Mann's spring line Elgin Ideal shirts dominate local shop
Glty Mariel Elgin and Ideal shirt waists at Mann's highlight linen collars in new styles two for 25c. Finer than ever Elgin and Ideal shirts now spring line. Mann's boasts largest wash goods assortment in Devils Lake and runs many local business notes from visitors to residents.
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Elgin
Ideal
Mann's
Ideal Shirts
Mann
Duell
Earl
University
Corliss, Coon & Co
Mann & Son
Devils Lake
Amory Benefit Opera House Event Opens Season
Amory Benefit in the opera house Monday night drawn a large crowd for the armory fund. A masque ball is planned for Lincoln's Birthday February 12 with Prete's orchestra playing. Tickets cost 1.00 with supper extra.
School News and Notes Highlights Arbor Day Plans
The state prepared birth day observances for Arbor Day Bird Day Memorial Day and Flag Day are received with copies sent to each school. The note urges participation, urges teachers to use the days for lesson enrichment, and cites Supt. Devine's praise for recent teacher certificate terms. Crary school gains a furnace and floor repainting, with boards praised as public benefactors for comfort and attractiveness.
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Lincoln
Washington
J. M. Devine
Devine
Crary
Tompkins Incorporation to Build Power Plants and Lines
Allen Tompkins plans to form an incorporated company in North Dakota with 500 capitalization to build electric light plants and long distance telephone lines. The firm will install at least three plants this season and extend lines from Devils Lake to Edmore Cando and Minot. Incorporation papers to be filed early in February.
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Allen Tompkins
North Dakota
Mr. Tompkins
Interlaten
Devils Lake
Edmore
Cando
Minot
Notice of Chattel Mortgage Sale in Devils Lake 1902
Notice of sale due to default on a chattel mortgage dated March 11 1901. John H Jones pledged stock goods furniture and fixtures in a Devils Lake store to Louise Roble for 1200 dollars. Debtor failed to pay a note of 25 dollars and deteriorated stock valued under 1800 dollars. Sale set for February 8 1902 at 2 pm at the Ramsey County courthouse front door by Townsend and Denoyer attorneys.
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John H. Jones
Devils Lake
Ramsey County
Daikota
Louise Roble
Sai Loniee Roble
Devils
Ramsey
North Dakota
Devil | Dakota
Townsend & Denoyer
Carnegie's gift at Thomasville church amid sly satire
On McKinley tour, Andrew Carnegie joined a southern visit to a negro church in Thomasville Georgia. Deacons refused white visitors’ collection plates until Carnegie dropped a $50 bill. The pastor counted the money and quipped that the $50 must also be good, hinting at campaign libraries and funds with humor at the giver.
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McKinley
South
Andrew Carnegie
Thomasville
Saya
Des Moines
Carnegie
Breddern
St Pauls Armless Man Examined By Onlooker
A New York Sun excerpt describes an armless man who sits by St Pauls to sell wares and smoke. Observers note frequent assistance from strangers, including feeding and shelter during storms, highlighting unexpected attention toward him.
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St. Paul's
New York Sun
St. Pauls
Policy playing in Gotham exposes vast New York gambling network
The arrest of a so called policy king reveals receipts from 120 shops averaging $12,000 daily with $7,000 profit and $5,000 daily expenses. After costs a $2,000,000 fortune remains and some assistants earn $1,000 a month. The schemes prey on the poor who do not realize they are being robbed.
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New York City
Wireless plight of Nantucket lightship captain
Capt Jorgensen of a Nantucket shoals lightship faced daily wireless updates about his 1% year old daughter in Braintree dying. As Atlantic rollers raged and no rescue was possible, the captain endured hours of distress while isolated on his floating anchored prison. The piece laments wireless telegraphy as a misfortune in this tragic case.
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Jorgensen
Nantucket Shoals
Atlantic
Nantucket
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Braintree
German peat derived gutta percha eyed to cut cable costs
Advices from Germany say a satisfactory artificial gutta percha from peat could lower ocean cable insulation costs. Gutta percha, once the sole protective wire insulator, is limited and controlled by English cable firms. If peat based insulator from pent proves viable, it would lower prices amid rising golf ball gutta percha demand.
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Germany
East Indies
New York Times
Word hunt over wireless terms rages in Navy
Washington correspondent reports officials seek a concise label for a wireless telegram. Proposals include Atmospherogram Etherogram Aerogram Airgram and Marconigram, but Gen Greeley resists official adoption while the public follows the term wireless.
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Marconi
Navy
Signal Service
Washington
Baltimore Sun
War Department
Please fades as courtesy in British and American use
An American recounts how the word please is treated differently in England where it marks subservience, and predicts that in the United States it will become outdated like maam and sir did years ago as parents stop teaching children to say please.
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England
America
Washington farmers rally for crow hunts against pests
In Washington state farmers organize crow drives to reduce crop pest damage. The report notes bats eat many caterpillars and flies daily, while King Edward VII becomes the first British monarch to play golf since James I, highlighting distant royal sports.
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Washington
State of
Edward VII
Full-Blood Indian Babies Face Dwindling Future
A Cosmopolitan view notes the decline of full blooded Indian babies as mixed marriages rise, leaving only about 3,000 purebred children among 20 Southwest tribes. The article highlights lingering traditions, early training under medicine men, and large land inheritances, shaping an evolving cultural landscape.
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Penelope
Vaccination Gaps Evident in Boston Smallpox Cases
Eight new smallpox cases reported in Boston include five children never vaccinated and three men aged 35 to 65 who had not received vaccines since childhood. Public health authorities emphasize the need for vaccination to curb outbreak.
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Boston
Peculiarity of Duluth City Size and Shape
A note on Duluth describing a population around 70 000 with an incorporated town length of 28 miles along the lake and a width of one to two miles. The description highlights the unusual elongated footprint of the city along the shore.
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Duluth
Chautauqua Grounds Water and Baggage Services
Business promptly attended to Artesian water delivered to all parts of the Chautauqua grounds. Baggage transferred to the Lake. Leave orders at telephone office Office East of Wineman block.
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Chautauqua Grounds
Mexican War Veteran Praises Diarrhoea Remedy
A prominent editor and Mexican war veteran recalls contracting Mexican diarrhoea in 1847 and 1848. He credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with preventing pension increases upon renewal, calling it unequalled for quick cure and safe to take. Greene's drug store stocks it.
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Chamberlain
Mexico
Greene’s
Prominent Chicago Woman Praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy
Prof Roxa Tyler of Chicago vice president Illinois Woman's Alliance shares her experience with Chamberlains Cough Remedy. After a severe cold risked pneumonia, she failed with other medicines until this remedy, which was pleasant and gave rapid relief, left her entirely recovered and saving a doctor’s bill. Available at Greene's drug store.
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Roxa Tyler
Chicago
Illinois Woman's Alliance
Chamberlain
Chamberlains
Greene
Dru
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