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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
3
Mr Will H Durbin stars in The Man on the Box at the Grand Opera House Monday evening March 11. He entertains with bubbling friendly humor and strong stage presence. Bernice Trousdale as Miss Bettie Annesley delights with beauty and charm.
In Cleveland two men, Tony Pitchen and Donato Lombardo, argued over a card game. Lombardo jabbed Pitchen's face with a corn cob pipe stem. Pitchen died the next night. Lombardo is under arrest for murder.
McGurren of Crary defeated Iowa champion Frank Lewis in a two fall wrestling bout at the Grand Opera House with farmer Johns of Minnesota beating Dodge. Referee was Al Powers of Grand Forks. Ferrier of Spooner is freed after manslaughter case review. no evidence found. Cubs begin spring training in New Orleans without Toney and Zimmerman. Chance joins in California. Jimmy Williams signs with Minneapolis Millers for 1912.
The New York Highlanders, composed mainly of young players this year, left New York Saturday afternoon for the training grounds at Atlanta.
The 1911 bulletin from North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Taylor shows fire insurers in the state earned little profit. Net premiums for old line companies reached 1,886,624.13 with losses 1,205,587.80. mutual labor-state firms had 410,049.04 in premiums and 958,019.20 in losses. state mutual companies reported 243,886.63 in premiums and 181,098.14 in losses. The report advocates fire prevention and improved construction to reduce waste and high rates.
A Black defendant pleads not guilty in a Mississippi town after a chicken was found in a bag at his arrest. He cites natural kindness and gravity as reasons the bird ended up there, claiming providence placed the chicken in the bag and he merely took it.
Calvin C. Williams, 81, walks Washington seeking employment despite a Carnegie hero medal and a promised $1,000 award from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. He saved two girls from drowning in 1908 at Wreck Pond, New Jersey, but age and legal issues hinder his plans for a restaurant venture. The fund says the prize is not a job guarantee.
The North China Daily News reports a Fuji Spinning Co expert has developed a chemical method to strengthen elasticity and luster of Japanese silk while easing spinning. The process promises 16 percent more yield, anti germ and anticorrosion effects, and will spare workers’ hands, reviving American and European demand for the fabric.
A fragmentary note discusses someone’s engagement briefly then claims she later married a nonworking club member from a summer resort, seen as carrying frivolity too far. The source text is unclear and reads as gossip.
Devils Lake readers report relief from backache and kidney distress after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. O. T. White of North Dakota credits the remedy with solving kidney troubles blamed on impure drinking water and praises its effectiveness. Sold by Foster Milburn Buffalo NY sole US agents priced 60 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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