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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
7
A biting portrait of New York high society, the Knickerbockers, as an exclusive, self contained set that despises outsiders and American authors while cherishing wealth and old lineage. Despite rejection of others, invitations to their shabby downtown circle are the ultimate social prize.
State Normal School notes a cousin’s visit and faculty remarks amid a grim report from French Guinea where four convicts plotted escape. Bachereau led the group. after days wandering they killed and ate Marchevel and fled by river, later wrecking near Mana and returning to prison. Three men confess to eating their companion and face murder trial.
A Philadelphia inquirer item urges restraint and steady temper to avoid premature aging and health decline. It warns against bursts of passion, restless behavior, and frowning, advising a calm, relaxed expression and controlled speech to keep character and nerves intact.
A muddled passage argues about clothing and natural protection against weather. It asserts that some humans live under varying temperatures while parts of the body—eyes mouth nose ears—remain exposed to air. It claims nature would have thickened skin in exposed areas if birth had demanded clothing.
A courtroom scene portrays a weeping woman before the bar and a puzzled judge asking what ailed the petitioner. The judge and crowd respond with bewilderment as tears stream down the woman's cheeks in a moment of dramatic misunderstanding.
A young man in Washington who months ago hung up his shingle as an attorney at law is not yet overwhelmed with clients. A friend visiting the office noted a cheap alarm clock on the desk and quipped about taking it home for the winter mornings, suggesting it helps him wake in time to go home.
A French physician tells a comatose patient her headache due to a coal stove, a “poisonous” device. He offers 25 francs to remove it, and the stove is hidden by a new living arrangement where the occupier’s relation turns out to be Doctor B’s mother in law. City of Philosophers notes Doctor Johnson praised London speech.
Mary Stanhope argues that true fulfillment comes from a person who lives fully in each task, blending labor with joy. The ideal worker exerts powers, enjoys their use, and expresses selfhood in daily duties, shaping a humane society through engaged labor.
An Argentine Legation youth in Washington recalls a long courting couple in a corner, noting their twenty year romance as a relic of the Middle Ages. The piece references mother’s love as the warm, enduring radiance missing from a cold winter scene and hints at a magazine excerpt on maternal affection.
The normal school and public school teachers form the core of Maygill Sunday School teachers. Six seniors conclude the course and plan to teach next year in public schools, likely leading Sunday Schools in their future towns.
In District Court Ramsey County the State of North Dakota is summoned to answer the complaint filed by Frank W. Cockburn for Western Farm Mortgage Trust Company of Kansas and others. The action, heard in Devils Lake, seeks to quiet title to the southeast quarter of 31 and related parcels in 32, township 154N 64W. Defendants must answer within thirty days or face default judgment. Notice of personal claim states the action targets the described real estate with no personal claims against defendants.
General Wood warns the army would lack 12,000 officers in a war. The piece then contrasts this claim with references to Kentucky colonels and a claim from Northwestern University about a college education worth $25,000. It questions those who did not learn to play the tel.
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