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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1911
Page
2
The Inter Ocean invites new correspondents in every county community as the busy season ends. No large commitment required. inquiries welcomed by call, letter, or telephone. Free supplies provided to interested locals.
On Friday February 17 at the Lindaas home in Cleveland township a large gathering celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Ole Lindaas’s twenty five years of marriage. Pastor Meisel presided and praised the couple as friends shared stories, a kingly wedding supper, and a rich silver gift, while noting their early settlement and community standing.
Lawton om The Republican notes Winar and Eric Kalhagen have been in Minneapolis visiting friends for four to five months and returned Tuesday to focus on spring work. Peter Rosendale plans a brick residence on his farm northeast of town this spring with up-to-date improvements. Pete urges living simply on life’s journey. Mrs. Wm Saunders of Innisfail Alberta, visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sackenreuter.
A Lawton pool room owner plans a rooftop garden for summer, turning the flat building into a dancing space with elevators to serve beverages. Hidden orchestra amid ferns and palms will provide music as the town hopes Lawton will flourish.
About sixty residents surprised Mr. Leon Gessner on his birthday with parlor games dancing and cards, a midnight luncheon and a long revel. On February 13 relatives and neighbors gathered to honor the Gessners on their 25th wedding anniversary with a large supper and gifts. Three bob sleds and a lively party at L H Miller’s farm followed by Bail’s orchestra. St Anthony elevator to close March first as agent J L Benson resigns and plans relocation to California Oregon leaving friends in Penn.
The Banker Page of Devils Lake passed through the city Wednesday on Washington's Birthday en route to Leeds for a Masonic banquet. Revival meetings at the Methodist church closed Sunday led by Rev. M. D. Wickard, with attendance and effects noted. Miss Bessie Nelson and Charles A J Roy Howatt were married February 22 at 4:30 in the afternoon at the Nelson home with Rev. S. O. Helseth officiating. The service featured a Lohengrin bridal march as the couple entered.
Sister of the bride wore a crane dress with lace trim and carried a bouquet of brides maid roses. The groom and best man Levi Nelson wore black. A sumptuous wedding dinner followed the ceremony. Mr and Mrs Howatt departed for Stroud ND with many gifts including cut glass and oriental rugs. The bride was the first child born in Charles Ferry.
A local contractor advertises multiple properties for sale including two houses on Fifth Street, two on Sixt Street, and two on Flint Avenue. He claims experience in city property sales and invites prospective buyers to view and discuss prices.
The ad warns kidney trouble signals such as cloudy urine backaches headaches and fatigue and urges immediate treatment to avoid dropsy Bright's disease or diabetes. It cites E Nolan of Devils Lake ND praising Doan's Kidney Pills after one box provided relief and notes New York as the U.S. sole agent.
A roundup of notable women: Eleanor Louis Lord named dean of Goucher College in Baltimore afterSmith College graduation in 1887. Rev Florence Buck becomes Alameda California’s first woman pastor at the First Unitarian Church on New Year’s Day. Marie Dunlevy resigns as patent office clerk after forty-one years. Belmont’s artists league offers 150 dollars forVotes for Women themed sculpture and posters. Senora Diaz, Mexico’s president’s wife, married at age 52, daughter of Manuel Romero Rubio, described as cultured and multilingual.
The piece notes Georgetown University baseball may tour Japan in June. Fred Tenney is cited as the oldest infielder in the National League, dating from Boston in 1894. Larry Lajoie debuted with the Phillies in 1896. It also lists Norway with 625 ski clubs and 20,000 members, Sweden with about 15,000, and the American Association formed in 1905 with 29 clubs. Nat Cartmell, former Penn sprinting champion, plans to return to England to defend a title and tour other continents before retiring.
The piece notes jokes about city street names and famous women, citing lines from Charleston News and Courier Chicago Globe and Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. It comments on goading goading goats milk and Goethe streets provoking Boston visitors.
New York City leads the world in nightly theater attendance. Johannesburg shows limited heating due to mild climate. Hongkong opens a 100 by 64 foot skating rink as civilization advances. Vienna grapples with a falling birth rate from 40 per thousand in 1870 to 20 in 1910. Kansas City equips motorcycle cops with first aid kits for injured colleagues.
The column debates whether the house is too large and if smaller members could be more effective. Columbia State and Washington Post note calls for attention to the District of Columbia while other regions say they get too much focus. Dayton News adds similar public complaints.
A collection of humorous quips from Washington Post Washington Trust and Philadelphia Inquirer about politics. Jokes touch on science future presidents recalls and the burdens of office.
A French photographer has invented a water proof camera for instant pictures using a magnesium light. Two New Yorkers patent a gas burner that alarms at a distance without lighting gas flow. A fireman’s ladder with adjustable legs and ratchets allows rapid extension of one or both legs for use on uneven ground.
In a humorous dialogue from the New York Press the First Hobo claims there is one advantage to being a professional tramp. The Second Hobo asks what it is and the First explains that clanging to an occupation never troubles him.
Fragmentary quotation from Detroit Free Press and Somerville Journal mentions social scenes and strangers asking about well known locals. No identifiable event, date, or person definite enough for a full news item.
A Chicago Record-Herald line notes a woman’s effort to warm life for her husband in a cold world. A fragment references a railroad man and a remark about a train long enough for two sections of a judge’s library, implying odd exchanges and humor.
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