INTER-OCEAN MALE MANAGER HANSBROUGH PROPRIETOR DEVILS LAKE OFFICIAL PAPER
The paper lists Sea price at $1.50 a year or $1. Advertising rates are $1 per inch per month and 10 cents per line for first insertion with cents per line subsequent insertions. Bills collected monthly. Classifieds and notices available under reading notices. Official paper of the county and the city of Devils Lake. Friday June 5, 1903.
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C. Hansbrough
Sea Price
CoonEe
Devils Lake
Dairy Promoting Company Idea for Devils Lake Creamery
The piece argues forming a Devils Lake Dairy Promoting Company to buy and sell cows, fund a local creamery, and supply farmers with milk and cattle on loan or note. It claims 500 additional cows and a first class creamery could boost trade by 2,000 to 3,000 dollars monthly, with calves and byproduct milk value. It also notes opposition fears about political power and urges sewerage expansion for the water works' profitability.
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Inter-Ocean
Devils Lake
Ioan
Devils Lake Improvement Company
Ward county judge Palda accused of heavy docket use
Attorneys and officials claim Judge Palda has taken more cases for jury decision than any Ward county term. Many taken cases denied jury rights have been appealed, others prepared for appeal. Before his appointment, the Ward county bar association objected unanimously, saying he was not a safe man for the bench.
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Palda
Supreme Court
Donnybrook Mirror
Ward County
Ward County Bar Association
Devils Lake Growth Promises Biggest Town in the State
Devils Lake aims for rapid growth in manufacturing, population, and prestige. Residents vow to make it the largest and finest town, urging cleanup and a new market place for farmers. Editor Wells drills immigration tales while warning against biased courts and graft. A flood of regional disasters is noted with cautions on governance and reform.
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Devils Lake
Wells
Lichville Bulletin
Old
Hom
Iowa
Barnes County
A Farmers' Combine and the Dream of Wheat Control
The piece discusses the recurring idea of a farmers' combine to fix wheat prices, noting the impracticality of uniting millions of wheat raisers and the difficulty of creating a trust powerful enough to control supply and demand across a volatile market. It examines the appeal and the obstacles to such a cartel.
Farmers and market power amid transportation costs
An editorial from the Minneapolis Journal argues farmers cannot unite to fix prices due to necessity, noting the toll of transportation and middlemen on farm proceeds. It lauds tariff protections against Canadian grain and cites education as key to farmers learning wage gains, alongside other workers.
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Coal
Minneapolis Journal
Canada
Minneapolis Millers
Jamestown
Growing Irrigation Fund Backed by National Land Sales
The national treasury accumulates a vast irrigation fund from government land sales and sinews for irrigation and reclamation of arid lands. Senator Hansbrough leads the push, with western constituents watching preliminaries for the project under modern scientific plans devised by government experts.
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Hansbrough
June issue highlights homes, arts and industry
The Courant notes town beautification through trees and lawns, while June Housekeeper covers brides and weddings. Keith's Magazine presents concrete methods, The Architect's Corner aids builders, and The Craftsman for June offers ceramics and decorative design. The Literary Associations of Litchfield County precedes a Duke of Wellington piece in May Criterion.
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Keith
Litchfield County
Conn
James Grant Wilson
Duke of Wellington
East Lawyer Fights Crime Tide In Texas District
In North Dakota lawyers note a shift as public sentiment tightens on murder. Before reforms, killings thrived with no convictions. a young eastern attorney arrives, seeking to curb the spree and bring accountability to a wild Texas district.
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North Dakota
Texas
East
Frontier Texas trial ends with jury verdict of not guilty
A newly elected state attorney in a frontier Texas community pushes for a murder conviction but is repeatedly blocked by the judge. After repeated objections and a delayed jury retreat, the judge orders the jury back and they return a not guilty verdict to avert further bloodshed.
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North Dakota
Texas
First District W. C. T. U. Holds Ninth Annual Convention
The First District W. C. T. U. met in the M E church in Devils Lake for two days with about thirty visiting delegates and town attendance. Officers were elected and committees appointed as the program proceeded. Miss Lillian Phelps of Ontario delivered a strong temperance address and music enlivened the Wednesday evening program while Thursday featured a children's hour led by Mrs.
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Key
Fonklirod
WCTU Convention Highlights and Awards
The Womans Christian Temperance Union convention showcased exercises from the Lb. T. L. branch with reports by Revs. Fenklsrnd and James on Our Common Ground. Miss Welcott won the oratorical gold medal. Mrs. M. H. Haig presented a life membership certificate to retiring president Mrs. L. C. McKinney as she moves to Alberta. New officers elected include President Necia Buck, Bethel. Vice President J. M. Beatty, Maza. Recording Secretary M. H. Haig, Rulla. Treasurer Carrie Madison, Cando. Corresponding Secretary Edna Sahnens, Cando. Convention Reporter F. M. Dixon.
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M. H. Haig
L. C. McKinney
W. C.T. UC
McKiney
Alberta
Fenklsrnd
Necia Buck
Bethel
J. M. Beatty
Maza
Rulla
Carrie Madison
Cando
Edna Sahnens
Cand O
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Marketed for Quick Cold Cure
Advertisement states the product stops the cough and works off the cold. Claims cure in one day with no cure, no pay offer. Mentions price as 2 percent cents. Includes promotional language and promise of rapid relief.
Gordon Townsite Transforming With Real Estate Push
A. F. Porter resigns from G. W. Getts to enter real estate at Gorfton the rail line terminus 46 miles northwest of Granville and 16 miles south of Mohall. Grading speeds ahead, steel laid in time to move the fall crop. Gordon already hosts a store post office feed barn and a hotel with three other buildings relocating from Ren ville as county seat ambitions shift toward Gordon.
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A. F. Porter
G. W. Getts
Gorfton
Great Northern Railroad
Granville
Mohall
Gordon
Renville
McDonald
Low One Way Colonist Rates Announced for 1903 Travel
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers start dates on the first and third Mondays each month through September 15, 1903 for colonist travel to western and southwestern points. Agents are available or contact J. P. Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago, Illinois for details.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
Ill
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F. M. Dixon
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