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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
4
The article argues that any well off person fares well anywhere, but many lack housing and opportunity. It highlights North Dakota as offering vast cheap, quality farmland and potential for poor workers to acquire homes. It cautions not to move if already secure, but urges industrious laborers to consider settling there for better prospects.
The article argues high fuel costs burden North Dakota residents due to freight, middlemen, and eastern coal. It notes North Dakota’s vast coal deposits as a potential solution and stresses using local resources to end the fuel shortage.
The piece argues for using North Dakota coal over eastern exports to lower costs and boost miners and markets, noting ample local supply will meet demand. It also criticizes Fargo's tepid reception to Andrew Carnegie’s $20,000 library gift, citing required city site provision and ongoing operating costs as dampening factors.
The Episcopal council of Minnesota elected Rt Rev Samuel Edsall as coadjutor bishop. The move helps Minnesota but removes a missionary bishop from North Dakota, pleasing many North Dakota supporters though they will miss him. Edsall is seen as a strong, well-qualified choice by Minnesota clergy and laity.
Marshall McClure, away, authorized Major Murphy to write an Optic editorial that turned the paper into a four page prohibition sheet for a week. When McClure returned he repudiated Murphy, restoring the Optic to anti prohibition stance.
The steam plow has invaded North Dakota with several reported in the western part of the state. They turn eight to ten furrows at a time and average about forty acres per day. The advance of this agricultural implement should provoke a horse laugh across the state.
The passage notes that Major Murphy probably will not write another editorial for the Optic, suggesting an impending end of his column. It hints at a concluding phase for Murphy’s writing with the newspaper.
The Nelson County Independent marks ten years as a weekly publication. Mrs. Riche B. Dohe, publisher, is credited with steering the paper and earning support for its role in Michigan City. The brief note praises the newspaper’s contribution to the community.
The article asserts that a capable and bright woman can succeed in the modern newspaper industry just as well as a man, challenging prevailing gender roles and urging equal opportunity in leadership and editorial work.
The Dakotan papers discuss Fourth of July prep, railroad progress to Lakota Bottineau, insurance allotment in Pierce County, and general good crops amid recent rains. Multiple editors note local editorials praise and caution on land laws, church leadership views, and a striking hot topic about a boy struck by a mysterious fireball incident.
A fire burned the man's hair eyebrows and hand but spared bones. Ethel Harkness was brought from Fargo and jailed by Benson county authorities after being discharged on a post office money order charge. An insanity board committed her to Jamestown asylum. Bottineau county reports a vast outbreak of small hairy worms devouring weeds while grain remains unharmed. The News notes widespread appearance of the worms from Scotia to the mountains, with farmers sending samples to Fargo's Agricultural College.
Larimore Pioneer editor Dan E. Richter releases Idle Moments a two dozen poem collection praised for freshness and originality. The reviewer notes bold poetic license playful self references and vivid nature imagery including A Lake and a Shypoke while lauding rich diction and candid humor.
A fragment compares a contemporary assault on a muse to the historic Ravishment of Lucrece, likening the act to stacking ice in a mid winter Arctic f.
An adviser warns farmers about ordinary thieves and hail insurance scams from mutual companies that promise protection but cost more than expected. The notice promotes Northwestern Fire and Marine, claiming reliable, paid losses and easy exit, with agents living locally in Devils Lake North Dakota and endorsements from farmers.
Of Interest To Music Lovers. Popular writers George Rosey Fran Tannehill Jr and others release songs including May Be Believe Too Late May Irwin Irish song The Turkey and The Turk Parthenia and House of Too Much Trouble piano solo Heelan Helf He's Not Coming Home With the Boys Ha Le Ha Le plus Dutch comedy song. Stern Co publishes these selections and acts as agents for banjos mandolins guitars.
Mrs Rose Parker of Minneapolis writes that Perruna gave blessed relief after years of severe backache and dragging pains and she has used it off and on for three years. Dr Rachel Magaw of Springfield endorses Perruna as worth its weight in gold.
The notice invites applications for a free illustrated catalogue from the main offices located at 34 E 21st Street in New York. It highlights no further obligations and directs readers to request the catalogue directly.
A Good Cough Medicine speaks well for Chamberlains Cough remedy as druggists use it in their own families. Druggist J. Goldsmith of Van Etten New York reports five years of complete satisfaction for customers and uses it for ordinary coughs colds and la grippe coughs. For sale at W Greene's drug store.
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