Paro Commercial college Martin Nyland stays with parents in Kulm John Henderickson returns from Chicago visit Wilson Kaley visits this week M A Benson to move from Mandan to Benson farm
A claim that Electric Bitters relieves and cures malaria and jaundice, noting it as superior to quinine. Customer testimony from Henrietta Texas praising its life-saving effects after use, with price 50 cents at J. W. Greene's drug store and a guarantee.
An officer recalls a Hong Kong dinner featuring beche de mer sea cucumbers, bamboo shoots, and a Cantonese puppy roast. The meal included sea figs, rice birds, nankin eggs, and assorted cold glands with pheasants and Kobe beef, ending with fruit baskets and tiny orange trees.
The article surveys unusual trees such as eucalyptus and the tree of a thousand images in Tibet, notes a nutmeg tree’s small yield, and mentions a leafless Australian forest. It cites river weather maxims from Potomac pilots and a December weather saying. It closes with a quote from David Starr Jordan about living meaningfully today.
Mrs Green-William questions a suitor named Billy for their daughter Mary. The dialogue hints at parental concern and a claim Billy’s name misfit or unsuitable, reflecting a playful family exchange about early romance.
A humorous fragment from a New York press item recounts a misaddressed letter to “Any Hespect able Lawyer” that was marked not found and returned. The source includes misspellings and quips from amateur reporters and a cabman, reflecting playful local reportage.
Week ending January 7, 1906. Uncalled advertised letters include Bell Dongald Mrs Johnson Louia R Bradley Robert Johnson John F Bandy Joe Kellner Brick Brown J W McLain Will Bjornstad John O'Brien WJ Christensen Ernst Books Martin Davies Mrs EXE Ryan Patrick Dalis Peter Ringvold NL Goodrich Fred Stey Frank Goodton Josee Stromm John J Hearn J F Thowson Mise Jorgensen Henrik Turner O oir Jorgensen Miie Williams Mrs Alda Willard Lettia. If not claimed within fourteen days, letters will be sent to the dead letter office.
An Astracan fur coat valued at $100 is offered for half price with inquiry directed to Burtscher the tailor at 41-44 Greatly in Demand. Also advertised modern blood and system cleanser Dr ing's New Life Pills at Greene's drug store for 25 cents, and news that 20,000 Imola cigars arrived in Grand Forks by express with freight noted.
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