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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1905
Page
9
Local items cover farm loans, church events, school construction, and social visits. Mentions include Ramsey Co National Bank ads, May calendar cases at Lakota, and Decoration Day activities with updates on residents like Miss Valbra Lee, Mrs. Robt. Webster, and O. E. Orvit’s crews.
Edmore Farn loans on varied sizes attract Ramsey Co Natl Bank involvement as plans unfold for a telephone business venture. Wires and messages hint at deep interest, with Mrs. Dough and her children noted in local visits amid unclear details of the deal.
Andrew Shervin Jr of Devils Lake spent Sunday and part of Monday visiting the area. A special school meeting was held with bids opened for operating school houses, according to local clerk records.
By order of the Public Instruction Superintendent a Teachers Institute will convene for Leste county in Devils Lake High School for one week starting Monday June 19 at 10 am. It will be led by Veron P. Squires of the University of North Dakota with R. S. Dewar and Alice M. Bacl of Park City. All county teachers are urged to attend daily sessions and the Tuesday evening lecture by Prof. Squires.
Snaps in land listing notes one quarter with tract details and a price of 2450 dollars. Terms call for one third cash and balance to suit purchaser. Stated as the best bargain in the county though the notice ends abruptly.
Notice of a chattel mortgage foreclosure dated June 8 1905 from E J Chamberlin mortgagee to Martin Overom mortgagor. A black cow named Rose two and one half years old valued at 51.88 is to be sold at public auction at the Ramsey County courthouse front door in Devils Lake North Dakota on June 17 1908 at 2 o clock for cash.
Travel note outlines a round trip by rail and steamer to Toronto from various points including St Pierre and Fort Hi with meals and berth. Fare listed as 20 dollars to Toronto, 19.36 dollars return. extension to August possible with different routes and rates. Contact West amen Minn for full particulars and reservations.
John H Cunningham of Muncie displays a microscopic stationary engine with parts visible only through a magnifying glass. The tiny device uses needles for screws, a three-eighths inch fly wheel, one sixteenth inch stroke, and a one eighth inch cylinder head. The boiler is a hand bicycle pump heated by a gas jet, and the coin it sits on was the first base.
In Logansport a band of White Caps forced Daniel Bohn to resign as executor of Sarah Shedron's will. The contested will favored John Alexander Dowie of Zion City. Bohn fled to Logansport after threats of violence, leaving the will without an executor as residents resist Dowieism and Dowie supporters in the area.
San Francisco reports 13 year old Clark Hill boasting the title Nimrod of his age after a dramatic hunt. He tracked a 12 foot panther, fought it hand to hand and killed the animal with a shot to the vital spot. The boy’s deer and game tally grows with this feat.
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