Devils Lake High School Notes And Plans
School notes record Eisa Radcliffe organizing a sixteen voice glee club with four parts and discuss practice start. Basketball season ends due to lack of suitable gym space. Financials show 76 dollars raised, 12 dollars spent, 41 dollar debt paid, and 22 dollars banked after hall use donated by Mr Fox. Athletic Association meeting reports supper ticket sales and thanks to Gretzsinger crew. Mrs Gogawell returns after injury, Mr Cogswell remains active. Devils Lake seeks a new up to date high school with a good gym and plans to share rooms next term. Senior Privilege plan introduced by Mr Barnell aims to give seniors a college taste.
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Fox
A.A
The
Athletic Association
Wolverton
Devils Lake
Athletic Association fundraiser at Magic Hall event
Last Friday night the Athletic Association hosted a dinner and show at Magic Hall near Fox's meat market. Over two hundred attendees contributed to a net of 563.85 to strengthen the A A, with a small surplus to start a baseball team. Gretzsinger led the event as chief manager with Pearl Webster Mary Henzie Jessie Henley Marie Palmer Valley Thursor Evangeline Maher and Grace Scrumgard assisting. Mr Wolverton oversaw tickets and several boys did much of the work. The Seniors plan a class play this year with Nat Goodwin’s American Citizen among the possible choices, under Miss Smith’s management.
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Thee Athletic Association
Fox
A. A
Miss Gretzsinger
Pearl Webster
Mary Henzie
Jessie Henley
Marie Palmer
Valley Th
Shark Back From Eastern Trip Sparks Spring Campaign
Herman Shark returns from weeks in the east with business and pleasure, ready to launch a spring push. He announces the purchase of the largest line of summer soda he has ever carried after visiting the Twin Cities Milwaukee Philadelphia and New York.
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East
Herman Shark
Shark
Twin Cities
Mr. Shark
Milwaukee
Cultaed
Philadelphia
New York
Missionary Society Meets Friday to Discuss India
The Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet Friday afternoon at Mrs Turner's home. Papers read cover topics such as Heathen Christening, Serpent worship, Temple practices, Sacred animals, Status of Women, Parsism, Hinduism Yadiam, Buddhism, and Dante. Attendees including Freshwater township members attended the Sunday School convention.
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Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Turner
India
Luther Serpent
Sprague
Monket Temple
Jennings
Coon
Onstead
Stevans
Waillce Yadiam
Ostrander
Mrs
Hazsard Dante
Mrs. Simmonsfeld
Miller
Doan's Kidney Pills Proclaimed by Devil Lake Reader
A Devil Lake North Dakota user reports kidney pain and swelling improving after taking Doan's Kidney Pills. The testimonial credits rapid relief with few doses and urges fellow sufferers to try the product. The notice lists Foster Milburn Co as U.S. agents in Buffalo New York.
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Kithaen
Carrington
Devil Lake
N. Dak
Dosu
Kitney
Ibadighape
Doan
Foater-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Taka No’ Otter
Twentieth Century Club Meeting at Mrs Onstead Home
The Twentieth Century Club met at Mrs. G W Onstead's home on Wednesday afternoon. The program included The Newspaper and its Influence by Mrs A M Powell, Women and their Homes by Miller, Social Centers by Mrs Ly D Snell, Reading by Mrs D A Lether, and a vocal solo by Mrs M T Tenney with Olaf Hagen and Gus Zeeman of Lawton in attendance for business matters.
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G. W. Onstead
A. M. Powell
Miller Social Centers
D. Snell
D. A. Lether
M.T. Tenney
Summons in Park River Bank Case In Ramsey County
The First National Bank of Park River files a suit in Second Judicial District Ramsey County North Dakota. Defendant Charles A. Smith must answer the complaint within thirty days after service or risk default relief. Clerk's office in Devils Lake and Park River address provided. dated November 24 1911 with attorney H A Libby listed.
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Ramsey
National Bank of
Park River
North Dakota
Charles A. Smith
Rumsey ‘County
North, Dakota
Devils Lake
Walsh County
North Dakotas
H. A Libby
Plaintif
Dolomites Road Opens Linking Milan Venice and Bavaria
London Standard notes the May 1910 opening of a new highway through the Dolomites from Botzen to Toblach, praised as a remarkable engineering feat and a gateway between Italy and Bavaria. The piece contrasts modern travel ease with lingering hardline police restraints used in France and notes historic beginnings of the Brenner Pass route.
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Dolomites
Botzen
Tobluch
Lake District
Italy
Bavaria
Milan
Venice
Nunieb
Harper's Weekly
Toblach
Meinrich Hunt
Vigo di Fas
Eggen
Beng
France
London Standard
Muzzled Roosters Law Sparks City Talk in Los Angeles
Los Angeles officials consider an ordinance to bar roosters from crowing between 7 p m and 7 a m Pacific time. Citizens complain of sleepless nights as council debates feasible enforcement and possible alternatives such as muzzling or throat operations, with the city attorney drafting a workable approach.
