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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
4
A long miscellany of notices and commentary from Ramsey County Minnesota area newspapers. Mentions city mayor, legal notices, candidates like James R Henley and Peter Morgan, Ruth Bryan Levitt marriage chatter, and remarks on William Randolph Hearst and Wes ton Walker’s feats. Includes meta-commentary about rival papers and reporting scoops.
The Indiana Democratic Party congratulates itself on endorsing John W. Kern for vice president and plans to nominate Kern against Beveridge for the Senate. It accuses Thomas Taggart of seeking the party's senatorial nomination and labels his French Lick Springs resort as widely notorious.
The town is poised for its biggest expansion in six months with labor scarce as builders rush projects. Real estate surges, two new hotels rise while remodeled ones open, and rail access via the Soo line boosts Devils Lake as a wholesale hub. Population is expected to double in coming years as emigration to the northwest continues.
Fred Schlichting of Devils Lake won a 310.00 check for naming the new North Dakota Improvement Co hotel The Great Northern The company notes the site and name ease of recall influenced the choice The letter from the company confirms his selection and prize details
Special correspondent notes P A Manseau on a business visit near town Monday. Supt Halg of Devils Lake visited between trains Wednesday. J A Strand installs a large safe in his general store. Grand Harbor reorganizes its baseball team and plans a game at Penn next Sunday afternoon. Prof Cramer of Devils Lake spent Sunday and Monday here for the Grand Harbor Band. Mackey is lousing barber and other local items appear truncated.
The Jones boys from De Groat purchased a large cleaner from Chas Todd for installation in the new farm elevator. Wednesday featured many stallion parades for inspection. Freight train No. 1636 wrecked by a broken rail near here. crew cleared in hours. Sign posts removed between Churchs Ferry and Devils Lake. Great Northern to widen road bed. Knights of the Maccabees plan to lead this year’s Fourth of July celebration. O N Dion ships several hundred bushels of barley. seed selection praised to curb wild oat.
Devils Lake North Dakota city issues bids for constructing a roof over the large reservoir at the artesian well. Bids due June 6 at 6 oclock p m with a 100 dollar bid bond and contract performance sum. Sealed bids must be marked Bids for Construction of Roof on the Large Reservoir at the Artesian Well. City reserves right to reject any or all bids.
Devils Lake city council votes to require sidewalks along numerous lots across blocks 162, 157, 158, 159, 5 through 12, 186, and additional blocks on 10th to 12th streets. The ordinance outlines the frontage improvements in front of listed parcels and invites eligible property owners to comply under existing city rules.
A proverb-like line notes that ignorance harms less than knowledge yet emphasizes practical benefits of knowing. It implies awareness improves decisions and outcomes more than ignorance would.
Fragmentary OCR mentions suffragists and President Taft, with unclear context and wording. The readable bits suggest a discussion of suffrage or political activity but lack clear facts or outcomes.
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