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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
3
A historical guide explains a method to lay concrete dairy barn floors to improve sanitation and milk quality. It covers planning stall layouts, grading, foundation gravel, concrete mix, forms, finishing, stanchion fittings, and drainage through gutters and outlets.
Regardless of floor type, straw or litter bedding keeps cows clean and absorbs manure. If workers fail to bed cows properly, install a removable wooden grate or cork bricks set in a two inch floor depression. Cement and sand mix details cover cost and coverage, with a note that the floor material pays for itself over time.
A London Chronicle piece explores primrose symbolism in poetry and notes Shakespeare’s enduring relevance. It recalls historic beliefs about primrose medicinal uses and mentions Culpeper’s London Dispensatory, which touted the plant as curing convulsions, palsies and memory loss while even the healthy ate primrose pasty in Lancashire.
A fragment discusses soap origins claiming ancient Britons first made soap and Romans carried the invention to Italy. It mentions varied global soaps from Peru and Mexico to French savon links to Savona, noting local uses and historical context.
An old colored man challenges a sign reader over spellings at a place selling. The sign changes from For Sail to sell then to Bally with dialect dialogue about paying cash and handlin seven hundred dollars. The scene reflects literacy and speech in a Southern setting via a quoted comic exchange.
Two colored men on an expedition to the colonel's hen roost at night pass down chickens. Mose climbs a ladder to reach the roost while Ephrians bags the birds. A pause sparks a discussion about mother church and moral questions tied to the act.
Fractured report recalls complaints about railroad crashes and dangerous crossings. Citizens push for better signals and warning devices as trains slow, aiming to reduce injuries while stressing they deserve equal safety.
A reader is urged to weigh the full range of society’s stories from tragedy to heroism. The article argues news reflects both misery and virtues, and urges readers to assess relative significance before drawing conclusions about humanity’s overall trajectory.
Two detectives chasing burglar activity in East New York encountered a man with a Van Dyke beard and a black surgeon's bag who claimed to be Dr Leo Brewster. He offered a card and fled when asked for directions. Escaped briefly before detectives captured him with a burglary toolkit.
The piece revisits the modern traveler as a leisure influenced explorer, noting how prosperity loosens ties to routine. It compares self reflections to a mirrored cabinet, likening journeys to a world of many similar encounters and personalities, ending with a playful cultural allusion from C. E. D. Phelps.
A Wide World Magazine writer notes in Cairo that native tailors iron clothes using their feet. The large fat irons have a wooden block on top and a long handle to steer the iron while the worker stands low to press fabrics swiftly.
A humorous dialogue reveals a wife and mother joking about husbands gambling nightly and sharing winnings. The piece shifts to a restaurant anecdote where a stressed customer requests an odd dish with a comically miswritten bill, ending with the hungry patron mispronouncing a dish as he panics.
H L Bolley outlines field inspection services for brome grass flax and other grains with aims to certify seed quality and purity, requesting growers contact for arranging inspections including travel and rail expenses. The note mentions inspecting for weed and disease clearance and aiding purebred flax seed producers. Also notes Agnes Horgan visiting Mra Charles Nelson in Egeland.
Ingebright Glerum sues G W Wattles as administrator of Eugene L Emery estate Isabel S Emery Sarah B Emery and Henry Emery heirs and others claiming estate in Devils Lake North Dakota lot sixteen of block twenty five and lot sixteen of block twenty six in Devils Lake City quieting title and asserting personal claims June 29 1913 file.d with district court clerk Ramsey County North Dakota intent to appear default if not answered within thirty days after service
Notice states that Nicholas Mackien holds the Oldsmobile in Penn North Dakota for protection and safekeeping since December 4 1911. The undersigned claims $90 unpaid for storage plus $5 per month. legal proceedings to enforce payment are noted with the property held as security.
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