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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
3
Glty In Briel Powell sells farm lands while John Horsman spends the week in St Paul. Notices advertise hats and shirts at H L Wineman's, a laundry girl wanted, and local prices for milk eggs butter. Residents and visitors are named as well as brief community tidbits and advertisements.
A child’s pleasant flavor and gentle action are highlighted for easing constipation. The California Fig Syrup Co promotes Syrup of Figs as the best family remedy, suitable for costive or bilious parents, with every family urged to keep a bottle on hand.
A veteran in talking machines notes that scientists cannot explain why phonographs speak. A larger cylinder increases volume only to a point, then further size reduces sound. An experiment with a one foot diameter cylinder yielded barely audible output despite a perfect mechanism and engraved record.
An English writer denounces French household thrift as pernicious economy citing meager meals and soup likened to hot cabbage water. He disputes the emphasis on sauce over substance and cites a famous tale of a boot heel served with an entrancing sauce as illustration of French cooking.
A discussion notes Chinese census methods rely on households to list all members with names, enforced by law to ensure accuracy and avoid misrepresentation. It contrasts with modern views on climate cures, arguing rest, sunlight, nutrition, and clean air at home are often more effective than travel or “change of air” treatments, per New York Herald observations.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes buying condensed milk in odd measures. The piece mentions Buddhists roaming with hammer and chisel carving symbols on rocks. It cites the origin of the term filthy lucre in Scotland tied to initial £1 notes.
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