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Los Angeles
Genevieve Dalrymple
East Seventh Street
Andrews
John W. Shenk
City of
Los Angeles ‘Tribune
Pots of Glass in France for Low Cost Plant Pots
A new French process creates glass pots resembling ordinary pots in size and shape. They resist ice and frozen earth, stay clean when buried, and allow easy plant removal. Thick glass reduces porosity, keeping soil moist longer and reducing drying, with rugged durability for potting plants.
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France
Jance
Walla
Aleo
In Mr. Balfour's Early Days Contested by Politician
Fragmentary OCR records recount Balfour's early political contest with Joem Silden Geret and a jesting remark by Lord Randolph Churnbill about taking a wife to a concert. The text is garbled but conveys snatches of social satire and political sparring.
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Balfour
Joem Silden Geret
Ramdolph Churnbill
Queen Mary’s stance on divorce and court access
The piece argues Queen Mary aimed to revive Victoria era rules restricting divorced individuals at court, signaling disfavor for respondents and corespondents. It notes Victoria’s leniency with ministers, yet Mary and George faced practical limits, while Russian society shows shift toward more divorces and a more open court despite objections.
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Mary
Victoria
Queen Victoria
Obarion Dilke
Lord Melbourne
Palmery Ston
Lord Llandaff
King George
Cyril
Russia
Loulas
Schleswig-Ho! Stein
Goukhominov
Witte
Rosalia
Masons and social events fill Grand Forks notes
Locals report Masons attending Shriners meeting in Grand Forks with A V Mary Billy Nimo Geo Roderbach and others. L H Miller and son A B of Pee own Penn Implement Co attended on business while L J Wehe returns from an appendix operation. Miss Clark hosted a hospital tea party and Foresters plan a dance. Rev Alex Karr spoke on pensions for superannuated ministers. Salvation Army oyster supper set for 5 20 with 25 cent charge. Mrs Peter Regan and H J McDonald appeared in town. Sunday School convention drew Edith Harpeter from Rugby. Socialist roller rink event planned Feb 5 with Devils Lake dancers. Chas J Murphy attended district court matters. Dee Read leaves for St Paul to join Hotel Dakota. Wm Kerst goes to Ontario for several weeks.
Brash Halstead Misses Mrs Johnson at Cincinnati Gathering
The scene recounts Murat Halstead misnaming attorney Mrs Johnson as the “brat ornament of the Cincinnati bar” after mishearing a phrase. At an evening gathering Halstead approaches a woman, thinking her Mrs Johnson, and awkwardly asks if she lives in Ohio amid a flurry of mistaken introductions.
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Old Law Frm
Goldsmith, Colston, Hi & Johnson
Murat Halstead
Johnson
Cincinnati
Hal
Deduction Mention Sparks Candid Stage Exchange
A fragment shows dialogue about a speaker named Queen Ieald Hicks and a line about a man born with a silver spear. The context suggests a humorous or satirical deduction on stage, reflecting a public event or performance. The readable text is limited but indicates a quotable exchange and character reference.
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Ieald Hicks
Dy George
Fragmented OCR: Beak match with Matagar-Oa bel meow
Readable text is limited and fragmented. No clear names, dates, places, or events emerge beyond vague references to a matching act and a belted artifact. Summary constrained by lack of verifiable details.
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Eisa Radcliffe
Glee Sclub
Arm ‘Ory
Gogawell
Cogswell
Old Central School
Ellen
Hatton
Barneil
Rochester
Barnell
Western ‘Hotel
Fletcher
Nat Goodwin
Misa Smith
Thomas Moore
A. G. Tufford
Freshwater Township
Olaf Hagen
Gus Zeeman
Law- Yon
Summons
State OF
the Fashion Shop
Morris Smith
Prop
America
Valles
Tam
Thera
Great Britain
Rue
Grand Forks
Shriners
A. V. Mary
Billy Nimo
Geo. Roderbach
Andrew Stade
Gene. Svee
George Mhaffee
Jack Duls
Peter Haley
Albert Bell
L. H. Miller
Pee
Penn Implement Company
L. J. Wehe
Mr. Wehbe
Foresters
Alex. Karr
Valley City
M. Bi. Church of the State
Karr
Salvation Army
Peter Regan
Webster
City
H. J. McDonald
Edith Harpeter
Sunday School Association
Chas. J. Murphy
District Court
Dee Read
Great Northern
St. Paul
Dakota
Wm. Kerst
Ontario
Can
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