15 Jan 1887
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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1887
Page
1
Advertises cloth overcoats in Chinchilla and pea jackets offered for cash only. Goods must be sold within 80 days at any cost, driving a no-credit discount push for quick clearance.
Weather note reports a blizzard storm and price impacts on goods. Officials warn of travel hazards and businesses adjust hours as the storm moves through the area.
A slide of short notices from Devils Lake reports travel and visits by Gene Thompson John Fluttie George Treat Emmett Pew and others. Local church services marriage appointments and social events mix with weather wrecks ice conditions temperance talks and business travel notes.
A Dutch journalist notes volatile speculation over who will secure offices in Deadwood. Barney Caulfield, Burney, and Judge Church are discussed, with talk of Dawes bill delays and Wellborn blocking progress. Mayor McClure pushes for open land, while local lawyers chase advantage amid shifting loyalties.
Local column notes Dakota home life with Mr. Webster as an engineer and carpenter supporting his family, a New Year party hosted by Kelly Bros, a birth, and winter weather observations at Fort W. Ford with monthly rainfall and temperature details.
Comrades urged to attend a G A R post gathering scheduled for January 18 at 3 o clock PM. The note requests participation and references a meeting site described as Devils Like, Baows, nes Comuater sate which appears garbled.
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