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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
8
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers, including exchanges about financial woes of marriage, dangerous garage antics, tainted meat cautions, a four handed bridge quip, a bathtub gag, and social column lines. Naming figures such as Billingsly and references to Cleveland Plain Dealer and Chicago Record-Herald.
A fragmentary article notes India’s enduring sacred fire lit for twelve centuries to honor the Parsis voyage from Kerala and describes the auger fish, a tiny hazard to ships, with a gnatsized proboscis that can bore through iron and menace vessels at anchor.
A brief quotation by R. L. Stevenson suggests any brave man can craft a life that brings happiness to himself and to others, emphasizing personal resolve and social effect.
A short ad style note encourages advertising with the line about selling and winking in the dark. It ends with a phone number 31 for contact.
In a dressing room scene the acting duo Edward Orme and Mina Kent reenact Danton and Charlotte Corday. Kent, convinced of her role, knifed Orme after a quarrel, stabbing him as real blood stained the stage debris while spectators and crew reacted in shock.
A veteran recounts a stagecoach romance from Cheyenne to Denver. A young woman walks the road penniless, boards the coach, and forms a bond as the miner offers her fare. The tale ends with a dramatic reveal that she is an Army deserter and a danger to him, a moment tempered by lingering regret.
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