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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
3
A claim from Philadelphia Record reports a so called tomato tree grown by Mrs Shephard of Ventura California. The tree bears fruit under glass and could ship long distances. Descriptions say the fruit resembles a plum tomato hybrid and may be eaten in salad or dessert.
The Peace Fort on Rock Island in the Mississippi River was built in 1816 named after Gen. Armstrong then secretary of war. It served as a trading post and rallying point for settlers, with a 490 foot square layout and water access, later marked by two cannons and a DAR monument.
The Chicago Chronicle extols the red headed girl as a superior observer and truth tester. It claims five talents she uniquely possesses including detecting odors of high balls, exposing lies, fast repairs to liars, waking a household, and accurate missile throwing without endangering bystanders.
Terple Court notices advertise free homestead and coal lands in North Dakota offered by Win. H Brown & Co. Chicago and Mandan. Low rates and maps available through local agents.
A Utah bill proposed by Representative William E. White would designate the first Monday in October as Health Day a state holiday. All residents must clean and disinfect dwellings stores theaters and public spaces with fines up to 50 dollars for noncompliance. The state board of health would set disinfectants and local authorities enforce inspections and prosecutions.
Profs Panichi and Tizzoni announce to the Academy of Sciences of Bologna that they have found the pneumococcus bacillus and claim success destroying it with a rabbit serum in pneumonia patients. They note a controversy over another tuberculosis serum claims by Dr Margarek of Paris Pasteur Institute, with mixed expert opinions from Schroutter and Weichselbaum.
An 1512 Aztec calendar carved in the City of Mexico cathedral survives after a dramatic fall from a bridge into a lake, later buried, and now housed by the National Museum. The stone disk measures 12 feet, marks a 52 year cycle, 365 day years, and names days and months with warrior and sacrificial associations.
In Welch McDowell County West Virginia a circuit court ruled a negro head is a dangerous weapon except when used in self defense during a dispute between Frank Martin and James Knox Knox a Welch attorney testified his life was threatened by Martins head and the judge found the attorney acted in self defense and awarded Knox verdict for damages.
In Coston Devon the funeral of Jenny Kingdon aged 40 and her daughter Jeirah Gibie Kingdon were held side by side after long separation. The Kingdon family, including eccentric Marry de Spencer Kingdon, faced further tragedy with the discovery of embalmed relatives in the house and a mausoleum built for three sarcophagi that remains unfinished.
London correspondent notes King Edward VII’s devotion to his stray Irish terrier Jack at Marlborough House with puzzled admiration for royal etiquette. The piece also mentions Marconi wireless hopes to replace phones, tree-planting schemes with seedlings sent to schools, and Kommy Atkina’s pay of seven dollars fifty per month as a contrast to other nations.
Harvard assistant professor William Henry Petering reports new moon data while German astronomer Dr Frogz revisits a two year old atlas of the Moon. The work refines latitude and longitude estimates for mountains and craters and notes height effects on measurements.
The War Department tightens rules to stop enlistment of minors. Recruiters must verify age with sworn statements and parental consent for anyone claiming to be 21 or older. If under 21, applicants require written parental consent and a sworn statement from the applicant and others, and false claims lead to rejection.
The Cosmopolitan recounts a Swift & Co packing plant parade with 10 000 cattle two by two over 15 miles and 30 000 fowls at 50 miles, a display of systematic slaughter that echoes Napoleon’s army. It notes a boy named Gustave Jeanklin born June 24 1889 on Sapamere and later driving hogs along the cape.
In uptown Philadelphia a barber recounts a swarthy stonecutter whose rough beard ruins his razors as he visits twice weekly. The grooved skin and embedded grit allegedly dulls blades while the barber notes the man’s patronage brings steady income.
An American physicist backs a Minnesota Senate bill requiring health certificates for kissing. The proposal would ban kissing without proof of fitness with a clause denying weak hearts, aiming to curb emotional excitement. The note also cites Tommy Atkins and his tight British uniform linked to heart disease.
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