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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
8
A minister recalls a mysterious Sunday illness among his flock that vanishes by Monday. He shares a parable about boys playing for keeps in marbles, contrasting risk and acquisitiveness with early training and later temptations, drawn from a Springfield Republican column.
A survey of foot related lore notes that wishing a friend a happy foot signals happiness and well fitting shoes. It cites customs across Europe including shoe switching as bad luck and shoe rites for brides sisters and Valentines eve. It mentions Chinese reverence for judges’ shoes and actresses preserving victory boots.
A rural England gentleman sent his coachman to fetch six shillings worth of penny stamps. John returned after a two mile tramp with a batch of halfpenny stamps, wearing a self satisfied look as he presented them to his employer.
Fragmentary excerpt discusses halfpenny stamps and a Christmas crab species. Mentions lifelike phrases about stamps, politics, and a red animal with burrows. The text shifts to a natural history note from Pearson's Magazine describing a tuber like creature and a red shore crab-like species carrying leaves to its honeycombed burrows.
The article describes spider crabs and sponge crabs using seaweed and living sponge as disguises on their backs to blend with surroundings and deter predators. Crabs prune or replace their back coverings as needed and in captivity become nervous when deprived of concealment, with one crab reportedly wearing a tiny coat made for him.
The passage discusses uncertain reasons for blinking and proposes theories about eyelid movement to sweep debris or rest the eye from visual strain. It notes experiments by physiologists using winking to assess eye fatigue and cites Popular Science as the source.
A brief exchange from the Philadelphia Record shows a clerk exhausted after heavy labor. The dialogue captures workplace strain and fatigue with a humorous back-and-forth as the employer questions the worker about his load and stamina.
Spring humors of the blood affect many people and a large majority are cured yearly by Hood's Sarsaparilla. The advertisement aims to persuade the remaining 25 percent to try this spring medicine serving as a blood purifier. It promises to sharpen appetite, correct stomach troubles, and relieve tiredness while citing cures of various ailments including rheum poisoning and malaria.
United States Land Office notices an intention to make final proof on lands at Devila Lake North Dakota. Ge Gortros Webber formerly Gertrude Barr files timber culture application. Final proof may be made on a specified June date before the land office receiver.
A notice dated April 1 1901 from Devils Lake North Dakota details a contest by Amund Kluften regarding lots 2 and 4 in section 20 Township 154 range 69. The contestant claims lack of residence cultivation and seeks to proceed May 15 before the Register. The notice also lists a separate declaration by Hans Robertson regarding final proof May 25 at the district court in Ramsey Lake North Dakota. It includes a mortgage sale by Elk Valley Bank with a sale set for June 8 1901 at the Ramsey County courthouse to satisfy a $157.25 debt.
The notice lists a teachers certificate examination at the court house in Devils Lake North Dakota beginning May 51 1901 at 9 oclock a m candidates must bring cap paper pen and continue examinations until August 30 1901. It also records Hugh Horne filing intent to make final proof before the register at Devils Lake on June 22 1901 for a homestead claim in section town range with witnesses named George W Kline John B Stewart William Schnette and Albert Gressens.
North Dakota Chautauqua Association will sell at public auction on Monday night June 3 1801 beginning at 8 30 p m at John W Maher office in Deri Lake for 1901 exclusive privileges. Bid by mail to Edgar LaRue Devils Lake North Dakota with instructions to bid up to specified amount. Privileges include lemonade soft drinks confectionery groceries dry goods provisions bath house room house furnished by the resort barber shop souvenirs and buttons natural history specimens hotel laundry and other services with right to reject bids. All sales subject to board approval.
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