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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1905
Page
12
Local notes report Mrs H B Walker returning from visits in Chicago and Minneapolis. Seniors wrote exams, neighbors and relatives travel, and town life shows quiet elections, auctions, shows, and social visits. Frontier life details include Rev Fletcher preaching, a hotel venture, and a public library fund raiser.
Mrs. G N Berg of Munich says she would rather live in Edmore than in the town where shooting affrays occur nearly every night. Mayor Dougherty and Miss Bennett attended the K P dance in Lakota last week and described an elegant time. States Attorney Anderson and Sheriff McLean were in town Monday. then a disturbance occurred soon after their arrival.
Crary F R Stevens opens real estate office in Wickum building. Mrs. Harry Nicholson returns from Wisconsin and Minneapolis. Village ends its first year under incorporation with surplus after covering expenses. Richard Turner, longtime village president, relocates to Churches.
Nearly seventy five farmers gathered at the courthouse to back a cooperative plan for a mill and elevator owned by the farmers who use it. Edward McGee led the meeting with A G Van Lieu as chairman and J F Ray as secretary, detailing $100 pledges from North Minnewaukan township and the goal of keeping profits within the farming community.
A county wide effort to open a farmers mill at Devils Lake progresses with a township appointed committee to draft by laws and solicit funds. A building committee will obtain cost estimates and blueprints while by law revisions may be printed in the Inter Ocean and Devils Lake Journal. The meeting adjourned with optimism.
Advertisement urges inquiries to John M. Beall and Ohio Railroad at Louis for details on low rates and the new steamship service to Havana. Ends with Bott.
Market notes show wheat shipments constrained by transport and material shortages amid global tensions. Prices rise as traders cite limited supply, uncertain deliveries, and upbeat demand forecasts while dealers balance risk and future reserves.
City notices announce aldermanic nominations for four wards, polling places, and registration details for Devils Lake North Dakota. Also included are county bridge project proposals with bid instructions and bond requirements for steel bridges in Ramsey County.
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