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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1903
Page
6
A historical discussion argues that poverty and ill health stem from hereditary and environmental factors, not ignorance alone. It urges medical societies to form standing committees to cooperate with charities, emphasizing preventive charity and sanitation alongside infirmaries, dispensaries, and hospitals.
A Chicago Chronicle note says a publishing house in the city received an order from the Yukon region for books about the far northwest. The list includes Gibbon and Mill works but excludes Bret Harte, signaling the vanishing notion of a distant Far West as navigation short on ice and mail.
The universal free school now sends a new, sturdy, literate crowd to the frontier. They seek books wherever they go and rely on science and organized civilization to satisfy their needs. Culture expands beyond traditional regional centers.
Eighteen miles southeast of Comanche in Chickasaw country, six Missouri mules pull a large plow to turn asphalt in the ground. Wells reach 100 feet, revealing thick asphalt strata in a deposit larger than Trinidad’s. Investors see potential for millions as they test the unlikely resource.
A Philadelphia Record description follows a lapidary peeling a pearl with delicate kid gloves and powerful magnifying glasses. He explains perspiration can discolor pearls and shows how an acid damaged outer layer may reveal further inner skin, noting a pearl’s concentric skins and the potential to peel until it disappears.
Noties to Taxpayers indicate all real and personal property tax for 1902 became due November 1 1902. Tax rates shown include mills per dollar of property and amounts raised for each purpose totaling 518 247 00 with lines listing specific levies 191 159 00 and 027 088 00 among others.
A New York Times report says over two million artificial teeth are produced yearly in the United States and output rises. Americans lead the world in preserving natural teeth while English and Irish neglect their molars, with many patients seeking help only when pain drives them to dentists.
A London paper details Formosan railroad construction with English and American rails locomotives and rolling stock built in the United States. Labor was Formosan and Japanese with higher wages for Japanese workers. Daily rates reached 62 to 80 cents for skilled trades, and 37 to 64 cents for laborers.
Announcement of a new seed catalog offering acclimated seed corn grain potatoes vegetables forest fruit and ornamental trees and plants with free packets on every order. Oscar H Will & Co based in Bismarck North Dakota presents this free catalog and seeds to customers.
A New York Sun piece quotes a retired burglar stressing that steady hard work, not lofty dreams, propels success. He recalls wasting nights dreaming of bank robberies while a less ambitious peer earns steadily by targeting smaller jobs, simply by sticking to it. He speaks to his son about practical effort and perseverance.
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