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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1888
Page
2
The Festive Blizzard sweeps the East bringing travel and business to a halt. People frozen in Gotham streets as homes, trees and fences are blown down. Weather cripples transit and commerce across the region.
New York reports a massive nor’easter causing city paralysis. Elevated trains scarce, streets clogged with snow eight feet high, and icebound rivers strand trains and halt mail. Across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, villages report rail and telegraph outages, with dozens dead or frozen and freight paralyzed.
A garbled narrative recounts Colonel Gale of Canton visiting President Cleveland, meeting Grover Cleveland and Lamont in Washington, culminating with Gale's fainting fit after a quip about his livery stable. The piece shifts to testimonial adverts for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and St Patrick’s Pills by C C Maloney.
The council with mayor present adjourned then reconvened March 10 1888 to read minutes and extend reporting deadlines for the artesian well site and city audits. It approved audits for city justice and police, set polling places for wards, appointed election officials, and authorized payments including shoveling bills and a $175 city attorney fee.
Devila Lake residents boast of a miraculous remedy claimed to passively treat coughs bronchitis and catarrh. Reports say several friends declared cured after using Dr Kit Discoverss solution. Trial bottles available at Bennett Horan. Bottles priced at $1.
An ad lists Arnica Salve as a top remedy for cuts bruises sores and skin irritations. The product is offered for 25 cents by Bennet and Hararau and also by Onleh and Shales at Bastion.
In Webster Whisperinge March notes report a lively town meeting electing officers and a farmers alliance slate. A crowd attended a Pound Party fundraiser for postmaster W. W. Jones with sixty five present and total pounds donated. New births are announced and teachers and officers named, including Miss Averill as teacher for eight months starting in April. Medical elixirs are advertised by W D Hoyt and local druggists tout Dr Kings New Discovery and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as effective cures.
Melbourne hosts a centenary celebration with a grand display planned for eight months. Victoria backs the event by providing space and motive power free, with a large exhibition ground and extensive foreign display. Goods enter duty free, and the aim is to attract American trade as proximity to the U.S. is highlighted. John M. Eyes of Warner & Co. is returning with official letters and will stand by ready to aid. Applications for exhibits must be filed promptly. goods must depart by July. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is recommended for sore throat symptoms with internal use advised for broader relief.
A rambling historical obituary style note promotes Warner's Log Cabin cough and consumption remedy as a universal cure. It cites a 1888 anecdote by J. W. Henson of Greensboro praising its strength against coughs and consumption. The piece links March funerals, health decline, and the remedy’s claimed efficacy with moral overtones. It warns about consumption and urges trial of the product to restore appetite and vigor.
A clipped argument discusses protecting a system, questions who should reform it, and argues that the party that built protection is best suited to remodel it, while noting Republicans hesitate to overhaul completely and risk paralyzing the country.
A fragment reports a local oiler evading payment by exploiting a yearly subscription. The tale suggests fraudulent acts and impending legal action to recover dues, noting a recurring pattern of nonpayment and eventual pursuit by authorities.
An 19th century advertisement extols St Jacobs Oil as permanently curative for muscular and nervous ailments. It asserts every ingredient is physician approved and that the product works for humans and animals, suggesting universal relief and safety for children to apply. A probate notice closes the passage.
Mortgage notice announces sale of property in Ramsey County Dakota Territory to satisfy debt of 608 dollars plus interest and costs. Auction to be held at the county courthouse in Devil Lake April 6 with redemption allowed within four years. Also summons in a civil case in the Third Judicial District, stating deadline to answer and pursue a defense or risk default judgment.
Public auction to foreclose a mortgage on a farm in Katungeral territory near Madiegata rituEY Hath. Sheriff or deputy to sell on Tue day the 8th day of April at 2 o clock, for $403.45 plus costs, detailing Wadest front dur and various parcels. Attorneys for Mortgagee Morison and Wilder listed. Underwood, Watch Quarter notes.
Default on mortgage by Tammett T White and Nelly B H White to Windies County Sorangy Wauk. The sale is authorized by statute and will occur at the county courthouse in Devil Lake, in Dakota Territory, on April 4, with the debt including costs to be paid from the sale proceeds. Windieam Housey Bave Los Bank and counsel Wilder are named in the proceedings.
Notice is given that a mortgage on the described real estate, secured by the property of the late Murt Kamur and heirs, will be foreclosed and sold at public auction in the county of Kauavy, Dakota Territory. The sale will be held at the court house steps or equivalent public venue on Tuesday, April 15, 1880, by order of the court. The debt total appears as one hundred eighty seven dollars and twelve cents with related fees.
Legal notice detailing a mortgage action in Kaminey County Territory. It cites a deed dated February 18, authorizing foreclosure by the mortgagee on a parcel described as Lot 0, block, and other metes in Haniney Territory. The notice indicates public auction to satisfy the debt with costs and accrued interest, under court authority and deputy marshal supervision.
In the office of the treasurer of Dakota territory a foreclosure sale is set for April 8, 1869, under a mortgage recorded by Helen E Holmes. The notice lists the amount due, the property description in the south west quarter of the section, and assigns powers to the mortgagee to sell to satisfy the debt.
Fragmentary OCR shows a legal notice with names George Fuprland and Henry Wo Lukd and references to final proof notices, dates in April and May, and a list of individuals and places. The readable pieces include a deadline near April 13 and mentions of lakes, farms, and a Bundy with David Turner, indicating a property or land claim notice.
Public notice of mortgage sale arising from default. Summary describes property described as lot and tract in town or township with legal descriptions, acreage, and February sale date. Names include mortgagee and attorney, with dates and terms of sale noted.
A damaged legal notice outlines a mortgage sale in the Dakota Territory tied to a December 1 1588 date and a county in Rawiykad, with named parties including Wilder and V Wilder. The document describes foreclosure proceedings, equity redemption terms, and the trustees of the mortgage, mentioning the harvest of the land description and the partnership dissolution of a Waguier concern.
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