UC Tightens Warning to Malt Liquor Venders
States Attorney D.G. Duell issues a formal warning citing a recent supreme court decision that selling malt liquor is illegal under prohibition. The letter warns that continuing sales will be treated as violative, with enforcement actions including warrants likely for violators. Duell notes that proof of a government tax receipt may serve as prima facie evidence of guilt.
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Late
Grand Opera Devils Lake Show Tops All Vaudeville Acts
At the Grand opera house in Devils Lake patrons enjoyed superior vaudeville this week under Cowley and Nimmo management. The bill features Lynné and Bonnie Hazard, Bingham and Thornton, Knotts & Lawrence, Nancy Ries, and Rogers and Marion with musical and comedy acts plus recent film shorts. Two shows nightly at 8 and 9 15 featuring Spanish Girl and other films. Also notes on bedbugs from the agriculture department and a grim Illinois anecdote, ending with a quip about roads paved with good intentions.
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Devils Lake
Messrs
Bonn
Woodley
Bingham’& Thornton
Knotts & Lawrence
Nancy
Lee Ries
Rogers
Marion
Band Benefit at Grand Opera House Monday
The Devils Lake band sponsors a benefit concert and dance at the Grand Opera House on Monday evening. The program includes marches, overtures, intermezzos, songs, vaudeville acts, and new motion pictures, followed by a dance with a twelve-piece orchestra in the opera-house ballroom.
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Devils Lake Band
Grand Opéra House
Devils Lake
Attac
Levy G. Medley
the Ruler
St. Vitus
G.E. Holmes
W. F. Cramer
Koch Delivers Readings of Everyman at Grand Opéra
Prof Koch of the state university drew a devout audience at Devils Lake with a Sunday evening performance of the morality play Everyman. He prefaced the reading with a discussion of early drama’s links to the church and how religious plays were staged and performed.
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Koch
State University
Devils ‘Lake
Grand Opéra House
Mr. Koch
Prat
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Everyman Moral Play Recalls Journey With Good Deeds
The passage describes Everyman seeking a companion for his voyage to the afterlife. Companions refuse aid until Good Deeds, aided by Knowledge, awakens with difficulty and ultimately helps him face his reckoning before God. The tale emphasizes a strong moral about virtue and accountability.
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Everyman
Nce
Grand Opera House Sees New Management Change
Devils Lake transfers control to Cowley and Nimmo who have steered the Colonial successfully for a year. The Grand’s prior manager D V Brennan retires to focus on other business while the new duo promise to elevate the Grand from its established vaudeville and film programs.
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR BIG DITCH TO LAKE
At a adjourned city council meeting on Monday evening bids for opening the big ditch to the lake from the sewer system were reviewed. W Scruth, with the lowest bid, was awarded the contract amid three bids presented: Scrut h two cents per cubic yard, Yeaman five and a half cents, Young forty seven point nine cents per cubic yard.
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LAW
yScruty
James ‘Yeaman
Tom Young
Carnegie Library Opening Brings City Pride to Devils Lake
The Carnegie Library opened to the public on Friday with hostesses from the Library and Shakespeare clubs and music by the Devils Lake Orchestra. The $12,500 building, donated by Andrew Carnegie, features weathered oak interiors, electric lighting, and ample reading space. Local women and builders are praised for perseverance in securing the library, with architect J. A. Shannon and decorator W. H. Johnson noted for their contributions.
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Library
Shakespeare Clubs
Frappe
Devils Lake
Devils ‘Lake
North Dakota
Andrew Carseuss
Thebrary
Supt
D.W. Bangs
C. A. Dodge
Mesdames Mae Ruhberg
F. A. Stoltze
Mary Brennan
J. A. Shannon
Valdemar Gram
W. H. Johnson
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Walker Circuit
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Devils Lake Drug Company
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