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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
2
Lawton notes report a banker's mishap with a runaway horse, local improvements at the Lawton Drug Store and hotel, social gathering by the Girls Friendly Society with prizes, visitors and seed potato hunts, a drag team loss, farm managerial moves, and the resignation of Prof. Gerbhardt as principal.
Mr. R F Humphreys handles multiple duties as postmaster and tradesman after Shirek quits. Rosie Klug undergoes foot surgery in Lakota. Andrew Berness welcomed twins, a boy and a girl. Tree transplanting planned from groves to town. Mrs Thos Gray visits HarMoore for dental care. Broker Tennis Club prepares a new court on the Vierhus property. Agent Butler walked with a limp recently.
A freight wagon overturned while being moved from the dock after slipping on wet ground. The driver Butler suffered injuries but remains active, refusing to be relegated to inactivity by the mishap.
Reports from Crary include visits by Dennist Brownlee of Devils Lake and J F Dita with local business ties. Citizens discuss school consolidation at Wheatland, while funeral plans for Ole Ugland are announced and local wood supplies grow scarce. Cemetery grounds are being cleaned, and summer improvements are planned for the Crary area.
STARKYEATHE Will Rods and Jim Cambell went to Tokio last Tuesday to run a steam plow for Ollie Walker of Mara. They expect to work there until about Tune 10. Mins Tile Romstead returned from Grand Forks after shorthand and typewriting studies. Several residents traveled for visits, land searches, or homestead filings. An arm injury to John Yde required amputation. Community notices discuss a commercial club to unite city and rural progress, urging promotion of local education, resources, and industry.
CHURGHES. FERRY Mra J G Nichols was ill early week but much improved by date. Mrs John Ludwick visited from Minneiska Minn to see daughter Mrs Warren Nolti miler. George Lewis and family from Newville arrived for a few days with Mr and Mrs G M Steig. Rev T H Olson of Minot stayed with Rev and Mrs Wickard Monday night while en route home from Devils Lake. Joseph Kildah at St Olaf college was ill at Northfield hospital with measles and resumes studies this week. Mrs Alex Lake of Candy visited while accompanying her sister returning to Oregon. Joe Hanson former Great Northern employee and recent telegraphy student at Minneapolis returned home after the institution burned down.
The report notes Mrs V Halvorson of Norway town among shoppers Tuesday. Miners Sorenson of Garske were seen in town earlier. M L Hanson of Dry Lake was a business visitor earlier in the week. Mika Fidrebke Wilbon, a Home School teacher, visited Devite Lake Saturday. Kendall and Wm Roasin came from Dry Lake farms last Wednesday. Doyle worked on fixtures to pull a drive behind. Milne TAtMe Frohwerk left Monday for Adm Minnesota to keep house for her father. Bertha Bromegth of Norway township spent part of the week in town.
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Local merchants tout high quality goods and prompt service through mail orders. They report a growing trade with nearby towns and invite customers to send payment covering item cost and postage, promising to return any excess with the shipment.
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