23 Jul 1887
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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1887
Page
1
A town hardware dealer advertises steel binders with 18000 sold in 1881, buggies at cut prices, John Deere plows, new sulky and gang plows, Moline wagons, Ames engines, and separators. Also touts binding twine, thresher tanks, pumps, pipe fittings, brass engine fittings, hoses, beltings, and engine repair services.
Reports from Devils Lake and Towner county detail local visits, personnel movements, and community notes. Mentions include Dr. Burnett returning from Minnesota, religious services, railroad updates, and a coroner's inquest into Dora Tortip's death with circulating theories and a call for investigation.
Larimore drew visitors Tuesday and Wednesday for a spontaneous celebration of curiosity about local horses baseball clubs and trap shooters. Races were uneven with Grand Forks Tongue defeating Beawax 15 to 0. The Larimore and Lakota clubs played 10 to 2. Clarence Hide won most trap purses, while Fred Stoltze and McLaughlin also earned prizes. Devils Lake attended, and a large evening firework display and a rink bull drew crowds. Local banks advertised jet lists and prices as part of a post holiday sales push.
A blaze erupted at Friedmans cigar factory on Fast Fourth street Monday at 1 pm. Water streams extinguished the fire in ten minutes, saving the adjoining building. The insured stock and tools were a total loss. ownership is listed as Chay and Ibke of Axh land Wix. Origin unknown. The New Marriage Law and blanks for records are noted for probate judges and officials.
A broad assortment of gloves including dog skin buckskin goatskin and cheaper grades for harvesters. Large display of work shirts pants overalls and jackets at unbeatable prices. Shirts from fifty cents. pants from one dollar. jackets from fifty cents.
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