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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
2
Classified rental notice for a seven room house on East 4th Street half a block from Kelley Avenue listed by H. M. Creel with suitability for restaurant or roomers.
A sightless New York woman, aided by a younger companion, explores art exhibitions, architecture, books, operas, and theater. The guide describes canvases, buildings, bindings, costumes, scenery, and performers in vivid detail, enriching the blind woman’s world.
The piece notes strong beliefs against night graves and open graves after burial. In small cemeteries friends often dig graves, and defying this norm is seen as danger to the digger and a bad omen for the deceased.
A reflective piece on deer hunting describes the thrill of seeing deer break from windfalls and the challenge for beginners. It contrasts the experience of seasoned hunters who savor rifle craft with the wary, alert nature of deer and the rarity of a perfect shot.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer column argues municipal officials should remove wooden Indians from sidewalks to keep paths clear. It notes some are aged, weathered, and worn but loyal in duty, while cigar dealers refuse to paint aging figures in freezing weather.
A column notes declining billiard play in France and urges revival for health and morale. It cites physicians praising billiards as gentle exercise aiding circulation digestion and nerves, especially for the elderly. A second item mocks death certificates and railway mishaps for tender wording.
The Philadelphia Ledger describes Elizabethtown as the Basex county seat in the Adirondacks possessing a small comedy jail with wooden-bar windows and a three quarter inch board fence. Prisoners rarely escape and parole allows grass cutting gardening and road work. A jailer warns delays risk future entry and a manslaughter suspect cites weekend plans.
The snipe Gallinago delicata known as English snipe migrates widely from Arctic north to South America and the West Indies. Breeding ranges extend north of 42 degrees, with fall southbound flights from Canada to California, attracting many hunters.
A Newfoundland account describes coast residents trapping caribou for meat. Hunters sail to rivers debark on foot to reach deer country. They carry salt and firearms, ambush a herd with long muzzle loaders, firing lead slugs to kill and wound. Meat is skinned, cut, salted, and packed for preservation.
The Chicago Tribune reports a new Italian bill to compensate those unjustly imprisoned, with courts deciding remedies. If prison resulted from genuine judicial error, compensation matches losses. if caused by perjury, it is reduced. Proposals include aid for those released or families of the deceased. Indian Raiders Leap ing Deer and White Feather, full-blood Iroquois sailors, recounts their reunion after years apart.
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