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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1899
Page
2
North Dakota Chautauqua organizers announce sixteen days of varied entertainment including three quartets soloists lectures and projectoscope. Special days for farmers and settlers plus a strong slate of speakers with Miss Ferguson Ottumwa quartet and J Adam Bede among featured acts.
A multi day program lists Woodmen assembly events from July 12 to 16 with Philharmonics concerts, projectoscope shows, and speeches by Hon. Willey and Indian chiefs. Lakota events, a sacred concert by Bishop Shanley, and a grand closing evening are noted along with baseball games and a colored entertainer group. the group may stay about ten days.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as the busy and mighty health booster. Sugar-coated globules claim to turn weakness into strength and energy out of listlessness, promising mental power and overall health uplift for 25 cents per box, sold by C W Greene.
All Woodmen will assemble in their hall at 9 30 a m on Decoration Day to assist the G A R in their parade to the cemetery with marching and ceremonial duties.
A West Virginia tester claims rheumatism in his son left him unable to walk until one and a half bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm were used. He reports full recovery and urges others to try the remedy, with A. E. Hodgkin listed as seller.
The June term jury panel lists numerous names and towns such as Devils Lake Minnewaukan Odeon Grand Harbor Bergen and Dry Lake with various spellings and misspellings. The record cites districts including Devils Lake Minnewaukan and Chocolin shorthand.
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as the best simple remedy for when nature needs assistance. It emphasizes prompt use yet cautions to employ remedies only when needed.
Promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a stomach and liver remedy that improves appetite digestion and bodily health for 25 cents at C W Greene s drug store.
5000 brick for sale at low price. Apply to H Hiaasen, fourth street jeweler, for details.
Hundreds of thousands of artificial teeth are manufactured each year. Early methods used carved ivory, but today porcelain teeth prevail, mounted in plates of rubber, gold, or platinum backed with fused enamel. Store teeth vary in size and color, but platinum pins remain costly. Secondhand teeth are rarely valuable beyond their platinum content, while many patients seek custom teeth reflecting their unique traits.
A brief humorous exchange about legal aid and shorthand ends with a punch line about the deficit in the defendant's circumstances. The cartoonish vignette hinges on a misunderstanding of vocabulary and literacy, reflecting early 20th century newspaper humor.
A fragment recalls English residents in Teheran sharing winter amusements such as dances and skating enjoyed by Persians. It recounts the shah Naar-i-Din’s amusement at skaters and a palace lake episode with borrowed skates. A Cassier’s Magazine note warns large stores require ventilation to offset animal heat from many customers in midwinter.
Ice sheds are prone to fires due to spontaneous combustion or heat released when summer melting creates warmth and moisture. Authorities cite heat buildup under melted ice and possible lightning attraction, making icehouses particularly dangerous as fire locations.
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio suffered 18 months from a rectal fistula. Doctors said he would die without a costly operation. He reportedly cured himself using five boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The salve, priced at 25 cents a box, was sold by C W Greene, a local druggist.
The letter joke features Mother Viese recalling a stingy man who skips a step to save leather, and a rival tale about a man so frugal he won’t trim nails unless he borrows a jackknife to spare his own tools. Both pieces showcase classic humor from Chicago Newa readers.
A Boston Transcript quotation contrasts liberal education with strict college cost, noting parental payments for every item. The piece then cites a British botanist's fever response in plants, detailing respiration rise and a peak within 24 hours. It ends recalling Britain’s first equestrian statue, of Charles I, at Charing Cross, London, facing Parliament Street.
A Welsh mountain flock was legally acknowledged for knowing their roads and boundaries. In a trespass case, the court ruled these sheep worth a half crown more than other flocks due to their road awareness and boundary sense.
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