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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
7
Readers are invited to request a free Standard Novel by a top author and receive a mail catalog of available titles. The notice encourages responses and promises no cost for the book and catalog. It targets readers interested in new fiction and related literature.
N G Murray & Co invites sealed proposals for steel bridges to be built one mile east of Chureberry plans filed in county offices. Bid to be accompanied by $100 certified check payable to Thos Lonnevick, County Treasurer, and bond. Board reserves right to reject any bid. June 18 1903. Also market note on flax price decline to about $1.05 per bushel impacting farmers and northwest economy.
Ramsey County North Dakota invites sealed bids by July 6 1903 for cement sidewalk construction in front of Ramsey County South House property and a sidewalk from property line to courthouse steps. Bids must quote per square foot for walks per lineal foot for curb and inlet cover including material labor and excavation. Address to County Auditor and marked Bid for Cement Sidewalk. The board may reject all bids. Emil S Rich Clerk Devils Lake June 11 1903.
John W. Maher of Devils Lake offers numerous farms and tracts in Nelson Ramsey and surrounding counties for cash or crop contract sales. Listings include hundreds of acres with descriptions by section township and range, many with good buildings and meadow, within reach of markets. Also available in Eddy Bottineau Pierce Rolette and Towner counties at low figures.
Flax traded today in Minneapolis cash grain at 1.05 per bushel, the lowest point recorded in four years. The market movement reflects subdued demand as traders watched futures and nearby supplies.
One fare for the round trip via Chicago Great Western Railways. Tickets on sale June 24 26. Good to return only 2nd or August 1st by 50 cents extra. Stop overs allowed. For information apply to any Great Western agent or J P Elmer GP A Chicago 11 15 16 Temple Court. Suits men who are accustomed to smoking 10 cent cigars clear Havana filler. Painting artistically substantially and satisfactorily done by Stuart & Smith.
The article laments the fatigue of extreme wealth as New York elites rent suites at nine to sixteen thousand dollars monthly rather than building homes. It condemns godless ostentation and anticipates retribution in the form of weariness from possessions, arguing wealth fails to deliver happiness.
A writer recalls 19th century fashion where long nails signified status as others trimmed nails became a modern art. The piece notes manicure workers in up-to-date barber shops and lampoons bachelor life as the National Dressmakers association contemplates helping seamstresses find husbands.
Dr John A Wyeth reports two years experience with a new tumor treatment using injected boiling water. He says no accidents or septic reactions occurred and results were satisfactory. The method uses a syringe with a heated water barrel, a Bunsen burner, and narcotic anesthesia for patients.
The John Crerar library in Chicago buys 4000 volumes and 4000 pamphlets from Prof Richard Ely of Wisconsin, creating the west’s first major labor movement reference. The collection aims to centralize labor literature for students, with price undisclosed and library funds doubled to cover the purchase.
The National Housewives Association approves new dignified terms for housemaids and pushes for technical education and diplomas after one year on the job. Mrs. Howard S. Kretachmar proposed the change at the Chicago Woman's club, and Mrs. Augusta Levi named a committee to implement it. A plan by Dr. Mary Seymore for a clubhouse and hospital for house maids will be reviewed.
An observer reports an ant science scene where weak ants approach a mound and are treated by a dominant ant felted as a hypnotist. The doctor ant passes feelers over the head and body of each patient then the group disperses, suggesting medical hypnosis among ants.
A Washington report credits the army medical department with nearly eradicating dysentery among American troops in the Philippines through strict sanitation such as boiling drinking water and hand washing. The adobe itch is also controlled, traced to laundering practices by Chinese workers. Typhoid fever is declining, with expectations of complete elimination after the rainy season.
Prince Chen, after visiting Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, stayed in Brussels amid grand entertainments. City officials played a supposed Chinese National Anthem, but the prince asked his interpreter about the music and revealed it was a created tune with no formal anthem. The fake composition had earlier earned money for its unknown composer.
Harper's Weekly notes a rapid rise in oyster production from about five to twelve billion annually across nineteen states and Canada. With oysters sold at roughly half a cent each, the industry likely costs consumers about 60 million dollars yearly, while Delaware oysters bring high profits and expansive grounds employing thousands.
The Salvation Army rummage stores display humorous pricing to lure shoppers. Shoes with hole in sole priced five cents, shoes without holes ten cents. Wraps, moth eaten ten or fifteen cents. Stockings with holes three for five cents, without holes two for five. The piece muses on how “hole” value mocks the idea of true worth.
Rabbi Isidore Myers of San Francia co addressed the Federation of Zionists and offered a new reading of the American flag design. He claimed the stars symbolize states for those who behave themselves, while the stripes represent those who do not, noting most attendees were Jewish immigrants, largely Russians.
An essay argues for keeping collars as a social symbol while explaining practical and national benefits. It jokes about collars protecting the neck, aiding grooming, and signaling progress, noting drawbacks and social constraints. The piece ends by contrasting collar wearers with collarless men and cites age related traits in older men as advantageous in work and judgment.
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