Devils Lake Inter Ocean and Norse literary notes 1911
The Devils Lake Inter Ocean reports on January 27 1911 with editor Stromme of The Normanden and a companion rail journey. The piece extols Bret Harte Mark Twain Shakespeare and English literature valuing a well stored mind over wealth while praising a Viking personality. Also included is a Pioneer Progressive Republican league platform advocating direct election of senators primaries and recall and other reforms.
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Normanden
Bret Harte
Mark Twain
Shakespeare
Falstaff
Lea 1Ey
United States
Progressives Organize Republican League Event
East Washington Saturday night saw formation of a national Republican league with potential for better government across states. Nine Republicans signed the declaration of principles marking a significant party organizing effort.
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East
Washington
National Republican League
League
Get Together sparks Devils Lake business unity at Sevilla
At a lively Devils Lake banquet the city’s business men pledged unity to tackle upcoming problems. Attorney Edward Flynn urged turning talk into action, citing the former commercial club as a model of practical progress and consistent problem solving for true harmony and advancement.
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Devils Lake
Sevilla
Edward F. Flynn
Flynn
Commercial Club
Do It Now Motto Sparks City Action Plan
The passage urges immediate concrete effort over words, urging the city to unite, translate enthusiasm into work, and launch decisive action while opportunities are ripe, with a call to pair Get Together with Do It Now and to strike while the front is hot.
Robert Burns Honored by Scots Worldwide
The article lauds Robert Burns as a poet of the poor whose honest works endure across nations. It emphasizes his universal appeal beyond Scotland and highlights his themes of poverty, humanity, and pride in common people, citing lines from Is There for Honest Poverty.
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Robert Burns
Burns
Editorials Highlight Devils Lake Chautauqua Opportunity
A State Editorial association visit to Devils Lake and Chautauqua next summer offers the city its best chance in years to boost business. Last year Williston benefited from generous hospitality and free advertising, drawing new firms and residents. Editors will attend the annual Chautauqua session, and strong hosting could leave lasting, favorable impressions, prompting committees to act now and secure a speaker of national repute.
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Devila Lake
Chautauqua
Williston
Missouri
Devils Lake
National Reputa
Mouse River drainage project eyed by Devils Lake
The Fargo Blade highlights the Mouse River drainage canal plan as vital for Devils Lake and Ramsey County. Representative Hyland coordinates with the state engineering office to gather data on route, water yield, and cost, urging strong local support from the Commercial Club and Intercollegial Club. The piece also notes population shifts, census quirks, and local ponderings on fish stories and winter weather.
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Devils Lake
Mouse River
Hyland
Commer Club
Business and Farming Intercolal Club
Ramsey Co
Band on the February schedule draws crowds from city
The band will be busy with conventions in February and can attract many from the city as it rekindles recollections of the campaign during the busy period.
Doctor fears burial alive in Lebanon Pa note
A Lebanon Pa doctor, fearing premature burial, directed that his body be kept for twenty one days unless weather turns warm, raising concerns he could die in that period. The cryptic instruction reflects anxious beliefs about death timing and medical care.
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Lebanon
North Dakota Senate Bill for Devils Lake Deaf School Awaits Funds
Senate bill 32 proposes a twenty thousand dollar appropriation from the state treasury to complete a school building for the Deaf and Dumb at Devils Lake and to fund sewer, tunnel, heating, and plumbing improvements. An emergency exists as the fiscal year begins after July first, so funds are needed before that date and the act takes effect upon passage.
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Baker
Devils Lake
North Dakota
North Dakemee
School For the Deaf and Dumb
Sample cleaning rule for grain grading warehouses
A public agriculture notice requiring warehouses to clean the grain sample used for grading. Anderson of Ramsey governs the measure and enforces standardization across facilities.
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Anderson
Ramsey
Agriculture
Treasurship committee holds meeting with no action
A committee appointed to investigate the state treasurer's office met but took no definite action. The next meeting is set for Saturday with Miss Mitchell, an employee of the office, expected to appear before the board.
Devils Lake plans big feed at hardware and Elks event
Next month the bill of fare covers hardware implements and Elks institution in Devils Lake. The Commercial club spirit promises a large gathering with talk of tools and machinery. Airship manufacturing bans in big cities push Devils Lake to join the movement to keep high flyers out.
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Convention and Elks Institution
Devils Lake
Baseball regulations bill shifts Sunday game start to 2 PM
Senator Davis sponsored a bill regulating Sunday ball games, amended to begin at 2 o'clock instead of 8, and reported to pass. In Limelight, Mrs. Alice Nelson Page, a Devils Lake figure, advocates woman suffrage ahead of the March measure. Pardon Board reform proposed by Representative Hyland would set three members and a quorum, replacing four.
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Alice Nelson Page
Devils Lake
Bie
March
Hyland
Ramasy County
Inter Ocean to file bills from Bismarck session
The Inter Ocean will receive the bills and Journal of the legislative assembly at Bismarck. The documents will be kept on file at the Inter Ocean office for access by readers to inspect any minute detail of legislative activity.
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InterOcean
The
Legislative Assembly
Bismarck
Inter-Ocean Office
Ail
Three Bills Passed In Week by Senate
The senate approved three measures during the week. S. B. 5 makes Good Friday a legal holiday. S. B. 22 requires suitable toilet rooms in railroad station houses. S. B. 79 provides changes in county boundary lines.
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Senate
Debated Income Tax Initiates House Committee Action
The committee of the whole opened with House bill No 1 to ratify the income tax amendment to the federal constitution. A few amendments to the original measure were approved to come up on general orders.
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House
Hyland resolution for constitutional convention passes both houses
The Hyland resolution calling a constitutional convention to amend the federal constitution for direct popular election of U S senators was brought over from the house, concurred by the senate, and copies sent to the president and to the speaker in Washington.
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Hyland
Constegs
United States
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Washington
Decency vs Vice Lecture at the Court House
Hon River Serumgard delivered a lecture at the court house on Does It Pay or Decency vs Vice Indictment True Bill The third lecture in a North Dakota series sponsored by the Woman's Civic League presented the economist view to a sizable Devils Lake audience.
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River Serumgard
Court House
Bismarck
North Dakota
Woman's Civic League
Scrumgard
Devils Lake
Evange list Set to Draw Crowds in Devils Lake Fargo
Reading like a brief from a regional paper, the note hints at numerous conventions in Devils Lake with Fargo slated to host a prominent evangelist, suggesting a wave of activity and local religious events as February progresses.
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Devils Lake
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