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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
1
The Chautauqua assembly at Devils Lake is presented as a major boon for local and state commerce, with advocates urging extensive advertising and permanent improvements to turn the site into a premier summer resort. Alongside, local notes report a $860 burglary haul by hoboes and Decoration Day plans by Gen. Crooke Post, plus a subterranean river discovery near Reynolds when boring an eighteen-inch well.
John Barton of Niagara while driving to Michigan to deposit money was held up by two rough men two miles north of Michigan. They fled east on bicycles after stealing $800 and Barton's watch. Barton was unharmed. police search intensified as trains checked for suspects. Barton recently sold his Niagara mercantile business and was visiting his uncle Tom Miller.
Ramsey county article praises Devils Lake as the metropolis of Devils Lake Country with a 2500 population. It highlights broad streets, brick business blocks, modern homes, electricity, a large land office, a deaf school, artesian well yielding 2500 barrels daily, good schools and churches, secret orders, and strong business growth. It predicts population doubling in three years.
A needlework apron said to be Mary Queen of Scots most exquisite during imprisonment is valued at $50,000. It was hidden in her robe lining and later recovered, with letters from the queen supporting its authenticity. An American owner refused high offers but will reproduce it in June Ladies' Home Journal.
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